Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“No. Miss Kurt didn’t want me to send her off,” Shirley replied.

“Jesslyn is my father’s friend’s daughter. Her parents got into a car crash and passed away when she was young, so my family took her in. I’ve always treated her like a younger sister,” Zacharias explained while looking into her eyes.

“I see,’ she replied with a nod.

“What do you see?” he asked with his gaze narrowed. He wanted her to clarify herself. “Well, I don’t care about your relationship with Miss Kurt. You don’t have to explain anything to me,” Shirley replied.

Zacharias was momentarily taken aback but then let out a soft scoff. “Of course, I have to explain things to you.”

“No. You don’t,” she rebutted, “We’ve kissed each other, after all,” he stated hesitantly. Shirley corrected him in a rather hostile tone. “That was forced. I didn’t consent to it,” she replied.

Zacharias raised his eyebrows and confidently countered, “We still kissed.”

The room started to feel warmer as she bit her bottom lip, gazing at him. “I’m going to get dinner,” she said after a while.

his sentence, he threw the sheets aside

with his injuries. “You’re not supposed to get out

to eat with me,” he said. He wouldn’t have

obey him. She headed to the dining area. Even though it was just catered food, they had a surprisingly wide variety of options. She got a meal for the man before she brought it to his room. Then, she set up the overbed table

had his meal, he occasionally stole glances at Shirley. She eventually got rather annoyed at his sneaky actions and glared back at him. Soon enough, he finished his meal. She cleared the table and brought the empty plates out. After returning

let me know if you realize you’re

left, Shirley held her palm out

that you have to show up for tonight. I’m afraid the public might suspect something

was an international news report that had Zacharias’ name in it. Someone raised their suspicions about him being in

knitted his brows after reading the

looks like someone is forcing you to show yourself,”

to my office, Zacharias

half an hour until the nightly news stream. Will we have time?” Freddie

to hurry,”

the office. You’ll have to arrange for the staff members to get us there,” Freddie uttered as he

fever,” she replied worriedly. She knew Zacharias wasn’t supposed to