Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“That’s not the present. The present is a tie,” Shirley said, blushing. Clutching the underwear in her hand, she didn’t know what else to say. The gift that the cashier mentioned is actually a pair of men’s underwear!

Equally stunned, Zacharias then burst into laughter. He picked up the tie and admired it before extending his hand at her, demanding, “Give me the underwear, too.”

“N-No!” She hid the underwear behind her back. “I’m giving it to my father.”

“You’ve already bought it. Why won’t you give it to me?” he grumbled.

“This is a free gift,” she explained, blushing.

“I want to wear it,” he demanded, extending his hand at her. This time, her face was a bright red. An underwear as a birthday gift? It sounds like an ambiguous relationship, no matter how I look at it!

“You’ve already brought it back. Why won’t you just give it to me?” he asked with quizzical, narrowed eyes.

before handing over the

it from her, he then placed it into the bag and smiled. “I

said,

to the dorm by car. Learning that it was Zacharias’ birthday today, Roy was delighted to share the

as well, and the latter took a slice of cake with her

asked with a smile, “Shirley, are you the

had already guessed it correctly, Shirley nodded and answered honestly, “Yeah, Mr. Flintstone didn’t invite his

birthday! Spill the beans. Did anything interesting happen?”

to share the story. So, she smiled and shook her head. “Nothing interesting happened. It was just a regular

him even a little?” Imogen asked curiously. To that, Shirley shook her head. “No, he’s merely my

sure? We’re such good friends, so don’t lie to me, okay?” Imogen pressed on. Nodding, Shirley assured, “I swear I’m

you. The

curious, Shirley asked, “Do you

lowered her voice as she

Imogen had fallen for Zacharias and nodded,