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.

contemplated for a second before handing over the underwear into his hand. “Alright, you can

the bag and

said, “I’m

the cake properly, she carried it outside and sent it to the dorm by car. Learning that it was Zacharias’ birthday today, Roy

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

asked with a smile, “Shirley, are you the only one who celebrated

nodded and answered

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

didn’t plan to share the story. So, she smiled and shook her head. “Nothing interesting happened. It was

is such a dreamboat. Aren’t you attracted to him even a little?” Imogen

such good friends, so don’t lie to me, okay?” Imogen pressed on. Nodding, Shirley assured,

but I’m different from you. The moment I first saw Mr. Flintstone, I felt my heart beating out

asked, “Do you

she leaned

Shirley was sure that Imogen had fallen for Zacharias and nodded,