Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“Alright, you can go home now.”

“Why?”

“I need to spend time alone with her. You’re too much of a third wheel.”

Tony was stumped. Have I said all that just to be kicked out? “Can you get any more heartless, Uncle Zacharias? I promise you won’t even know I’m here.”

“Stay away for three days,” Zacharias said.

“But I just arrived last night,” Tony complained. Zacharias glanced at his wristwatch every now and then, calculating the time. She has been gone for almost an hour. Where did she go? She’s not secretly seeing someone outside again, is she? Zacharias picked up his phone and dialed a certain woman’s number.

“Hello?” she answered.

“Come back,” the man requested, his tone gentle but authoritative. Shirley, who had been slacking off and playing with her phone at Imogen’s, sighed after receiving the call. “I’m heading back now,” she said to Imogen.

“Was that Mr. Flintstone?” Imogen asked.

might have an

told her. At that, Shirley got up and left, and Imogen watched her retreating

to Zacharias and asked, “Mr. Flintstone,

rare day off at home, so he made a

in response.

I refuse?” she asked. “You can have the others

that

want anyone else but

could only

his father’s number and said, “Dad, Miss Lloyd and

more than glad to have

up a conversation with Shirley. “Goddess, what do you

him in what

Tony inquired, trying to gauge Shirley’s feelings for Zacharias. Shirley squinted her eyes

tried to win my uncle’s heart in the past. Who’d have thought the person to win his heart in the end would be you?” Tony teased her. Curious, Shirley asked, “He had many pursuers

woman who had dealings with him wanted to be with him,”

good at kissing. He must have had

bit her lips, and an unexpected feeling of