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

her retreating figure, her smile gradually fading. When Shirley returned to the living room, Tony immediately greeted her.

asked, “Mr. Flintstone, is

home, so he made a casual excuse. “Join me

in response. Your

asked. “You can have

a friendly expression, but the words that came out of his

anyone else but

that, Shirley could only

dialed his father’s number and said, “Dad, Miss Lloyd and I will be coming home for

than glad to have

the opportunity to strike up a conversation with Shirley.

him

looks, physique, status-are all of these satisfactory to you?” Tony inquired, trying to gauge Shirley’s feelings for Zacharias.

the number of women who 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

as I know, every woman who

Shirley couldn’t help overthinking. No wonder that guy is so good at kissing. He

lips, and an unexpected feeling of annoyance began