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.

an assignment for me,” Shirley

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

walked up to Zacharias and asked, “Mr. Flintstone, is

off at home, so he made a casual excuse.

blinked in response. Your

refuse?” she asked. “You can have the

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

anyone else but you,” he

could only

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

bring Miss Lloyd with you!” Josef was more than glad to have Shirley

took the opportunity to strike up a conversation with Shirley. “Goddess, what

of him in what

these satisfactory to you?” Tony inquired, trying to gauge Shirley’s feelings for Zacharias. Shirley squinted her

in the past. Who’d have thought the person to win his heart in the end

as I know, every woman who had dealings with him wanted to be with him,” Tony

help overthinking. No wonder that guy is so good at kissing. He must have had many romantic encounters in

unexpected feeling of annoyance began to