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.

have an assignment

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

Zacharias and asked, “Mr. Flintstone, is there something you

day off at home, so he made a casual

response. Your family

refuse?” she asked. “You can

but the words that came out of his mouth

else but

Shirley could only

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

to have Shirley over. Zacharias stood up and said, “I’ll go

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

him

gauge Shirley’s

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,

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

that guy is so good

an unexpected feeling of annoyance began to