Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“I’ll be staying at my place tonight, then. I probably can’t go back to your place for a few days,” Shirley said. With her parents around, she couldn’t stay overnight at someone else’s place.

“It’s alright. Spend some time with your family.” Zacharias chuckled. “I can hold it in.”

Shirley chuckled, too. “What if I can’t hold it in?”

“Then you come to me anytime you want,” Zacharias responded in a husky voice.

Shirley blushed. It’s getting worse. Can we even do it if I go at random times? She then imagined how she would flirt with the serious Zacharias, and she thought she was getting a little pervy.

to visit their relatives. Three days went by, and not once did Shirley get to see Zacharias. She couldn’t even call

want to disturb him. He would be

Every day, when he came back home from work, it was already late at night. He missed Shirley dearly, but he didn’t want to wake her up, so he held his longing

hard just to see him now that I’m not at his place. She started missing the days at his residence.

two days before Christmas. It had been five days since Shirley saw Zacharias. She texted him, ‘You busy? Can we meet up

heart raced, and

said Zacharias. His time was valuable-his itinerary was even scheduled

up, picked up her bag, and trotted to the porch just to backtrack and check her outfit in the mirror. She then got a new outfit and changed into it. Only then did she leave. No one but

chilly it was. The scenery was gorgeous, and Shirley smiled. After going through a series of checks, she finally stood before Zacharias’ building where he worked. The people going around were staff members or those who had important business to settle. She was the only one here to see

he saw her coming out, he said, “Ah, Miss

Hurst, is

in

just here to see Zacharias. Eventually, Shirley was standing in front of the office. For some reason,