A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 404

As he was pondering, the phone rang with a crisp ring. The ringing persisted and Vincent quickly answered the call. The caller was Charles who called early in the morning. Vincent frowned as he thought that the call was inappropriate. He looked at Leila who was still fast asleep. She was indeed exhausted. He didn’t restrain himself last night and had exhausted her. He grinned sheepishly and answered the call, “Yes?”

“The boss practically found out that I’m helping you. I have obtained a copy of the video but I think that there is another copy. She said that if I were to help you again, she would kick me out of the company! By helping you, I’d betrayed my boss who had saved my life. You have caused me to be in a moral dilemma!”

“You’ve been discovered by her?” Vincent frowned.

“Yes! I’ll send this copy to you immediately!” Charles replied.

“Send it to the villa!” Vincent demanded.

In half an hour, Vincent took the video from Charles and Charles grinned devilishly in satisfaction.

“I’ll think of a way to get the other copy. But I feel that the boss is already cautious against me and had given me a warning. I may not be able to steal it anymore.”

Vincent nodded as he frowned and asked, “Have you looked at it?”

“Do I dare? But I had to open it to have a quick look to ascertain if it was both of you.” Charles rolled his eyes.

“Damn it,” Vincent yelled angrily and almost blew off the villa’s roof.

“Hahaha… I’m leaving!” Charles quickly walked out of the villa and then turned to say, “Vincent, you’ve got great stamina. You could do it so many times in one night. Leila must be exhausted! Next time be gentler to her!”

“Damn you! You watched the whole video?”

“No! No!” Charles quickly denied it and turned to leave while laughing. Could he not watch it? He couldn’t get that stubborn girl so why couldn’t he watch their intimate video? He would be mistreating himself if he didn’t watch it. After all, he knew that he wasn’t an honorable person and could never be a gentleman.

Vincent didn’t believe him and chased after him, “Stop right there!”

“I said that I didn’t watch. I really didn’t!” He intentionally emphasized the words ‘didn’t watch’ but the meaning was obvious, “Really did not watch!”

Vincent would be a fool to believe him. Vincent was furious! The woman that he loved had been seen in that manner by another man! Damn it!

Charles walked to his car and then turned and said, “I promise that I only watched a minute. You are huge and blocked Leila. I wanted to continue to watch but I didn’t want to be so sleazy so I didn’t watch the rest of the video.”

Vincent took a deep breath and suppressed his impulse to kill Charles with a punch. He lowered his head to look at the video disc in his hands. At least it wasn’t like the video of Charles and Macey which had been viewed by the entire country.

When Charles drove away, Vincent closed his eyes and then started to grin. He didn’t want to reveal his sadness. He suddenly felt that he and Leila were equally tragic like Romeo and Juliet.

The dispute between the White family and the Hunter family was increasingly toxic. Even his own mother was about to deal with him in that manner.

Back at his study, he played the video and when he saw that the first minute he was simply hugging and kissing Leila, he became more comforted and relaxed. They were still fully clothed at that point but later both of them were naked and he made love to her in numerous positions. He was furious that he couldn’t even make love in privacy. Damn it!

He took out the disc, broke it, and destroyed it. He must get his hands on the other copy. Otherwise, there was no telling what his mother would do if she got angry.

After Vincent broke the disc in two, he threw them into the drawer and walked to the window. He pushed open the window, the breeze blew and the morning sun rays shone into the room. He lit a cigarette and leaned against the side of the window as he frowned. He took a long draw of the cigarette and exhaled the thick white smoke. Now he realized that he had moments that he felt helpless and was unable to do anything. He wasn’t that capable after all.

If he was that capable, he would be able to convince his mother and protect Leila and the incident with Macey would not happen at all. He felt very frustrated.

Leila didn’t see Vincent when she woke up in the morning. She opened her eyes slowly and got out of bed. Her legs were very painful and gave way when she tried to stand. They were so sore that she almost knelt on the floor. She started to blush when she thought of what happened last night. He really didn’t hold himself back and had exhausted her.

Her entire body was covered with red and green marks. They were the marks left behind by what happened last night. She took up her robe to cover herself and then went to look for Vincent.

He was in the study and when she pushed open the door, she could see the smoldering cigarette gripped by his fingers. The cigarette had started to burn his finger but he didn’t seem to notice it. He continued to look out of the window.

“Isn’t it painful? What’s wrong with you?” Leila frowned as she walked in quickly and flicked the cigarette out of Vincent’s fingers and asked, “Did something happen at the office?”

She stood beside him as she frowned and her heart ached for him. She also felt very guilty. Theodore was too troublesome. She held onto Vincent’s large hands and softly said, “I’m sorry, Vincent!” She then placed her hands around his neck.

Vincent was stunned and then asked, “What are you sorry for? Silly girl? The company’s issues are not insurmountable. What is troubling isn’t money but relationships!”

He wouldn’t be so upset if Nora wasn’t his mother.

“Leila… actually…” If he had known that his true love was her, then he would rather that he had never been involved with anyone else. But no one could have anticipated this.

“Say no more. Vincent, I know. I know it all.” Leila felt that in a short period of time, she had experienced all sorts of feelings but then it was mostly sweet as he was finally hers.

How difficult it was and the path ahead was fraught with difficulties but as long as he was with her, she would feel very blissful. She felt so happy that she started to cry again.

“Leila?” Vincent’s voice cracked. Anxiety, worry, and panic all were revealed in his voice, “What’s wrong with you? If I had known that I would fall in love with you, I would never be involved with any other woman. If possible, I wished that we had known each other since when we were in kindergarten. Then we would determine that we love each other and no one else could interfere with us!”

He thought that she was jealous of Macey. She felt very touched when he explained in that manner.

“I… I…” She stammered, “I am so happy that I feel like crying!” Leila looked at him with those big wet eyes.

She loved those deep-looking eyes of his. He was much more tender and touching than before. She bit her lips tightly and felt like she had a lot of things to say to him but didn’t know where to begin.

He looked closely at her as he frowned gently, “Silly girl, why should you cry when you’re happy?” His heart broke when he saw her tear-soaked eyes.

“Vincent, I love you, I truly love you!” She declared.

“I know, I know!” His voice was raspy as he replied, “Don’t cry anymore. You look like a pitiful kitten and are not cute anymore!”

“I’m not cute at all!” She murmured as her eyelashes were soaked with her tears which made her look vulnerable.

“You are the cutest in my eyes!” He turned his head, pondered, and then continued, “I love it especially when you act coy when in bed!”

“Rascal!” She was so embarrassed, wiped her tears, and glared at him.

“If you really think that I’m a rascal, I’ll leave and get out of your sight!”

“No!” She quickly grabbed onto his shirt and said anxiously, “I want to go to your office and learn to help you with your work!”