A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 263

"Whose message is it? You're looking at it so intently." Vincent reached over abruptly and took her phone. Leila's hand trembled again as his grim voice suddenly sounded overhead. He'd taken the phone, but it seemed she still had messages left to read.

Vincent happened to see the last message. Strangely enough, he just grunted and didn't say anything. Then she didn't know what he was looking at, except that he seemed to press a few buttons. Leila's heart tightened again. He handed the phone over and she looked down subconsciously to see that the message was gone. He had actually deleted all the messages.

Putting the phone away, Leila looked down and took a small sip of the water on the table.

She felt scared of him as if she had done something shameful. He had seen Callum's message, right? Was he going to humiliate her again by saying she was hitting on men?

"Let's eat!" Vincent ordered two set meals. He ate as if nothing had happened.

Leila looked at him in disbelief, but picked up her chopsticks and started eating anyway. She was a little hungry. The soy milk was pure and the small steamed buns smelled good...

Vincent felt a little distracted and he loosened his collar. For the first time, he felt like he didn't even know himself very well. He hadn't changed all night, and last night he had rushed up and tried to kick the door open and break in, but when he heard her broken cries of pain coming from the flat, he didn't go in.

Leila, sitting opposite him, wolfed down the breakfast in front of her for a while, eating it all, even the soya milk, before taking a tissue and wiping her mouth, and stopping.

Vincent was distracted and didn't eat more than a few bites. When he looked up at Leila across the table, he laughed at himself even more.

He must be out of his mind to have breakfast with this impure woman?!

"Do you want ... another one?!" Watching her eat her breakfast clean, Vincent shrugged his shoulders and looked hopelessly at Leila in front of him.

Her eyelids were red and swollen from crying too long last night. He hadn't expected her to eat an entire set meal with such appetite today.

Leila pursed her lips and shook her head. "I'm full!"

"Then let's go!"

"But you haven't eaten yet!" She pointed to the meal in front of him. He took a few sips of soy milk, a bite of the small steamed bun, and left the side dish untouched.

"I'm not hungry!"

"But skipping breakfast for a long time is bad for your stomach!" She couldn't help but say. Knowing full well that such concern was wrong for them after what had just happened yesterday, but she couldn't help but speak up anyway.

Vincent frowned and actually started to pick up his chopsticks and eat.

Leila seemed relieved and smiled at him.

She was smiling at him. But thinking about her crying last night, he sighed, lowered his head, wolfed down a few bites, then wiped his mouth with a tissue. "Okay, let's go!"

The restaurant staff seemed to have just mopped the floor in the morning, and as Leila walked beside him, she slipped when Vincent suddenly reached out and grabbed her around the waist. That was close. She almost fell.

"Is everything all right? Why don't you be careful? Stupid woman!" His hot breath was at her ear. His body was thick with the scent of tobacco. Presumably, because he smoked a lot.

Leila raised her eyes in panic and her lips brushed his. His eyes narrowed and flashed with a certain lust she was familiar with. She blushed completely and whispered, "Thank you."

"I called you a stupid woman, and you're really stupid!" He sounded a little helpless. Then he released her and took her small hand. Leila's heart warmed and her face froze slightly in shock at his thoughtful gesture.

Vincent drove Leila to work and the car stopped in front of the city hall. Leila was about to get out when Vincent said, "Wait!"

She turned to look back at him and found him leaning over and planting a tender kiss on her forehead.

She blushed suddenly.

"Go on! I'll pick you up from work this afternoon!" He said.

Such a tender kiss made her tears freeze in her eyes instantly. She turned to get out of the car, took a few steps in a hurry, and turned back around only to find his car still there. She was too shocked and nervous again to say goodbye and ran into the gates of the city hall. It wasn't until she turned the corner and could no longer see him that she gasped for breath with a pretty red face and then took a deep breath.

The moment she entered the office, Leila took a deep breath, forced a professional smile appropriate to her status as an employee, and stepped through the door.

"Leila, what happened to you last night?" Callum asked worriedly as soon as she entered.

"Oh, I had a family emergency last night. Sorry, I didn't get a chance to tell you about it!" Leila looked to one side of her head to see Renee behind Callum, who also looked at her with concern.

"I'm glad you're okay!" Renee breathed a sigh of relief. "Callum and I were freaking out last night. We didn't expect you to be gone after the power went out and came back on. I heard you danced with Callum last night and wowed the crowd. Leila, I didn't expect you to have this in you!"

"Uh! Just so-so!" Leila smiled, then realized that Callum seemed to be looking at her with a bit of heat in his eyes. She nodded, politely and distantly, and fled from his gaze.

"Callum, I never thought we'd have two great dancers in our unit, Leila and you. When are you going to show me how to dance? I can't believe I didn't see it last night. What a shame!"

For some reason, Leila felt as if Renee's tone was tinged with a hint of jealousy.

"You went for the eligible bachelor last night, didn't you?" Callum glanced back at her, "It's your loss if you didn't see it. Leila, I wonder if I'll ever get the chance to dance the rumba with you that we didn't finish last night."