One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 116

Chapter 116 Pettiness

As their body temperatures increased at an accelerating rate, the whole room was starting to burn. The intimate kiss spread all the way to Courtney’s chin, neck and her chest while a huge pair of hands swept through her body. However, she did not resist him at all since her mind was completely blank.

Knock! Knock! Knock! The rapid knocks on the door tried to halt the man’s advancement.

“Miss Hunter, Penelope has woken up. What should we do? The police are also here.”

Suddenly, she returned to her senses and pushed Alexander away as she sat up in panic.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

 

“Miss Hunter, are you there?”

On the other side of the office door, Addie’s voice was filled with confusion.

 

After taking a deep breath, she tried her best to compose herself. “I’m here. I didn’t hear you the first time because I’m a little busy. I’ll be there in 5 minutes. You can head there first.”

“What is it? Do you need my help?”

Upon hearing his words, she suddenly felt frustrated, so she anxiously replied, “No, I-I’m changing my clothes. My clothes became dirty while I was saving Penelope.”

Luckily, Addie left, so Courtney let out a sigh of relief. As she turned, she saw Alexander smiling at her with his narrowed eyes. “Don’t you blink when you lie?”

Suddenly, she could feel her face flushing as she stared at him. “It’s all because of you.”

“Actually, your lie isn’t convincing enough.” He held his arms and spoke teasingly. “Many people saw me carrying you here. How likely is it that your assistant doesn’t know that I’m in here?”

expression changed as she could not say anything for a while. Am I not shooting myself in the

if you clearly knew about this?” She gritted her teeth. “You did this on

purpose.” Alexander remained calm.

you mean?

seem to have quickly forgotten about

around while her face became hotter.

could not find the excuse. She immediately became upset, so she changed the subject. “So, because of that, you took it to heart and always targeted me until today. Not only that, you

you really think

could it be?” Courtney looked angry as she mumbled quietly. “You exposed me in front of many people at the meeting, which

“What are you saying?”

nothing.” She avoided

her, Alexander’s eyes landed on a large bouquet of roses in the corner. Slowly, the tease in his eyes disappeared as he

tone, Courtney furrowed her brows and uttered, “Poor taste? Then,

startled while traces of

I deserve lousy flowers.” She glared at him before angrily standing up

red face. Even though she pretended to be composed,

front of the vase containing the roses. After looking at it for a while, he noticed the card under the vase, so he picked it up and saw the writing inside. Immediately, his mouth could not stop twitching. It all makes sense now. Looks

face while her

and walked to the bed before speaking in a soft

head with all her strength while bean-like

you to give up on your life ever again. Do you know how sad your grandma will feel if she knows about

hands while feeling

Penelope a month ago as the receptionist. Even though Penelope dropped out of high school to work and she was introverted without having other abilities, she was still a focused and hardworking kid from the countryside who

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