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?”

she could not say anything for a while. Am I not shooting

knew about this?” She gritted her teeth. “You did

I did it on purpose.” Alexander remained calm. “An eye for an

you mean? Where have I offended

seem to have quickly forgotten about the unspoken

suddenly came around while her face became hotter. “That

she changed the subject. “So, because of that, you took it to heart and always targeted me until today. Not

as he murmured, “Do you really think

quietly. “You exposed me in front of many

“What are you saying?”

She avoided

large bouquet of roses in the corner. Slowly, the tease in his eyes disappeared as he pretended to be indifferent. “That scent is too strong. Please don’t put it in your office from now on. It has

tone, Courtney furrowed her brows and uttered, “Poor taste? Then, why did you send it to

of

taste, so I deserve lousy flowers.” She glared at him before angrily standing up to let

face. Even though she pretended to be

the card under the

face while her colleague,

the bed before speaking in

all her strength while bean-like tears fell on

don’t want you to give up on your life ever again. Do you know how sad your

Penelope’s cold hands while feeling

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 only wanted to take care of her sick grandma at home. On the other hand, Courtney

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