One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 163 How Magnanimous

“Is this why you’re upset? What did Mikayla tell you?” Alexander looked at Courtney with a complicated expression. When he couldn’t find her anywhere last night, his first reaction was that she might have learned something. After all, he only discovered that Mikayla was the president of SG Eastern Branch after she spent several days in the hotel.

“She didn’t say anything to me.” Courtney laughed self-deprecatingly. “She doesn’t like me very much. After all, she is your childhood friend and legitimate fiancée. A person you love; what does she need to tell me? All she needs to do is stand by your side. You’re a good match for each other.”

“Courtney.” He cut her off, then unhappily continued, “Do you know what you’re saying?”

“I don’t know.” She turned away and refused to look at him.

“Let’s go to your office if you want to know about my past with Mikayla. I will tell you everything. But, I don’t like women being unreasonable. You are not this kind of person either.”

Upon hearing those words, she clenched her fists tightly. She spent the whole night constructing all sorts of ideas, but it all fell apart the moment she saw him. The loss of reasoning immediately turned her into an unreasonable and bitter woman. Even if she agreed that she was acting just as he described, she couldn’t help feeling as if a knife was stabbing into her heart when she heard him saying those words. Thus, she quickly entered the elevator. “Forget it; I’m not in the mood for this. Let’s talk next time.” Avoiding him is good too. I need some time to digest what I heard last night.

Oliver’s luggage was packed and ready to go—it was an 18-inch suitcase that was easy to carry around. Courtney absent-mindedly listened to Oliver telling her about his overall itinerary; she barely heard anything he said.

“You don’t look too good today. Are you feeling unwell?” Oliver frowned as he looked at her. His eyes were filled with concern.

“I’m fine.” She pulled her thoughts back to the present and changed the topic. “By the way, what time did you say your flight was this afternoon? I’ll send you to the airport.”

“It’s okay. It’s at 3 PM; you won’t be able to make it.”

faintly. “I only need to apply for

However, she couldn’t help feeling as if they were giving her strange looks while greeting her. When she opened the door to her office, she immediately understood the reason behind those strange looks—not only did Alexander not leave, but he also came to her office to wait for

are you here?” She held the door

happened last night. If you want everybody outside to listen to our conversation, I don’t mind talking to you

office area was so quiet that one could hear the son of a pin dropping. Everybody was

that Vivian was Mikayla until yesterday,” he said bluntly. First and foremost, he had to explain that he was unaware of the connection between Mikayla

those words, her expression eased slightly. Still,

explaining. “As for why I didn’t tell you about my past… If you want to know about it, I have nothing to hide from you. Mikayla and I are just friends. Or rather, we are like siblings to each other. My father liked her a lot when he was still alive, and I used to be engaged to her. However, my father

way Gale had described it, but it made her uncomfortable

So, I need to clear the air

head and

I won’t be

had been weighing down on her heart disappeared without a trace.

anything else to

Hesitating for a long while, she shook her head in the end. She already knew everything she needed to know. All that was left was the unease in her heart. Whether Alexander would get back together with Mikayla was not something she could control. Similarly, whether or not she could work through

PM this afternoon.” Alexander walked toward her with a complicated expression. “I hope that you can tell me about your past when I return. You can

was unclear, especially during her time abroad. It felt like somebody had erased or changed it. Even though Josh put a lot of effort into investigating her, he could not obtain the truth. Compared to the past Alexander had no intention to

Courtney sat alone in her office and sorted out