One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 171 Who Is the Gossipmonger

That very day, Courtney’s name was listed on the notice of discipline issued by the person in charge. She was suspended without pay for a month and had to cooperate with their internal investigation into the cause of the fire. Upon receiving the notice of discipline in the early hours of the morning, the Human Resource Department bluntly rejected her letter of resignation on the grounds that ‘no resignation was allowed during the suspension period’. As a result, she had no means of venting out her anger. She couldn’t even go to the company.

Cameron brought some breakfast with her when she visited Tina and Courtney at the hospital. Tina was eating some porridge on the hospital bed, and her voice was still rather hoarse as she said, “Mommy, will Jordan be coming today?”

Courtney was blowing on the porridge to cool it. When she heard the question, she frowned slightly. “Jordan was not feeling well over the past two days and has been hospitalized. Unfortunately, he is not staying at this hospital. I’m sure he’ll come and visit you once he gets better.”

“Then, what about Daddy?” Under Scott’s instruction, Tina successfully changed the way she addressed Alexander; she now directly addressed him as ‘Daddy’.

Courtney lifted her head abruptly, a displeased scowl appearing between her eyebrows. “He is not your daddy! Don’t call him that anymore!”

The sudden admonishment frightened Tina, and her eyes immediately filled with tears. “Mommy…”

“Oh, my dear… Alright, alright,” Cameron came over to smooth things over. She pulled Tina into her arms and said, “I know you had a fight with Alexander, but you shouldn’t vent your anger on a child. Tina, don’t cry.”

Tina was usually not one to cry so easily. However, she suffered a huge scare during the fire and had been feeling jumpy ever since she woke up in the emergency room yesterday. Therefore, all it took was for Courtney to raise her voice suddenly to startle Tina to tears again.

sobbing in Cameron’s arms, she instantly felt extremely remorseful. “Tina, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to

could not bring herself to say. Then, she rolled her eyes at Courtney. “You were wronged by Alexander, and you’re not happy about that. Moreover, there’s more to the fire than meets the eye. You suspect that you’ve been set up by somebody. Still, Alexander is not a fool. He was simply too furious to think yesterday. Once the investigation results come out, he will surely regret his actions. Well, if you can’t wait for that long, you can investigate the incident yourself.

Cameron had hit the nail on its head about how

without you. So, do what you need to do. Tina has me.” Cameron’s words were stern; there

Courtney learned that Jordan was the son that had been stolen away back then, she had been preoccupied with thoughts of him most of the time. It was not an exaggeration to say that she had been neglecting her daughter. After all, if not for her wish for both her children to get along well together, she would not have left both

hotel,” Courtney promised as she

“What about Jordan?”

my son; I will do my best to get him

she lowered her voice and said, “If it really comes

Only her best friend, Cameron, had remained by her side after so many years of ups and

that compensation procedures were being carried out to reimburse their guests for the scare and for suffering monetary losses. There was not much public opinion regarding the incident online. Furthermore, the PR team promptly took action and suppressed all negative reports involving the incident as soon as they appeared. Still, that was just the official statement to appease the public. The real cause of the fire remained

it really caused by Mr. Gideon smoking in the storeroom? Did he admit to it?” Courtney invited her assistant, Addie,

managers from the HR department and the PR department, after some discussion. Furthermore, Mr. Gideon has taken early retirement and returned to his hometown in Eastbrook. There is no way to question him any more. If it wasn’t for his apprentice, Louie, who risked his life to save him,

I wanted to ask you about the man who carried Mr. Gideon out of

from the same hometown as Mr. Gideon. Mr. Gideon brought him here about half a month ago. Therefore, you’ve never met him before. It’s not wrong to say that he entered our hotel through personal connections. At present, he is an apprentice working in the kitchen, and his salary is calculated according to internship rates. He was not part of the permanent staff at the time. However, the HR department recently broke