Chapter 196 What Are You Doing Here?

Under a bright, moonlit sky scattered with stars, a white Range Rover zipped across the coastal path of a remote fishing village in Lisboa City; its movements were wilder than the sea breeze.

According to the position Gale gave him, she was somewhere nearby.

The headlights shone on a car parked at the far corner, and the silver Audi logo with its four circles on the rear caught his eye.

Alexander’s heart tightened and he immediately stepped on the brakes.

With hurried steps, he walked to the front of the car to check, but it was empty. The hood was open and the bumper was smashed to pieces. Alexander looked around and caught a sudden glimpse of a pool of blood on the ground.

In that instant, he felt his heart plunge into an abyss. He could barely stand.

“Courtney!” He yelled at his surroundings but received no response other than the howling of the chilly mountain breeze.

The blood on the ground made him frightful, and Alexander’s legs weakened. Holding onto the hood beside him, he crouched down slowly, knees hitting the cement pavement. His expensive custom-made pants were stained with mottled blood and dust from the ground.

Moonlight shone on the pool of blood, reflecting the ashen look on his face.

 

Despite trying to control himself, he couldn’t help but think of all the worst possible outcomes.

Regret washed over him and he clenched his fists, wanting to give himself a couple of punches.

If he hadn’t gotten angry with her or hurt her the way he did, she wouldn’t have quit her job in a huff to start her own business. If she hadn’t left Sunhill Hotel, none of this would’ve happened.

“What are you doing here?” Like a ghostly echo, a cold voice sounded overhead, startling Alexander. When he looked up, he saw Courtney standing in front of him completely unharmed with a look of astonishment on her face.

hour. Her phone was almost out of battery, so she hurried back,

What’s going on?

when a cold mountain breeze filled with the smell of a man’s hormones engulfed her. She struggled on instinct, but it was like fighting a hopeless battle. Alexander simply disregarded her squirms and held her tightly as if wishing to meld her body with his own—as if she was a

“You’re okay.”

whether it was a statement or a question. For a moment, she helplessly went along with

lapped against the rocks as

released his grip. Then, he snapped, “Courtney, don’t you know

long, yet this was his only

on the phone with Cameron, so she wasn’t fully concentrating on the road. Once she saw the goats, she quickly

to do was follow the relevant procedures to handle the matter. The owner of the station wagon, on the other hand, was scared out

inspect the damages. “Your car’s expensive, and it’s vintage too. I won’t be able to

not the

for a while,

happened in

reality. She was holding a steaming cup of tea that Alexander had poured from a flask in his car, and there was a newly opened packet of biscuits next to her.

After talking things over, I gave him five hundred. Turns out there was not a scratch

made Courtney a

barely a fraction of hers,

was he

“A Chevrolet Enjoy.”

day but freezing at night.

why you’re here yet.” Courtney looked at

didn’t say much. In just a few words, he explained that Cameron had asked him to come find her. Since he was nearby handling some matters,

coincidental?”

looking for reception just now, she must have caught a cold. She even

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