Chapter 197 You Can Have It Back! Who Cares, Anyway?
Alexander’s face sank, and he fiercely shook off her hand.
“What are you doing? You startled me!” Courtney shot him a discontented look.
“Didn’t you say that it’s over between us? Do people who have broken up still touch each other like that?” Alexander’s tone was cold and distant, but if she listened carefully, she could hear a hint of resentment in his voice.
The look on Courtney’s face was matter-of-fact. “How else was I supposed to unlock it? Can you stop fussing over everything?”
“You could’ve asked for the PIN.”
There’s more than one way to unlock a phone.
Courtney was speechless. Peeved, she turned off his phone, then said, “All right, tell me what’s the PIN.”
He paused for a second, then two words rang out in the car. “Your birthday.”
Courtney was shocked.
She admitted that both she and Alexander were considerably sensible people, so they weren’t exactly romantics when it came to relationships. She wasn’t even like the average girl who would look through her boyfriend’s phone and messages.
Personal space was a must.
Therefore, it was a surprise to find out that Alexander’s PIN was her birthday.
The car was silent, and she could hear the sounds of the waves lapping against the rocks, as well as the whistling of the mountain breeze. She was skeptical as she lowered her head and keyed in her birthday precisely.
A thought struck her all of a sudden. Her birthday this year was spent with Alexander, and after leaving the cemetery where they paid their respects to her mother, he had held her hand in front of Alicia, appearing absolutely certain and confident.
What did he tell Aunt Alicia that time?
She was doubtful, but the two of them had been so frightening that she dared not ask what they were talking about.
beside her,
remembered that she wanted to call Cameron and tell her
drowned out the howling of the wind. After staring at the phone for a long time, Courtney rolled her
“Did I say that there was reception on
phones supposed to be equipped with
he heard Courtney’s senseless comeback. “Miss Hunter, from your
rich person driving
car sputtered and visibly slowed
Alexander parked the car on the side of the road. They had started driving for less than a minute, and Courtney’s Audi was still fifty
“What happened?”
uncertainty, Alexander pointed at the fuel gauge
fuel level had long passed the
this?” Courtney simply couldn’t believe it. “It was already so low and you didn’t
a dark mood, so when he heard her reproval, his expression changed
highway, there was a gas station at the rest area. However, when he received Gale’s call, he turned around
fell silent as soon as she heard
his sour expression, a hint of
she supposed to explain the excitement and disbelief she felt when she saw him in the deserted
she was pretending to be indifferent and reserved because she didn’t want to bow down and give up on the self-respect that she had
that she had initially thought that his existence was a blessing and a curse, but in the days without him, she finally knew what it
a long moment of silence, Alexander seemed to have calmed down. “Let’s stay here first. Trucks will come down this road tomorrow morning;
you’re tired,
MPV, so the backseat could be adjusted and turned into a temporary bed that
answered awkwardly before stepping out of the car and
with the cool scent of his
his jacket for a long while, she
in the driver’s seat, he crossed his arms
lie down
full moon could be seen through the layer of glass. It looked like
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