One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 237

Chapter 237 How Rough Was It?

Josh stood by the car door and perfunctorily gestured for Britney to take her leave. “Miss Price, please leave.”

Britney protested, “I need to talk to Alex—”

“President Duncan is currently occupied,” he interrupted as politely as he could.

There were others who were passing by the hotel and since she did not want to cause a scene in front of everyone, she stepped aside. She watched as the silver-grey sedan sped off without any further delay, leaving only dust in its wake.

Just then, a man dressed in a suit and leather shoes approached Britney from behind. “Like I said, my cousin has little regard for anyone else when he’s working on something important. If he could cast his own mother out of the Duncan Family when he was thirteen, what made you think he’ll treat you any differently? After all, you were only his fake girlfriend for the past couple of years and he saw you as nothing more than a shield.”

 

“Shut up,” she snapped with an icy expression. “You knew he’d be here today, didn’t you? Did you deliberately set me up so that he’d catch me talking to you?”

“Do you take me for a psychic?” James Duncan asked with a glint of amusement in his eyes.

 

“Don’t flatter yourself. As far as I’m concerned, you can’t even begin to compete with Alexander. Scheming was the only way for you to get to where you are now,” Britney countered without any reservation.

Upon hearing that, his eyes darkened as a thought seized him. He scoffed and gave her an unreadable look before he drawled, “Just you watch. Duncan Group is now under my control and it would thrive under my leadership more than it ever did under Alexander’s. I couldn’t be much worse off than him and should I fall, it would be much harder for him to rise again.”

Britney’s face blanched at his words. “What are you going to do?”

“I’m not going to do anything. Let’s just say that I’m planning ahead.”

The fallen leaves that were scattered by the hotel entrance rustled as the night breeze swept them along the pavement. She looked at James and she could not help but shudder at the deadly calmness in his eyes.

was tucked behind a dive bar and upon entering, she was met with an odd look from the receptionist at the front desk. She frowned and went upstairs

into the room without much thought, but when she

resembled body-building equipment—stood right in the foyer.

she began to understand why the hotel operated in such a seedy neighborhood. In retrospect, the receptionist at the front desk was dressed up in a provocative manner and appraised with what could only be described as a habitual sultry

After all, Tobias was from a wealthy family. Who could have thought

that he had made a fool

to erupt into chaos and before she could react in time, a couple

the top

to die! There is

“Call the police!”

can’t call the police over to

went further down the hallway. No one noticed Courtney in the midst of the chaos; she looked too plain for anyone to take a second

swept over her. How rough did they have to be to cause someone to get hurt? Are these people really

I’m calling from the White Moon Hotel. Somebody’s injured.” She paused as she listened to the response to the other line. “Yes, that’s right. Please hurry! It’d be great if you could get an ambulance to come

fourth floor once more to ensure that there was nobody around before heading over to the stairway. She made her way up the stairs on her

who profited from the sex trade. Now

being where the incident was. When she arrived on the fifteenth floor, she saw that a crowd—mostly made up of members of the hotel staff—had gathered outside the room at the end of the hallway. A large man stood among them with his hands on his hips. When he spoke, it was

we’re not going in there while they

trying to sleep when the ruckus broke out. Why should they fight in a place like this when they can sit down and work things

was going on in the room. In exasperation, she turned to look at the large man, who was watching the

a friendly character. He gave Courtney a bemused look as he answered, “Apparently one of them was caught

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