Chapter 307 He Lied

“You need to stop drinking.”

Courtney grabbed the flask of alcohol and placed it aside. When she tried to pay the bill after that, she was even stopped by Leon who’d insisted on paying with his card.

“I have to do this… I can’t let a woman pay…”

Courtney felt both troubled and amused. She had the waiter help Leon into the car before she personally drove him back to his hotel.

Glancing at the red-faced young man through the rearview mirror, who was leaning against the back seat groggily and still rambling on under his breath, Courtney shook her head.

“My goodness, you really can’t hold your liquor, can you? You didn’t even drink that much.”

Leon hugged the cushion on the back seat and mumbled, “I promise… I won’t drink anymore… Kirsten…”

Courtney let out another sigh.

A short while later, the car came to a stop in front of the hotel. A few lobby attendants helped take Leon upstairs while Courtney took his room card from the pocket of his jacket and opened the door.

 

“Just put him on the bed.” Courtney turned on the lights and instructed the attendants on where to put him down. Then, she walked around the room and pulled the curtains together before turning on the air conditioner to 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Before she left, she even put a glass of warm water by his bed.

The entertainment industry was a complicated place that was filled with people from all walks of life. No one knew for sure how their lives were before fame.

What Leon told her was indeed a little twisted; it sounded as if life was simply playing tricks on him. However, it wasn’t completely unbelievable either. After all, why would anyone make up such a story for no reason?

the hotel, Courtney stood by the roadside to hail a cab. She wasn’t planning to expose anything that Leon had just told her.

the morning. He’d just gotten down from a cab, and she couldn’t see him clearly

to the zebra crossing. Just as she was about to cross the road, the traffic police blew his whistle—the light was still red. So, she could only stand and wait. In the meantime, she picked up her phone and prepared

woman getting down from

could clearly see Alexander taking his phone out of his pocket and looking down at the screen. The woman beside him even

recover from what she saw even when Alexander spoke into the phone. She only responded after

voice was as calm as ever. “I’m working overtime in

“Ah, is

tone. “I

“You haven’t had dinner?”

“Yeah.”

Her other hand clenched into

should go to sleep first. I’ll be a little late tonight. I’m still busy,

her phone in her hand as she watched the two figures

didn’t want to assume the worst of things, but Alexander had indeed lied to her today. People only lied when they wanted to hide the truth, but she couldn’t think of anything he would want to hide from

then, the traffic police blew his whistle again, and the crowd started to cross the road at once. Courtney

go from there. She stood by

for a moment until she realized that the people around her were all staring in her direction. Only then did she hastily pick

are you? Are you in Melrose

a frown, trying to find the familiar

rushed at the other end

her ears, and

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