One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 430 We’re About to File for Divorce

The matter with Angie wasn’t a difficult one. After all, it was Courtney’s original intention to adopt Angie, so it wouldn’t seem right for her to continue living with Elijah. Since Lilian had already voiced her thoughts on it, it would seem rather awkward to send Angie back there.

Once the two girls had gone to bed, Courtney walked to the balcony to give Elijah a call.

“I owe you a huge favor for taking care of Angie. Reasonably speaking, I should have been the one taking care of her all these years. You’ve done me a huge favor of having custody of her for so long, which I think it’s time for me to repay the favor. From now on, I think it would be more appropriate for her to live with me.”

Courtney didn’t reveal the things that Lilian had done mainly because she had considered the relationship Elijah had with Lilian. On the other hand, she felt that Lilian’s actions were justifiable after all.

At this moment, Elijah suddenly stopped talking on the phone. “I’ve clarified about this matter, so you don’t have to worry about it. I’ll head to Melrose City and pick Angie up before the summer break ends. We’ll stick to the same plan as before; there’s no need for any change.”

“You don’t have to feel troubled. I’ve already planned everything.”

“You haven’t,” Elijah interrupted Courtney. “You can’t leave Melrose City this year, which means you can’t take care of Angie. I promised to take care of her back then and it’s not just a promise to you but to Angie too. I’ll definitely take good care of her and be a father figure to her until she reaches adulthood.”

Somehow, Courtney sensed that he was insinuating something with his words and felt that something was amiss, but couldn’t quite put her finger on it. So, she had no choice but to ask, “What about Lilian then? Don’t tell me that you fought with her?”

“We’re about to file for divorce.”

“What?!” Courtney’s tone changed. “Divorce?!”

Although she was aware that Lilian’s action of kicking Angie out behind Elijah’s back would definitely trigger the ensuing conflict between the couple if he ever found out, Courtney didn’t expect the outcome to be so serious.

While on the phone, Elijah sounded rather moody and he quickly hung up the phone without saying much, which in turn left her perplexed about the entire situation.

side of Elijah before, she remained standing at the balcony with mixed feelings. After waiting some time for something but realizing that the outcome wasn’t what one had expected, the past efforts thrown in could easily become an obsession and render the person unable to let go. Economically speaking, this was known as sunk

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celebration this month and we’ve received their invitation for quite some time now. You haven’t been able to confirm your schedule, so we haven’t confirmed with them

his work desk and he was currently wearing a black shirt. His attire had blended well with the mahogany wooden furniture in the room, but it created an exceptionally somber aura wherein someone would

together with his routine report on the current month’s schedule. Then,

not attending it,” Alexander

involve socializing with women and to him, the benefits obtained from such

Josh’s younger brother; he had taken over the role as Alexander’s chief personal assistant when Josh was transferred to their subsidiary abroad

was faced with such a permanently cold and standoffish boss, Eric had maintained a reverent attitude and practically worshiped the ground that Alexander walked on. As such, every single instruction that Alexander gave

“By the way, President Duncan, the legal team has informed us that the result for the lawsuit on the shares of Holt

focused on the document in front of him, suddenly paused at what he was doing and stopped scribbling. Then, he gradually raised his

the case. Mr. Menzie will be back

this.” Alexander’s eyes sparkled. “Did the board of directors do anything once they knew

was correct. There are some signs to indicate

a year ago, there have been three board meetings. Director Menzie

slightly before gingerly asking, “Is Director Menzie eyeing

and was handsomely rewarded for it by being extremely efficient in his job. The entire legal department had dragged this matter for more than a year, but he managed to resolve it in merely two months. It would be unlike Director Menzie if he didn’t take this opportunity to make

to cause Eric’s expression to become complicated. “Then again, President Duncan, Mr. Menzie only joined the

someone based on their capabilities, but the company maintained a clear directive about not promoting a staff member within their first year of employment. They would be considered as being on probation for the time being

whether Director Menzie actually cares for his

their staff could be exempted from the probation period if they held a certain percentage of the company shares. Those who performed exceptionally