A Graduation Gift

Chapter 445 You Owe Her An Apology

Joel was stunned to see the beautiful woman standing before him. Transfixed by her twinkling eyes, distant memories began to flood back to him.

Trying to hide the mild panic in his eyes, a name slipped out of his lips.

"Courtney!"

His voice was so high that it drew inquisitive eyes from around the restaurant.

Cloris also averted her eyes towards the commotion with curiosity. She caught Whitney hurrying to Courtney's side, looking at the man with bewilderment.

"What's going on there?"

Arthur asked. He brought his glance back from the strange man to Cloris in front of him, who did not look like her usual self.

"Nothing. Don't worry about them. Let's just finish our meal. We're still going to the movies afterwards, right?"

Whitney's words from before were still running through Cloris's mind. She did not dare meddle in whatever drama was unfolding, mindful of Courtney's current mental state.

"Of course. We should be just in time when we finish this meal,"

Arthur replied, smiling at Cloris and putting the commotion across the restaurant to the back of his mind.

Courtney's eyes were stunned wide open, and her face began to contort in anguish, conjuring up some grievous memory. She felt her mother's arms come around her. As her mother, Whitney's maternal instinct was to protect her as the symptoms of her illness started to show.

"Come on, Courtney. Let's head home,"

Whitney said, with agitation straining her voice. She feared what would happen if Courtney had a relapse in her mental disorder in the middle of this restaurant.

With a sudden and forceful push that even surprised Whitney, Courtney wriggled out of her grip. She stood, glowering with rage at the man.

"You promised you would be beside me for the rest of our lives. You promised me! Why did you lie?"

Courtney shouted, tears falling down her cheeks and clouding her vision.

Joel was lost for words, dumbstruck at the outburst. He knew he had taken advantage of Courtney, cheating her out of her money the moment he found out she was the daughter of a very wealthy family. He had always had the reputation for skirt-chasing but never thought he would have to face up to his past actions like this.

"Courtney, calm down. Just forget about him and let's head home, okay?"

Whitney was so focused on getting Courtney out of this situation and back home to take her medication. 'Maybe I should've brought the doctor around too, ' she thought, leaving no space to even ponder whether Joel was the man who had hurt Courtney so badly back in the day.

grabbed onto her daughter tighter but Courtney did not budge, nor did her hateful stare waver from Joel.

You cheated! You

strained their heads from the

rose from her seat, her

I can't stand it anymore," she said, packing her things

every word dagger Courtney threw at Joel was actually being directed at her. She couldn't handle it any more.

and join Cloris as she hurried out.

sinking as Courtney became more

the first time she had seen Courtney

the scene, helping Whitney to carefully drag Courtney out of the restaurant.

was completely stunned silent from her front row seat to the whole scene. She grabbed onto

scared. That woman is

girl shuddered, hoping Joel would pull around and

her insult was the final straw for Courtney. Courtney snapped back

she broke away from the grips of Whitney and Cassandra and launched herself at Joel, grabbing onto

left me! Why? Why did you leave me? For her? You said I was

his body frozen with fear, his collars

see the mania in Courtney's

off his collars

I have no idea

hands away from him so forcefully that she staggered back and

as Cloris was trying to make

her footing and fell to the ground beside Courtney, the two women letting out a squeal

Arthur both rushed forward to help them. Arthur carefully helped Cloris to her feet, while Cassandra was

"Cloris, are you alright?"

pure terror in Cloris's face as she got

slowly fell onto

Qin? Is that

terrible nightmare. Courtney's mind was going a hundred miles an

Cloris, you

childhood memories began flooding back to Courtney and the rage on her face began to dissipate into childish

you, liars, the pair of you! You

uncontrollably as Cassandra held on to her,

on, be good. Let's go home. Let's

in this childlike state, at least, she was

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