One Night Surprise

Chapter 33 Don’t Come Back if You’re That Great

Josh felt Alexander’s darkened gaze lingering on him the moment he finished his sentence, so he quickly swallowed the rest of his words; he then quietly ignited the car engine and wore his seatbelt. Everything is pretty obvious, anyway. Courtney made a bet with the boss—she promised to pack up and leave if she didn’t fulfil the job achievements that she had agreed to by the end of her 3-month probation. All of the interviewers witnessed this agreement.

Although the hotel’s performance has been improving ever since Courtney took over the job, she’s still far from achieving her targeted goals. It has been 2 months, and she even had to be hospitalized for a while during that period, so it seems like she might not be able to succeed.

That’s probably why Alexander put her in charge of the centennial celebration! Firstly, it gives her an additional two months to work here; also, she can take credit for all the achievements obtained as she handles the centennial celebration. But there was one thing that Josh still didn’t understand. Why is Alexander being so caring toward Courtney? Is it just because she saved Jordan?

“By the way, President Duncan, didn’t you say that Eddie’s driving skills were pretty good? Why did you fire him all of a sudden?” Josh asked.

“He talked too much,” Alexander muttered.

Josh felt his muscles tensing in fright. He no longer dared to say anything as he was pretty talkative himself.

Edward Burton, the mentor who guided Courtney in her job, quickly handed the rest of her projects and duties over to other employees once Courtney took on the project of planning the centennial celebration. She was surprised to see that he did this to allow more time for her to handle her current project.

“Courtney, there were so many people from the planning team during that meeting, yet President Duncan wasn’t interested in any of their ideas. You have to do a good job since your abilities caught his eye. It helps to improve our hotel’s reputation as well.” Edward rarely ever guided her in work, but he seemed to have changed his attitude toward her after that meeting. She was flattered. “I’ll work hard!”

past, she wanted to take a look at how other companies or businesses planned their events

see a worker from the mall staring at her. He appeared to be polite and nice, but there was a hint of alertness in his gaze. Courtney had been snapping a large number of pictures of the mall with the phone in her hand, so he probably assumed she was some competitor within their industry, or a worker from the Bureau of Commerce. She hurriedly put her phone away before she spoke in a calm tone. “I’m just shopping. Can I know where your jewelry

“Over there.” She thanked the worker and ignored his odd glances as she walked directly toward the jewelry store. She had expected her photographing acts to attract unwanted attention, so she already had a backup plan to deal

her. It was a silver rope chain necklace that had a clear

store

ones that sold this?” Courtney tried

a classic collection in our store. Also, look at this. Every piece of jewelry made in our store has a small logo of our brand here. It’s tiny, so most people don’t realize it,” the manager explained as she pointed

a lot of people that purchased this necklace in your store?”

“This is a valuable piece of emerald; it’s dated and priceless. We don’t have such designs in the store, so this client probably brought the emerald in

customer that customized it?” Courtney’s face lit

the manager uttered, upon which Courtney expressed her gratitude immediately. “No worries. You can keep the necklace for now. Honestly, this is the first time I’ve seen an emerald as pretty as this after

contain the excitement that she felt even after she stepped out of the jewelry store. When she gave birth to her two children in Melrose City 5 years ago, she brought Tina home after the doctor took her other baby. After all these years, she still longed to see her other child; this necklace was the only clue that connected her to the child because she tore the necklace away from the man’s neck that night. Courtney felt chills running down her spine whenever she thought of that incident 6 years

shadow of another person’s figure standing in her way just as she was recalling her past memories. “Courtney.” The person’s voice was thin and a little menacing. The look on Courtney’s face changed the moment she lifted her head up

smirk as she wrapped her arms in front of her chest. “You haven’t been home

father, and she still had the same arrogant and domineering personality even though they hadn’t met one another in years. In fact, Courtney felt that she might even be more malicious and sharper with her