One Night Surprise

Chapter 117 Can Money Resolve Everything?

The 1.83-meter young man walked toward them from the other end of the hallway; his young immature face adopted an inexplicably steady aura of a middle-aged man, causing the crowd to automatically give way to him.

Courtney was momentarily stunned before returning to her senses. She then stopped him and asked in a small voice, “Why are you here?”

Oliver cast a glance to comfort her before patting the back of her hand. “I’m here to watch the show of a culprit accusing the innocent of a sin that was committed by herself—I wonder why you insisted on accusing a young lady of stealing. Miss Clark, if this incident is exposed to the media, I think the entertainment industry will no longer welcome you in the future.”

Brenda’s face paled. “What nonsense are you spewing? Where do you come from? Don’t you guys have anyone else in the Sunhill Hotel?”

“It doesn’t matter who I am. What matters is that Miss Clark, you claimed that Penelope stole your necklace, but what is your basis for making such an adamant accusation?”

“The security footage showed that she was the only person who entered my room at 10.00PM last night.”

“Weren’t you there when Penelope entered your room?”

Upon hearing that, everyone looked at one another in shock. Ever since the filming crew checked in, it was widely known that the actors had a habit of having a meeting to discuss the script at around 10.00PM. The actors’ rooms were mostly empty at that time, so when the security cameras caught Penelope entering the room and exiting it in panic, it aroused their suspicion.

“What do you mean? I returned to my room at 11.00PM.” Brenda’s expression suddenly changed and she scolded, “You should come up with a smarter excuse if you wish to protect her.”

face filled with disdain. “Miss Clark, this is exactly what I want to tell you—if you want to hook up with a man, you should have found a smarter way. Don’t think that you can hide it from everyone by taking advantage of

his words, everyone at the scene was stunned.

which Courtney had overheard when she passed by the room. Britney seemed to be reprimanding Brenda for not being professional as the latter disappeared when they all had a

hearing Oliver’s words, she suddenly understood the situation. Brenda’s disappearance was merely because she took advantage of the fact that some of the rooms in the floor occupied by the filming crew had balconies that connected the neighboring rooms. She then sneaked out when the

refuted, “What nonsense did you just say? You have to take responsibility for saying this kind of thing. Be

I happened to be free earlier, so I casually asked some of the crew members about your whereabouts at that time. Coincidentally, during the period that you claimed that your necklace went missing, you were not discussing the script with

the crowd became even louder and more looks of dismay landed on Brenda—they were filled with contemptuousness and disgust. The film producer was a renowned professional actor, who retired to work

shut up!” Brenda’s face paled with a

of Oliver’s lips curved upward. “There are more coincidences—the hotel’s system database showed that the water of your bathtub in the

that Penelope had stolen her necklace. There were even people who secretly took videos of the situation. Courtney

embarrassed and kept their phones away before they

had earlier, and asked, “Miss Clark, can we have a

nodded and agreed, even though she was reluctant

won’t be joining you guys, then. Everything has been resolved, right?” Oliver returned to his innocent facade. His childish, immature features gave off a vibe of a young teenage boy, making it difficult for

was a little puzzled, she nodded without asking further since she had to deal with Brenda’s matter now. “Okay, you don’t

just a small matter. Go ahead with your matters. I will explain the

“Okay.”

were waiters and some receptionists who were quite close with Penelope. Upon seeing that Courtney had left, they joyfully approached him. “You are amazing.