One Night Surprise

Chapter 228 I Did It for the Green Card

Courtney’s heart flinched at Gale’s words. “Why are you asking this suddenly?” She turned and looked at him with wary eyes.

Gale looked relaxed. “Actually, I really don’t know much about what happened recently. Even the break-up between you and Alex was something I found out just a few days ago. If Alex was right, you really haven’t gotten a divorce, right?”

Upon hearing his words, Courtney breathed a sigh of relief, yet she frowned at the same time. “Yeah.”

“Awesome.” His reaction was unexpected. He was actually giving her a thumbs up. “You’re the only one that Alex has been willing to let be the mistress of someone else. I really admire you.”

Is he really praising me? Courtney could no longer listen to what he was about to say. Irritated, she said, “Mistress? There’s no such thing. I only married Elijah because I needed the green card in order to stay in America with Tina legally. Elijah needed money, and I needed an identity. It was only a deal struck between us.”

“So… Tina’s father isn’t Elijah?” Stroking his chin, Gale suddenly came back to his senses. “A deal? You said the marriage between Elijah and you was just a deal? Why didn’t you tell Alex?”

“He said I didn’t tell him that?” This time, Courtney got even more fed up. “Some people only have nasty things in their mind and they think that everyone else is the same. What more can I say?”

The marriage between Elijah and her was mainly because she needed the green card. She was pretty sure that she had told Alexander about it. Yet, he had his own way of thinking and insisted that she was a cunning egoist. So, what else could she say?

In secret, Gale was stunned. As a bystander, he knew none of them had made a big mistake. However, they were still holding a grudge against each other. Because they couldn’t let it go, they ended up in a conflict, which spiraled out of control.

“Wait, I didn’t get it. Can you please explain in detail?” He stared at Courtney curiously. “Why is the marriage between Elijah and you a deal? I’m curious about that.”

“It’s a long story.”

born there, her visa expired after a short stay. Therefore, there were only

which path she took, she had to go

place, the man—who threatened her to have

cleaner in

cleaner?” Gale was

thought that a young

did not bother to explain why

million and I had it. So, I went to his office to talk. At first, he didn’t believe me

Elijah’s office in her brown cleaner’s uniform. At that time, Elijah wasn’t as calm and imposing as he was now. Random items were scattered across his desk. He was the general manager of the company, yet his office was so messy that there was nowhere to get a

any questions, Elijah acceded to her request. Regardless of what brought him to make that decision, looking back now, he

Gale continued to ask. “You

course, we didn’t.” Courtney shook her head. “Later, he took my money and moved his office to a new address. He was in the north and I was in the south. The two places were separated by a strait. It was only during holidays that he would fly over to spend time with Tina so that Tina would see him as her

been cleared up, Gale breathed a sigh

relief he took on behalf of Alexander. However, he

clearly innocent, was wronged. Perhaps, Alexander had hurt her with the words he said. It might not be easy for him

had to take measures according to

bystander.” Gale studied Courtney’s expression. “I’m a bystander. But, even I can’t judge what happened from an objective perspective. There will be more or less some subjective elements, especially for Alex who is the party involved.