One Night Surprise

Chapter 241 The Heart That Forever Beats For You

After reading the message, Courtney laughed and swiftly replied, ‘Gale deserves it. You, on the other hand, should probably gird your loins.’

Gale had a tendency to skip on the important details whenever he gave out secondhand information. It seemed as if nothing good could ever emerge from giving him the information in the first place—he was a born troublemaker.

As amused as she was by that thought, she knew that whatever happened today had nothing to do with his ineptitude and Alexander was aware of it as well. He had never encountered a situation in which he was forced to admit his mistakes and he simply needed an outlet for the resentment that he felt.

At the end of the day, Courtney knew better than to expect an apology from him.

The next day, she returned to Melrose City with the tender notice for Sakura Group in hand. Tobias’ intervention had led her to abandon all prospects of a private partnership, so she could only hope to collaborate with Sakura Group through normal means hence her attendance at the tender.

She showed Bill the requirements that they would need to comply with in order to submit a valid tender and he nodded after he read through them.

“It wouldn’t be hard to come up with a design for the uniforms and we are able to meet all the other requirements,” he responded. “As long as no one tries to mess things up for us, we should be able to succeed in the tender.”

“Then, I shall thank you in advance,” Courtney said.

“Don’t worry about it.” He gave her a dismissive wave before he put the measuring tape that he was holding away. He appeared to have recalled something. “Oh, right. When is Cameron leaving?”

“The day after tomorrow,” she answered after counting the days in her head. “She said she would leave at the end of the month, which would be the day after tomorrow. Are you going to see her off?”

“No,” Bill replied with an air of finality. “Tell her to come back as soon as she recovers from her illness. She might even make it in time to compete against me for the position of chief designer. If she can’t make it back before that, then I guess she’ll just have to settle as my assistant when she returns.”

Courtney smiled and shook her head in mock exasperation before curiously eyeing Bill with a mischievous grin. “Bill, is it true that you used to pine for Cameron when the both of you were studying in St York University?”

“What? Who said that?” he sputtered as his face turned crimson and he glared at her while denying vehemently. “Don’t be ridiculous. Why would I pine for someone as crazy as her?”

that she was pining for you for the longest time before you finally agreed to date her, but

Bill stiffened. “Did she tell you

you to date her was one of the hardest things she ever had to do, but at the end of the day, you told her that her designs

gaze was lowered as he pretended to be busy with the measuring tape.

“Bill?”

snapped out of his thoughts and looked at her. “Huh? Oh. I broke up with her because she was temperamental.

smiling as

his contact to her when he left Melrose City back in the day. Why would a loner like him try so hard to keep in touch with

no way for Courtney to find out about the misunderstandings and slip-ups that unfolded throughout Bill and Cameron’s relationship, so she gave up pestering him on that

days later, Cameron was flying off to America to undergo medical treatment and Gale was accompanying

them off at

at how

Cameron was tearing up at Courtney’s words. She was no longer as tough as she used to be, making her

not bear to see her cry, so she turned to look at Gale with a somber expression. “I’m warning you, Gale—if you so much as make her cry, I’m going to fly over and kick your butt. You still owe me for what happened the last time,

to him—and grumbled, “I wouldn’t dream about hurting Cameron when

forcing you to get along with Elijah, so you don’t have to sound so annoyingly perplexed by him. You’re going to lead Cameron astray with

yours. She’s ours,” Gale retorted sharply and glared

could just claim her as your own because you’re dating her;

exchange with amusement. There was something familiar about the scene; it used to be her who bantered with Gale and now the peace-loving Courtney was taking over

that made Cameron’s heart wrench and she choked as she interjected, “Okay, it’s getting late. We

out here for a while longer.” Gale tugged on her arm to hold

the mention of

would return from America, but they had been at the airport for nearly half