One Night Surprise

Chapter 285 I Do Not Hate You

Courtney turned to leave after speaking her mind.

Where are you going?”

“That’s none of your business,” she sounded livid. With that, she held onto her skirt to walk down the stairs—she was preparing to leave the cocktail party and the hotel straight away.

Just as she was about to enter the elevator, Alexander caught up with her. However, she was quick to close the elevator doors and he was left standing outside. He had no choice, but to stare helplessly as the elevator descended swiftly. Soon, it stopped on the first floor.

By the time he descended to the hotel entrance via another elevator to chase after her, she had already entered the car. Through the car window, he could vaguely make out a man’s side profile before he clenched his fists tightly in anger and he took out his phone to call her.

The car drove away from the downtown area, which was crowded with people, when Courtney’s phone would not stop ringing in the car.

“Aren’t you going to answer that?” the man sitting beside her asked.

She immediately declined the call while turning sideways to look at Isaac. “No worries. Just drop me at the intersection in front. I’ll grab a cab to head home.”

“I’ll send you home.” He looked uneasy. “It’s late and it is not safe out here.”

“No need.” Courtney flatly refused. “You know why I entered your car earlier. We do not have to be polite with each other.”

“I am not being polite.”

She shot him a look and he could see the invisible barrier between them.

was trying to explain himself, but the words disappeared from the tip of his tongue when he saw her gaze. “Courtney, I need

frowned at him. “If it’s about the past, I don’t want to talk about it anymore. It is already in the past, so there’s

know that I deserve it. Previously, I was blinded when I hooked up with Vanessa. However, in the years that you have left me, I realized that you are the one whom I truly love all long. I can’t be faithful to any woman apart from

are you trying

of the blue, but if it’s possible, I just hope

and life had caused the once warm and confident boy from school to fade away. In fact, she could not sense the high spirits that he used to have. I suddenly can’t even recall why I

broke the silence after a long pause. “I have never resented anyone when it comes to love and relationships. Getting together and splitting up only involves two people. It is impossible to blame only one person. In the later few years when I

he was in a

if the person suited for you is not Vanessa, there might be someone else

she lived, but his chauffeur seemed to be well informed about her address. He drove

“We are here.”

the door. “Thank you,” she said

expression. His gaze was

standing as straight as a pole at the entrance of the residential area. “There’s no need,” she rejected before

in the continuous traffic moving through the entrance of the residential area, resembling the relationship she and him shared

coat to wrap it around her shoulders. “It is cold outside. Let’s head

that he would fly into a rage of jealousy as usual. In any case,

had their lights switched on. The street lights reflected on the greenery along the road as the two of them walked along the passageway. If it weren’t

stroll.” Courtney was trying to take

did you say to Isaac? Even if you are lashing out at me, you must not

anger, “Then, you better explain about the situation with Kelly before commenting about me!” With that, she aggressively

force that Oliver thought that it