One Night Surprise

Chapter 383 Secret Base

In the Twin Peaks Manor in Melrose City, Elijah was settling Courtney down in the room, letting the doctor in to take a look at her.

“Torture? Alexander’s a freaking maniac! Had I not informed Old Master Duncan about him forbidding Courtney from going out, who knows what would’ve happened today!” Cameron was stomping her feet out of anger in the living room.

Beside her was Gale, who was on pins and needles. “He’s not that kind of guy, Cameron. There must be some kind of misunderstanding.”

“Shut up.” Glaring at him, she rebuked, “Defend him once more and I’ll send you back to where you belong. Hadn’t you seen how Courtney came back? If it weren’t for Elijah, the poor girl would’ve died from that psychopath’s torture!”

Gale scowled. Although he disagreed with her perspective, he couldn’t voice his argument as he was currently in her territory.

Shortly after, the doctor came out of the bedroom. Elijah, who was waiting at the door, inquired, “How is she?”

“She’s fine.” Walking into the living room, the doctor answered, “There’s no physical injury, but she’s very weak right now, and is having a fever, so she’s currently in a deep sleep. Once the fever goes away and she has gotten enough rest, she’ll wake up.”

Elijah and Gale heaved a sigh of relief in unison, a weight seemingly being lifted off their shoulders.

After seeing the doctor out, Cameron went to check on Courtney in the bedroom, leaving the two men awkwardly sitting in the living room.

As Alexander’s friend, Gale felt as if he was in a tight spot, so the best thing for him to do was keep silent the entire time. Though, he couldn’t resist. “What are you going to do?”

at him. “What, are you Alexander’s

“I just think there must be a misunderstanding amidst this incident. Cameron said that, back then, Courtney had no choice but to deliver the two children, and that Alexander should be considerate about it. But as to why he would suddenly get so pissed off about it is totally questionable. I think it’s

came to Alexander. “So what do you think it is that caused him to cruelly treat a woman, who gave birth to his own children, and also had

that could explain the sudden

glanced at Gale. “I have made my preparations to file

sprung up from his seat.

violence that took place six years

about it. That’ll only draw undesirable attention

will. For

a calm, reasonable man, but he was more than willing to charge at Alexander for this incident. Before he saw Courtney, he was still hesitating whether to take action against Alexander, but now that he had seen how low Courtney was willing to go for the sake of her children, he felt the urgency for him to take charge. “Everyone’s so concerned about one another’s feelings and decided to let Alexander off. But have you ever stopped and considered how Courtney’s been living all these years? She

uneasy at Elijah’s intimidation. Oh, hell’s

Melrose City sent a summons to the Duncans’ household. The summons listed Alexander’s association with rape, kidnapping, and blackmail, and that he was to attend the court to plead for his case

a search in various properties of Alexander in Melrose City. Eventually, they found Tina in the yet-to-operate

and arranged impeccable security measures around the manor to

to take custody of Jordan from Alexander. Since the boy’s

still quite red. “I don’t have to

We’ll fight for custody of Jordan. Worse comes to worst, you’ll

deep breath, seemingly anxious. Even to this day, she couldn’t figure out how things ended up this

carried to bed by her mother. Assuming she had just gone on an adventure with a squad of policemen, the