One Night Surprise

Chapter 408 The Children Will Go With You

Casey was in the living room, sipping on tea. The dining table hadn’t been cleared yet, so it was in a state of disarray.

Courtney went downstairs and explained to him, her tone a little bashful, “You came at a slightly bad time; we just finished dinner. If you had come a little earlier, you could have joined us.”

Casey, however, didn’t bear a grudge against her. “If I did arrive earlier, then he wouldn’t have been able to have that dinner. It’s better for him that I arrived later.”

“So, you’re here to get Shay.” Courtney immediately spelled out Casey’s purpose for coming. “Why did you call me down then? I haven’t been feeling well the last few days. You’re torturing a sick person here.”

Casey didn’t look too bothered. “There’s something that I want to tell you.”

Courtney was all ears.

“When I found out that you were kidnapped, Shay was still abroad for his concert tour. The tour was already underway, and he wouldn’t be able to do anything even if he came back. That’s why I didn’t tell him.”

“Smart move.”

“However, I’ve also been constantly monitoring the progress of the case. I even personally sent personnel out to try and find a way to save you. In the end, you didn’t need my help. Alexander’s a capable man.”

At the mention of Alexander, Courtney’s face stiffened. “What does this have to do with him?”

“Looks like I made the right choice to come here.” Casey put down his teacup, still looking as polite and mild-mannered as ever. “That depends on whether you want to know the truth, or if you want to continue lying to yourself for the rest of your days.”

“What do you mean?”

“Alexander was the first one to find out about your kidnapping. He was also the one who coordinated the entire rescue plan; it had nothing to do with the criminal investigation team initially. Later, once the criminal investigation team took action, he was worried their actions might alert the kidnappers and in turn cause harm to you, so he arranged for the Blue Eagles Reserve Forces to come with him to discreetly strike a deal with the kidnappers, even though the Blue Eagles were still wet behind their ears. That’s right: he went on the island operation too.”

Courtney stayed quiet.

and he’s been working around the clock,

been busy running himself ragged for her. But why hasn’t he come to

on his way, and he lost his marbles because of that. His assistant couldn’t bear to see him in that state, so he sent Alexander straight to the hospital. The tests showed that he had pneumonia,

he’s actually the one who saved me from the waters

the truth about a lot of details, since they think that they’re doing you a favor. They probably didn’t want you to overthink it, but I personally like it when people just say things as they are

to make me

pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses. His fingers were extraordinarily light and pale. “That’s all I want to say. I can resolve the matter between

up on the

it came to things with an emotional component. Everyone around her would always help her to make decisions without her input, and she was left in the dark, left ignorant about what she

with him, Elijah brought her to her bedroom and left as well. Courtney was left in the bedroom with Cameron for company. The two women laid on the bed

about what Casey had told her, and she also asked Cameron to confirm his words. After all, she couldn’t just take Casey’s word

tacit affirmation. “Actually, I just felt that you didn’t have to know about it. He was the one who caused your kidnapping in the

glance at Cameron. “Passing the buck after breaking up isn’t a good look either. He may have a hand in causing the kidnapping to happen, but it’s

we just going to forget about Jordan’s situation? And what

of that, Courtney’s face stiffened. She pressed her lips together and thought for a long while. “You

“Nope.”

“Keep

You don’t want

was in her hands. There was no one forcing her to sign some contract. But, this was different from the

knocked on his door, preparing to walk in, she found Fiona sitting by his bed. Alexander looked awful, his thin lips pale and drained of color. He coughed as

paragraph that says that Courtney walks

signed document and left the room, and he ran right into Courtney, who

went quiet as two gazes fell upon