One Night Surprise

Chapter 430 We’re About to File for Divorce

The matter with Angie wasn’t a difficult one. After all, it was Courtney’s original intention to adopt Angie, so it wouldn’t seem right for her to continue living with Elijah. Since Lilian had already voiced her thoughts on it, it would seem rather awkward to send Angie back there.

Once the two girls had gone to bed, Courtney walked to the balcony to give Elijah a call.

“I owe you a huge favor for taking care of Angie. Reasonably speaking, I should have been the one taking care of her all these years. You’ve done me a huge favor of having custody of her for so long, which I think it’s time for me to repay the favor. From now on, I think it would be more appropriate for her to live with me.”

Courtney didn’t reveal the things that Lilian had done mainly because she had considered the relationship Elijah had with Lilian. On the other hand, she felt that Lilian’s actions were justifiable after all.

At this moment, Elijah suddenly stopped talking on the phone. “I’ve clarified about this matter, so you don’t have to worry about it. I’ll head to Melrose City and pick Angie up before the summer break ends. We’ll stick to the same plan as before; there’s no need for any change.”

“You don’t have to feel troubled. I’ve already planned everything.”

“You haven’t,” Elijah interrupted Courtney. “You can’t leave Melrose City this year, which means you can’t take care of Angie. I promised to take care of her back then and it’s not just a promise to you but to Angie too. I’ll definitely take good care of her and be a father figure to her until she reaches adulthood.”

Somehow, Courtney sensed that he was insinuating something with his words and felt that something was amiss, but couldn’t quite put her finger on it. So, she had no choice but to ask, “What about Lilian then? Don’t tell me that you fought with her?”

“We’re about to file for divorce.”

“What?!” Courtney’s tone changed. “Divorce?!”

Although she was aware that Lilian’s action of kicking Angie out behind Elijah’s back would definitely trigger the ensuing conflict between the couple if he ever found out, Courtney didn’t expect the outcome to be so serious.

While on the phone, Elijah sounded rather moody and he quickly hung up the phone without saying much, which in turn left her perplexed about the entire situation.

this side of Elijah before, she remained standing at the balcony with mixed feelings. After waiting some time for something but realizing that the outcome wasn’t what one had expected, the past efforts thrown in could easily become an obsession and render the person unable to let go. Economically speaking, this was known as sunk cost effect. In a relationship, behaviors like this could be described as

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this event together with his routine report on the current month’s schedule. Then, he asked for Alexander’s opinion when he stumbled upon the event

attending it,” Alexander responded without any

the benefits obtained from such socializing were completely not worth the effort

was Josh’s younger brother; he had taken over the role as Alexander’s chief personal assistant when Josh was transferred to their subsidiary abroad two years ago. Eric had also taken over Josh’s job of handling all the trivial matters that ensued in

standoffish boss, Eric had maintained a reverent attitude and practically worshiped the

he looked up. “By the way, President Duncan, the

who was previously focused on the document in front of him, suddenly paused at what he was doing and stopped scribbling. Then, he gradually raised his head and his pair of astute eyes coldly glimmered under the gold-rimmed glasses. “What’s

the case. Mr. Menzie will be

“Did the board of directors do anything once they

some signs to indicate Director Menzie’s

half a year ago, there have been three

Director Menzie eyeing the position of chief executive in the legal

one that everyone tried to avoid taking up because of how intricate the matter was. Some of those involved are connected to important people with a messy trail of relationships. However, Caleb went ahead with it and was handsomely rewarded for it by being extremely efficient in his job. The entire legal department had dragged this matter for more than a year, but he managed to resolve it in merely two months. It would be unlike Director Menzie if

was enough to cause Eric’s expression to become complicated. “Then again, President Duncan, Mr. Menzie only joined

maintain its regular day-to-day operations. It was pretty much unspoken that a decision shouldn’t be made purely on the whims of an upper management level employee. It was fine to promote someone based on their capabilities, but the company maintained a clear directive about not promoting a staff member within their first year of employment. They would be considered as being on probation for the time being because the company wanted to prevent the staff members from

that depends on whether Director Menzie actually cares for his stepson

rule in Sunhill wherein their staff could be exempted from the probation period if they held a certain percentage