One Night Surprise Chapter 285

One Night Surprise Chapter 285Chapter 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.
Isaac was trying to explain himself, but the words disappeared from the tip of his tongue when he saw
her gaze. “Courtney, I need to tell you something.”
She 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 nothing to talk about.”
“I know.” Isaac looked up and he stared at Courtney. “I 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 you.”
“What are you trying to say?”
“I know that this sounds out of the blue, but if it’s possible, I just hope that you won’t hate me.”
He has been beating around the bush for so long and I was wondering what he was planning to say. In
the end, he’s humbly asking me not to hate him. Courtney regarded Isaac and she realized that time
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 fell for him all those years
ago.
“I do not hate you.” She 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 was abroad, I was busy with work
and life for ages. Therefore, to be honest, I wouldn’t have had time for a relationship. As for your claim
of not being able to be faithful to any woman, you should take it back.”Isaac looked as though he was in a daze.
“Life is a long process. Who knows what you might encounter in the future? Even if the person suited
for you is not Vanessa, there might be someone else out there.” After Courtney’s speech, the car fell
into complete silence. No matter what happened throughout the years, we once gave each other the
best parts of our youths.
Isaac still insisted on sending Courtney home. She did not tell him where she lived, but his chauffeur
seemed to be well informed about her address. He drove in a familiar manner to the entrance of her
residential area.
“We are here.”
Courtney nodded and she opened the door. “Thank you,” she said softly.
“I should be the one thanking you.” He smiled faintly to hide the bitterness in his expression. His gaze
was focused at a distance away from the windshield. “Do you need me to help you explain?”
She followed the direction of Isaac’s gaze—it was Alexander’s figure standing as straight as a pole at
the entrance of the residential area. “There’s no need,” she rejected before closing the car door.
Isaac did not linger around. The car engine roared to life before it disappeared in the continuous traffic
moving through the entrance of the residential area, resembling the relationship she and him shared
throughout the years. In the end, their love melted into the crowd; it was never to be seen again.
Alexander walked toward Courtney without asking anything. He merely removed his coat to wrap it
around her shoulders. “It is cold outside. Let’s head home first.”
Well, I thought that he would fly into a rage of jealousy as usual. In any case, his calm demeanor is
unexpected. Therefore, she decided not to temporarily throw tantrums. “Let’s go.”It was getting dark and most of the buildings within the residential area 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 for the cumbersome evening gown, I can almost feel a sense of serenity right
now.
“It is nice to have an evening stroll.” Courtney was trying to take the initiative to make amends to ease
the tension from the earlier incident.
Alexander kept quiet for a moment, but he suddenly blurted out, “What did you say to Isaac? Even if
you are lashing out at me, you must not get into somebody else’s car in the future…”
The smile wavered and stiffened on her face as she made a sudden movement to throw his coat back
to him. She hissed in anger, “Then, you better explain about the situation with Kelly before commenting
about me!” With that, she aggressively lifted her gown as she made her way to enter the building. How
can he be such a hypocrite? He refuses to explain himself, but he expects me to explain myself! This is
frustrating!
The door slammed with such force that Oliver thought that it was an earthquake.
“Court—” He could not even manage to greet her when he saw her storming into her bedroom. There
was another loud slam as she closed her room door.
He shivered involuntarily as he spilled half a cup of his tea.
Alexander marched into the house soon enough. He saw Oliver taking a sharp breath while stomping
his own foot in the kitchen.
“Hey, what’s up with Courtney?” Oliver asked.
“Nothing.”“What do you mean by nothing?” Oliver gave him a sideway glance. He was tugging against his pants
where the tea had spilled. “The words ‘I am pissed’ are branded across her face. Please do not tell me
that you have no idea what’s going on.”
novelbinAlexander stared at Oliver pointedly, as if asking, Will you die if you were to stop talking?
“Got it.” Oliver immediately understood what he meant. “It is definitely related to you then.”
“What if I say that it’s not?”
Oliver seemed unfazed. “I will surrender if you are able to make Courtney open her door right now.”
Alexander scowled deeply while staring at the master bedroom door. He then walked to the couch to
have a seat. Courtney usually does not lose her temper. In fact, she seems to be throwing her tantrum
for nothing today. He lowered his head while counting the days that she snapped, but he shook his
head in the end.
Oliver brought the tea cups and sat across from Alexander. He pushed one of them toward Alexander
while masking an offhand comment. “Sigh, I heard from Shay that Vanessa humiliated Courtney at the
cocktail party tonight. The husband and wife are rather shameless, if you ask me. They are cheap, as
always. I can’t believe she has the audacity to bring up the past.”
“What are you talking about?” Alexander abruptly looked up.
“Vanessa and Isaac are a b*tchy couple…” Oliver was astounded as he gazed at Alexander in
confusion. “Didn’t they mention Courtney’s past at the cocktail party? They humiliated her openly in
public. D-Didn’t you know about it?”