One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 197

Chapter 197 You Can Have It Back! Who Cares, Anyway?

Alexander’s face sank, and he fiercely shook off her hand.

“What are you doing? You startled me!” Courtney shot him a discontented look.

“Didn’t you say that it’s over between us? Do people who have broken up still touch each other like that?” Alexander’s tone was cold and distant, but if she listened carefully, she could hear a hint of resentment in his voice.

The look on Courtney’s face was matter-of-fact. “How else was I supposed to unlock it? Can you stop fussing over everything?”

“You could’ve asked for the PIN.”

There’s more than one way to unlock a phone.

Courtney was speechless. Peeved, she turned off his phone, then said, “All right, tell me what’s the PIN.”

He paused for a second, then two words rang out in the car. “Your birthday.”

Courtney was shocked.

 

She admitted that both she and Alexander were considerably sensible people, so they weren’t exactly romantics when it came to relationships. She wasn’t even like the average girl who would look through her boyfriend’s phone and messages.

Personal space was a must.

Therefore, it was a surprise to find out that Alexander’s PIN was her birthday.

The car was silent, and she could hear the sounds of the waves lapping against the rocks, as well as the whistling of the mountain breeze. She was skeptical as she lowered her head and keyed in her birthday precisely.

A thought struck her all of a sudden. Her birthday this year was spent with Alexander, and after leaving the cemetery where they paid their respects to her mother, he had held her hand in front of Alicia, appearing absolutely certain and confident.

What did he tell Aunt Alicia that time?

She was doubtful, but the two of them had been so frightening that she dared not ask what they were talking about.

sounded beside her, clear and distinct as if nothing had

then remembered that she wanted to call Cameron and

sound of the engine drowned out the howling of the wind. After staring at the phone for a long time, Courtney rolled her eyes at Alexander.

frowned. “Did I say that there was

phones supposed to be equipped with a GPS? Unlike us peasants’

a complete loss for words when he heard Courtney’s senseless comeback. “Miss Hunter, from your point of

person driving her to her

car sputtered and visibly slowed

Alexander parked the car on the side of the road. They had started driving for less than a

“What happened?”

uncertainty, Alexander pointed at the fuel gauge and said,

long passed the minimum

you do this?” Courtney simply couldn’t believe it. “It was already so

heard her reproval, his expression changed immediately. “Isn’t this all because of

he was on the highway, there was a gas station at the rest area. However, when he received Gale’s call, he turned around in an instant. He was speeding

soon as she

expression, a hint of annoyance

supposed to explain the excitement and disbelief she felt when she saw him

didn’t want to

explain that she had initially thought that his existence was a blessing and a curse, but in the days without him, she

a long moment of silence, Alexander seemed to have calmed down. “Let’s stay here first. Trucks will come

he shot Courtney another glance. “If you’re tired, you can go to the back

car was a remodeled MPV, so the backseat could be adjusted and

of

a suit jacket tinged with the cool scent of his perfume was

a long while, she managed to force out the words.

the driver’s seat,

proceeded to lie

was open, and a full moon could be seen through the layer of glass. It looked like a

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