One Night Surprise Chapter 432Chapter 432 How Long Do You Plan to Keep This From Me?
It was slightly drizzling the next morning and the light rain made the scorching weather in Melrose City
much cooler.
Courtney had sent Angie to the prison and was now waiting for Angie in the car.
In fact, Angie had visited the prison once in the past five years; it was during the mid-winter holiday two
years ago that she had returned with Courtney to pay the Somerfield Family a visit. After all, she was
Courtney’s adopted daughter and followed Tina to address Great-Aunt Alice in the same way.
Courtney had already intended to reveal the truth to Angie by that point, but after further consideration,
she discovered that Angie wasn’t mature enough and might not be able to handle the shock of it. After
a two-year wait and Lilian’s multiple disruptions, Courtney was much more inclined to consider Elijah’s
position and carefully consider her next move before making a decision. As such, it was moments
before she left to volunteer at the frontier station that she told Angie everything.
There was a thick layer of soundproof glass that separated the inmates and visitors inside the prison’s
visiting room. The only method of communication was via a phone.
At this moment, Angie was rather restless as she sat on the chair and waited. The slightly smudged
piece of glass had reflected her current appearance as Angie had previously requested Courtney to
bring her to a salon to have the braids that she had maintained all these years removed. She was now
dressed in a simple white T-shirt that she paired with a denim skirt and her silky, clean long hair
complimented the attire.
After waiting for a short while, the prison guards finally escorted Regan into the room. He had lost a lot
of weight as compared to before and she almost couldn’t recognize him.Regan paused at the doorway for nearly two seconds and it was only when the shock on his face
gradually dissipated that he made his way over with laden footsteps, after which he took a seat.
Angie kept her eyes on the middle-aged man in his prime years with mixed feelings and she tried her
best to suppress the tears while signaling him to lift the phone receiver.
The voice on the other end sounded hoarse. “Why are you here? Why did you come all the way here?
It’s a horrible place to be at. Did she mistreat you or something?”
Even though many years had passed, he still never bothered with any sappiness. The first thing that he
did was demand an answer from Angie as to whether Courtney had taken good care of her.
“Courtney treats me very well.”
“Since she has adopted you, it’s only fair that you call her Mom.” A stoic Regan spoke up, but for some
reason, he sounded very insistent. “You do look well. It looks like she hasn’t mistreated you. Why do
you address her by her name, though?”
“How I choose to address her is my own decision. As for you, don’t you have something to tell me? It’s
already been five years.” Angie looked at him intently with a solemn expression.
However, Regan frowned in response. “What is there to tell?”
“The truth on whether you are actually my dad or my uncle.” Then, Angie’s cheeks trembled as she
tried hard to keep her emotions in check. “How long do you plan to keep this from me? Do you intend
to take this to your grave?”
At that point, he suddenly raised his head and was lost in his thoughts as he noticed her face that bore
so much resemblance to her mom. It was like he was staring at his younger sister from back then.“Courtney has told me everything. You’re not my dad! You just wanted to protect my mom from being
bullied by the villagers, so you relocated with us to the island. You didn’t even plan to stay there for
long, which is why you claimed that you two were a couple. Unexpectedly, Dragon had too much to
drink that night and you were coincidentally not on the island too. That was why things turned pear-
shaped.”
Angie’s voice was accompanied by the distant crackle of the background noise on the phone but each
word she spoke was exceptionally clear.
Each incident from the past was now exposed. Yet, the person personally recounting it was in fact none
other than his own niece. It resulted in Regan’s emotions suddenly becoming quite turbulent that he
couldn’t seem to find the right words to respond.
Angie had entered the room for quite some time while Courtney patiently waited for her outside. As
Courtney glanced at the time, she estimated that Angie should be out anytime soon and turned to drive
the car toward the opposite direction.
There was a notification prompt on her phone at that moment whereupon she glanced at it before her
brows furrowed.
Linda’s name suddenly popped up on the screen and the message that she had sent was rather
concise. There were merely two words in the message—don’t forget.
Judging from Linda’s dogged persistence, Courtney was extremely certain that Linda would skin her
alive with a pair of scalpels in each hand if she didn’t turn up to the blind date later this afternoon.
After she replied to the message, she heaved a resigned sigh. Subsequently, she turned her head to
look toward the prison entrance.Suddenly, her cell phone rang. With a frown, she took the call, “I replied to your message, right? I’ll turn
up to the blind date. You don’t need to keep reminding me about that, you know?”
novelbin“Blind date?” Courtney jumped in fright when she heard the male voice that followed. She instinctively
glanced at her phone screen, but the number shown was an unfamiliar local number. So, it was
evidently not Linda on the line. At that point, she finally figured out who it was and voiced out, “Why did
you call me?”
The person on the other end paused before replying, “It’s the weekend and I found a great restaurant
that has just opened. Let’s meet up for lunch.”
Meanwhile, Courtney paused to recollect her emotions before she spoke up, “I’m busy. Besides, it’s not
necessary.”
“A blind date, huh?” Alexander’s tone of voice clearly turned unpleasant seconds after that.
At that moment, she found herself stammering and noticed Angie walking toward her from the side of
her eye. So, she decisively responded, “This has nothing to do with you.” Subsequently, Courtney hung
up the phone on him.
At that moment, a black Range Rover had been parked for quite some time downstairs outside an
apartment building. Alexander was at the driver’s seat and he stared at the phone in his hand with an
extremely ugly expression after his call had been disconnected. Blind date?! I can’t believe that she’s
busy going on blind dates so soon after being back in town!
He drove directly to the office half an hour later.
Eric had just returned from the accounts department and he paused in his tracks when he saw
Alexander walking toward him. “President Duncan, I thought you mentioned that you were not cominginto work today?”
Alexander glanced briefly at Eric and his cold expression was enough to cause a shiver to run down
Eric’s spine. Eric then made up his mind to remain silent.
“What was the original plan for today?”
“Well…” Eric walked alongside Alexander as they headed into Alexander’s office. “There was a
meeting that was supposed to be chaired by the secretarial and legal departments today. It was a
unanimous decision made during the previous board meeting. Mr. Menzie will be appointed as the chief
executive of the legal department and he will lead the legal team. This announcement has to be
personally made by you, after which we’ll advise the other departments on their new roles.”
“Okay, go ahead.”
“Sure.”
There seemed to be an icy cold air barreling past the scorching hot day in the meeting room where
those present felt the hair on the back of their necks standing. Although Alexander looked like he was
making a positive announcement about Caleb’s promotion, those sly heads of departments in the
middle management could tell that there was a hidden meaning in Alexander’s words.
“I’m sure that those from the legal department must have heard of the board of directors’ decision. Mr.
Menzie’s letter of appointment has been approved and following Director Menzie’s strong
recommendations, Mr. Menzie will lead the legal department from now on. The rest of the departments
should also collaborate with him and assist him in the handover process.”
No one dared to voice their opinions.After all, those in their current positions within the middle management level were the heads of
departments who managed to secure their positions by exploiting their connections with someone from
the board of directors. As such, they were quite perceptive to any slight inclination of action from the
board of directors.
Caleb was Director Menzie’s stepson and ever since he had joined Sunhill Enterprise, he had been at
odds with his own head of department. Nonetheless, he was excellent at his job and had won two large
cases within half a year of his employment. Originally, the legal department at Sunhill Enterprise had
been barely performing at all; it was merely there for show as it was a shame to get rid of the entire
department. The cases that they handled had been dragged on for more than a year without any
conclusion. As soon as Caleb joined, it somehow caused the whole department to undergo a total
transformation.
The company would definitely have appreciated such a talent and exploited his skills, but since
Alexander was in fact at odds with Director Menzie, it caused Caleb to hit a brick wall.
As the tense environment progressed, a young man suddenly stood up from the side. His neatly-
pressed suit looked quite expensive and he currently had an undisturbed expression. Although he had
a pale demeanor, he was the total opposite and calmly stated, “I don’t want the position of being the
head of the legal department. My main purpose in joining the company was to gain some insight on
commercial law cases, so I reckon that it would be much better to leave the role of staff management to
the professionals. In short, I’m not interested in the position.”
At that point, the originally tense situation stilled as everyone’s gazes shifted to him while they held
their breaths.