One Night Surprise (Courtney and Alexander) novel Chapter 117

Chapter 117

The 1.83-meter young man walked toward them from the other end of the hallway; his young immature face adopted an inexplicably steady aura of a middle-aged man, causing the crowd to automatically give way to him.

Courtney was momentarily stunned before returning to her senses. She then stopped him and asked in a small voice, “Why are you here?”

Oliver cast a glance to comf r before patting the back of her hand. “I’m here to watch the show of a culprit accusing the innocent of a sin that was committed by herself-I wonder why you insisted on accusing a young lady of stealing. Miss Clark, if this incident is exposed to the media, I think the entertainment industry will no longer welcome you in the future.”

Brenda’s face paled. “What nonsense are you spewing? Where do you come from? Don’t you guys have anyone else in the Sunhill Hotel?”

“It doesn’t matter who I am. What matters is that Miss Clark, you claimed that Penelope stole your necklace, but what is your basis for making such an adamant accusation?”

“The security footage showed that she was the only person who entered my room at 10.00PM last night.”

“Weren’t you there when Penelope entered your room?”

Upon hearing that, everyone looked at one another in shock. Ever since the filming crew checked in, it was widely known that the actors had a habit of having a meeting to discuss the script at around 10.00PM. The actors’ rooms were mostly empty at that time, so when the security cameras caught Penelope entering the room and exiting it in panic, it aroused their suspicion.

“What do you mean? I returned to my room at 11.00PM.” Brenda’s expression suddenly changed and she scolded, “You should come up with a smarter excuse if you wish to protect her.”

“A better excuse?” Oliver scoffed as his handsome face filled with disdain. “Miss Clark, this is exactly what I want to tell you if you want to hook up with a man, you should have found a smarter way. Don’t think that you can hide it from everyone by taking advantage of the shared balcony that connects both rooms and taking a preemptive move to stop the witness of your deeds from exposing your doings.”

Upon hearing his words, everyone at the scene was stunned. Brenda and a man?

As if something dawned on Courtney, she instantly came to her senses and made a sudden realization. Britney and Brenda had argued with each other before the alleged theft, which Courtney had overheard when she passed by the room. Britney seemed to be reprimanding Brenda for not being professional as the latter disappeared when they all had a meeting to discuss the script.

Upon hearing Oliver’s words, she suddenly understood the situation. Brenda’s disappearance was merely because she took advantage of the fact that some of the rooms in the floor occupied by the filming crew had balconies that connected the neighboring rooms. She then sneaked out when the others were discussing the script. As for the reason why she did so, it was pretty obvious by now.

Her face paled as she nervously refuted, “What nonsense did you just say? You have to take responsibility for saying this kind of thing. Be careful because I may sue you for defamation.”

“Suing me for defamation is not exactly an urgent matter now. I happened to be free earlier, so I casually asked some of the crew members about your whereabouts at that time. Coincidentally, during the period that you claimed that your necklace went missing, you were not discussing the script with the other actors in the director’s room. What was more coincidental was that the producer was absent too.”

Upon hearing the word ‘producer’, the discussion among the crowd became even louder and more looks of dismay landed on Brenda-they were filled with contemptuousness and disgust. The film producer was a renowned professional actor, who retired to work behind the scenes a few years ago. As he had long been married, that revelation made Brenda a mistress.

“Y-You should shut up!” Brenda’s face paled with a dark expression.

The corners of Oliver’s lips curved upward. “There are more coincidences-the hotel’s system database showed that the water of your bathtub in the bathroom of your room was left flowing at 9.00PM.”

More evidence was revealc and it was more solid and concrete than the one given by Brenda to support her unfounded one-sideda šation that Penelope had stolen her necklace. There were even people who secretly took videos of the situation. Courtney glanced at the hotel employees who were watching the commotion and frowned. “Keep your phones away. Stop taking videos.”