Chapter 50 Giving Herself to Him
“Was there a misunderstanding, Cameron?”
Courtney tried to smooth things over; she didn’t exactly believe that Gale would do such a thing. She hadn’t been working at Sunhill for long, but Gale was regarded in a positive light at work. While he did like to flirt with the ladies, she hadn’t heard about him doing something like this before.
“I saw it with my own eyes. Since I was worried that this jerk wouldn’t admit to it, I even took a video.”
Seeing how Courtney still didn’t believe her, Cameron fished out her phone and immediately played a shocking clip in front of everyone. The setting in the video was the backseat of the black BMW behind them. The door was slightly ajar as Gale pinned a woman down, their clothes disheveled. After a while, all of them saw Gale taking off his pants in the video while the woman suddenly struggled and screamed for help.
Gale’s pants were nearly completely pulled off…
“Uh…” Courtney really couldn’t stand to watch any longer. She ducked her head and placed a hand on her forehead while she shoved Cameron with her free hand. “Okay, okay. Stop that clip,” she said in a hushed voice.
“Hey, why do you still have that video? Delete it.” Gale was frantic now, for he kept stomping his foot. “You’re infringing on my privacy!”
Cameron’s eyebrow twitched.
“Who’s infringing on your privacy here? You creep! If I hadn’t been there, you would have gotten your way. Do you think that you won’t end up in jail just because you’re rich and powerful? From now on, I’ll wallop you at every chance I get.”
“What are you spouting, you psycho? Just you wait till I sue you for slander—”
Seeing how the two were about to get into a fight again, Courtney and Alexander each grabbed a person and drew them apart from each other.
“Okay—that’s enough, Cameron. You should hold it right there.”
Courtney was nearly dead from embarrassment. Even if Gale was a garbage person, she wouldn’t be able to lift her head at the company anymore after this. What should she do if Cameron actually beat Gale up again?
“That was Gale’s girlfriend, Elise Foster,” Alexander explained as he restrained Gale’s arms. “She’s not just somebody.”
“His girlfriend?”
Courtney was stunned by this, and the atmosphere eased a little.
“Of course she’s my girlfriend. Do you think I’m nuts? Do you think I want to go to prison for raping a woman?” Gale screeched at Cameron, flustered. “Besides, I wasn’t the one who initiated this at all. It was all Elise’s plan to frame me.”
Everyone was shocked by this.
In order to prove his innocence, Gale whipped out his phone to show them a few pictures of himself with Elise. Then, he unwillingly launched into an explanation about the argument they had gotten into during their messy breakup. Eventually, the rest of them understood what was going on in this chaos.
To sum things up, Cameron had gone to the parking lot after she exited the airport. Just as she was about to load her luggage into the boot, she heard the car across her shake. After observing the car for a bit, Cameron heard the sound of a woman struggling, so she whipped her phone out and filmed as she ran over. Just as she thought, she saw a beautiful woman being ‘forcefully pinned’ under a man. Suddenly, the woman began to scream for help just then. Being Cameron, she couldn’t stand by and watch; she leaped into action and beat Gale within an inch of his life before dropping him off at airport security.
On the other hand, Gale had a different story.
“I just returned from a business trip today, but I broke up with Elise before going on the trip. She said that she had something to give me, so she insisted on coming to the airport to pick me up. I never thought that she would suddenly be so forward in the car. When she saw that woman, she suddenly began to yell for help. I think that she’s pissed about the breakup and tried to frame me on purpose.”
Courtney nodded. After some thought, Gale had a point. Even if he did want to bone someone, who would actually choose to do it in the parking lot of an airport, where there were many cameras filming them?
“We can’t tell who actually initiated it, though. You said she’s an ex now—no one can guarantee that you weren’t trying to get revenge on her.”
Cameron was still hostile as she glared at Gale with a most scornful gaze.
“You—”
“Okay, okay. Let’s stop here.” Courtney tugged at Cameron. “Since he has explained everything, let’s just drop this, okay? Mr. Langley, you should hurry to the hospital. I need to go home soon too.”
Cameron wasn’t an idiot; while she figured that Gale wasn’t an upright member of society, there were some holes in today’s incident. Hence, she settled down and kept quiet.
They were about to leave when Courtney heard Alexander call out from behind her.
“Tina’s staying over at my house tonight. I’ll send her to school tomorrow.”
Courtney paused. She was in a rush to go back because of that, but she supposed she had been worried about nothing.
As expected, Cameron picked up on the smell of potential gossip and refused to leave. She turned around and asked, “Tina? Why is Tina at your place? What’s your relationship with Courtney?”
“We were at the supermarket when she got your call to pick you up, and she left Tina in my care at the last minute. I also got a call from Gale then, so I requested the butler to take the kids home first,” Alexander explained with an expressionless face. However, his words were worth mulling over.
Gale was stunned. He had only been away for a month; what kind of weird reality did he return to? Were his ears playing tricks on him?
Is Alex actually helping to raise a kid?
“Alex, why are you helping her with her kid? Are you two actually—”
Upon hearing that, Courtney hastily pulled Cameron away with her.
“Thank you for today, Mr. Duncan. Sorry for troubling you tomorrow morning too. We’ll be taking our leave first.”
Cameron still hadn’t gathered her wits back when she was shoved into her car. Meanwhile, Courtney swifty got into the driver’s seat and locked the door. Never had she started the car this fast; in the blink of an eye, they shot out of the parking lot.
“Courtney, are you dating that guy named Alexander?”
“No, quit making things up.”
“What are you panicking about?” Cameron had an inquisitive look on her face. “I hadn’t asked any incriminating questions, but you were in such a hurry to get away. Why else would you be like this if you don’t have any skeletons in your closet?”
“I was just worried that I’d lose my job if you continued talking.” Courtney shot a glare at her. “It’s always like this—you’d jump into action without getting both sides of the story, and I’d have to clean up your mess.”
“Don’t change the subject,” Cameron said meaningfully as she leaned back in her seat with her arms folded. “You two must be close if you can actually leave Tina with him.”
“You’re really thinking too much about this; I saved his son once. He should feel grateful to me to some extent, right?”
“There’s nothing you can do to pay back a life debt.” Cameron rubbed her chin as if she was deep in thought. “Typically, you’d give yourself wholly to the other in this situation.”
“I have to marvel at your imagination.” Courtney had no comeback for that as she rolled her eyes. “I can’t be bothered to continue with your nonsense. Believe whatever you want.”
“If that really is the truth, what if I say that I’ve got my eyes on him and want to date him?”
At those words, Courtney’s heart suddenly lurched and stopped for a few moments.
“You can date him if you like him, but I’m telling you now that he’s naturally as icy as he looks. Your efforts are probably going to be shrugged off. I’m worried that you’ll just give up after a day with that temper of yours.”
Cameron surveyed Courtney, unsure whether to believe that kind reminder of hers. She blinked suddenly, and a serious look came to her eyes.
“Based on my analysis, those few seconds when you paused actually showed me that you reject the idea, Courtney. Your excuses after that are actually meant to cover up your denial. You’ve got your heart set on him.”
