One Night Surprise

Chapter 22 Let Tina Come Over and Play

At the end of the day, it simply meant that Jordan had autism.

“I’m sorry—I didn’t mean to pry too much,” said Courtney as she apologized sincerely. “How about this? Let me pay for today’s meal in order to express my sincerest apologies.”

Right then, Alexander came back to his senses and saw her flustered face. He soon realized that his attitude was too harsh. After all, she was the one who saved Jordan’s life. He softened his tone and explained, “It’s not that Jordan can’t talk; he just chooses not to talk.”

Courtney nodded and decided to stop asking questions.

Meanwhile, Jordan sat in the midst of an ocean of colorful balls. When he suddenly lost sight of Tina, he frowned and a panicked look crossed over his face.

“Haha!” All of a sudden, the ocean of balls exploded in front of him as Tina emerged under it and looked at him with a big smile. “I’m here!”

Jordan was startled by her and clamored up; it seemed like this was the first time someone had ever played with him like that.

Tina was taken aback. “What’s wrong?”

Jordan shook his head. Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and pointed at the table—he wanted to go back.

Even though she still wanted to play, Tina saw the look of shock on Jordan’s face and nodded understandingly. “Are you hungry? Let’s go back.”

While they were having their meals, Jordan insisted on sitting next to Courtney despite Alexander’s countless attempts to discourage him. Tina was quite generous as she climbed onto the seat next to Alexander and said, “Since he likes my mommy so much, you should just let him sit next to her. I’ll just sit here.”

Since Courtney seemed fine with it, Alexander let the matter slide and looked at the cute little girl who was sitting next to him; he felt that she was quite pleasing to the eyes. “His name is Jordan,” said Alexander to Tina.

question, she immediately asked, “That’s

five years old. His birthday is

for a moment. A day before the Mid-Autumn

“What about you?”

Courtney for help. She was unable

no idea why she blurted out that Tina’s birthday was a month apart from

birthday is on the

up with his question, dismissing

Tina ate it with excitement while Jordan ate in silence, but judging from the clean dessert plate, it was quite obvious that he was

waited around for a bit. They were calm as they waited in the beginning, but

said, “We have

the ocean of balls. “No, I want to play with

“Tina Hunter.”

name, it meant that she was about to

so courageous all of a sudden that she completely ignored her mother’s warning and continued to play with Jordan

Courtney went down herself and dragged Tina out. “It’s already late—you have to go home with

arms was held by Courtney, so she quickly used the other to grab Alexander’s pants. “Save

seemed to have taken a liking to Tina. With that, he swiftly fished Tina out of Courtney’s hands and held the latter in his arms. “Children just like to play; it’s okay to

and made a face at Courtney. “You have nothing to do at home anyway, Mommy. Why

had a heart attack when she heard

are you babbling about? Tina Hunter, you come down right this instant… I’m

pat Tina’s buttocks as a threat,

duo messed around for a while as the people in the restaurant giggled at their antics. Courtney finally gave in and huffed helplessly. “You’d better put her down, President Duncan. It seems like she’s lacking discipline—I’d