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.

immediately asked, “That’s

years old. His birthday is a day before the Mid-Autumn

a moment. A day before the Mid-Autumn Festival? What a coincidence! He shares his birthday with

“What about you?”

scratched her head and looked at Courtney for help. She was unable to remember her

that Tina’s birthday was a

on the 14th of

follow up with his question, dismissing it as

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

Meanwhile, Courtney and Alexander waited around for a bit. They were calm as they waited in the beginning,

said, “We have to go home now,

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

“Tina Hunter.”

full name, it meant that she

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

dragged Tina out. “It’s

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

played outside, so he didn’t care how long Jordan wanted to play. Besides, he 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 let them

have nothing to do at home anyway,

had a heart attack

right this instant… I’m sorry President Duncan, I’m not trying to

like a monkey that held onto Alexander’s body, refusing to come down. Courtney usually raised her hands to pat Tina’s buttocks as a threat, but now that the latter had Alexander as her shield, Courtney had

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,