One Night Surprise

Chapter 38 Was It Intentional, or Was It an Accident?

“You’re scaring him.” Courtney reminded Alexander with a frown. In no time, Jordan pulled his leg away and leaned his body closer toward Courtney. Alexander quickly felt a pang of regret when he saw his son’s pale little face glaring at him resentfully. He then took a deep breath before he tried to talk to his son again. “Are you blaming me because I didn’t take good care of you?”

Jordan didn’t seem interested in responding to Alexander; he turned his head and pressed himself into Courtney’s arms, his left arm gripping firmly onto the collar of her shirt. Courtney couldn’t help but feel sorry for Alexander when she saw the look of disappointment on his face. “Perhaps he’s still in shock after what happened last night. Just give him a little more time,” she said in an attempt to comfort Alexander. You’re so careless toward your own son; it’s no wonder that your son’s closer to others than he is to you. What else do you expect?

The atmosphere in the room turned rather chilly. Tina’s gaze flickered from one end of the room to the other before she quickly tugged on Alexander’s sleeve and spoke to him in a childish tone. “Mr. Alexander, can you please help me with this level? I’m stuck here.” Only then did Alexander’s tightly knit brows relax as the young girl had successfully diverted his attention. “Which level is this?” he asked as he turned toward Tina. “This! This one. I can never beat this evil boss,” she uttered.

As the tense atmosphere gradually dissolved, Courtney gently stroked the young boy’s hair as he lay in her arms. “Jordan, do you blame your father for your accident?” she whispered.

The boy shook his head in her arms before he looked up to meet Courtney’s eyes, his gaze filled with sorrow. “What is it?” Courtney was rather confused. Jordan’s arm—the one that had been dislocated—could barely move, and he only managed feeble attempts of shifting his arm up and down. Tears began to form in his eyes as he was frustrated by this.

which Jordan immediately nodded. “Calm down.” Courtney comforted him before she pulled a notebook and pen out of her bag and handed it to him. He held onto the pen with his left hand, and his words were all crooked and messy. Courtney barely managed to

father Alexander is, he probably never thought about Jordan’s feelings. It must be harder for Jordan since he can’t speak. It’s depressing to think about this, but I don’t think I’m in

seemed to hesitate a little before he then

sounds; you can’t determine who you want your mother to be just because you like someone. Right then, Alexander got up from the couch after he

I noted it down so that I can prepare it for him later,” she replied in an uneasy tone. Alexander immediately eyed her suspiciously when he noticed how flustered she seemed. But before he could ask her any more questions, she hopped up onto her feet. “Well, I have to go back and work on the plan for the centennial celebration. I have to leave now. I’ll come back a

that her mother had left her there. Meanwhile, Jordan stared at the door longingly, as if he was hoping for Courtney to come back. Alexander felt a sense of guilt building up in his chest when he saw the way Jordan looked. Maybe what Courtney said earlier was true. How terrible of a father must I be to have my own son being so dependent on a woman that he’s met only a while ago? How many mistakes

Once Jordan realized that Courtney wasn’t about to return to the room, he began to doodle in the notebook that Courtney had left behind without paying any attention to his father. Alexander groaned before he noticed Tina’s figure from the corner of his eye. He then recalled how Jordan had pestered him to invite Courtney and Tina over to their house in the past. “How about this, Jordan? We can have a small party

with eyes full of joy. “Are you going to talk to me now?” Alexander stroked his son’s head. Jordan then wrote something in his notebook before handing it over

Jordan; I’ll make sure that this never happens again in the future.” However, what Jordan had been asking an apology for was actually Alexander’s act of bringing Britney back to his