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.

to him. He held onto the pen with his left hand,

sitting on the couch while playing mobile games with Alexander—once she read what Jordan wrote. She frowned a little. I think it’s inevitable for children to feel rather conflicted or displeased when their parents are getting remarried to another person. Furthermore, judging by how inconsiderate of a 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

you not like Miss Price?” she asked as he placed her hands on his shoulders. Jordan seemed to hesitate a little before he then nodded his

determine who you want

me what he wanted to eat for dinner; 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

of guilt building up in his chest when he saw

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?

head up to look at Alexander 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

the stairs when it happened right outside my room. He’s right; it’s my fault for being so careless. “Alright. I’ll apologize. I’m sorry, 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 house. Although they had been thinking of different things, Jordan assumed that Alexander had now promised him to never