One Night Surprise

Chapter 42 She Is Not an Outsider

Early Saturday morning, Courtney was still sleeping when she was dragged out of bed by Tina.

“Mommy, it’s time to wake up.”

Courtney looked at the bedside clock in a daze and said desperately, “Tina, it’s only 7.00AM! What are you doing?”

Tina tugged on one of Courtney’s arms and puffed her cheeks. “Mommy, this is your first time going to Mr. Alexander’s house; don’t you want to dress up properly? Come on—get up, take a shower and change your clothes.”

Courtney hugged the pillow in exasperation.

Why did I give birth to such a shameless daughter who pushes me to any man she sees?

Under Tina’s continuous urges, Courtney put on some simple makeup and took out her usual T-shirt and jeans from the closet. Before she could even put them on, it was dragged away by Tina.

“Why are you wearing this, Mommy?”

“What else would I be wearing?”

“This one.” Tina pulled out a burgundy open-back dress from the closet. “This one is pretty.”

“Are you crazy?” Courtney smacked Tina’s head lightly. “It’s not like we are going to a nightclub—this is a formal dress. We’re just going to play at your classmate’s house; do I really need to put on a formal dress?”

“This one!” Tina suggested again as she tugged on a grey-blue dress. “This one should be fine.”

Courtney took the dress out and examined it for a while—it did look good, but she hesitated for a bit. “Wouldn’t it be inconvenient to wear a dress? Both of you will be jumping up and down.”

“No,” Tina raised her hand and swore. “I promise that I’ll behave today.”

damned if I

Tina stomped her feet and refused to let her wear a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. In the end, she had no choice

butler arrived downstairs to take them back to Royal Park

morning, so he is not at home right now. He asked me

okay,” Courtney replied

early forties, and he drove in a calm and steady

a lot of accidents lately, so he must be feeling quite miserable. He is still wary of everyone even when all the maids in

he’s more at ease with me because

as she thought, Who isn’t surprised? I’m pretty

Jordan’s injury, Tina sat up straight from her seat and sighed heavily. It drew Courtney’s attention to her as she asked, “Why

because

him! Mommy, our school teacher said that people tend to

about? You’re only five years old, and this is just a form of superstition.

she also felt sorry

known each other for two months, Jordan had already been in two life-threatening accidents. If she hadn’t blocked the chandelier back then, the little guy would have died; had he cracked his head this time, Jordan

all of these incidents just accidents?

Manor and got down the car, a small figure ran over from the doorway and hugged

Master, oh dear… He hasn’t even finished washing

from the floor. “You haven’t washed your face yet? No worries, I’ll take him

quickly pointed at a direction in the house as she sized Courtney up and followed behind. Then, the maid looked at

as they walked in the house, Tina looked around with

divides into the left, right and center—there’s even an elevator! Whoa! Tina immediately started

took Jordan into the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. “I brought over

Jordan nodded happily.

the lunch box brought by Courtney. When Courtney was about to feed Jordan, the maid who was taking care of him cried out in panic, “Wait a minute, Miss Hunter! Little Master is not allowed to eat anything from