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

to let her wear a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. In the end, she had no choice but to put on that blue

at 9.00AM, Alexander’s butler arrived downstairs to take them back to Royal

the morning, so he is not at home right now. He asked me to pick you and

Courtney replied

in his early forties, and he drove in a calm and

so he must be feeling quite miserable. He is still wary of everyone even

ease with me because I saved

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

heavily. It

because

seen a kid more unfortunate than him! Mommy, our school teacher said

is just a form of superstition.

but she also felt sorry

been in two life-threatening accidents. If she hadn’t blocked the chandelier back then, the little guy would have

these incidents just accidents? She began

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

oh dear… He hasn’t even

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

a direction in the house as she sized Courtney up and followed behind. Then, the maid looked at the little girl behind them and sighed. “You must be

in the house, Tina looked around with

big! The staircase actually divides into the left, right and center—there’s even an elevator! Whoa! Tina immediately started talking to the young maid

Jordan into the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. “I brought over some snacks that I made this morning. Do you want

Jordan nodded happily.

feed Jordan, the maid who was taking care of him