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

wear a T-shirt and a pair of jeans.

at 9.00AM, Alexander’s butler arrived downstairs to

an important meeting in the morning, so he is not at home right now. He asked

okay,” Courtney replied

middle-aged man in his early forties, and he drove in a calm and

He is still wary of everyone even when all the maids in the manor have been completely changed,

me because I saved

she thought, Who isn’t

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

sighing because of

“You see, Jordan can’t talk and he’s so unlucky. I’ve never seen a kid more unfortunate than him! Mommy, our

just a form of superstition. Which teacher taught you all of this nonsense? You

she

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

of these incidents just accidents? She began

down the car, a small figure ran over from the doorway and hugged Courtney’s

chased after him. “Little Master, oh dear… He hasn’t even

your face yet? No worries, I’ll take him to

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

soon as they walked in the house, Tina looked

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

face and brush his teeth. “I brought over some snacks that I made this morning. Do

Jordan nodded happily.

about to feed Jordan, the maid who was taking care of him