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.”

if

wanted to ignore her, but Tina stomped her feet and refused to let her wear a T-shirt and

their breakfast at 9.00AM, Alexander’s butler arrived downstairs to take them

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

okay,” Courtney replied

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

wary of everyone even when all the maids in the manor have been completely changed, so I was quite surprised when

ease with me because I saved

isn’t surprised? I’m pretty surprised as

seat and sighed heavily. It drew Courtney’s attention to her as she asked, “Why are you

sighing because of

I’ve never seen a kid more unfortunate than him! Mommy, our school teacher said that people tend to be unluckier during the year of their zodiac.

years old, and this is just a form of superstition. Which teacher taught you all of this

helpless, but she also felt

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

all of these incidents just accidents? She began to

the car, a small figure ran over from the doorway

oh dear…

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

behind. Then, the maid looked at the little girl behind them and sighed. “You must be Miss Hunter—you’re so young,

walked in the house, Tina

right and center—there’s even

was clueless about her daughter’s thoughts as she took 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 cried out in panic, “Wait a minute, Miss Hunter!