One Night Surprise

Chapter 54 She’s Your Fiancée?

Many people crowded over with the appearance of both the bride-to-be and groom-to-be, including many of the former university classmates that Vanessa had invited. Two of them were Courtney’s roommates from back then.

Vanessa silently took Isaac’s hand, seeming as though she was establishing her ownership over him.

“Isaac told me that you wouldn’t want to come, so he asked me not to call you. However, I told him that he was being petty. We were so close in the past; why wouldn’t you come to our engagement party?”

Courtney looked at her with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Of course. Why wouldn’t I?”

Meanwhile, Isaac was frowning as he attempted to free his arm from Vanessa’s grip. “All right, I still have to greet the other guests. I’ll be off now.”

“What’s the rush? It’s not time yet.” Vanessa pulled him back and deliberately raised her voice. “Courtney, why didn’t you come with your boyfriend?”

“Boyfriend? Who is it?” someone asked from behind Vanessa as she stepped out at the same time. She was dressed in an expensive Chanel gown, and Courtney could tell with a glance that her hair had been meticulously styled. The woman’s hair was coiled up behind her head, and the diamond necklace across her neck dazzled so brilliantly that it was blinding. Who else could this woman be other than Anna, who was dressed as though she was afraid others wouldn’t know just how wealthy she was?

Right then, Courtney remembered that the Grahams and the Hunters had always been on good terms; it was expected that Anna would represent their father at Isaac’s engagement party.

“Don’t you know, Anna?” Vanessa looked shocked. “Why don’t you know that your sister has a boyfriend? Didn’t she tell you?”

Anna raised her wine glass with a contemptuous expression. “That sister of mine has always been a lone wolf; she doesn’t even come to see us at home. Why would she tell us about her dating life?”

“It doesn’t matter if she’s seeing someone else, but she’s actually dating Alexander.” Vanessa lifted an eyebrow as her tone took a dramatic shift. “He’s the CEO of Sunhill Enterprise. Why didn’t she tell you about such a major thing?”

The crowd was sent into a furor at those words. Everyone knew that the CEO of Sunhill Enterprise took no notice of women; how could he possibly be in a relationship with Courtney?

her bag tighter,

on the spot back then. She was lucky that Alexander had played along with her,

mocking expression made itself known on Anna’s face when

biggest joke I’ve ever heard. Courtney, don’t you think that you’re thinking too highly of yourself? You didn’t even finish your university studies before running off abroad for five years or so, and then you came crawling back. What? Were you thinking of snagging a rich husband as your financial security blanket the moment you came back? Why don’t you look at yourself in a mirror? All you think about is getting to play mother to Alexander’s son, but do you know this? I heard a few days ago that Alexander and

of gossipy voices turned louder at that. Some were gossiping about Alexander and Britney’s love life over the past few years, while some insisted that Britney actually gave birth to Alexander’s

so gung-ho about being some boy’s stepmother and how you’re lying to everyone by pretending to be Alexander’s girlfriend without even asking for his opinion,

and sharp, her attitude harsh. She

family. They thought that Courtney might be a child that the Hunter patriarch had in an illicit affair with

that you have a sister. Who

and power. It’s not strange if the head

could put up with everything else, but the gossip that she was a child born out of wedlock clearly twisted facts into things they weren’t. Even more so, the crowd’s words poked at her painful past. She immediately balled her fists up and chided her sister coldly, “Anna,

I am your elder sister. Of course I have the right to chastise

said, “Only someone who is on the official family register

many implications to that statement, and Anna’s face promptly turned stony. She

Courtney was pulled into someone’s arms when they grabbed her by the shoulder. Before Anna could bring her hand down, the

“Alexander?”

“Why is he here?”

discussions got even

face, which had an icy expression on it. Under the light of the crystal chandeliers

“Alexander.”

hear Britney say