One Night Surprise

Chapter 61 I Have to Do What I’ve Promised You

It was almost time for dinner, and there were only a few customers in the cafe on Sunhill Enterprise’s first floor. After serving some coffee to the table in the corner, the waiter—who seemed to know Courtney very well—nodded to her with a smile.

Courtney often worked on the first-floor lobby, so she was well acquainted with the people who worked in the shops on the first floor. She felt a little ill at ease while stirring her coffee. “What brings you here, Dad?”

The man across from her looked about 50 years old. Dressed in a brown suit, he looked very refined. Threads of silver ran through the black hair at his temples, and the watch on his left wrist—which was worth at least 1 million—had a cold luster to it.

“Your sister said that she saw you when she attended Isaac’s engagement party last Saturday. She told me that you’re working here.”

Courtney had guessed a long time ago that Anna was bound to take liberties with the truth after going back that day, so she took a colder attitude at once. “What else did she say? She didn’t put in a good word for me, did she?”

Courtney’s father, Lucian, frowned upon hearing that. “How could she say nasty things about you? She just told me that you’re working here. Do you have any misunderstandings with your sister, Courtney?”

Courtney’s face clouded over as she clenched the spoon in her hand. “What kind of misunderstanding can I have with her? We simply can’t get along well because our personalities are incompatible.”

“Indeed, Anna doesn’t have a good temper, but she cares a lot about you. Since both of you are from the same family, she treats you more sincerely than the outsiders, Courtney—”

“Dad,” Courtney interrupted him. “You didn’t come here just to mediate between us sisters, did you?”

hearing this. “I heard that you’ve been dating

said nothing about that, Lucian would probably hear it from his friends; someone as smart as Anna wouldn’t let her father hear this from anyone

denying it, but she didn’t have the nerve to acknowledge it as well. “You never cared about how I have been doing over so many

angered by Courtney’s indifference. Instead, he worried for her by saying with a concerned expression, “I heard that he has a son. I’m afraid you’ll have a lot to consider if you want to be together with

head. “What if I tell you that I have

slowly changed. Courtney waited for her father to lash out at her. Ever since she grew more sensible, she had been waiting for him to lash out at her. That way, she could pour out all her doubts

of coffee with a trembling hand to take a

I had given birth to a child whom I didn’t want to take

couldn’t calm down so quickly, but he didn’t show signs of getting angry. He even asked after a moment of silence, “Is the child a

“A girl.”

anticipating her father’s anger, but he patiently asked many questions about her daughter as if he had forgotten that

and advised with a hint of mindfulness, “Take your daughter home for a visit when you’re free. It’s okay to live at home with your daughter if

of her maternal grandfather. It wasn’t until her maternal grandfather passed away afterward that Lucian took her home. At that time, he had remarried and had a daughter, Anna, who was a few months older than Courtney. Children probably knew nothing when they were little, but they would inevitably hear rumors and gossip when

even said yes when she suddenly brought a beggar-like boy home for him to adopt at 15 years old. Even so, he still felt that he couldn’t care for her as he would have liked to, for

father. Luckily, the construction work in the afternoon had ended, and it wouldn’t resume at night to avoid disturbing the guests upstairs while they were

was lost in thought, she suddenly remembered that she was so busy