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?”

at her upon hearing this. “I heard that you’ve been dating President Duncan of

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

or false?” Courtney lowered her head without denying it, but she didn’t have the nerve to acknowledge it as well. “You never cared about how I

her by saying with a concerned expression, “I heard that he has a

tell you that

lash out at her. Ever since she grew more sensible, she had been waiting for him to

down, he held up his cup of coffee with a trembling

answered perfunctorily, “I went overseas five years ago because I had given birth to a child

so quickly, but he didn’t show signs of getting angry. He even asked after

“A girl.”

increasingly weird direction. Courtney was anticipating her father’s anger, but he patiently asked many questions about her daughter

you’re free. It’s okay to live at home with your daughter if you’re

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 they grew up. After

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 he couldn’t help feeling that he didn’t

felt a little agitated after meeting her father. Luckily, the construction work in the afternoon had ended, and it wouldn’t resume at night to

was lost in thought, she suddenly remembered that she was so busy that she had forgotten to pick Tina up. She quickly hailed a taxi. “Go to