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?”

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

engagement party when she got home, she would surely talk about the matter between Courtney and Alexander, for this matter had caused a great stir back then. Even if Anna said nothing about that, Lucian would probably hear it from his friends; someone as smart as Anna wouldn’t let her

without 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 years anyway, so don’t concern yourself with this matter. I’ll

saying with a concerned expression, “I heard that he has a son.

head. “What if I tell you that I have a

had been waiting for him

dismay, however, Lucian only looked astounded for a moment. Then, as if wanting to calm down, he held up his cup of coffee with a trembling hand to take a sip of it. When he finished drinking his coffee, he assumed the look

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

he didn’t show signs of getting angry. He even

“A girl.”

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

It’s okay to live at home with your daughter if you’re willing to do so. No one in our family will say anything.” With that, he left. For some reason,

lost her mother as a child, so she spent her childhood in the care 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

a beggar-like boy home for him to adopt at 15

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