One Night Surprise

Chapter 143 Why Should I Give Up

As they were talking, Alicia came home with the children.

“Mommy!”

The moment Tina saw Courtney, she plunged into her embrace and cheered. On the other hand, Jordan looked exhausted. Dragging his feet, he went straight to the sofa and sank himself into it. He clung to Courtney’s arm, looking as if he was going to fall asleep on the spot.

“This kid is too weak. We only ran for a while. How can he be so tired already? He has been spoiled.” Alicia appeared to be disappointed by his performance.

Slightly speechless, Courtney patted Jordan’s head and explained, “It’s not his fault. He has been weak since young. After that high fever he got when he was younger, he couldn’t speak anymore. Ever since, his physique has been particularly weak.”

“He couldn’t speak because of the high fever?” Alicia put her drinking glass aside and stared at Jordan thoughtfully. “He never spoke after that?”

Courtney knitted her brows. “He didn’t stop talking completely. From what I heard from Alexander, he spoke twice this year.”

“I think there’s more to it.” Alicia gave her a long, deep look. “The Duncan Family is prestigious, and Alexander is the only child. If the family becomes extinct after Alexander, many people will benefit from it. I don’t think this kid can grow up safely.”

Upon hearing that, Courtney was dumbfounded. She looked at her aunt in disbelief.

In the past, her grandfather told her that Alicia had had a child before, but no one knew how she lost it. However, after that incident, William and Stephen, whose families had been close to each other, stopped seeing each other. It was only until Stephen’s divorce and remarriage that both families reconnected.

Courtney did not know much when she was young. Nevertheless, when she looked back at what happened back then, it sent chills down her spine.

Most people would lose their rationale in the face of huge amounts of assets.

warn her that the high fever Jordan had during his childhood might not have been an accident. It was highly likely that this kind of ‘accident’ would continue to occur more frequently in the future. Instantly, she remembered

and don’t trust anyone.” Alicia’s voice pulled Courtney

sportswear drinking coffee in front of the kitchen counter, her posture was upright even though she was in her

for a while, Courtney left with her

I’ll bring them back to see you again

over and handed her a key. “Don’t

“I can’t accept this.”

came asking for your mother’s inheritance before! This is only a small part of your mother’s inheritance that has been left with me so that you would have a place to live when you came back. Don’t go boasting around like Lucian. Why

was being criticized as well. Although she did not use any four-letter words, Courtney felt chills on

However, Tina was wide awake. Curiously, she asked, “Mommy, why does Great-Aunt

she tell

saying, but she was quite scary.” Tina blinked. “But, you said we

a kid. What I said was not to listen to only one side of the story. This is an adult problem; kids shouldn’t ask too much. And kids shouldn’t carry too much

“What is ‘burden’?”

school every day. You need to carry some of the snacks you like to eat and you also need to carry some books. These books are things you don’t like, but you have to carry them anyway. Let’s say that you’re too tired one day, and you have to give up part of the

the question some serious thought. After thinking for a while, she looked back at Courtney and questioned, “Why do I have to give them up? I can ask Mr. Alexander, Mommy, and Jordan to

the end,

because there was someone else carrying the burden for them. Courtney did not have

11 AM when Courtney and the

got out of the car, she was amused by the

standing in two rows. Ten men and ten women lined up on each