One Night Surprise

Chapter 269 You Seduced Me First

He has clearly brought food home for me, but he chooses not to clearly express himself. I’ve had enough of him. Oliver slightly pouted and complained in his heart, but there was a warm look in his eyes as he saw the scrumptious food in front of him.

As night had already fallen in Melrose City, the cityscape flawlessly merged with dusk as various lights shone in the background.

After Courtney took a shower, she froze when she saw the uninvited guest after she walked out of her bathroom. Damn, how can I forget to lock the door?

As there were many matters to deal with during the day, her brain and body had been working tirelessly. Hence, right after she returned home, she immediately entered the bathroom to take a shower while completely forgetting about guarding against Alexander.

“What are you doing here?”

Sitting on the couch near the French windows by the balcony, Alexander had ‘The Brief History of Time’ in his hands; the book was Courtney’s bedtime reading material. He raised his head and closed the book. Without replying to her question, he stated, “Nice choice of bedtime books.”

“It’s not what you thought. I chose this book because I’m able to fall asleep while reading it.” Courtney crossed her arms as she kept a safe distance—the equivalent of almost the length of a bed— from Alexander.

“In my opinion, instead of looking at my bedtime books, you should knock on Oliver’s door while he’s still awake. Otherwise, you’ll have to sleep with Jordan again.”

He raised his eyebrows. “I haven’t even showered yet.”

“Then, go ahead. There’s a bathroom outside.”

“The shower head is broken. There’s no water.”

“How is that possible?” Courtney glared at him.

“Well, see it for yourself if you don’t believe me.” Without arguing with her, he placed the book back on the shelf and stood up.

“Fine.”

so long and he often uses the bathroom outside. Nothing has ever broken down there. Five minutes later,

not lying to you.”

room. But after

returned the shower head to its original position. “If you are home tomorrow, remember to call the property agent

“Sure.”

the tap on the edge of the wall from the corner of his eyes. A trace of glee and slyness flickered in his

flipped through ‘A Brief History of Time’ in boredom. Apart from the sound of water splashing around from the bathroom, there were

physics knowledge in the book was rather dry, so she became even more bored after looking at it for a while. Then, she simply took a medicinal book from the shelf to revise what she had studied in

past. If it weren’t for that accident, I would have

from the slit of the door as a small hand quietly opened the

“Mommy…”

looking at her with a pair of bright eyes. She was in her pink strawberry

see her. “Why are

with fluttering eyelids. “I’m so tired, but I have something to tell you,

Courtney felt slightly amused. “Don’t tell me that you dreamed of me promising to bring you to the playground

“Of course not.

“What is it?”

Alexander, he asked Josh to

that, Courtney’s expression immediately

still a child. Even though she tried her best to attentively listen to the conversation, she could not remember all of it. She only remembered the gist that was related to Courtney as she knew that it was an important incident. As such, she kept reminding herself to tell Courtney

company matters, she arrived home rather late. Tina had already fallen asleep by then, but she woke up after hearing the commotion in

deduced what Alexander had asked Josh to investigate. Her fingers tightly grabbed the book as she blanched. Based on Alexander’s resources and intelligence, he would discover the truth soon. After a few pieces of related evidence, he would probably figure out that the woman back

had

revealed his handsome and perfect facial features. After simply drying his wet hair, he opened the bathroom door and walked