One Night Surprise

Chapter 357 Unfilial Descendant

Alexander’s sudden appearance made Fiona forget to struggle, then Courtney placed her back on the bed. “Have a chat, both of you.”

Then, she placed the apple and fruit knife on the nightstand in a corner and flashed a soft smile at Alexander when she was walking past him, giving him an encouraging look.

It wasn’t easy to resolve a misunderstanding of twenty years. So much resentment and obsessions were interspersed in between, and it couldn’t be solved with the truth alone. Much more mutual understanding would be needed instead.

After Alexander left, Fiona appeared even more uneasy. “Alex, I’ll leave in the afternoon and won’t cause any trouble for you.”

Looking at her, Alexander knitted his brows. “The doctor wants you to stay a week for observation, but you’re saying now that you want to leave in the afternoon. Don’t you think that you’ll be causing trouble for me when the time comes and the doctor asks me where you are?”

The muscles on Fiona’s face froze at his words, and she had no idea how to reply to that.

Meanwhile, Alexander furrowed his brows, looking very unnatural, and the room slipped into silence for a long while. “Felipe is currently being held in custody. As he has quite a few cases against him, he would be given the death sentence. Do you have anything to say to him before the trial?” When Alexander mentioned Felipe, he didn’t mean to avoid it or hold back at all.

However, Fiona’s hands, which were fidgeting with the blanket, relaxed, and she said calmly, “No.”

Nothing remained as a secret, and since Alexander already knew the entire truth, it would look even more embarrassing if she pretended that she didn’t know anything and avoided the topic. So, she might as well just talk about it openly.

Alexander nodded. “Okay. Olly’s injuries aren’t serious, but he’s still unconscious because he’s running a high fever. Yesterday, he was transferred back to Melrose, and he’s now in the military hospital. If you don’t wish to stay here, you can also ask for a transfer and stay at the same hospital as him.”

Lifting her head up in surprise, she uttered, “W-What did you call him?”

She had never thought that Alexander would be willing to acknowledge Oliver as his brother and thought that it would be a blessing from Heaven if he was willing to regard him as merely a stranger.

Avoiding her gaze, he said, “No matter what, he’s Dad’s only son and Grandpa’s only grandson. In addition, he’ll inherit the Duncan Family in the future and be the successor of Sunhill Enterprise. I’ll be responsible for his life from now on.”

Fiona felt was a crushing pain on her chest. The thing she was most afraid of—Alexander doubting himself after finding out the truth—had

old man’s voice echoed along with the sound of the door swinging open, shattering

“Grandpa?”

“Dad?”

and

raised you for thirteen years while I did the same for twenty, and now you’re no

there was a knot between Alexander’s brows, there was a

gazed at the daughter he hadn’t seen for twenty years with mixed feelings, and tears welled-up in his eyes instantly. However, he didn’t want anyone to see it and quickly turned

of bed in a rush,

his hand, and his voice choked, which was hardly usual. “You shouldn’t move around when you’re unwell. Let’s have a good catch-up as a family. Tell me how your life has

nervous look at Alexander, unsure how she should

“Grandpa, I’ll go out—”

to Oliver, so you’re abandoning the company? If you’re still thinking that you’re not your father’s child, then

look of surprise flashed past

her right.

There were so many baddies. Weren’t you afraid at all?”

Besides curiosity, he even showed a concerned look just

of them close to herself, Courtney said gently, “Of course I was, but when you

won’t be afraid at all if I

he didn’t utter a single word, he

the discharge papers, Alexander personally came from Melrose to pick her up

at the front doors of the Duncan Residence and didn’t take a step in for a

love of her life, she was truly alone. Now that she was back, all sorts of emotions were gushing in her