One Night Surprise

Chapter 453 The President Is Requesting a Proposal

At this moment, Alexander froze for a second. It wasn’t until then that he realized the daughter that he was meeting for the first time wasn’t joking around with him. “Why? Isn’t it good if I’m there to care for all of you?”

Unmoved and even somewhat contemptuously, Josephine replied, “Grandma says Mommy had you to care for her before I was born, but she was very unhappy.”

Instantly, Alexander became somewhat embarrassed.

Amused by the confrontation between them, Courtney decided not to interfere and only sat back to enjoy their debate until it turned to the virtues of marriage 10 minutes later.

“You’re still young, so I imagine you might not understand that it is actually a blessed thing to get married.”

“You’re so old, mister, but there is something my grandma understands that you don’t. She says many people get married, but many married people are un-blessed and unhappy. She also says unmarried people are happy most of the time. So, I don’t think being married has to do with being blessed. Don’t lie to me because I’m a kid.”

Ever since she could speak, Josephine had spent time by Alicia’s side learning the various philosophies of life. Thus, although she was only kindergarten-aged, she was so well-learned and spoke so much with the logic of an old wise woman that even Courtney was often befuddled by her.

Giving the child a conflicted look now, Alexander asked, “Your grandma told you that? Who’s your grandma?”

“My Aunt Alicia,” Courtney explained helplessly.

Because Josephine was adopted into the Somerfield Family, she called Alicia ‘Grandma’ for convenience’s sake rather than addressing her as ‘Great-Aunt Alicia’ like Tina did.

As Alicia never liked Alexander, it was completely reasonable that Josephine was influenced into also disliking him simply by staying with her extended family.

Yet, despite understanding where she was coming from, Alexander was unwilling to throw in the towel just yet. “Don’t you think it’s bad that other kids at kindergarten have a father but you don’t?”

Unfortunately, Josephine, who grew up being doted upon like a spoiled princess, did not find herself wanting for paternal love. “Other kids don’t have a grandma and grandpa like I do. Why don’t they think it’s bad?”

all honesty, Alexander had no

was tickled to see him so thoroughly

in the environment they grew up in as well. When Tina was younger, she had no one for company apart from her nannies and schoolteachers, as well as no

thus did not find it something to yearn for. In fact, she was quite the opposite—at her young age, there was nothing she looked forward to more than freedom and

said decisively now, rubbing salt into Alexander’s wound after leaving him at

standing up and ruffling her daughter’s

it

matter how unwilling he was, he had

glanced down at her daughter and asked, both in exasperation and

shrugged. “I don’t know him. Why should I like him? Not everyone likes handsome men like Tina

Tina suddenly sneezed from inside

Courtney told her youngest daughter in

years, she had never thought about getting back in contact with Alexander, partially because she genuinely hadn’t found an opportunity and partially because no one in her life would

thing as Alicia—that men never changed and that Courtney should stop holding

she was influenced to think less and less about him. The strange thing was that even when she no longer thought about him, neither

spent the next few days smiling so stupidly that his employees were starting to think the sun rose from the west. Even the plans that were usually criticized severely and returned were given some leeway and a few more days

the revised annual plan of the Planning Department,

“Set it aside.”

the desk, Alexander was twirling his pen and spacing out, and the document before him had laid untouched for

Duncan. He said the project in Australia is coming to a

before suddenly thinking of something a moment later. “Once the

he doesn’t need to do much

come back, then. I have something I need him to

instantly paled when he heard that. “Why do you need

his problems. What kind of issue could have