One Night Surprise

Chapter 480 Pretty Sir

Seeing how Alicia was going to leave with Josephine, the director of the orphanage immediately rushed after them and explained, “There is nothing wrong with the boy, but we do have trouble communicating with him because he is of Otharian and Vietnamese descent. From our sources, he used to be raised in Vietnam. He must have reacted so aggressively because he couldn’t mentally cope after changing a location and being abandoned.”

“How did he get all the injuries on his body?” Alicia questioned.

The director hesitantly replied, “He has been showing subtle tendencies to self-harm after he came here.”

Alicia’s eyes seemed to darken after she heard the director’s words. Seeing that, the director looked resigned as he sighed, “We have been trying to treat his self-harming tendencies, but it will take time to get rid of psychological issues. The woman who sent the boy here has requested us to continue treating him, or—or else she will have the promised donation sent to some other orphanage—”

The director’s words were cut off by the sound of a car door being slammed shut. Watching the gray sedan leave, the man slowly straightened his torso as his gaze turned cold.

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The air in Melrose City on Valentine’s Day was thick with an unexplainable feeling of romance when evening came. Most of the people sauntering about on the street were walking hand-in-hand in pairs, and yet Angie looked as though she had a tail following closely behind her. Alex was always a few steps away as he maintained his distance from her. Angie couldn’t get rid of him even if she wanted to, and he didn’t have the courage to get closer to her.

“Pretty sir, did you make your girlfriend angry? Would you like some flowers to cheer her up?”

An adorable young girl suddenly grasped onto the leg of Alex’s pants. Blinking her eyes, she shoved some flowers in Alex’s face.

“I am sorry, I—” A sneeze erupted as he hurriedly explained himself. “I am allergic—” He sneezed again. “To pollen!” As he pushed the flowers away from his face, Angie took the opportunity to make her escape. Alex immediately followed after her when he realized what she had done.

The little girl who had been left behind could only shake her head and sigh, “What a stingy person. You can’t possibly get a girl with a handsome face alone.”

Alex showed no signs of giving up even as he went a distance to chase after her. He tried to maintain a distance of 3 meters away from her as he smiled and asked loudly, “Are you hungry? Why don’t I buy you a meal? You can continue running off after that.”

Angie rested her hands on her waist while gasping for air. Alex’s words suddenly made her realize that the man had no idea that she was running away from him. He even seemed entertained by this whole game of cat and mouse they were having.

her hair with her fingers before putting on a tough front. “Let me buy you a meal. We can have a

restaurant whose business seemed rather slow today.

served them a plate of peanuts, and he then opened the vodka bottle. He poured Alex a glass, but when he turned to look

alcohol hit Alex’s nostrils before the vodka even touched his mouth. He instinctively reacted by sucking in a deep breath before taking

like people

put down his glass. A frown immediately appeared on his face after that, and he gulped down the remaining content in the glass. Seeing that, Angie let out a satisfied smile and poured

have to

came out tired and disappointed after he drank his second glass of vodka. The alcohol was making his face red, but he looked just like

know that your father is unsatisfied with me. I admit that I wasn’t a

went down his throat, his head began to feel heavy. The waiter who was serving them a bowl of sliced pork kindly reminded him, “This alcohol

long lashes seemed to tremble under the dim light after

father?” she carefully

feel somewhat disgusted looking at the shiny gloss of the dish. He then took another shot to wash off the distaste in his

did an in-depth background check on my whole family. He even found out about the time I got into a fight and

face in his palms to calm himself down before he lifted his gaze again. He poured a fifth glass

did he

The

satisfied with me—” His words faltered as

vegetables to the table. He was caught by surprise when his

he exclaimed. “He can’t keep drinking like

when Angie snatched it away from him and indulged the throat-burning drink herself. Her face had gradually turned

waiter who was serving them. Angie drank her last glass of

looked at Alex, who was lying on the couch

she lightly slapped him on his