One Night Surprise Chapter 27
Chapter 27
However, the look on Scott’s face remained calm as the old man didn’t express any opinions toward
Britney. Instead, he turned toward Alexander. “You’re in your thirties. Since you haven’t gotten married,
I don’t think there’s a need to rush into it now. I think you should contemte more about your marriage
before we discuss this again in the future.” His words clearly indicated his disagreement toward the
marriage.
What more is there to discuss? Britney dug her nails into her palms as she stared at Alexander. He
didn’t give any reaction at all, and dinner ended on a bad note. Britney was supposed to leave along
with Alexander, but Scott got her to leave first as he wanted to speak to Alexander in private.
“That sh*tty old man clearly doesn’t support our marriage. I can’t believe I’ve spent so much time
visiting him at the Duncans’ ancestral home all these years. All of that has gone to waste now,” Britney
hissed angrily as she punched her fists into the car seat once she got into the car.
“Don’t be angry, Britney. That old man won’t be able to say anything as long as President Duncan
insists on getting married. You know how bad President Duncan’s temper can be, right? He even found
some random person to give birth to a child just because that old man forced him to get married and
have kids previously. You can clearly tell from that incident that President Duncan doesn’t actually care
about what his grandfather thinks.”
The person’s words served as a reminder for Britney. That’s true. Alexander has always been one to do
whatever he wishes to. Although he appears to respect Grandpa’s orders, he still ends up doing
whatever he wants to in the end, so I just have to make sure that he doesn’t change his mind about the
wedding.
That night, both Alexander and Jordan stayed in the Duncans’ ancestral house. Alexander thought that
his grandfather would have something to say to him, but after the old man received a call, he hastily
gestured for his maids to prepare the room for his guests before he went into his study and locked the
door behind him.
“Is Grandpa busy with something recently?” Alexander gave the butler a curious look. The butler
maintained a calm expression as he answered, “Your grandfather has been talking to his friends a lot
more recently, but I’m not sure about the details. You can just make yourselffortable as you wait
for him to get off the call, Young Master.”
But Scott remained on the phone even as the night fell. Alexander had already read Jordan an entire
storybook, and Jordan fell asleep by the end of it. Soon, Alexander found himself yawning
uncontrobly. He nced at the clock to see that it was nearly midnight, so he decided to go to bed
without waiting any longer.
Sometime during the middle of the night, Courtney woke up to pour herself a ss of water. Seeing
that the lights in Tina’s room were still turned on when she went out to the living room, she frowned and
walked over to the room. She could hear Tina’s voice from the outside. “You’d never told me about this
person. Ugh, this is so troublesome. I wouldn’t have asked Mommy to go if you had told me about this
earlier. It’s just too much trouble,” Tina said.
“What are you doing up at this hour, Tina?” Courtney immediately pushed the door open and scowled
at her daughter.
Tina hurriedly ended the call before she turned around with a frightened look on her face. She shifted
her eyes nervously before she replied, “Nothing. I was just talking to my godmother.”
Courtney’s eyes lit up upon hearing this. “Really? I have some stuff to tell her too. Pass me the phone
and let me talk to her for a while.”
“No. I ended the call. Godmother said she was going to bed,” Tina mumbled as she hid her phone
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“Oh?” Courtney seemed rather disappointed, but she didn’t suspect anything. “Alright. You should go to
bed too. Look at the time! Kids have to sleep early.”
“Alright.” Tina nodded obediently before she knitted her brows and scrunched her face into a rather
worried expression. “I just got some bad news, Mommy. Do you want to know about it?”
“Did your godmother get into a fight with her clients again?” Courtney tensed her facial muscles as she
felt rather nervous. Although Cameron appeared to be polite and gentle, she actually had a terrible
temper. Furthermore, she was a pretty good fighter, and it wasmon for her to get into scuffles with
her clients when she encountered clients that couldn’t get along well with her.
“No. It’s not about her; it’s about you, Mommy.” Tina shook her head.
“Me?” Courtney pointed at her own nose.
“Yup.” Tina lowered her head and sighed dejectedly. “I think your second marriage isn’t going to
happen, Mommy.”
“My second marriage?” Courtney was utterly bewildered.
“I heard that your boss, Mr. Alexander, is about to get married,” Tina uttered.
Courtney froze upon hearing this. The rumors of Alexander and Britney’s marriage had been spreading
like wildfire across the entirepany, and it sounded pretty legitimate. Furthermore, Britney had been
showing up more frequently at the headquarters, so all of the staff began to gossip about them even
more. They all assumed that it was true since Alexander didn’t show any intentions of rifying the
rumors. But what has Alexander’s marriage got to do with me? “What are you talking about?” she
asked.
“Mr. Alexander is handsome and rich; he’s literally the man of every girl’s dreams. I’d be able to enjoy
the rest of my life if you get married to him, Mommy. Great-now that you’ve failed to seize this
opportunity, he’s going to get married to someone else,” Tina grumbled.
Courtney finally understood what was going on. This silly girl is still trying to find me a husband, huh!
She didn’t know whether tough or cry as she knocked her knuckles against Tina’s head. “What’s
going on in that little brain of yours all day? What has his marriage got to do with me? He’s just my
superior; that’s all. You need to stop daydreaming and just go to bed.”
Tina quietly crawled under her covers and went to bed. There goes a good opportunity, she thought
disappointedly. Courtney simply shook her head before turning the lights off and shutting the bedroom
door.
After that day, Courtney began to purchase all the ssroom necessities for Tina. She then picked a
Monday morning to send her daughter off to school. The local schools were rather different from the
schools they had overseas, so Courtney was worried that Tina might not be able to adapt to the
environment. ‘Coincidentally’, Alexander had picked the same day to send Jordan to school.
“Isn’t it good enough for Jordan to have his home tutor? Why did you decide to send him to school all of
a sudden?” Britney tried her best to sound casual as she spoke to Alexander in the car. Ever since
Alexander brought up the idea of marriage, she had been especially attentive and thoughtful with all
her acts. She diligently traveled between the two ces-Alexander’s house and Sunhill Enterprise-to
fulfil her duty as a caring partner. After she heard that Jordan was attending his first day of school, she
specially woke up early in the morning just to appear as if she cared and wanted to apany the
boy
“It’s better for his recovery if he gets to spend time with more people.” Alexander uttered calmly. He
hadn’t actually nned on sending Jordan to school, but Jordan insisted that he did so. There were a
lot of students in school, and that just increased the chances of there being problems urring.
Alexander wasn’t sure that he’d be able to handle all of it.
“Well, if Jordan likes that, then we can give him a few younger brothers and sisters. He’d have more
people around him, then,” she offered. Jordan’s face turned pale the moment he heard the woman’s
words. He shrunk in his safety seat as he hugged his drawing board tightly. This evil woman’s kids
must be just as evil as her.
Alexander frowned. “I don’t have such ns at the moment. Just Jordan’s enough for now.” His words
left Britney fuming on the inside. What is that supposed to mean? Is he saying that he’s not nning to
have kids with me after we get married? The atmosphere turned sour in the car, but they soon arrived
at the school.
Once the driver held their car door open, Alexander took Jordan in his hand and led him toward the
entrance of the school. They only walked a short distance when Jordan flung his father’s hand away
and charged toward another figure.
Courtney was speaking to Nora, who came out to greet her and Tina, when she felt a tight grip around
her calf. She looked down to see a handsome young boy’s face. It was Jordan clinging onto her leg
with a look of distress on his face as he pouted his lips.