One Night Surprise Chapter 36
Chapter 36 Why Doesn’t She Have the Right to Do That?
Once they arrived at the hospital, Tina dragged Courtney all the way into the wards. “Slow down, Tina.
You’re about to break my arm.” Courtney helplessly allowed her daughter to drag her out of the hospital
lift. She only believed her daughter’s words after she saw Jordan lying on the hospital bed.
“What happened to Jordan?” Courtney asked as she entered the room. Scott was the only one who
was sitting by the bed. When he saw Courtney, his face lit up with joy and he quickly got to his feet.
“Who are you?” he asked, although he already knew the answer.
She quickly introduced herself. “I’m Courtney Hunter, a hotel manager in Sunhill Hotel. My daughter
attends the same kindergarten as Jordan. And you are?”
Her sentences are clear and simple while her tone is respectful and polite; just the way one should
speak to an elderly. She even looks a little bit like Jordan! I really like this woman, the old man thought
as he nced at Courtney. He sneakily gave Tina a silly face before he beamed toward Courtney. “I’m
Jordan’s great-grandfather.”
“You’re Mr. Duncan? The chairperson of Sunhill Enterprise?” Courtney quickly straightened her
posture. “I’m sorry if I was being rude earlier,” she quickly said.
“No worries. Take a seat. Jordan has mentioned you in the past; he really likes you a lot. I remember
this because you saved Jordan’s life previously,” Scott uttered as he gestured for Courtney to sit down.
She quickly heaved a sigh of relief when she realized that Scott wasn’t as haughty and mean as the
rumors had made him to be. She then sat down on a chair beside him before she nced toward
Jordan worriedly. “How did Jordan get so badly injured?”
“I don’t know the details, but he hurt himself in Alexander’s home. I heard that he rolled off the stairs
from the 2nd floor down to the 1st. He just got out of surgery, and the doctors said that he fractured his
right forearm and dislocated his left. He has a few cuts and bruises too. Ah, this young boy has
suffered so many illnesses and injuries as he didn’t have a mother to care for him since he was a
baby.”
Courtney felt her heart aching for the young boy when she heard the old man’s words. Although she
hadn’t spent a lot of time with Jordan, he was the same age as Tina, and she had a missing son who
was the same as him. I always think of my missing son whenever I look at Jordan. I wonder if he has a
mother by his side. If he doesn’t, perhaps he’s just like Jordan now. “Fortunately, kids heal really
quickly. He should drink some snakehead fish soup to replenish the calcium in his body since he
fractured his bone,” she said.
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The look on Scott’s face turned uneasy as he nced at her. “Really? But Alexander just fired all of his
maids after this incident. I’m rather worried as well; these maids are simply too careless with their jobs
nowadays.”
She quickly understood what he meant. “No worries. I’m not working this weekend, so I can make
some soup and bring it over.”
“That would be amazing. Thank you for going through the trouble of doing this, Miss Hunter,” he said
happily.
“No worries. I feel like Jordan and I get along really well, so it’s no big deal for me to make him some
soup,” she replied. Right then, the doors to the ward were flung open before Alexander and Britney
walked in one after another. Alexander’s eyes widened the moment he saw Courtney. “What are you
doing here?”
“I came over to visit Jordan because I heard that he got into an ident,” Courtney exined.
“You heard that he got into an ident?” Alexander was already in a bad mood after Jordan’s ident,
but his face now darkened as he continued to interrogate the unexpected visitor. “Where did you hear
the news about Jordan at 2.00AM? The surgery just ended half an hour ago, yet you’re here at the
hospital already? What are your intentions?”
Courtney felt her chest burning with rage upon listening to Alexander’s pressing questions. She stood
up angrily once she recalled how Scott had told her about Jordan falling off the stairs. “Is this the right
time for you to be asking about how I heard of Jordan’s ident? Your son’s lying on the hospital bed
right now; how could you have the energy to even suspect that I have ulterior motives?” she asked
rudely.
“This has to do with my personal matters. Don’t forget that you’re just a mere hotel manager in one of
the hotels under Sunhill Enterprise,” he hissed.
“Of course I’ve got no right to ask about your family matters, President Duncan. You have so much
power that you could fire me just by uttering a single sentence. However, we’re not at work now. I’m
here to visit my daughter’s ssmate. I initially thought that it was just a minor injury that he got while
ying, but I was shocked to hear that he had to be hospitalized because of how bad his injuries were.
Aren’t you worried after hearing that he rolled down the stairs? If he had hit his head, you could have
lost your son. Do you know that?” Courtney lost all control of her temper, perhaps because she had
been suppressing her emotions and experiencing a great deal of stress at work recently. She also felt
furious whenever she thought about how Jordan’s past two idents were always because there
weren’t any adults watching over him. “Do you know why Jordan doesn’t speak up and call you his
dad? It’s because you simply don’t care about him enough. Ask yourself—do you think you’re a
dependable father? Do you make your son feel safe? He’s your biological son; why did you allow him
to be born if you weren’t nning on loving and caring for him wholeheartedly?”
Her words struck Alexander where it hurt the most, and his gaze fell onto the floor while he frowned
deeply as he didn’t know how to respond to her words. In the past, Jordan was born only because he
wanted to satisfy his grandfather’s pressing demands, so that he would be able to obtain the rights to
take over Sunhill Enterprise. Right then, Alexander hung his head low as Courtney’s words had been
spot on.
“Miss Hunter, aren’t you being a little too much of a busybody right now? This has to do with his
personal family matters; how are you a part of this at all? Who are you to point fingers and ce the
me on him?” Britney spoke up with a tone of irritation.
“Why doesn’t she have the right to do that? She’s using her perspective as a mother to teach
Alexander how he should act as a father. She has the right to do that because she’s brought her
daughter up so well. Alexander, on the other hand, should really do some self-reflection.” Scott’s old
and calm voice echoed off the walls as he interrupted their conversation. “You’re doing a great job with
thepany, but you really have to think about your role as a father. Are you really doing your best in
that aspect?” he asked Alexander.
Britney’s eyes were wide, her hands trembling. I can’t believe that this old man’s speaking up for
Courtney. This woman is really showing up everywhere we go. First, she managed to get that stupid
brat, Jordan, to be attached to her; now, she even seeded in getting Old Master Duncan to support
her. “Even if that is the case, she’s still not a part of the Duncan Family. Why did she show up in the
middle of the night?”
Tina, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up. “Well, you’re not part of the Duncan Family either,
Miss Price. What are you doing here?”
Britney nearly lost her temper upon hearing the young girl’s words. “What nonsense are you saying,
you brat? I’m Alexander’s fiancée; of course I’m a part of the Duncan Family.”
“A fiancée means that you haven’t gotten married to him, right?” Tina shrunk away from Britney and hid
behind her mother’s back as she nced up and blinked at Britney innocently.
“How dare you…” Britney was too furious to say anything. Right as Tina was standing behind her
mother, Scott sneakily gave her a high five while they both wore solemn, calm expressions on their
faces.
“That’s enough. What’s there to fight about? Jordan needs to rest.” Alexander frowned and nced at
Britney. “It’ste, so you should leave now. I can stay here by myself.” His voice was clearly filled with
annoyance, and Britney knew better than to go against his will. Furthermore, she had other matters to
handle, so she left the room without hesitation. However, her footsteps slowed down along the corridor
of the hospital as she then wondered why Courtney and Tina were allowed to stay back when she was
asked to leave.
She then heard a voiceing from the room. “You can leave as well. I don’t need you here.” Only
then did Britney heave a sigh of relief and walk out calmly.