One Night Surprise Chapter 306
Chapter 306 They Looked Quite Simr
As Courtney wasing down from her office, she saw Leon surrounded by a group of female
receptionists who were asking for autographs.
She stood there with her bag in her hand, feeling absolutely annoyed inside. It didn’t seem right to keep
walking or go back up.
At that moment, she was almost certain that the Facebook post on his official page wasn’t even written
by himself; it was probably scripted by hispany. How could he show up at my office when the issue
had just been resolved? What’s he up to?
“Hey, Miss!” Leon looked up and spotted Courtney through the gaps between the women in front of
him. He waved his hand and made his way through the crowd to get to her. “Why didn’t you tell me
you’re here?”
“With so many of your crazed fans around, I’m afraid I’ll go viral again if I interrupt you.”
“Nah, that won’t happen. I’ve already cleared it up with them,” Leon replied innocently.
He was wearing a white puffer jacket, and the fur around its hood was big and fluffy. The light color
made his skin look even fairer, and his face was as small and delicate as a woman’s.
“I found a ce we can eat at. It’s just gonna be the two of us, so don’t worry. We’ll definitely not get
caught on camera this time.”
Courtney was a little regretful foring down from her office. She should’ve just told him that she
wasn’t in.
However, it was difficult to reject him face-to-face like this.
“You see, Leon… I still have something to do tonight, and I’m sure you’re busy too. Why don’t we have
a meal together next time? I…”
“I’ve already made a booking, though. That Japanese restaurant is pretty good—my assistant told me
so.”
“Japanese restaurant?” Courtney jolted when she heard that. She couldn’t help but swallow at the
thought of the food.
Half an hourter, Courtney sat in a private room of a Japanese restaurant in East Melrose City. She
couldn’t stop singing praises of the te of fresh sea urchin in front of her.
“This is really not bad. It’s very fresh indeed.”
“It was my assistant who’d strongly rmended this ce. Look, I’m really sorry about the
commotion earlier.”
“Don’t worry about it. It’s no big deal.”
Courtney drank a sip of water before she continued, “Aren’t you already treating me to dinner?
Besides, it wasn’t your fault anyway. You celebrities have it quite hard; every little thing you do is bound
to be exaggerated by the public.”
“It’s not so bad,” Leon said with a chuckle. “I’ve gotten used to things like that. I would’ve starved to
death a long time ago if I hadn’t entered the entertainment field.”
“Really? You can’t be serious.”
“Yeah, I’ve been running around on my own since I was 10 and I’ve worked every job you can think of.
If I hadn’t been scouted by chance and became an idol trainee at 13, I probably would’ve frozen to
death in that very winter.”
Courtney jolted momentarily. She’d always assumed that Leon grew up in a well-off family without
experiencing any hardships in life. She thought that he’d be a celebrity purely for the fun of it, but
she didn’t expect his past to be something as depressing as this.
When he noticed the doubt on her face, Leon rubbed his nose awkwardly. “Everything you see online is
fake. ording to my managementpany, people don’t like celebrities with a miserable past
anymore. They prefer the persona of a rich young master, so they made up a nice family background
for me. In truth, I don’t even know who my parents are.”
“I’m so sorry.” Courtney frowned apologetically. “Let’s not talk about unhappy times.”
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“Nah, don’t worry about it. It’s all in the past anyway.”
Leon took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. The young and naive face of his was extremely pitiful to
look at. “Honestly, I’m not too sad that I’ve never seen my parents. I was adopted from the welfare
center at 5 years old, and back then, I thought I was finally going to have a mom and dad. Not too long
after, though, my adopted mother died in a car crash, and my adopted father started to rely excessively
on alcohol since then. He’d beat me up when he had too much to drink, so I ran away when I was 10—I
just couldn’t take it anymore. Then, I started working at various ces, doing all sorts of odd jobs.” He
paused and sniffed before carrying on, “I heard that you took in a little brother who’s about my age. Is it
Shay?”
Courtney nodded without denying it.
Quite a number of people knew about this, and it was even reported on the news before.
“It’d be great if I met someone like you back then.” Leon pursed his lips; he seemed to be a little sad.
His eyes were fixed on Courtney for a few moments before he picked up the cup of sake and gulped it
all down. He immediately choked from the burn. “Cough… It tastes so bad…”
Courtney quickly passed him the ss of water in front of him. “Here, have some water.”
It was pitiful to watch Leon act this way. He almost reminded her of how Shay was back then.
Years ago when she saw Shay in the underground boxing ring, he was only 12 or 13 years old. Boys
usually reached puberty at ater age, so he was tiny and skinny. Even though she was only 15 at the
time, she was a lot taller than him.
It wasn’t an overstatement to say that Shay’s life had changedpletely after Courtney brought him
home. They weren’t exactly living and eating the best, but it was definitely a lot better than what he
went through in the underground boxing ring.
“Though you didn’t meet me, you’re not all that bad now, are you?”
“I actually met someone who’s quite like you back then, you know.” Leon let out a bitter chuckle. “But I
feel like anyone who showed me kindness was destined to suffer.” As he spoke, he retrieved his phone
from his pocket, and his slender fingers swiped on the screen for a bit before he passed it to Courtney
to show her a photo. “Look at her. Isn’t she pretty?”
The screen showed a youngdy in herte teens and a boy around 15 or 16 years of age. It was
obvious that the boy was Leon who hadn’t fully grown into his features. Courtney didn’t need to ask to
know that this was an old photo of Leon.
As for the youngdy, she was innocent and sweet, and Courtney even felt like she looked a little
familiar. Surprisingly, Leon was right—the girl in the photo looked quite simr to herself.
Something instantly clicked in Courtney. It was no wonder Leon acted so enthusiastic the first time they
met. No doubt, this was why he was willing to wait for her in the freezing cold just so he could have
dinner with her.
“I do see the resemnce.” Courtney nodded and asked, “Is she your girlfriend?”
“Yeah, her name’s Kirsten Ivanov. She’s Otharian, and she’s from a wealthy family,” Leon admitted. His
eyes no longer looked pure and naive like a boy’s. Instead, they were now filled with deep emotions
and nostalgia.
“Something came up two years after I became a trainee in my managementpany. I left the
company, but I was saddled with a huge debt for viting the contract. She cleared my entire debt and
helped me out a lot in those two years. She’s the only reason I was able to enter the modeling industry
later as well. We were nning to get married once I reached the legal age.”
“What happened after that?” Courtney knew that she wouldn’t be hearing a happy ending the moment
she asked the question.
As expected, Leon chuckled self-deprecatingly.
“Anyone who treats me kindly tends to be quite unlucky. She had congenital leukemia; she didn’t
survive and passed away two years ago. She left me all her assets that she’d inherited from her father,
and her family background became mine that everyone publicly celebrates. It seems like this is the only
way for me to feel like she’s still alive and has never left.”
Leon downed both sks of sake as he told Courtney about him and Kirsten in incoherent words.
Courtney was ovee with mixed feelings at once. This young man who she assumed to have
always lived a carefree life in a perfectly harmonious family turned out to have such a troubling past. It
was truly a sad story that could put tears in one’s eyes.