One Night Surprise (Courtney and Alexander) novel Chapter 26

Chapter 26 

Right then, someone knocked on his door. “Come in.”

Britney stepped in with two cups of coffee in her hands. “I’ve brought your favorite americano drink, Alex.”

“What brings you here?” Alexander glanced up at her calmly.

“Didn’t you say that we’ll be telling Grandpa about our wedding tonight? I’m a little nervous.” Britney bit on her lower lip as she gave him a bashful smile.

“Haven’t you always visited Grandpa before we even decided to have this wedding?” Alexander didn’t bother to play along with her; he simply tore down her pretentious front.

An awkward look crept across Britney’s face, but she shamelessly continued to speak in a sweet voice. “That was when I was putting up a show with you, Alex. Naturally, I have to be a little more worried now that this is the real thing. Do you think I’m dressed appropriately for tonight? Will Grandpa like this?”

Alexander didn’t even look at her. “Whatever.”

“Alex” Britney uttered as she walked toward him. Feeling slightly annoyed, she was about to start a fight when she caught a glimpse of the medical documents that were placed on the table. The words ‘Tina Hunter’ were printed on it.

“Who’s Tina Hunter?” Britney couldn’t stop herself from asking. Alexander glanced at her as he responded calmly and said, “She’s the daughter of an employee.”

“Why are you looking at the medical records of an employee’s daughter? Who is this staff of yours?” She demanded.

Alexander finally placed his hands over the medical records as he spoke with a sharp edge to his tone. “Do I have to report everything to you?”

“No. That’s not what I meant; I was just asking,” she said as her face fell a little.

“Well, you’re asking too many questions. I still have other matters to handle, and we’re only meeting Grandpa during dinner. You can head over there yourself; I’ll be there on time.” This time, he was giving her a direct order. She quickly regretted having asked so many questions earlier, but she knew that the situation could no longer be salvaged when she saw the annoyed look on Alexander’s face. She embarrassedly mumbled some excuse before seeing herself out of the office. Tina Hunter, she sneakily recited the name in her head as she went out.

“Alexander offered to handle your kindergarten admissions for you?” Scott pressed a phone against his ear as he paced around energetically in the Duncans’ ancestral home. “It seems like things are working out well since he offered to help your mother out so soon.”

The voice on the other end of the call was sweet and innocent. “It’s lucky that you informed me about Mr. Alexander’s whereabouts, Grandpa Scott. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get Mommy and Mr. Alexander to ‘bump’ into each other at the restaurant.”

“It’s also partially because your mother’s a good woman. There aren’t many women who have caught Alexander’s attention in the past,” Scott replied.

“You’re saying that Mommy has a chance, right?!” Tina asked excitedly.

“She doesn’t just have a chance; she has a high chance.” The two of them were chatting happily when the housekeeper stepped into Scott’s room. “Mr. Duncan, Mr. Alexander and Miss Price have arrived.”

Scott chuckled. “Alright, Alexander’s back. I’m going to take this opportunity to ask him what his thoughts are. I’ll talk to you later, Tina.”

“You’re the only one that can ever cause me trouble,” Scott said as he threw Alexander a side–eye. “You have to find a mother who can care for Jordan soon. Do you think he’s going to be in a good mood when he spends all his time with a bunch of maids? It’s going to be your own fault if you end up with a spoiled brat”