One Night Surprise (Courtney and Alexander) novel 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 contemplate 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 yourself comfortable 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 uncontrollably. He glanced 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 glass 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 behind her back. 

“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 was common 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 entire company, 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 clarifying 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 to laugh 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 classroom necessities for Tina. She then picked a Monday morning to send her daughter off to school. The local schools were rather different from the