One Night Surprise (Courtney and Alexander) novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Early Saturday morning, Courtney was still sleeping when she was dragged out of bed by Tina.

“Mommy, it’s time to wake up.”

Courtney looked at the bedside clock in a daze and said desperately, “Tina, it’s only 7.00AM! What are you doing?”

Tina tugged on one of Courtney’s arms and puffed her cheeks. “Mommy, this is your first time going to Mr. Alexander’s house; don’t you want to dress up properly? Come on-get up, take a shower and

change your clothes.”

Courtney hugged the pillow in exasperation.

Why did I give birth to such a shameless daughter who pushes me to any man she sees? 

Under Tina’s continuous urges, Courtney put on some simple makeup and took out her usual T-shirt and jeans from the closet. Before she could even put them on, it was dragged away by Tina.

“Why are you wearing this, Mommy?”

“What else would I be wearing?”

“This one.” Tina pulled out a burgundy open-back dress from the closet. “This one is pretty.”

“Are you crazy?” Courtney smacked Tina’s head lightly. “It’s not like we are going to a nightclub-this is a formal dress. We’re just going to play at your classmate’s house; do I really need to put on a formal dress?”

“This one!” Tina suggested again as she tugged on a grey-blue dress. “This one should be fine.”

Courtney took the dress out and examined it for a while-it did look good, but she hesitated for a bit. “Wouldn’t it be inconvenient to wear a dress? Both of you will be jumping up and down.”

“No,” Tina raised her hand and swore. “I promise that I’ll behave today.”

“I’ll be damned if I believe you.”

Courtney wanted to ignore her, but Tina stomped her feet and refused to let her wear a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. In the end, she had no choice but to put on that blue dress.

After having their breakfast at 9.00AM, Alexander’s butler arrived downstairs to take them back to Royal Park Manor.

“The Young Master had an important meeting in the morning, so he is not at home right now. He asked me to pick you and Tina up first.”

“It’s okay,” Courtney replied understandingly.

The butler was a composed middle-aged man in his early forties, and he drove in a calm and steady manner.

“The little master has been in a lot of accidents lately, so he must be feeling quite miserable. He is still wary of everyone even when all the maids in the manor have been completely changed, so I was quite surprised when he invited Miss Hunter to come over.”

“Perhaps he’s more at ease with me because I saved him once before.” Courtney smiled as she thought, Who isn‘t surprised? I‘m pretty surprised as well. 

As they spoke about Jordan’s injury, Tina sat up straight from her seat and sighed heavily. It drew Courtney’s attention to her as she asked, “Why are you sighing? You’re still so young.”

“I’m sighing because of Jordan.”

Tina furrowed her brows. “You see, Jordan can’t talk and he’s so unlucky. I’ve never seen a kid more unfortunate than him! Mommy, our school teacher said that people tend to be unluckier during the year of their zodiac. Is it Jordan’s zodiac sign this year?”

“What are you talking about? You’re only five years old, and this is just a form of superstition. Which teacher taught you all of this nonsense? You even took it so seriously.”

The maid quickly pointed at a direction in the house as she sized Courtney up and followed behind. Then, the maid looked at the little girl behind them and sighed. “You must be Miss Hunter-you’re so young, yet your daughter is so big already!”

Jordan‘s house is so big! The staircase actually divides into the left, right and center–there‘s even an elevator! Whoa! Tina immediately started talking to the young maid who led them in.