One Night Surprise (Courtney and Alexander) novel Chapter 46

Chapter 46

Courtney looked at her in astonishment. This brat! Who told her to randomly invite others? Did she even ask for my permission? 

Then again, she thought to herself, Who is Alexander? He‘s so busy all the time, so I don‘t think he‘ll even agree. 

“Okay.”

Just then, she heard his clear reply.

Her surprised gaze fell upon Alexander.

However, Alexander seemed calm and composed as he squatted down and touched Tina’s face. “I’ll bring Jordan over with me next Saturday, okay?”

“Okay!”

Tina’s eyes lit up as she hugged his neck and gave him a peck on his cheek. “I’ve stamped on it, so Mr. Alexander has to keep his word.”

Alexander froze for a moment as he touched his face and smiled. “All right.”

The rare and gentle smile on Alexander’s face made Courtney swallow back the words she was about to scold Tina. She stared at him dazedly and was lost in her own thoughts.

Suddenly, she felt that Alexander only chose to smile after strict logical consideration. There were so many women lined up to be his son’s stepmother, with that smile he had earlier, anyone would be willing to be his lover.

Somehow she remembered that intimate scene in the bathroom last night, and her cheeks started to warm up

“Let’s go, Mommy.”

Courtney came to her senses and watched the rear end of the car disappear from the entrance of the neighborhood and coughed awkwardly.

On the way back, Tina took Courtney’s hand and looked at her knowingly.

“Mommy, did you just fall in love?”.

“Who’s fallen in love?” Courtney denied. “Why would I fall in love?”

“You kept staring at Mr. Alexander and wouldn’t leave! Even I felt embarrassed for you, Mommy!”

Courtney blushed scarlet and was speechless.

When they exited the elevator, her expression changed as she remembered what Tina did earlier and

grabbed her by the collar. “I haven’t settled the score with you. Who allowed you to casually invite others to our house? Did you ask for my permission?”

Tina struggled and protested. “Let me go, Mommy! My teacher taught us to return the courtesy from others.”

Courtney was speechless.

She didn’t really care if Tina’s teacher had taught them about courtesy. The following Monday, Courtney met Alexander at the entrance when kindergarten had ended; he was also there to pick his kid up.

“I’ll drop you guys off-it’s along the way.”

The black car was parked under the inconspicuous old locust tree. As Courtney saw the busy crowd on the street, she realized that it would be hard to get a cab; the subway would be difficult to squeeze in at this time too, so she agreed.

After arriving at their doorstep, she said politely, “Thanks a lot, President Duncan. If you hadn’t been so busy, I would have invited you to come up for dinner.”

She was obviously being courteous, but she was afraid that Alexander wouldn’t understand.

After all, some people pretended to be oblivious to such courteous words when they wanted to

“I’m not busy.” Alexander’s voice echoed in her ears. “Since Jordan wants to eat your cooking and has refused to eat properly at home, let’s go.”

With that, he got out of his car.

Courtney wanted to slap herself. Why did I run my mouth off? 

Why didn‘t I just keep my mouth shut? 

Filled with regret, she brought Alexander and Jordan into the house and prepared a table full of food. Although she only used the ingredients she had in the fridge, her cooking skills won them over.

“Our house is quite small, so I hope you don’t mind.”

“It’s better than what I imagined. Stop fussing about-sit down and eat.” Alexander was passing the

food to the children like he was in his own house,

Surprised, Courtney listened to him and took off her apron before sitting across from him.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, so she tried to find a topic to talk about as she asked, “Earlier this afternoon, I heard from Josh that you usually have dinner parties at night”

“Yeah.”

I‘d better not look for a topic to talk about since it‘s even more awkward to try. 

Courtney’s heart skipped a beat. Why do I think that he hasn‘t taken the hint? Don‘t tell me that he’s taking it seriously again? 

Naturally, Alexander was not there when they were having dinner.

They were having two dishes and a soup; Courtney passed a plate to Tina. “This one is nice.”

Why do I suddenly feel like the house has become so much quieter without the two equally silent people 

sitting at the opposite end of the table? There wasn‘t even much going on when they were around,