One Night Surprise (Courtney and Alexander) novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52 

Alexander and Jordan had seemingly arrived there a lot earlier, for they had already gathered a whole basketful of leaves. They sat on their picnic mat as Jordan made his art masterpiece,

At the sight of Tina, Jordan got up from his pile of leaves, his bright eyes flitting about. However, he still couldn’t see the lady that he had been looking forward to meeting even after looking for a while

Jordan immediately frowned and tugged at Alexander’s sleeve. 

“She has an urgent matter, so she’s not coming today. I told you earlier this morning before we came.” Alexander patted his son’s head as he explained patiently.

When Alexander told Jordan that Courtney wouldn’t be coming, the kid looked like he didn’t believe him. He even thought that Alexander was lying to him.

Jordan pouted, a dark fog immediately descending on his expression

Meanwhile, Cameron led Tina over by the hand and greeted Alexander.

“The weather’s so nice today. It’s a pity that Courtney can’t come today,” she exclaimed,

“What’s the urgent appointment that she had?” Alexander asked in an offhand manner as he picked up the leaves that Jordan had scattered.

“Mommy went to a wedding party.” Tina poked her head over and blinked at Alexander. “Not only that, it’s her ex-boyfriend’s wedding!”

Alexander stopped what he was doing. He lifted his head to look at Cameron, as though he was seeking her confirmation.

“Don’t say such nonsense, kiddo.” Cameron pretended to pinch her. Tina screeched and leaped into Alexander’s arms.

“Save me, Mr. Alexander!”

Alexander was somewhat distracted as he held Tina. “She went alone?”

“Of course.” Cameron sighed. “She’s always been a good-tempered girl. She didn’t want to go, but that woman kept pestering her with phone calls every day, even I couldn’t stand to see this. She ended up going because she had no other choice. She’s such a sweet girl, and I figured that it won’t do her any good to go. She’s going to cry her eyes out later when she gets back.”

“Cry? It won’t get to that point, right?”

Alexander found it hard to imagine Courtney crying. Based on his impression of her, Courtney was a strong and smart woman. Even in her day-to-day life, she never gave in. It was difficult to believe that she would be so easily cowed.

“Why do you think that she wouldn’t?” Cameron’s eyes narrowed. “You‘ve never seen how Courtney was before. She was molded into the woman she is now after her ex cheated on her back then and she went abroad alone. She used to be a soft girl.”

“I heard that you need to go with someone else when you get invited to a party. Mommy’s definitely going to be bullied since she went there by herself.” Tina sighed as well from where she was curled up in Alexander’s arms. Jordan quickly lifted his drawing board and tugged on Alexander’s sleeve to get his attention.

“That’s because Courtney doesn’t like to bother others,” Cameron explained. “Besides, the man has to be a bit more willing to take the initiative when it comes to these kinds of things. I guess you don’t know that Courtney’s ex actually two-timed her with her best friend. That friend is still parading the guy around and rubbing it in Courtney’s face. Courtney wasn’t willing to go to their wedding at first, but Vanessa pulled a dirty move-she blamed Courtney for not valuing their sisterhood. No one else knows what happened back then, so they’d be wondering what’s wrong with Courtney.” 

The forestry center was a distance away from the center of Melrose City. As he drove down the hill, Alexander suddenly received a call from Britney.