One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 42 She Is Not an Outsider

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.”

be damned if I believe

and refused to let her wear a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. In the end, she had no choice

breakfast at 9.00AM, Alexander’s butler arrived downstairs to take them back to

Young Master had an important meeting in the morning, so he is not at home right now. He asked me to pick

Courtney

was a composed middle-aged man in his early forties, and he

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

more at ease with me

smiled as she thought, Who isn’t surprised? I’m pretty surprised as

injury, Tina sat up straight from her seat and sighed heavily. It

sighing because of

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

are you talking about? You’re only five years old, and this is just a form of superstition.

felt helpless, but she

she hadn’t blocked the chandelier back then, the little guy would have died; had he

of these incidents just accidents? She began

got down the car, a small figure ran over from

“Little Master, oh dear… He hasn’t even

haven’t washed your face yet? No worries,

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

the house, Tina looked

even an elevator! Whoa! Tina immediately started talking to the young maid who led them

clueless about her daughter’s thoughts as she took Jordan into the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. “I brought over some snacks that I

Jordan nodded happily.

and opened the lunch box brought by Courtney. When Courtney was about to feed Jordan, the maid who was taking care of him cried out in panic, “Wait a minute, Miss Hunter! Little Master is not allowed to eat anything from