One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 127 There’s Someone I Like

“And what about Courtney?” Britney was heartbroken, and her voice trembled as she pressed on, “Do you think she would be a better mother to Jordan than I would?”

Alexander’s brows furrowed. After a moment of thought, he let out a hum and nodded. “Yes.”

Efficiency was key when it came to solving problems, and Alexander knew this principle well. He also knew that the answer he just gave Britney would bring a swift end to their conversation, and seeing as he owed her no obligation to elaborate further on his deepest thoughts or feelings, his monosyllabic response sufficed.

As expected, and this was clearly much to Britney’s dismay, she pressed no further.

Britney’s fists were clenched as she marched her way from Alexander’s office to the elevator. As far as she was concerned, she would have been Alexander’s top choice for marriage if it weren’t for Courtney.

The elevator doors were closing when a clear, youthful voice called out, “Wait!”

She reached out instinctively and pressed on the button to hold the doors open. Her mind tried to work out why the voice sounded familiar, and when she looked up, she saw the towering figure of a young man saunter into the elevator. He turned and nodded at her. “Thanks.”

Upon seeing his face, Britney faltered. Her panic would have been obvious to the man if she weren’t presently wearing shades.

“You…” she gasped.

“Yes?” He looked at her questioningly. “Do you know me?”

Britney’s fists tightened at her sides. With her hat and shades in place, her face was almost entirely hidden from view, hence she denied it. “No, I don’t know you at all.”

She was well aware of the existence of doppelgangers, but the person who was currently in the elevator with her looked exactly like the missing Benjamin Ford.

But from the looks of it, he didn’t seem to recognize her.

The elevator doors slowly opened with a ‘ding’, and Britney watched as the young man left without even turning back to look at her. She snapped out of her thoughts and walked toward the front desk, whereupon she asked, “Who was that guy? I thought the hotel was not receiving any more guests at the moment.”

who had just left. “Do you mean Oliver? He’s a friend

who had made the arrangements personally. They had no idea

Britney’s frown deepened.

be a friend of Courtney’s? He

about all

call. “Jason,” she said anxiously into her phone,

was dark outside by the time she woke up. The light that came from behind the partition basked the bedroom in a warm glow. Her eyes fluttered open, and she was still drowsy with sleep when the faint smell of cooking wafted through

shuffled out from behind the partition and saw that Alexander was eating alone at the dining table. Her eyes fell on the spread laid out before him, which comprised

up anyway,” Alexander said as he lifted his gaze, an impish grin playing on his lips. “Much

compared me to puppies and kittens,” Courtney grumbled, glaring at him as she pulled out a

no argument. Instead, he ladled out a small bowl of soup

“Did you make this?”

“Sort of.”

courtesy, and she certainly had not expected for a person like him,

her a lopsided smile and clarified, “I had

means you’ve ‘sort of’ made soup, then you might as well rebrand the entire restaurant menu as ‘the President’s Special’ the next time you

smiled pleasantly, then asked, “Are you saying

you really think there are women out there who would line up for you? Don’t flatter yourself. I was only

line up for me.” Alexander looked at her in bemusement. “You, on the other hand, have

couldn’t catch up with him. She blinked. “What are you talking

at her assessingly. “Fifteen years old, then twenty-five. Do you have a thing about bringing a man home

he was saying, and she sputtered, “I don’t have a ‘thing’ for bringing men home. You know as well as

my hotel was an accident, but how

is he getting on your nerves? The man’s

a look.” Alexander’s expression was bland as he clicked into a video on

the variety show in which Shay was starring. It was

announcement that you are currently single and your