One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 143 Why Should I Give Up

As they were talking, Alicia came home with the children.

“Mommy!”

The moment Tina saw Courtney, she plunged into her embrace and cheered. On the other hand, Jordan looked exhausted. Dragging his feet, he went straight to the sofa and sank himself into it. He clung to Courtney’s arm, looking as if he was going to fall asleep on the spot.

“This kid is too weak. We only ran for a while. How can he be so tired already? He has been spoiled.” Alicia appeared to be disappointed by his performance.

Slightly speechless, Courtney patted Jordan’s head and explained, “It’s not his fault. He has been weak since young. After that high fever he got when he was younger, he couldn’t speak anymore. Ever since, his physique has been particularly weak.”

“He couldn’t speak because of the high fever?” Alicia put her drinking glass aside and stared at Jordan thoughtfully. “He never spoke after that?”

Courtney knitted her brows. “He didn’t stop talking completely. From what I heard from Alexander, he spoke twice this year.”

“I think there’s more to it.” Alicia gave her a long, deep look. “The Duncan Family is prestigious, and Alexander is the only child. If the family becomes extinct after Alexander, many people will benefit from it. I don’t think this kid can grow up safely.”

Upon hearing that, Courtney was dumbfounded. She looked at her aunt in disbelief.

In the past, her grandfather told her that Alicia had had a child before, but no one knew how she lost it. However, after that incident, William and Stephen, whose families had been close to each other, stopped seeing each other. It was only until Stephen’s divorce and remarriage that both families reconnected.

Courtney did not know much when she was young. Nevertheless, when she looked back at what happened back then, it sent chills down her spine.

Most people would lose their rationale in the face of huge amounts of assets.

have been an accident. It was highly likely that this kind of ‘accident’ would continue to occur more frequently in

anyone.” Alicia’s voice pulled Courtney

posture was upright even

Courtney

back to see you again when I have

over and handed her a key. “Don’t

“I can’t accept this.”

me so that you would have a place to live when you came back. Don’t go boasting around like Lucian. Why

by Alicia, but the whole Hunter Family was being criticized as well. Although she did not use any four-letter words, Courtney felt chills on her

they left the Hunter Residence, Jordan was sleeping as he leaned into Courtney’s embrace. However, Tina was wide awake. Curiously, she asked, “Mommy, why does Great-Aunt Alicia hate

tell you the

a deep-seated grudge toward Grandpa, and she even scolded him in front of me. I didn’t understand what she was saying, but she was quite scary.” Tina blinked. “But, you said we can’t only listen

was not to listen to only one side of the story. This is an adult problem; kids

“What is ‘burden’?”

After a moment of hesitation, she continued solemnly, “Burden is the things in the small school bag you carry to school every day. You need to carry some of the snacks you like to eat and you also need to carry some books. These books are things you don’t like, but you have to carry them anyway. Let’s say that you’re too tired one day, and you have to give

Courtney and questioned, “Why do I have to give them up? I can ask Mr. Alexander,

the end, she caressed Tina’s head with a wistful

even no such choice to be made, it was because there was someone else carrying the burden for them. Courtney did not have much hatred for the way her father had abandoned her mother because no one had ever told her about that when she was young. It was her

when Courtney and the children arrived

of the car, she was amused

twenty servants standing in two rows. Ten men and ten women lined up on each side and bowed in