Chapter 269 You Seduced Me First

He has clearly brought food home for me, but he chooses not to clearly express himself. I’ve had enough of him. Oliver slightly pouted and complained in his heart, but there was a warm look in his eyes as he saw the scrumptious food in front of him.

As night had already fallen in Melrose City, the cityscape flawlessly merged with dusk as various lights shone in the background.

After Courtney took a shower, she froze when she saw the uninvited guest after she walked out of her bathroom. Damn, how can I forget to lock the door?

As there were many matters to deal with during the day, her brain and body had been working tirelessly. Hence, right after she returned home, she immediately entered the bathroom to take a shower while completely forgetting about guarding against Alexander.

“What are you doing here?”

 

Sitting on the couch near the French windows by the balcony, Alexander had ‘The Brief History of Time’ in his hands; the book was Courtney’s bedtime reading material. He raised his head and closed the book. Without replying to her question, he stated, “Nice choice of bedtime books.”

“It’s not what you thought. I chose this book because I’m able to fall asleep while reading it.” Courtney crossed her arms as she kept a safe distance—the equivalent of almost the length of a bed— from Alexander.

 

“In my opinion, instead of looking at my bedtime books, you should knock on Oliver’s door while he’s still awake. Otherwise, you’ll have to sleep with Jordan again.”

He raised his eyebrows. “I haven’t even showered yet.”

“Then, go ahead. There’s a bathroom outside.”

“The shower head is broken. There’s no water.”

“How is that possible?” Courtney glared at him.

“Well, see it for yourself if you don’t believe me.” Without arguing with her, he placed the book back on the shelf and stood up.

“Fine.”

he often uses the bathroom outside. Nothing has ever broken down there. Five minutes

you.” Alexander’s voice rang from behind

a shower in my room. But after that, get your *ss

option, Courtney closed the tap and returned the shower head to its original position. “If you are home tomorrow, remember to call the

“Sure.”

the edge of the wall from the corner of his eyes. A trace of glee and slyness flickered in

on the couch, she flipped through ‘A Brief History of Time’ in boredom. Apart from

became even more bored after looking at it for a while. Then, she simply took a

opening the book, she wistfully looked at the notes she made in the past. If it weren’t for that accident, I would have become a doctor in a

of light peeked through from the slit of the door as a small hand quietly

“Mommy…”

from the book and saw Tina looking at her with a pair

Courtney was shocked to see

“I’m so tired, but I have something

slightly amused. “Don’t tell me that you dreamed of me promising to bring you to

Tina said, “Of course not. It’s

“What is it?”

went out for lunch with Mr. Alexander, he asked Josh to look for Jordan’s mom.

that, Courtney’s expression immediately

a child. Even though she tried her best to attentively listen to the conversation, she could not remember all of it. She only remembered the gist that was related to Courtney as

company matters, she arrived home rather late. Tina had already fallen asleep by

tightly grabbed the book as she blanched. Based on Alexander’s resources and intelligence, he would discover

of water had stopped in the

facial features. After simply drying his wet hair, he opened the bathroom door

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