One Night Surprise Novel

Chapter 416

Chapter 416 How Do You Make Someone Stay When They Are Intent on Leaving?

Everyone knew who Scott was actually admonishing.

Alexander rarely returned to the Duncan Residence during the past few years. Even when he did, he would only be there for dinner before he once again rushed off, his aloofness only becoming worse. At this point, even Jordan spoke more than him.

Five years ago, Alexander had gotten into a huge fight with Scott because he handed custody of Jordan to Courtney, greatly angering Scott. It was also then that Scott’s illness took hold of him. His health had been worsening by the year.

Seeing how tightly Alexander’s forehead was screwed up, Fiona couldn’t take it anymore. “Dad, the children are all grown up now. Let them be the master of their own decisions,” she said, attempting to sway Scott.

Scott’s expression was as frigid as ever. “A family’s descendants should not ignore their elders’ wishes. If they always live their life the way they want, then doesn’t that mean that we as parents—as their elders—have raised them for nothing?”

Fiona’s expression stiffened. Judging from the look of fury on Scott’s face, she wouldn’t be able to convince him otherwise.

The sound of cutlery being dropped rang out across the table. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Alexander slowly look up. “Please, calm down. All these years, I’ve never declined to meet the women that you arranged for me,” he said calmly.

At the mention of that, Scott’s eyes widened into a bug-eyed glare. He slammed the table. “How dare you bring that up in front of me? Did any of the women you’ve met with ever keep their mouths shut about me? Are you not ashamed of what you said to them?”

“Sir.” Harry’s expression fell as he lowered his voice to remind Scott, “Miss Reid is still here. Let’s discuss Young Master Alexander’s matter another time.”

 

The fury already burning within Scott was forcefully extinguished by those words. He glanced at Oliver and Tessa to his right before he sat down with a stony face.

attempted to smooth things over. “Try this: these are the dumplings I made. Tess, have some and see if

reliable due to her years in the army. She knew about the Duncan Family’s issues very well, so she knew what she should say or do now. Picking up on Fiona’s intentions, Tessa picked up a

I was bored out of

for my

managed to

anger for now. However, he barely ate any of his food, and throughout the entire dinner, he sat there with a stormy expression. After a while, he excused himself to his room, saying that he felt

Having exercised his duties as a responsible older brother, Alexander took Jordan and left as

food left on the

gulped down the dumpling that she had been chewing. “Don’t beat yourself up over this, Mrs. Duncan. We’ll

girl you are. You’ve seen what my father’s temper is

to grow into a young man; why does it matter if Alexander remains single? To me, he looks like he already

glanced at her from the side. “Grandpa isn’t really forcing Alex to marry; he

she had silently accepted

what happened between

to Courtney, to let her take Jordan to the US, but Grandpa didn’t agree. In order to successfully pass the rights to her, Alex even said that he would let Grandpa decide his marriage details as long as he allowed Jordan’s custody rights to be handed

wonder Alexander mentioned something about arranged meetings

Jordan didn’t go with Courtney. Despite that, Grandpa held fast to the promise that Alex

looks pretty decent and reliable to

things by bending the rules. How else did you think Jordan came to be?” At the mention of that, Oliver looked at Fiona. “Mom,

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