Chapter 141 No One Wants to Do Anything With You
While Courtney was playing with the children, she was slightly distracted. From time to time, she glanced at the silver sedan that was parked at the entrance of the cemetery; she was restless.
After a long moment, she heard the sound of the car door opening. Alicia and Alexander got out of the car one after another. They had the same calm and collected look on their faces—she could not detect any change of emotion from their appearances.
Staring at their expressions, she was depressed.
Alicia waved at Tina. “It’s summer break. Do you want to stay at my house for two days?”
Upon hearing that, Tina’s eyes darted between Courtney and Alexander. Instantly, she had an idea. “Sure, Great-Aunt Alicia. Can I bring Jordan along with me?”
Alicia looked toward Jordan; uncertainty flashed before her eyes when she saw his features.
People said that birds of different feathers don’t flock together. Although Jordan was not Courtney’s own child, he looked somewhat similar to Tina and her.
“I can’t make the decision.” She glanced at Alexander. “I can only bring him along if his father agrees.”
Tina turned toward Alexander. Blinking, she began, “Mr. Alexander, you’ll agree, right? When you and Mom are married, my great-aunt will become Jordan’s great-aunt too.”
In response, a faint smile appeared on Alexander’s face. Looking at Alicia, he said with respect, “I’ll leave my kid to you, then, Aunt Alicia.”
The moment Courtney heard him calling ‘Aunt Alicia’, goosebumps crawled all over her body.
Later, Alicia led the two children into her car.
When Alexander was staring at the car that was leaving the cemetery, he heard Courtney mumble, “Who’s your aunt? Did anyone agree for you to call her that?”
“What did you say?” He turned his head and asked deliberately even though he already heard her.
“Nothing.” Throwing him a single glance, Courtney changed the topic casually. “You don’t have to worry about Jordan’s safety. Although my aunt doesn’t have children, she’s more careful than anyone else in doing things. Your kid will be safe with her.”
However, Alexander did not respond to her words.
“Where are you going? I’ll give you a ride.”
“It’s fine. I’ve called a taxi. It’ll be here in a moment.”
“The news is not what you think it is.”
“What do you think I’ve thought, then? Suspecting that you have an affair with Britney? If you’re really going out with her, why did you still come to me? I’m not that stupid,” Courtney deflected.
Yet, Alexander waited patiently for her to finish her words before he began slowly, “Cameron went to find Gale, and Gale thought I released the news deliberately. He accidentally spilled it to Cameron, and that’s why you guys believed it. Isn’t that what you assumed?”
As soon as he mentioned that incident, Courtney’s expression hardened.
“I know what happened. Isn’t it too late for you to confess to me now?”
“What if I said that I didn’t even plan to do anything dodgy from the beginning?”
Upon hearing his confession, Courtney was caught off guard. Startled, she stared at Alexander.
“Get into the car.” Taking two steps forward, Alexander pulled open the door to the passenger seat. “I can give you a reasonable explanation about every assumption you have made. And, if you think my explanations are unacceptable, you can leave the car at any time.”
The car went onto the highway, and Alexander’s deep voice echoed inside the vehicle. When he mentioned the ideas Gale had suggested, he sounded unnatural.
“So, Gale was the one who told you to buy those things and ignore me?”
Alexander nodded, and he avoided her gaze.
“Why did you do as he said? Haven’t you ever been in a relationship? How can there be only one standard when it comes to this kind of thing? If he knows so much, he should’ve published a book about tricks in relationships!”
A series of questions went on and on inside the car. Not being able to hold back her anger, Courtney took her phone out. “No way. I have to tell Cameron about this. Ca…”
Her voice trailed off, and her expression changed. As if she had suddenly thought of something, her hand that was holding her phone halted.
“What happened?” Alexander asked.
Ahem. Courtney coughed dryly. “It’s nothing. Now that this matter is over, I don’t think there is anything to tell her. I should just let it be.”
The truth was, Cameron had always suggested stupid ideas like that to her too. It seemed like Cameron and Gale were competing with one another on the tricks they could pull on both of them. They were truly a match made in heaven.
“Where are you taking me to? Aren’t you going to send me home?”
When Courtney looked at the scenery outside the window, she came back to her senses.
“To an interesting place.”
As the sun went down, the car left the highway. Both of them took their lunch and dinner in the rest area.
The view outside the window changed from the scene of skyscrapers to borderless fields. The twilight painted the sky orange and red—the colors deepened as they came closer to the distant hills.
The car finally stopped on a spacious mountain top. At the foot of the mountain was a fast-flowing river and the mountains in the distance seemed endless.
“Wow; The air here is so fresh.”
Spreading her arms open, Courtney looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.
This was the first time she came out after a long time, and she was revitalized.
When the cool breeze hit her collar, she sniffled from the cold.
A pair of hands passed through her underarms and wrapped around her waist. When she finally came back to her senses, Alexander had rested his chin on her shoulder. His magnetic voice rang in her ears. “If you like it here, we can visit more often.”
“Visit more often? You just brought me here without making any plans. Are we going to sleep in the car tonight?” Courtney pouted, and she tried hard to calm her heart from beating too quickly.
“There is no one here. No one will be able to see what we’re doing.”
“No one wants to do anything with you.”
Courtney’s face flushed from the twilight, and her voice was soft.
It was cold on top of the mountain. After standing outside for a while, both of them felt cold. Alexander took Courtney by her hand and pulled her into the car. He poured out a cup of warm milk from the thermos and handed it to her.
Her eyes widened.
“You even brought milk? I thought you left without a plan.”
“If I left without a plan, you would have to stay hungry all night. Only irresponsible men would do that kind of thing.” He stared at her as he grabbed a food incubator from under the seat.
“For instance, romantic young men like Shay. Except for poems and dreams, they usually don’t guarantee their woman anything.”
“Just say what you want to say. Why are you involving Shay again?” protested Courtney. Reaching out, she pointed at the box beside his feet and inquired, “What’s in there?”
With a ‘click’, Alexander opened the lock and was welcomed by a rush of heat.
Inside was a dinner for two which had been kept warm throughout the journey.
Staring at the dinner, Courtney had to give him a thumbs up. “I have to admit that you’re indeed a very respectable man.”
Alexander was a young master that the Duncan Family brought up with love and affection since he was a child. If he could do things to such an extent for her, she would be too small-minded if she continued to reject him.
Besides, what happened with Britney was the result of the terrible ideas suggested by the two good-for-nothing advisors.
When both of them were enjoying their warm and cozy dinner on top of the mountain, two people—one in the apartment in the city center, and another in the resort hotel in the Maldives—sneezed.
Achoo!
