Chapter 99 Accident
“Grandpa, you even know about such a small matter in the company now?” Alexander asked indifferently.
“Why? Can’t I ask about it after handing the company to you?” Scott’s face darkened. “Courtney has been doing well in the company, yet you have arranged for her to head to a faraway place to complete such a tedious task. You have a child yourself—can’t you put yourself in her shoes?”
Jordan nodded vehemently beside Scott.
After shooting a glance at his son, Alexander still had a nonchalant look on his face. “It was not my sole decision to send Courtney to do the market research—it was agreed by everyone in the meeting. What I’m curious about is—when have you become close to her, grandpa?”
Now that I think about it, Courtney is pretty incredible indeed—initially, she is able to make Jordan listen to everything she says and stay with her. Then, she is suddenly able to make grandpa speak up for her and occasionally ask about her. Hmph. Yet she still pretends to be an innocent woman and claims that she has no ulterior motives in getting closer to me.
Scott surmised, “Courtney is a good lady and Jordan likes her. I also think that if you were to be married, she would be the most suitable choice. I don’t see any problem in getting to know my future granddaughter-in-law.”
“I’ve never agreed to that.” Alexander’s lukewarm voice rang like a bucket of cold water that doused the warm atmosphere of the family. “There are many available options if Jordan wants a mom. Courtney is not the only one. To be precise, I’ve never considered her to be my future wife and I don’t think a single mom with a kid has the right to marry into my family.”
Upon hearing that, Jordan was angered to the point where his expression changed.
Scott retorted with displeasure, “What are you saying? Yes, Courtney has a kid, but I’ve seen that girl—she’s obedient. If she does not have the right to marry you, what about those celebrities who are surrounded by gossip and scandals? Let me tell you this—you won’t have any chance to marry Britney.”
Alexander put his cutleries down and slowly wiped his mouth before saying coldly, “I’ve finished eating and I think Jordan doesn’t want to follow me home today. So, I’ll just stay here.”
“You—”
While looking at Alexander’s leaving figure, Scott did not utter another word.
However, Jordan was tugging on Scott’s sleeves, so the latter placed him on his lap and sighed in exasperation. “Jordan, it’s not that I’m not helping you, but your father is extremely stubborn. He’s been like that since young—the more people try to force him to make a decision, the more he tries to oppose that.”
Jordan pouted with an aggrieved look and almost burst into tears.
“Hey, don’t cry! I’m thinking of other ways now.”
While trying to console the young child, Scott yelled out of the room, “Harry, have you checked on the thing that I asked you to?”
“Yes, sir.”
Harry quickly entered the dining area and stood straight while reporting respectfully, “Miss Hunter has been sent to Oreus and she’s staying at Hostel D’Amour.”
“Oreus?” Scott frowned. “Why does that place… sound so familiar?”
After a moment of hesitation, Harry reminded him, “It’s because of madam…”
Scott’s expression froze for a moment before his frown deepened. “I don’t think they’ll meet,” he spoke carefully, as if it was a sensitive topic.
“Does Alex know about that place?”
“Judging by the current situation, probably not. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have included this spot in the youth hostel plan.”
Scott slightly raised his head with a conflicted expression on his face.
Courtney lay in the bed of the hostel as she blankly looked at the ceiling at night.
When she asked about the madam of the hostel, the latter’s reaction was rather peculiar, especially the mixture of guilt and care on her face when she mentioned Alexander’s name. She doesn’t look like someone who merely wanted to know gossip, but instead, she looked like she had known him for a long time and wanted to know more about him.
Apart from that, Courtney found the madam to be a familiar face, but she could not remember where she had seen her.
After thinking about it, sleep finally swept over her.
No matter how big or small it was, she visited all the other hostels in Oreus after that day. However, Hostel D’Amour was the one that gave her the most unforgettable experience and made her desire to stay there for the second time.
Before she left, the madam did not look like she would agree to Courtney’s request to hire her, so she gave up and checked out after packing her belongings. Then, Courtney planned to visit another ancient city—Ephyra, which was 300km away from her current location.
Courtney was maneuvering the steering wheel moments after driving out of Oreus and setting the navigation on the remote country road. Suddenly, a black figure stumbled onto the road, causing her to pale as she stepped on the brake.
A shrill screeching sound ensued at once. Amidst the dust and sand, she broke out in cold sweat with trembling hands as she alighted from the car.
A figure lay in front of her, but the person was already unconscious.
Courtney calmed herself down and crouched to inspect the person. She managed to make out that he looked like a homeless man in disheveled clothes—he was covered in dirt and blood oozed from his head.
It was in that instant when she immediately called the ambulance. “Hello, is this the hospital?”
She heard the voice at the end replying to her.
“There is a car crash on the freeway at around 3 kilometers outside Oreus. Please come immediately.”
After receiving the confirmation from the hospital, she waited for them to arrive.
In the CEO’s office at Sunhill Enterprise, Courtney’s assistant, Addie, held a stack of documents in front of Alexander’s desk. “President Duncan, these are all the documents from the market research in Oreus. Miss Hunter has already categorized them and asked me to send them over.” Because of his nervousness, he was unable to speak coherently.
Alexander merely glanced at him coldly. “Where is Miss Hunter? Why didn’t she send it over herself?”
“There are some problems on her end. She encountered an accident on her way back, so she asked me to send the documents over first.”
Upon hearing that, Alexander’s expression immediately changed as he stood up abruptly. “Accident? Is she alright?”
Addie was also shocked upon seeing Alexander’s reaction and stuttered, “M-M-Miss Hunter is fine. It’s just that she knocked into someone and that person is still undergoing an emergency operation at a hospital in Oreus. Hence, Miss Hunter asked me to head over to take the documents from her first.”
Even though Alexander heaved a sigh of relief, he still looked solemn. “Which hospital is that?”
“What?” As Addie had not regained his composure, he was stunned for a second. When he saw Alexander’s unfriendly face, he jumped and quickly revealed the hospital’s name and address before tentatively asking. “Are you going to the hospital, President Duncan?”
Once again, Alexander merely shot a glance. “Who told you that? Also, don’t you think that you are asking many questions?”
Addie had been frightened that his legs had softened since his biggest fear was Alexander’s sudden decision to fire him.
“That’s it. You can leave now.”
Alexander impatiently waved him away, leaving him alone in the room. After a while, he was still uneasy. Would she be completely fine after an accident?
His thoughts were now in a mess.
“President Duncan, there’s a document that needs your—”
Ten minutes later, when Josh came into the room, Alexander was no longer there.
