Chapter 244 I’m Not Hiding From You; I’m Just Avoiding Any Suspicions
After leaving the community, Alexander stepped on the accelerator while his usual cold face looked annoyed. That woman was quick enough to break up with me and swiftly leave the house, but she still left me a huge mess for me to deal with. God damn it.
It was almost 5:00 PM in the fall and the sky became dark earlier as the temperature slowly dipped. Since the kindergarten had dismissed the students half an hour earlier, there was no vacant parking bay for him to park his car by the time he arrived at the gate at 4:30PM.
Just as he drove around the school to look for a place to park, he saw a red car that was parked on the right under a huge tree in front of him and a familiar figure was alighting from the car.
Honk! Honk!
Thinking about what the chef told him, he angrily honked at her twice.
As soon as the light purple figure turned her head and saw Alexander’s face from the car window, she furrowed her brows. “This is a school. Please don’t press on your car horn.”
They were still a car’s distance apart, so she had to raise her voice to show her imposing manner.
However, Alexander remained calm as he uttered unhurriedly, “I don’t think there’s any place left for me to park here. I’ll park my car at a place further away, so please help me to pick up Jordan first if he comes out.”
Naturally, Courtney was obliged to pick up Jordan, so she immediately agreed to do it.
10 minutes later, Alexander returned after parking his car. Then, he found her at the end of the line at the school gate. “I have something to tell you.”
“Huh?” She glanced at him vigilantly. “What is it?” If he wants to be together with me again, I’m not negotiating with him.
“Jordan hasn’t been eating much lately.” He went straight to the point. “Other than the lunch you ask Tina to bring over in the afternoon, he wouldn’t eat anything else. What do you think I should do?”
Courtney suddenly looked a little anxious. “Is he really refusing to eat at home?”
Her reaction actually surprised Alexander. Come to think of it, after breaking up with me, she doesn’t need to hold any responsibility toward Jordan and she could have ignored all of this. I can’t believe that she really is concerned about him.
“Yes.” He nodded. “I’ve already changed three chefs, but he still won’t eat.”
Initially, he did not plan to mention that to her because he did not want her to think that he was asking for pity, but there was no other way now. If this continues, it’ll be bad for the kid’s health. I can’t allow that to happen.
“I can ask Tina to bring his breakfast and lunch to school. As for dinner, why don’t I bring it here every day so that you can bring the meal home and reheat it for him?”
Seeing that she was open to talk, Alexander’s eyes darkened. “We can do that during school days, but what about the weekends? We can’t starve him for two days, right?”
Courtney’s brow tightened even more.
While staring at the side of her face, he murmured, “Why don’t you come to my place during the weekends to cook for him like before?”
“No.” She instantly refused. Back then, all of this started with me cooking at his house. If I go there again, am I not sending myself into the lion’s den? I can’t keep on being entangled with him.
“Then, are you going to watch him starve for two days?” Alexander insisted.
“What about this?” Courtney thought of a way that satisfied everyone. “You can send Jordan to your grandpa’s place and I’ll go there to cook for him. It’s not far away from my house and there’s a lot of people there, which helps to avoid any suspicions.”
She knew that Scott had a lot of complaints toward her recently. With that suggestion, she actually felt that it was more appropriate for her to take care of Jordan under Scott’s watch.
However, Alexander frowned his brows as he looked impatient. “Why are you hiding from me?” I’ve been living for more than 30 years and it’s always others who are pursuing me. But, why does it seem like I suddenly have a soft spot now after meeting Courtney? Now, I’m the one who tries to get along with her even though she always ignores me.
“I’m not hiding from you. I’m merely avoiding suspicions.” Courtney reiterated her words. “We are now exes and your grandpa dislikes the idea of us being together. Mr. Harry told me about it. If your grandpa learns that I’m still hanging around with you, he may try to retaliate against me. I’m just protecting myself.”
“I think you’ve been watching too many television series.” Again, he furrowed his brows. “Do you really think my grandpa has the free time to mess around with you?”
“You can’t be too sure.” Courtney rolled her eyes. “Some people are worse than the television series.”
“What do you mean?”
“For example, your childhood sweetheart. When asking me to leave you, she left immediately the moment we came into conflict and she didn’t even pay for her drink. I can see that everyone around you are all unreasonable and deceiving people.”
“You…” Again, he was rendered speechless by what happened with Mikayla as he grew frustrated. In a relationship, it’s always the serious ones who lose out in the end. By the looks of it, she is completely unconcerned about our relationship, which is why she comes up with all these excuses. “Then, I’ll pick you up this Saturday—”
“No need for that. I’ll directly head to your grandpa’s place.” When Courtney saw the line of children walking out of the school, she waved her hand. “Over here.”
Jordan and Tina ran out while holding each other’s hands. Her face was flushed as she waved goodbye to her teacher, but when she turned and saw Alexander, she angrily pouted her lips and released Jordan’s hands.
“Mommy, let’s go.”
Alexander instantly furrowed his brows. At first, he wanted to greet Tina, but his words were now stuck in his throat.
As for Courtney, she went on to caress Jordan’s head. “Jordan, your dad told me that you are not eating well lately. Why are you doing this?”
Jordan exerted his strength to say, “It… doesn’t taste good.”
Upon listening to his response, she sighed. “Do you like to eat the meals I cooked?”
He nodded his head.
“I’ve discussed this with your dad and we decided that I’ll cook for you in your great-grandpa’s house every weekend.”
After listening to what she said, he lifted his head while the light in his eyes flickered, as if he was asking her whether it was true.
“However, I have a condition—if I’m unable to cook for you because I’m busy, you’ll need to be a good boy and eat at home. Can you do that?”
“Yes.” He immediately nodded his head.
“Then, let’s make a pinky promise.” Courtney stretched out her pinky finger. Then, their two fingers were hooked together before it was pulled. “Our pinky promise shall not change after a hundred years as it is sealed. See you on Saturday.”
After that, she left with Tina. Jordan’s eyes, which initially shone with light, darkened as they walked further and further away.
Alexander wanted to hold Jordan’s hand, but his son refused him out of anger. Instead, he angrily went into the car by himself.
“Jordan.” Alexander caught up to him and helplessly adjusted his seatbelt at the back seat.
Every time Jordan returned from school, he would always show an unhappy face toward Alexander. He was smiling happily when talking to Courtney earlier. After she left, his face immediately darkened the moment he turned his head. It changes even faster than the weather.
‘When will you make peace with Mommy?’
Jordan raised his drawing board containing those words while his tender face revealed a pushy expression.
