Chapter 81 I Prefer This Kind of Handsome Face
The four young men in front reported the numbers that they had drawn in turns, arousing envy, jealousy, and indignance from the crowd at the scene.
When it was finally Shay’s turn, Courtney focused her attention and gazed at the stage.
Shay currently had a considerably large fanbase. Therefore, a huge group of young ladies crowded in front of the stage with their eyes beaming with eagerness when it was time for the lucky draw by Shay.
“The card number that I’ve drawn is number 28.” The clear voice of the young man echoed in the scene, and the fans below the stage looked at their respective numbers in their hands before sighing.
Suddenly, a childish voice rang from among the crowd. “I’m number 28! Shay, it’s me!”
The adorable voice of a little girl successfully attracted everyone’s attention. The crowd automatically gave way, revealing a young girl in a soft yellow T-shirt and blue overalls, who was jumping on the spot non-stop. Upon seeing that the path was clear, she dashed to the front and got onto the stage using both her hands and legs before throwing herself into Shay’s arms.
“I can go on a trip with you now, Shay!”
“Why is the winner a little girl?”
“Aww, that girl is cute.”
“She’s so lucky.”
“Oh, my! She’s overwhelmingly cute!”
Everyone was immersed in the little girl’s cuteness except Courtney, whose expression instantly fell as she immediately rushed to the stage while picking up the skirt of her gown. “Tina, what are you doing? Get down now.”
Tina refused to leave Shay’s embrace. “No, I won the lucky draw. I want to go on a trip with Shay.”
Hearing that, the audience burst into laughter.
“What nonsense are you saying?” Coutney involuntarily frowned and pulled the standing mic beside her. “I’m sorry, everyone. This is my daughter. It’s against the rule for the hotel employees to participate in the lucky draw, so this draw doesn’t count. We will have Shay draw a number again.”
“No! I’m not an employee! Mommy, you are taking this too far!” Tina pursed her lips, wearing a dissatisfied expression.
The audience was abuzz as they discussed among themselves.
A person suddenly shouted, “What the girl said is right—she is not a hotel employee, so just let her go on the trip. This is something we should be glad for.”
“That’s right.”
Voices of agreement came from the crowd.
Standing before the super adorable little girl, the fans, who would usually put up a fight till the end, were unusually generous; all of them agreed to let Tina win the prize.
Courtney was put on a spot, so she explained, “Thank you, everyone, for your kindness. However, I don’t think that this is a good idea—I can’t allow her to go on a trip with Shay on her own. So just forget it.”
“That’s no big deal. You can go along with them.” A plump girl waved and openly laughed as she spoke. “We’ll be more than happy if it is a mother and a child going on a trip with Shay!”
To this bunch of girls, Courtney was a ‘safer’ choice—rather than to let some unknown fangirl, who had her own motive, go on a trip with Shay, it would be better to give this chance to some stranger. On top of that, this stranger had a child, which would greatly reduce the chances of their idol getting into a relationship after the trip!
Courtney was dumbfounded. Who could have thought that something so unexpected would happen at the final part of the celebration?
Tina returned to the lounge in high spirits while carrying a large bag of snacks that were given to her by Shay’s fans. “Jordan, look at what I have here. Many pretty ladies gave me yummy food.”
Pouting, Jordan sat on the couch while staring at her, as if she was a traitor.
She soon realized something and sat down beside him. “Jordan, it was unintentional. I initially wanted to go on a trip with Shay on my own, but Mommy unexpectedly wanted to follow along. It was out of my control, so please don’t be mad.”
Jordan, who felt disgruntled even after listening to her explanation, wrote something on his newly-bought drawing board and turned on the voice mode, and then a mechanical voice was heard. “Do you really like him so much? My father is way more handsome than him, and richer too!”
“That’s not the same! Mr. Alexander is very handsome, but his kind of handsomeness is more suitable for my mommy. On the other hand, Shay’s kind of handsomeness is more suitable for me. Hahaha!”
Jordan, who was rendered speechless by her fanatic words, turned around and ignored her.
“Jordan, what are you doing?” Tina leaned closer to check out what he was doing but was blocked by his body. He refused to let her see that his fingers were deftly typing a message before sending it out.
Meanwhile, Alexander had boarded a plane. He received Jordan’s message right before he switched off his phone.
It was extremely rare for Jordan to send him a message because the former would usually ignore him when he was with Courtney.
‘If you don’t come back, Courtney and Tina are going to leave with someone else.’
The message left him in puzzlement. He then thought of something and asked Josh, who was beside him, “What happened at the celebration after we left the hotel today?”
“The celebration at the hotel?” Stunned for a moment, Josh quickly tapped open to read the messages in the work chat group in Messenger, and his eyes suddenly brightened up. “Oh, my! Miss Hunter’s daughter was actually the winner for Shay’s lucky draw, and all his fans agreed to let Miss Hunter and her daughter to represent them to go on a five-days trip to Maldives with Shay. This is such a coincidence.”
When Josh was still astonished by the news, he suddenly realized the heavy atmosphere around him. He turned to take a look, only to realize that Alexander’s expression was inexplicably gloomy. It gave him a fright, causing the words of exclamation to be choked in his throat.
After the celebration ended, the performance report showed that Courtney had already accomplished the bet she made with Alexander back then. Her profile was readministered by the human resource department, which made her an official employee of Sunhill Enterprise. When she finally got her new work tag, the worries that had been troubling her for the past few months were finally gone.
After completing the procedures, she returned home to pack her luggage.
The company gave her a week off before she would start as an official employee, also taking into consideration that she needed some time off to shoot for the show ‘A Trip With an Idol’.
Before departure, Courtney stroked Jordan’s head and worriedly said, “Jordan, are you sure that you will be alright to stay at home alone? Or maybe I should wait for your daddy to come home and hand you over to him before I leave.”
Jordan shook his head in a serious manner and raised his drawing board. ‘Daddy just told me that he has arrived at the airport. You and Tina don’t need to stay and wait with me. Just go and have fun.’
This time, he actually did not cling on to her and refuse to let her go, which made Courtney a little surprised. However, since he had said so, and he had butlers and nannies taking care of him at home, she called a cab and took Tina to the airport without pressing on.
As soon as Courtney and Tina alighted from the cab, two videographers followed them all the way to the airport security checkpoint.
Shay, who had long arrived, was surrounded by a bunch of fans, who were asking for his autograph. He had a cameraman following beside him.
Upon seeing that Courtney had arrived, he immediately handed over the last autograph to his fan and walked toward her with a grin.
“Shay!” The passionate Tina called his name loudly and threw herself into his embrace. Her action overwhelmed the surrounding fangirls with her cuteness, causing them to take photos of the scene non-stop.
When the slightly anxious Courtney saw the cameramen putting down their cameras when they were at the security checkpoint, she finally dared to speak. “Have we started filming?”
“Don’t be nervous; just act normal. Just pretend that the cameramen were invisible.”
It was easier said than done. The shooting along the way here nearly made her lose the ability to walk. On top of that, they still had five more days to go!
