After Joseph came out of the washroom, he did not see Hayden in the rest area. The receptionist had
just changed shifts. Nobody had seen her even after asking several people.
“Maybe it’s too late so she has gone back first by herself.”
Vivian naturally locked Joseph’s arm in hers and her whole body was almost leaning on Joseph’s arms.
Her eyes even slightly reddened and she said with a muffled voice.
“Joseph, I’m a little tired. Bring me home.”
The reception was just behind them. When several attendants in reception saw this scene, they all
showed a stunned expression.
This intimate posture…what was going on? Wasn’t Mr. Beckham in a relationship with Ms. Downey?
How came he was with the female CEO of SG Group, East China Branch…
Absentmindedly, Joseph glanced at the hotel entrance and vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Even if there was an urgent matter, Hayden was not the kind of person who would leave first without
informing him. However, Vivian seemed to be inebriated as she leaned on his shoulder and did not
move after closing her eyes. He frowned and could only ask the driver to come over and send her
home first.
In the living room on the first floor of a three-storey villa in the western district, Viola pulled one of
Joseph’s hands. Shit-faced, she raised her head and spoke unclearly.
“Joseph, regarding the matter I’ve said, you don’t need to answer me immediately. I can wait.”
Joseph who was about to leave stopped his pace. He looked down at the person on the sofa and
pulled her hand off his hand without hesitation, “Addison, you’ve drunk too much.”
“I didn’t.”
Viola was reluctant. Her hands embraced Joseph’s waist and her voice was with a crying tone.
“Joseph, I’m afraid. Can you stay here to accompany me?”
Joseph just let her hug him like that. His eyes looked indifferent.
“I’ve called your elder brother. He will come over to accompany you.”
The hands that were holding him almost instantly stiffened. After a moment, the hands were slowly
withdrawn.
Vivian sat on the sofa while sagging her head. Her curly bangs covered most of her face but one could
feel her disappointment. Joseph’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.
After a long time, she raised her head out of the blue and complained unsatisfactorily.
“Joseph, you’re so unexciting. I’m just kidding with you. You don’t have to tell my elder brother about
this even if you don’t want to accompany me! If my brother comes later and knows that I’ve drunk, he
will definitely scold me.”
Joseph’s furrowed brows relaxed.
After leaving Vivian’s house, Joseph went back to Hayden’s apartment first. There was no sign that
someone had come back to the house. He still could not get through her phone. The butler at the
mansion of the Beckham family also said that she had not gone there.
“Mr. Beckham, where are we going now?”
Magnus was gripping the steering wheel. The car had just moved out of the neighbourhood where
Hayden lived.
“Go to Alayna’s house.”
A low and deep voice sounded from the back seat. From the rear-view mirror, Joseph’s frowning face
could be seen.
The matter that Addison Sanchez suddenly came back was an unexpected thing to him. It disrupted a
lot of his planning.
Half an hour later…
“Hayden? You come to my place to look for Hayden in the middle of the night? Are you kidding?”
Alayna yawned and sat on the sofa, “Is it that you and Hayden quarrel?”
“She’s really not here?”
Joseph stood in the living room while looking around the messy apartment. Finally, his suspicious gaze
remained on the door of the master bedroom.
“She’s really not here. It’s already late, can you please let me rest? I have to get up early to move
bricks tomorrow morning. I’m not a young master like you, hey…what are you doing?”
Alayna stood up from the sofa but was not able to stop Joseph who already strode to the door of the
master bedroom and opened the door.
The dim light was refracted from the bedroom. A familiar figure on the bed was feeling shocked and he
hurriedly pulled up the quilt and wrapped it around himself, “Holy shit Joseph, it isn’t suitable that you
barge into someone’s bedroom without knocking on the door…”
Looking at Kevin’s frightened look, Joseph was stunned, “Hasn’t Hayden come?”
Kevin covered his chest and wanted to laugh and weep all at once, “What do you think?”
Not long after, there was a sound of closing the door outside, coupled with Alayna’s voice of speaking
‘walk yourself out’ which echoed throughout the house for a long time.
Alayna clasped her arms and stared at Kevin, “Your acting skill is a little pompous, you can leave now.”
“You’re indeed kicking down the ladder.”
“Stop talking nonsense. Don’t you see that I have something to do today?” As Alayna said, she shouted
at the balcony, “Hayden, he has left, come in.”
Kevin muttered while lifting the quilt. He picked up his shirt from the ground and put it on.
The sound of opening the sliding door sounded from the balcony. Hayden walked in while lowering her
head. She said in a muffled voice.
“Thanks.”
She originally intended to go home but when she thought of the matter that Joseph had always been
staying at her place recently, she simply came to Alayna’s house directly. When she arrived, she
unexpectedly saw that Kevin was at the door. They had not yet become reconciled so he was forced to
stand at the door.
“Thanks for what?” Alayna twitched her eyebrows and pulled her to sit on the side of the bed of the
bedroom, “Have a seat before speaking. What’s going on? You’ve scared me out of my wits.”
“It’s needless to say, she has quarrelled with Joseph.” Kevin’s voice came from behind and this directly
made Alayna rolled her eyes at him.
“You will die if you don’t talk, is it? If you say nonsense again, get out of here.”
Kevin immediately shut his mouth and stopped talking.
“Don’t listen to his nonsense.” Alayna pulled Hayden’s hand, “What has happened, tell me clearly so I
can help you.”
Hayden was lowering her head and her voice was a bit muffled, “I saw Joseph hugging Vivian.”
“Vivian?” Alayna’s expression changed. She almost bounced up from the bedside, “The female CEO of
SG Group, East China Branch that you’ve told me about before?”
Hayden nodded and her mind was puzzled. She did not know what was she talking about as her mind
was full of the image of the two people hugging together.
“Damn, it’s true that reliable men are as rare as flying pigs!” Alayna clenched her fists and the clear
crack sound of bones sounded.
“Viola’s matter in the past hasn’t subsided for a long time and now a person called Vivian appears
again. It’s indeed a fake statement about his personality that he doesn’t like women. One woman
approaches him one after another. Don’t they know that he has a girlfriend? They’re too shameless.”
“She should be his ex-girlfriend.”
Hayden looked gloomy and she interrupted Alayna.
If she had not heard Vivian talking about the previous matters between her and Joseph, she would not
have become bewildered all of a sudden and even ran away without having mentally prepared.
She had always felt that Joseph was a decisive and cold person and he would also treat women like
this. She had not seen him treating Viola nicely, who had been with him for several years as his fake
fiancée. But at the washroom door today, she saw him looking at Vivian with a look as if he was
completely tolerant.
And the necklace. If she did not hear wrongly, the necklace she took off him in the past was originally
their token of love.
Alayna froze for a few seconds before regaining her presence of mind, “He still has an ex-girlfriend?”
“…”
“Kevin, didn’t you tell me that Joseph’s love history was clean?”
Kevin’s face was gloomy, “Isn’t that you ask me not to talk, can I also keep silent regarding this part?”
“What do you think?” Alayna clenched her fists and threatened, “So, you know about the matter
between Vivian and Joseph, right?”
“How is it possible that I don’t know? Three of us grow toget…”
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