Chapter 150



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The moment Violet looked up, she saw evil eyes in front of her. She felt immense panic and vaguely sensed that Lachlan was not an ordinary person, perhaps the relationship between him and Joseph was certainly not simple.

“Why are you holding a grudge against him?”.

“It’s none of your business. You just have to do what you have to do.” Lachlan’s attitude was indifferent, he obviously had no intention of talking any more nonsense.

“What should I do then?” Violet calmed down and took a deep breath, “You have to give me some hints.”

She felt bad about having her Achilles’ heel controlled by others. But since the matter had gotten to this point, it was obvious that this guy was superior in stratagems. What she could do was blame Jason for finding people so careless.How could they let this guy get away?

“Very simple. You just need to create an accident and plant the evidence on someone.”

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“Good morning, Miss Downey.”

“Good morning.”

Hayden was carrying the two small children as she went to work at the hotel. Along the way, many employees greeted her and those who saw her for the first time showed surprised faces.

“I’ve told them before, but they don’t want to believe it. Miss Downey has been living with Mr. Beckham for a long time. When Mr. Beckham goes on a business trip, he leaves her directly in the care of his son and she takes his son to work every day, I saw it yesterday.”

“Huh, isn’t it very hard to serve our prince? When he stayed at the hotel last time, many things happened and the hotel was almost upside down.”

“Otherwise, how can we say that Miss Downey is really capable? She can cajole the prince well and this is tantamount to cajoling Mr. Beckham well.”

“If I had known before, at the times little Noah was here in hotel, I would have been the first to offer to look after him. Even if he punched and kicked me, I wouldn’t have left. Wouldn’t the young Mrs. Beckham Family be like that?”

“Dream on! If you anger the prince, you’ll lose your job.”

“Yes, that’s true.”

“Well, it’s better for ordinary people like us to work by adopting a sensible attitude. We can only change our destiny by working.”

“…”.

Not that Hayden was totally unaware of the office gossipmongers. Since those words were not unpleasant and the gossips he heard were not too scandalous even though some elements were added to them and then spread, he was lazy to bother.

Since Joseph was away on business those two days, he didn’t feel comfortable leaving the two small children at home. So he took them to the hotel to work together. Anyway, the people at the hotel knew them both, so he let them wander around as long as they didn’t leave the hotel.

“Same as yesterday. If you guys want to eat, go find Benjamin. You guys can only play in the hotel and if you run into anything weird, call me or the receptionist, Lillian.”

“Understood, Mommy. Now hurry off to work.” Stella urged Hayden to leave as Noah nodded obediently and also tugged at Stella’s clothes with a helpless look on his face.

After arriving at the office, his assistant, Jeff rushed in.

“Miss Downey, something bad has happened.”

“What is it?”

“Headquarters just called us, asking the hotel security guards to pay extra attention and also telling you not to come to work for the next two days.”

“Why?” Hayden, who was initially staring at the computer screen, but looked up and realized the seriousness of the matter, “What’s going on?”

“Look at the trending topic yourself.”

Hayden was stunned. His fingers quickly tapped the keyboard and the news of that day’s trending topic quickly appeared on the web page.

“[Popular singer and Freddie’s girlfriend are exposed at the same time].”

“[Adoptive sister fights with current girlfriend]”.

“[Freddie has an incestuous love, as he doesn’t forget his first love who is older than him].”.

“…”.

A series of large headlines in red was very striking. The images and text used were printed with the watermark of the same medium.

“The head office and Freddie’s company are urgently dealing with this matter, but the boss behind this media company seems to hold a certain grudge against Mr. Beckham. He may not agree to help. The comments on the Internet are now all leaning one way.”

With a worried face, Jeff said carefully, “Miss Downey, we believe you are not that kind of person, but the matter of the photos may not be easily resolved.”

These photos were taken backstage on the day of Freddie’s concert. The one described by the reporter as Freddie’s current girlfriend was Chelsea. However, the one who was described as the older sister who adopted Freddie and whom Freddie had mentioned on the show earlier was, naturally, herself.

Hayden clenched his fists tightly. “This is absolute nonsense.”

“All of us think it’s nonsense.” Jeff nodded and played along, “She’s only two or three years older than Freddie. You guys have no blood relationship so how can you say it’s incestuous love.”

Hayden almost burst out laughing and rolled his eyes looking at Jeff, “Jeff, you sure approach this problem from a very unique perspective.”

Jeff was slow-witted as he even took it as a compliment. “It’s because Miss Downey has trained me well.”

The news broke in the morning and soon overwhelmed the entire Internet.

Although Freddie had only recently become famous, his career was growing. His fans were unstable, as there were many school children and idiot fans. Instantly, there were many critical and scolding comments.

When this side found a way to remove a trending topic, the topic ‘Feel sorry for Freddie’s girlfriend’ rushed back into the top three.

Initially, Hayden wanted to pack up his things and go home to take advice from headquarters. But before he left, he got a call from Joseph.

“I just finished a meeting.” The voice on the other end was a little hoarse and sounded sleep-deprived: “I’ve seen the news. Stay at the hotel these two days and don’t wander around freely. It’s not safe to go home.”

Hayden froze for a moment, “Aren’t you going to ask me about the pictures?”.

In the photo, she and Freddie were hugging. The paparazzi also took the photo at a very awkward angle. It was obviously the family love embrace, but the paparazzi took the photo at an angle that made it look like they were reluctant to part. There was also a photo of Chelsea covering her face and running away in tears next to it. Such a comical contrast would leave anyone who saw it with a boundless imagination.

“As I hope you don’t believe what the news says about me. Then, of course, I hope you know that, I don’t believe the things they say about you.”

At these words, a layer of warmth enveloped Hayden. She stifled her voice and said. “Thank you. So when will you be back?”.

He had already been on the road for several days. Probably because he was so busy, this was the first call from him. “I can’t come back for now. Can you take care of everything?”

“Yes.” Hayden replied.

“Okay.”

The call ended after only two or three sentences. Being simple and concise had always been Joseph’s style, while finding a solution oneself after encountering a problem was also Hayden’s style.

Then Hayden thought and remembered that, apparently, the phone call hadn’t even lasted a minute.

If it were another woman, she might be furious. No wonder Joseph had been single for so many years, he didn’t even know how to say a few encouraging words to her. He was lucky to run into her, as he understood that he was really busy.

Thinking about this, Hayden felt she was slightly at a disadvantage. Why was she so good at finding excuses for others?

In front of a five-star hotel overseas, Joseph got into the car after hanging up the phone. “What media company is the news story from?”

“Strong Wind Media.”

His assistant, Magnus was frowning. “The comments on the Internet now can basically be divided into two sides. One side consists of diehard Freddie fans who refuse to admit that Freddie has a girlfriend. The other side consists of people who feel sorry for Freddie’s gossipy girlfriend and keep berating Freddie and Miss Downey. Do we do anything about it?”

“No.” Joseph’s face was full of certainty, “Unlink Hayden from the ST Group.”

“Huh?” Magnus was puzzled, “Disassociate? Then Miss Downey…”.

Seeing Joseph’s indifferent face, Magnus silently swallowed the last half of his sentence. It was best not to try to guess what his boss was thinking. Even if one guessed, one might not be able to figure it out.

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