Chapter 151



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Hayden didn’t care too much about the news. It was just gossip news. The news would disappear after others made a bigger fuss, not to mention that even if the words used by the media were nasty, after all, he wasn’t involved in a relationship. Even if the fans were really upset, they would not be so unreasonable. Therefore, he just had to act more carefully these two days.

In fact, Jeff was too nervous about this matter. Hayden’s attitude was the normal, rational reaction one should have.

Before leaving work for the afternoon, Hayden shut down the computer, gathered his things, and left the office.

The office staff had not yet left. He looked at his watch, looked up and said, “It’s time to get off work. We haven’t been very busy lately, so you can leave work when it’s time to leave the office. No need to wait for me.”

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

“What, they’re afraid I’m going to tell them to work overtime, right?” Hayden asked as he smiled.

Laughter of varying tones and volumes rang through the office.

The people in the office were scared to work overtime for last week’s quarterly statistics. Every time it was time to leave work, they were habitually tense, fearing that the boss would ask them to go back to overtime.

As they exited the elevator, the receptionist, Lillian, called out to Hayden after she walked a few steps.

“Ms. Downey, you’re leaving?” Hayden looked back and was a little surprised to see Lillian’s nervous expression, “What’s going on?”

“Didn’t Jeff tell you? I texted him.”

Lillian didn’t have to work today morning, so she had just arrived. Just after putting on her uniform to be on duty at the front desk, when she saw Hayden, she hurried toward her, even though she hadn’t even put her name badge on her chest.

“Miss Downey, when I just arrived, I saw a van at the intersection. There are two cameras in the car and they are facing the entrance to our hotel. I guess they’ve come to take your picture.” Hearing this, Hayden frowned.

There really were reporters coming.

Perhaps because there was no news about the entertainment industry lately, the reporters were very interested in reporting on Freddie, who had become popular in a short time. This group of reporters usually liked to stir up trouble and since they had such an opportunity, they were bound to take advantage of it.

As they talked, Jeff came down the elevator and hurried over. He patted his head and said he had forgotten about the text message thing.

“Miss Downey, it’s best if you don’t go out today. You should stay at the hotel.” Lillian had a worried look on her face.

“Yes, Mr. Beckham’s room is already cleaned out. You can stay directly inside…”.

After saying half the sentence, Jeff abruptly closed his mouth. Unsure if he had said something wrong or not, he slyly glanced at Hayden trying to figure out what he was thinking.

Hayden frowned slightly, but his expression didn’t seem much different. It looked like he hadn’t taken her words to heart.

“No need. I have to go pick up my daughter.”

Stella and Noah had signed up for swimming lessons and the course wasn’t over yet. Originally, Joseph’s butler was in charge of picking them up, but before he left today, he had promised them that he would personally go pick them up.

Hayden took that promise very seriously in front of his son.

“Let me give you a ride.” A clear male voice sounded behind the three of them.

When Hayden turned, he saw it was Benjamin. He had his hands in his pockets and, as usual, was wearing a white T-shirt and black pants. His teenage face showed some maturity.

“Will you give me a ride?” Hayden froze slightly.

Benjamin’s hand pulled a car key out of his pants pocket and waved it in front of Hayden’s eyes, “You want to?”

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“I didn’t think you had the ability to get a car on such short notice.” In the subway parking garage, Hayden put on his seatbelt and smilingly said, “When did Joseph give you the car keys?”

Benjamin backed the car out of the parking lot. His thin, bony fingers gripped the steering wheel and looked exceptional.

“Before he left, he gave them to me when I went to pick him up to reimburse him for the car expense. I guess he doesn’t want to bother me.”

Hayden smiled helplessly, “I told you he can come straight to me for such a small matter as reimbursement. And if you’re short of money, come and get me too, you don’t need to look for him.”

“All right.” Benjamin looked thoughtfully at the street scene outside the windshield, “It is considered an unalterable principle that I ask him.”

Hayden thought he was referring to the matter of who should be responsible for running him over so he couldn’t help but explain.

“Benjamin, it is I who ran you over and caused you injury. The reason Joseph blamed the company was to exculpate me from blame. But to be frank, it is still my responsibility. It is considered an unalterable principle that I take responsibility for your life.”

“I’m not talking about this, it’s just that he…” Benjamin furrowed his eyebrows and did not continue speaking.

“Who, what’s wrong?” Hayden didn’t understand.

“Nothing.” Benjamin changed the subject. As the car moved under the overpass, the momentary play of light and shadow covered the gloom that flickered only for a second in his eyes.

“How are you going to deal with the news matter?”

At the mention of it, Hayden’s head hurt, “I don’t know. I want to let nature take its course. If I take the initiative to explain anything at this point, I’ll look like a guilty party who gives herself away by consciously protesting my innocence. Not to mention Freddie still hasn’t contacted me, I don’t know what they plan to do.”

“It’s best to discuss it with them and come up with a coherent statement.” Benjamin nodded slightly and the darkness in his eyes was a little subtle, “I see someone is explaining your relationship with Freddie on the Internet, saying that the ST Group didn’t know about it before arranging the travel program. It looks like they plan to disassociate themselves.”

Hearing this, Hayden frowned, “Is that so?”.

“Yes, I have checked the identity of the first person who published the article. He is an internal employee of the ST Group, from the technical department.”

Shortly after Hayden’s identity was discovered, some people on the Internet wondered whether the travel program of a star and a normal person that Freddie attended after his debut was rigged long ago. After all, being the person in charge of the anniversary celebration at the time, it was absolutely possible that Hayden had practiced the draw.

Such an issue was quickly proven false by an article that was suddenly posted on the Internet.

A person claiming to be an internal employee of the hotel claimed to know the truth. He said that everyone at the hotel did not know what kind of relationship Hayden and Freddie had. This directly disassociated the relationship between Hayden and the ST Group.

“He’s a businessman. What he can do to minimize the loss is his first consideration so it’s not his fault.” Benjamin’s low, deep voice echoed throughout the car.

However, this suddenly stimulated a feeling in Hayden’s heart and he kept buzzing.

Joseph was a profit-minded person, so he always weighed the benefit of doing something. It was hard to see how his rational sense and emotion were affected by his personal feelings.

This time, she was involved in the news of incestuous love and if Joseph did not give any instructions, the ST Group’s Public Relations Department would not dare to deal with the problem using this kind of approach.

Benjamin’s words were correct, he was rational. It was not his fault to apply such an approach. After all, there was no benefit but much harm in letting the group’s reputation be damaged because of his affair that would damage their reputation as well.

So, was it really an accident that Noah had that year?

Somehow he couldn’t control himself from looking at the more negative side.

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