Chapter 160



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“Okay, I know, thank you, you’re the best.” Taking off her shoes, Addison leaned back on the couch smiling. Suddenly, her face shadowed, “Ah, yes, I want to ask you something.”

“…”.

“You told me that Joseph had a new girlfriend, is she the hall manager named Hayden?”.

“…”.

“Nothing. I saw her today, she’s quite pretty. Well, I still have things to do, see you next time. Let me buy you lunch when I’m done with this project.”

Hanging up, Addison put the phone away and groggily lay back against the pillow.

She remembered the woman she had seen this morning. She was young, but not as pretty as she was. And she looked like the meek type who didn’t have much of a temper. There was nothing special about her, she didn’t look like someone Joseph would fall in love with.

Was it because he was getting old and picking someone at random as a companion? Addison wondered.

Well, no matter what kind of woman she was, she was an enemy as long as she was around Joseph. The reason Addison came back this time was to get back together with Joseph.

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The next afternoon, when Hayden was on duty in the lobby, he saw a familiar car stopped at the door. His eyes lit up and he approached it with long strides.

Before he reached the car, he saw two people getting out. It was Joseph and Addison.

“Take me to lunch later, Joseph. I’ve given your company this huge contract because of you. From now on, your hotels will no longer have to worry about the influx of customers, whether it’s high or low season.”

“What do you want to eat?”

“Chinese food. I’ve been abroad for so long that I haven’t had a chance to eat Chinese food.”

As they were talking, they noticed someone looking at them in the distance.

“Is that you again?” Addison frowned, “Didn’t I tell you? While I have no right to interfere with your employer’s management system, I don’t want to see your irresponsible face while I’m still here.”

Hayden’s face turned pale and his hands clenched into fists. He wanted to greet Joseph, but at that moment he would be doing him a disservice. He lowered his head in embarrassment.

“I’m so sorry.” With that said, she turned and walked away.

Frowning, Joseph asked as he looked at Hayden’s back, “What’s wrong?”

“Well.” Explained Addison casually about what had happened the day before, “Pollen allergies can cause asphyxiation and there are many such cases overseas. Isn’t she the ward manager? Why did you hire someone like that as a ward manager? You should talk to your HR department.”

“It’s just a minor matter.” Joseph glared at her, “I’ve never seen you worry about such petty things.”

“I didn’t used to run a huge company.” Addison blinked, “It’s a cruel world out there, I know it best after striving for my career for so many years.”

Speechless, Joseph looked toward the door where Hayden had exited and felt bad. “All right. But let’s let this one go.”

“Let it go? This isn’t your style, Joseph. You used to fire an employee immediately if you caught him being irresponsible. What, are you mesmerized by that girl’s beauty?”

“She’s my fiancée.”

Hearing that, Addison’s smile froze and her eyes instantly bugged out.

On the evening of that day, the SG Travel Agency inspection team had dinner with ST Group staff at the hotel as a pre-celebration that they had passed inspection. Hayden was invited and sat next to Joseph. Sitting next to Joseph, she felt uncomfortable about what had happened in the evening.

Addison raised her glass, “Cheers to Principal Downey. I didn’t know you were Joseph’s fiancée, excuse my ignorance.”

There was an implication in this comment. Explicitly she seemed to be apologizing to class, but implicitly she implied that she was only apologizing for Joseph, and that Hayden was nothing more than a good-for-nothing who had gotten where she was because of her connections.

“It was my fault, I’m glad you don’t mind. I should drink this as punishment.” Hayden raised his glass as his heart filled with aggravation.

As she was about to drink it, Joseph grabbed her hand as he looked at Addison.

“She’s bad with alcohol. I’ll drink this for her.” After saying that, he took the glass from her hand and finished it in one gulp.

Staring at her wavy Adam’s apple, Hayden felt better than before. She consoled herself with the thought that even though she was being mistreated at work, she was still appreciated in her love life.

No one noticed how crooked Addison’s expression became when Joseph said he would drink the wine for Hayden.

During dinner, unlike his usual behavior, Joseph drank quite a bit with people, which was partly for Hayden’s sake. At the end of dinner, he went to the bathroom.

Hayden was waiting for him in the living room. After a long while, Joseph still hadn’t returned, she went to the front desk to get some medicine in case he threw up in the bathroom. Then she grabbed a hot towel and went to find him in the bathroom.

Just as she reached the bathroom, she heard a woman’s voice and stopped at the door.

Unconsciously, he raised his head to look at the sign. It was the men’s room.

She was immediately stunned when she heard what was going on inside.

“Joseph, it was my fault six years ago. I was just a teenager, I didn’t know what love was, I just tried to run away from the marriage my family arranged for me. I didn’t even ask myself if I loved you.”

Standing in the bathroom doorway, Hayden clearly saw Joseph standing with his side toward her, and Addison was leaning against his chest, sobbing gravely.

“Joseph, I know you love me, I know you won’t leave me. Kevin told me you made a necklace with the emerald your grandmother left you, and your grandmother told you to give it to your wife. I understand it all now.”

At that moment, Hayden felt his head explode, he had nothing left but ruins, he had completely lost the ability to process any thought. He wanted to flee the scene, but his legs would not respond to his command.

That was until she saw Joseph raise his arms and embrace Addison. His deep, gravelly voice lingered in the bathroom clearly, carrying a tinge of complaint, “Addison, I’ve lost the necklace.”

Hayden couldn’t take it anymore. A sudden spurt of strength came over him. He turned and ran. He kept running away from the hotel until he found himself in the middle of an intersection, with streams of cars passing around him.

He stood against the fence, bent over holding his knees and gasped furiously.

Only then did he realize that in his hands were medication and a cold towel.

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