Chapter 217



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“A man and a woman stay in a room late at night, do you think you can explain what you did?”.

Joseph flashed his cold eyes, and his aggressive stare made the atmosphere in the house become eerie, as if the room was ice cold.

Hayden leaned on the table and stood up straight. He frowned and said, “Calm down. Edison and I are just friends. I think you’ve misunderstood us, he just came back from overseas and brought me home after helping me during my father’s funeral. What’s wrong with me inviting him over for a cup of hot tea? If you don’t believe me, it’s useless for me to explain, isn’t it?”.

He thought Joseph must not be such a mean person, who would throw such a tantrum just to see Edison. This was too unreasonable.

“You two are just friends. Are you sure you can repeat the phrase in front of me?”.

gαℓησν𝒆𝓁s․𝒸оm, your fiction hub “We really are just friends.”

Joseph clenched his fist. His face was pale. He flipped open the picture on his phone directly and placed it heavily on the table to show her. The back cover of the phone collided with the marble countertop, making a frightening sound that echoed clearly throughout the room.

Looking at the contents of the photo, Hayden’s expression gradually changed.

“You were investigating me?”

The photo showed his U.S. data, his marital history, and even a family photo that included Hayden and Edison.

“If I don’t investigate you, how do I know that you still have a romantic relationship with him so engraved in your heart that the two of you are still paired to this day?” Joseph had lost his mind and his words were extremely mocking.

“Now all I know is that you can make love with your male friends and you can also have a baby with your male friends. You are really generous with your friends.”

“Joseph. what did you say?” Hayden’s face turned pale and she was unable to believe the nasty words she heard.

“Can’t you understand what I’m saying, isn’t that the ex you told me about? No wonder you didn’t say anything to me before. I thought you were hurt during that failed marriage, now it seems I’m the one being cheated on by you!”.

Joseph’s roar echoed throughout the room.

“It’s not like that at all!”. Hayden was desperate, “Can you hear me? Even though Edison and I are married, we’re really just friends, we’re just-“.

“Just what?”

“Just try to get residency so I can settle in the U.S. with Stella.” Hayden hastened to say. Although she was angry, she didn’t want Joseph to misunderstand them any further, so she had to explain the matter clearly.

Joseph grimaced.

He grimaced more coldly and his eyebrows were full of contempt, “You could do this for a dorm? What else could you do?”

“You don’t believe me?” At the sight of his scowl, Hayden’s hands and legs began to tremble.

Joseph took a deep breath as if desperately trying to suppress his anger.

“Don’t you ever think before you lie? Don’t you think the words you said were all lame excuses? You and Edison are just friends and you were married for a U.S. residency. So who is Stella’s dad? How many men have you been with?”

The coldness of her words penetrated the marrow of his bones and slowly invaded his every limb.

Hayden slammed his eyes shut and could no longer control the irritation he had tried so hard to contain in his chest.

Who was Stella’s father, he dared to ask me that question?

Joseph couldn’t tell that she was irritated. Yet she was growing increasingly frustrated. As her anger built up, her clenched hand loosened for a few seconds before she raised it high.

At first she wanted to slap Joseph.

However, he was too quick to react and his large hand grabbed her wrist directly, squeezing it so hard that she cried out in pain and shock. She almost thought her wrist was going to be crushed by him.

“Are you already upset about the fact that I found you out?” Joseph snorted coldly, “I thought you were good at hiding your lies, is it too late for you to figure out how to cover up?”

“Joseph, you son of a bitch!”. Hayden struggled to pull his hand away, but he held it tighter.

“Aren’t you willing to do anything to get what you want, even have a child with a random man?” Joseph pulled her to him and said in a cold voice, “How about I help you expand Green Lemon Clothing, so you’ll have a baby for me too?”

“Fuck you!”

Hayden was furious, and his other hand frantically slapped Joseph’s chest.

But he didn’t seem to feel any pain when he was hit by her.

Joseph became more irritated as she became disgusted with him and continued to resist. He grabbed her other hand mercilessly and dragged her out of the kitchen as if she were a doll and slammed her against the living room couch.

“Let go of me, Joseph. You’re a bastard.”

Hayden cursed him using every vulgarity he could think of.

However, this enraged the man even more as he roared. He sat on Hayden’s waist and placed his hands above his head with one hand. With some effort, he ripped open his shirt with the other, causing the buttons to fall to the floor.

Struggling, Hayden kicked the floor lamp on the side of the couch. With a jarring sound, the lamp shattered and buzzed a couple of times before the entire room was suddenly plunged into darkness.

Joseph hesitated to move for a moment, but a sudden sharp pain hit him from underneath.

“Ah…” He let out a choked grunt and collapsed onto the couch, “Hayden, you…”.

Panicking, Hayden used her strength to push him away, then rolled her whole body for a while before running to her room, closing the door and sitting flaccidly behind it.

After a long moment, Joseph banged on the door.

“Hayden, come out.”

He winced quickly and then shouted at the door in a hoarse voice, “Fuck you, I never want to see you again in my life.”

The outside became silent.

Hayden wasn’t sure if he had left, and she had no way to vent her anger. She was shaking and barely able to control her emotions. She reached out and grabbed the phone lying on top of her bed.

“Is this the police station? I want to file a report.” She told the police what had happened.

“I’m in the Seasons neighborhood. I live on the 22nd floor and someone is trying to rape me.”

She explained the situation to the police.

Joseph was already gone. In the darkness, he felt sorry to see Hayden fleeing into the room in a panic. He regretted making such a ghastly spectacle in the eyes of the woman he loved.

But he did not regret losing control of himself. He had never met a woman he loved and cherished so much, and yet she had kept such a lie from him that he could not believe it.

The police stopped Joseph’s Land Rover at the traffic lights at the intersection. “Mr. Beckham, someone is suing you for rape. Please come with us.”

Joseph was speechless.

The police were taking evidence and photos in the room. A policewoman stayed in the bathroom of the room to reassure Hayden for quite a while.

“Hayden, I have to ask you, are you and Mr. Beckham a couple?”.

Hayden furrowed his eyebrows and finally nodded his head.

“So this case…”. The police officer felt a little embarrassed, “This case is not easy to handle. We will help you coordinate with him as best we can, but you must also be mentally prepared.”

“There is no need to coordinate with him. I don’t want to see him again.” Hayden’s voice was loud and clear.

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