Chapter 240



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In the end, Joseph still pitied her and did nothing again to hurt her.

At the thought of this, her heart calmed down. But remembering the conflict between them recently, and also the conflicts of the past, she felt it was necessary to talk about it.

After all, a breakup could still be resolved peacefully.

“I went to find Samuel because I wanted to see what he wanted to do. Even if he didn’t come, I wouldn’t go into his room so easily. I guess he wouldn’t be so attracted to me and he went out of his way to disrupt my cooperation with the Joann Group.”

Hayden thought her explanation was clear enough, and glanced slyly at Joseph, only to see him frown. She wasn’t sure he had heard her words.

“So, if you followed me because you were worried that something bad might happen to me, we could have cleared it up earlier. Why argue and complicate things? I could have thanked you right now without all these misunderstandings.” He then continued, “A breakup can also be very peaceful. We can still see each other and still be friends.”

“That’s enough.” Joseph interrupted her, his tone clear and cold, charged with impatience, “You’re talking a lot of nonsense. Don’t you feel like leaving anymore?”

Hayden frowned, “I just feel like we haven’t had a chance to talk calmly and communicate since that one time.” She said ‘that time’ very vaguely. After all, she herself didn’t have the courage to face such an injury again.

When he heard her say ‘that time’, his expression also changed slightly. His eyebrows twitched twice and he fell silent.

“I admit that I kept something from you, but at the time, I felt that since Edison and I were not in a real marriage, there was no need to explain further. I took Stella to the U.S. and if I didn’t get residency, that would mean I had to avoid investigators from the local population at all times as a stranded person, who is an illegal immigrant.”

“So, you were able to just marry a man to get residency?”.

Joseph’s attitude was very bad because he still couldn’t understand, but since Hayden took the initiative to bring up this issue, his emotions had calmed down a lot, compared to before.

“I wasn’t going to marry someone randomly.” Hayden denied and explained, “Edison is an activist who hadn’t married and was a complete workaholic. He’s short on money and I needed the residency. I don’t think it’s a big deal to get married so we can both meet each other’s needs. Also, we never lived together after we got married. We only saw each other once or twice a year on holidays like Christmas.”

She knew what Joseph was worried about and it wasn’t hard to understand his thoughts.

A man would surely be concerned about his wife’s past relationship history. Besides, from Joseph’s point of view, she had not yet divorced Edison.

If it weren’t for the fact that Joseph had been acting aggressively and constantly provoking her. If only he trusted her and listened to her explanation, she would have told him all about Edison in the first place.

Joseph’s look was complicated, and a slight expression of surprise came into his eyes. He clenched his fists secretly and confirmed, “You were simply having a sham marriage with him?”

Hayden nodded solemnly.

This misunderstanding could have caused a lot of trouble, it was caused by the anger of the two people. But from this incident, it could be seen that they were not suitable to be together.

Joseph stared at her for a while, as if trying to understand all these misunderstandings.

After a while, an expression of frustration appeared in his eyes. He leaned down slowly, his slender fingers dug into her hair, revealing his fingertips between it. Then, she lowered her head and was silent for a long moment.

“I’ve already explained this to Kevin.” Hayden was puzzled at her reaction, then asked in a hesitant tone, “Hadn’t I told you?”

Joseph raised his head. His face was tense, accompanied by an angry expression, he said firmly, “No.”

The simple word was uttered like a curse, and made Hayden’s heart skip a beat as he heard it.

He felt that his manner of speaking had caused Kevin a great deal of trouble.

The misunderstanding between them had been clearly explained, and Joseph’s mood also returned to normal. It was rare for the two of them to converse quietly on the gurney in an ED room.

Joseph finally stopped being uncomfortable. He told Hayden everything that had happened in the evening, briefly and concisely.

“I heard him say the address of the hotel at dinner. When the party was over, I saw you on the street outside the bar, so I told Magnus to stop the car and I followed you there. Initially, I planned to wait for you for ten minutes. If you’re out after ten minutes, I wasn’t going in.”

To his surprise, Joseph seemed to be quite talkative today.

Hayden continued the conversation, “And since I didn’t come out after a long time, did you think something bad had happened to me?”

“Yes.”

Alright, Hayden gave a dry cough and explained why he wasn’t in the room.

“Actually, I had the wrong floor. Samuel kept saying 419, so I thought I was on the fourth floor. However, I looked again and again on the fourth floor and couldn’t find his room. Who knew the White Moon Hotel was so rare? Only the largest suite on the top floor is called 419.”

It was all a misunderstanding, but this resulted in them ending up at the police station.

So, the world was full of unpredictable things.

While they were talking, Magnus returned with the medicine. He froze when he saw the quiet scene inside the room. At that moment, he didn’t know what to do, “Erm…. Am I disturbing?”

Joseph’s cold eyes landed on Magnus, making him shiver. “I remembered that there’s still another medicine to look for, you guys go on with whatever you’re doing…”.

Hayden stopped him. “All right, that’s enough. We’ve known each other for a while now and we understand each other well. Stop acting like this. I have something to do, I really have to go.”

Joseph got up immediately. “I’ll drive you.”

“No need.” Hayden looked at his chest, “The doctor said you’re not recovering very well, you still need more rest. My hotel is nearby and I can walk there. In the future… we’ll meet again if we get a chance.”

As she spoke, she gripped her bag tightly and smiled kindly, “Goodbye.”

Joseph stood in place, watching her back as she walked away. The warmth in his eyes faded as she walked away. Finally, he picked up the phone and finally burst out in extreme rage when the call connected.

“Kevin! Why didn’t you tell me about the fake marriage between Hayden and Edison?”.

This sudden thunderous roar echoed throughout the room, causing Magnus, who was used to his temper, to tremble in fear. His hand carrying the medicine box shook several times and he almost dropped it to the floor.

Seeing Joseph cursing violently over the phone, Magnus reacted quickly. Before the doctor or another patient was aware of his presence, he closed the door to the room, ducked hurriedly by the door and sent a text message to Hayden.

The chief no longer cared about his image-what could have happened to make him so agitated?

On the other hand, Hayden had just walked out the hospital door. Outside, there was a bright moon, accompanied by a few stars in the night sky. On his way out, a notification rang in his pocket.

He pulled out his phone and looked at the message: “[What have you told Mr. Beckham? Give me some clue. He called Mr. Jackman and yelled at him fiercely, I’m afraid he’s going to yell at me too].”

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