Chapter 243



The words ‘I am your wife’ felt like a thousand needles in Joseph’s ears until his eardrums ached, his face paled immediately. “What are you talking about?”

“A nominal marriage is also considered a marriage.” Hayden raised his eyebrows and continued boldly, “In nominal terms, legally we are husband and wife.”

“Hayden.” Joseph was seething with anger, “You’re doing this on purpose.”

She was definitely saying all this to provoke him.

Hayden looked at him and feigned ignorance. “On purpose? What I’m saying is the truth. And if it wasn’t, can you tell me what’s wrong with what I just said?”.

Joseph frowned, “Then what are we?”

“Us?” Hayden folded his arms and looked Joseph up and down, “Isn’t that clear? We just have a normal relationship like any other couple that broke up.”

Since he had returned from S City, Joseph had made a change in his previously cold demeanor. Starting with him having gotten someone to send food and flowers every day to his workplace at Green Lemon Clothing, no matter if it was raining or sunny.

However, Hayden was not one to accept sugar-coated time bombs. Joseph had already made one mistake, not to mention he hadn’t even officially apologized to her. Even if he did, she hadn’t decided if she intended to forgive him.

Therefore, as of now, they were in fact just ex-boyfriends.

However, Joseph looked as if he didn’t think the same way, and answered her seriously, “I think you’re remembering wrong, I’ve never broken up with you.”

“Oh yeah?” Hayden looked at him seriously, “But I seem to have heard you tell the police officer the other night that we are not in a relationship.”

After their argument and breakup that night, she had made a report to the police. When questioned by the police officer, Joseph had denied their relationship. If it weren’t for his special status, he would have already been charged with rape and remanded in custody.

Things had happened, but she was a spiteful person. Sulking, she told him, “A man should stand by his words, what you said was a nail in the coffin, you can no longer take it back.”

Joseph was speechless, clenched his fists and retorted, “Magnus is getting bolder and bolder.”

“Hey, stop blaming Magnus, he didn’t tell me any of that.” Hayden glanced at him, and sarcastically said, “You can’t even tell who said this, no wonder they usurped your position, I guess your brain isn’t as big as people say.”

Joseph’s face filled with embarrassment. This woman, once she had gotten hold of my weakness, would she ever think of using it to her advantage?

Looking at a mute Joseph, Hayden stopped provoking him, “I have something pending, I’ll leave at once.”

Joseph quickly replied, “I’ll give you a ride.”

“No need.” Declined Hayden politely, smiling in a distant and polite manner, “I’ve driven here by myself, what’s more, where I’m going is not on the way.”

Both she and Joseph needed some time to calm down and think about whether they were really right for each other. Moreover, she definitely needed to consider a lot more things than Joseph.

The root of their discussions was related to their son and the secret of the last few years. She needed to clear up what had happened before deciding if she could continue their relationship.

Joseph was pinned in place, his eyebrows furrowed as he watched Hayden’s back as he walked away.

He suddenly understood what Kevin had told him before he left.

Women held grudges and loved to talk about past mistakes. If she didn’t start talking about your past mistakes, it meant she was definitely holding on to your weaknesses and would use it to her advantage at the right time, leaving you speechless.

This was exactly what was happening now.

What he had said at the police station in the midst of his anger was being used by Hayden as an argument to reject him.

Although he was unwilling to accept it, he had inflicted this on himself, he carried out his own grave.

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For a week, Dante led the design team in rushing their work, in order to complete the Joann Group uniform design prototype.

Before officially submitting its bid, Green Lemon Clothing held a project meeting.

“Joann Group’s internal evaluation method is 30% evaluated by its senior management, and 70% voted by its staff.”

In the meeting room, Green Lemon Clothing Managing Director Riley Perry gave a detailed analysis of the current project.

“Does this mean that the majority decision maker is still Joann Group staff?” he asked.

“If competition is completely fair, this would be the situation.” Riley was clear in his words.

Although the staff had 70% of the voting rights, no one can be sure that they would not be manipulating the results of the decision.

For the staff, their uniform was not particularly important, but for the fashion companies bidding on this project, their opinion was extremely crucial.

It cannot be ruled out that someone made some bribes to get the staff to vote for a specific company.

“Hence, during this period of time we need someone to keep an eye on the activity of the Joann Group’s internal management. If it appears that someone intends to affect the voting, we need to take action to curb this activity.”

Once Riley’s words were finished, people began their discussion with an uproar, “Why do we have to keep watching? It looks like we’re spies.”

“Who will be able to do this kind of thing?”.

“We should hire some expert, I hear they get good results”.

“…”.

At that moment, Hayden’s phone rang. After glancing at the number, he got up to leave the meeting room, “You guys go ahead, I’ll go take this call.”

After closing the meeting room door, his ears filled with silence.

Pressing the answer button, a young, cheerful voice rang out, “Hayden, I’ve completed the investigation, I’ll be arriving in N City this afternoon.”

“That fast?” Hayden was a little surprised.

To investigate the accident that happened to Noah when he was little, Benjamin had literally traveled almost halfway across China to visit the nannies who used to work at the Beckham’s house, it’s almost like finding a needle in a haystack. She had initially thought that this investigation would only be completed around New Year’s, but she never imagined that he would have completed it in two months.

“Yes, I’ll let you know the full situation when I get there, but it can be confirmed that Noah’s accident was caused by someone, and…. I’m afraid Joseph might have been aware of that.”

Hearing this, Hayden’s heart sank, and his voice trailed off, “What time does your flight arrive? I’ll come pick you up.”

“No need, I’ll come straight to your house.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up, Hayden was flooded with many complicated feelings that he couldn’t explain.

If what happened was related to Joseph, he couldn’t accept that Noah was still by his side.

At the Beckham villa, when the nanny reminded Joseph to pick up Noah, Joseph glanced at the time, closed his newspaper, and prepared to head to the parking lot to get his car.

Before he left, the cook came out to stop him in his tracks, “Sir, Noah hasn’t eaten much rice, is it because he doesn’t like my cooking?”

Joseph frowned, “You wouldn’t be able to make what he likes to eat.”

Hearing this, the cook’s face fell with embarrassment.

She was a professional nutritionist, there were so many people who couldn’t even hire her for her great qualities. However, since she came to the Beckham house, nothing she did could satisfy the appetite of these two Young Masters. This was truly disheartening.

A streamlined sports car pulled out of the parking lot, the royal blue reflected the sunlight and looked particularly magnificent. Joseph stepped out of the villa.

Noah’s tastes in food had always been a problem. And ever since he’d been spoiled by Hayden, he’d only eaten what she cooked.

Now Noah only expected Stella to bring him food in the evening, and he refused to eat what was cooked at home.

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