Chapter 250



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Hayden sensed that Harrison suspected her of stalking Joseph and felt aggrieved about it.

Hearing her words, Harrison’s face turned a little pale. “You were the one who broke up with him? Tell me. what are the reasons you think Joseph isn’t good enough?”.

Hayden was stunned for a moment.

Mark immediately remembered Harrison, “Sir…”.

Only then did Harrison regain consciousness, coughed, and changed his tone, “It’s good that you know what you should do.”

Hayden’s expression returned to normal: “Stella still has to have lunch. We’ll go out for lunch on the street.”

“Wait a minute.” Harrison stopped her.

“Since you’ve come to cook for Noah, you shouldn’t leave when you’re done. In the Beckham Family, people who come to work will always be appreciated, not to mention you still have to come again later, it would be too much trouble for you to come and go.”

“No need.” Hayden, however, thought that staying there would be the real hassle.

“If you don’t think it’s weird, you can have dinner with us, as a guest of the Beckham Family.” Harrison’s voice was cold and intimidating, as if to say Hayden was thinking something unkind for not staying to eat with them.

Frowning, Hayden hesitated for a moment. He thought he might join Noah at the dining room table. So, he agreed, “Since you say so, sir, it would seem like I’m being pretentious if I didn’t stay and eat with all of you.”

When she agreed, she didn’t think much about what Harrison’s intention was. It was only when she got to the dining room and sat down across from Addison that she understood Harrison’s intention in asking her to stay there to eat.

Harrison was trying to show him that Joseph already had a girlfriend and that he shouldn’t come any closer to him.

Hayden felt that his action was ridiculous and looked at Addison who was sitting across from her. She smiled at Addison politely like a polite person.

“You two should meet. The company Addison works for has worked with Hotel ST before.”

Harrison looked around at both Hayden and Addison. When he looked at Addison, his gaze was obviously much more affectionate.

Hayden sensed that things in this world were really changing fast. A few months ago, Harrison had said that she would be the one to marry Joseph. At the time, she didn’t even look at Addison. However, at this moment, she liked Addison a lot compared to her.

He didn’t think too much about it. As she was putting her head down, Joseph led Noah into the dining room.

Since Hayden had his back to the dining room entrance, he could only guess which people entered by listening for footsteps. When the maid greeted him, Joseph kept walking forward. He stopped walking when he reached a certain position behind Hayden.

“Grandfather… Why is she here?”

Of course, the question Joseph asked was why Addison was there.

However, Harrison said, “After all, Miss Downey came to cook for Noah. Although she insisted on leaving, it seemed to me that was no way to treat guests. Therefore, I asked her to stay for lunch together. Joseph, come and sit down.”

Hayden secretly clenched her fingers tightly. She felt really disappointed.

She knew Joseph was going to get engaged to Addison, and she was still here to join them for lunch. She must be crazy to do such things.

She was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground and disappear from it, she didn’t notice Joseph standing behind her. Furrowing his eyebrows, he asked, “Were you planning to leave here immediately after cooking?”

Hayden turned around and told him in a muffled voice, “I just came to cook for Noah. It’s not appropriate for me to stay here.”

“Fine.” Joseph’s face turned somber, “That’s good enough.”

Hayden didn’t know what his words meant. He sensed that he was a little upset and that maybe he had said something wrong.

“Noah, come sit next to Grandpa.” Harrison waved his hand affectionately at Noah.

“No.” Noah said firmly. He shook off Joseph’s hand that was holding his and walked straight over to Hayden. He used his hands and legs to pull himself up onto the chair next to Hayden. Just like last time, he sat on Hayden’s right while Stella sat on his left.

Harrison frowned, “Noah…”.

“Let him do whatever he wants.” Joseph interrupted his words. He walked past Hayden and sat down next to Addison. Hayden was across from him and only a few plates separated them.

This made Hayden very uncomfortable.

Hayden could only keep his head down while they ate, do that or take the plates for the two children. He didn’t even dare to look up.

Of course, she could convince herself to put the past behind her and distance herself from Joseph. However, she felt really uncomfortable watching Joseph having a sweet time with Addison.

“Addison, try this.” Harrison asked Addison to take an avocado.

Addison, however, didn’t say many words. She kept looking at Joseph and Hayden. She looked like she wanted to say something, but didn’t dare say it at the moment.

“Addison, last time your father came to play chess with me. He mentioned the engagement between you and Joseph. I think the 23rd of next month is a good date, I’m going to ask the housekeeper to check the weather that day. If there is no problem, we can finalize the date, so that both families will be relieved as well.”

Harrison’s voice echoed throughout the dining room. Hayden felt for a moment that the atmosphere was suffocating.

“Is it that urgent?” Addison said in a hurried tone. “I don’t think we should be in such a hurry. Joseph and I are just getting to know each other. In fact…”

“What do you mean you’re just getting to know each other? You’ve known them for decades.” Harrison directly interrupted her words. He said seriously, “Let’s nail down the date.”

“Grandpa, Joseph hasn’t agreed yet. I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

“Why would I…?” Before Harrison finished his words, he looked at Hayden with a complicated expression. He changed the words he wanted to say, “Joseph, what do you think?”.

Hayden was taking the plates for Noah as if nothing had happened. But if one looked closely at her, one could find that Hayden’s movement was stiff as if she were a robot, “Noah, eat this.”

Joseph stared at her for a moment. Seeing her shrug it off, he suddenly put on a cold expression. Her thin lips parted slightly and her clear voice echoed throughout, “I have no problem with that.”

When Hayden heard her words, he held his breath for a long time, as if he couldn’t exhale. He felt his chest congested as if it was being squeezed by a thousand pounds of rocks.

He said he had no problem with that, so he was consenting to the marriage between him and Addison.

So who was it that promised her that he only treated Addison as his sister and that they weren’t a couple? Remembering his promise, she felt it was ridiculous.

“Stella, are you done?”

Hayden lowered his voice and asked in a soft voice.

“Yes, Mom. Let’s go home.”

Stella looked upset and nodded her head. In fact, she hadn’t eaten much. She felt very angry as soon as she saw Mr. Beckham and Mrs. Sanchez sitting next to each other.

Harrison was so mean as to break his promise to her. She was very angry with him.

Hayden patted Noah’s head and smiled weakly as if what had just happened had nothing to do with her.

“I’m sorry, my daughter is sleepy, I have to take her home for a nap. Please, you guys take your time.”

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