Chapter 314



Luckily, Noah grabbed his stuff and ran to Hayden directly, throwing himself into Hayden’s arm. There were too many people, so he went on without speaking.

Hayden bent down and patted the boys on the head, eyes fixed elsewhere.

As they ate, Harrison said in a meaningful tone, “Hayden, please stay a moment after the party. I have something to tell you, and it’s about Noah.”

Hearing this, Hayden looked at Joseph and acted as usual, although he was digging his fingernails into his palm.

It seemed Harrison knew everything. And that was the reason Poppy was here.

After a while, Hayden saw that Poppy had gone to the bathroom, so she got up too.

“Where are you going?” Joseph was feeding Noah as he asked her.

Hayden calmly replied, “I have to go to the bathroom, I’ll be right back.”

Both Joseph and Harrison didn’t know the truth, but she and Poppy did.

Hayden had to find out Amapola’s intentions.

The bathroom was far from the lobby and Hayden walked down several hallways. Amapola was washing her hands when Hayden entered the bathroom. She was slim and pretty, although she looked a little haggard.

“Miss Downey.” Amapola saw Hayden in the mirror. She blanked for a second and forced a smile, “I didn’t greet you a moment ago because there were too many people outside. I’m sorry.”

“It’s just you and me, stop acting.” Hayden walked over and looked coldly at Amapola, “What do you want?”.

Amapola frowned, “Miss Downey, I don’t understand.”

gⱯlnσν𝓮𝓁s․com is your escape to fiction “You’re Noah’s mother, the surrogate mother from six years ago?” Hayden asked bluntly with a hostile look. “Are you sure?”

Poppy didn’t dare look Hayden in the eye. She took several steps back and said, “Miss Downey, I don’t want to be your rival. I just want to meet my son before I leave for Britain in a year. You are still the future Mrs. Beckham, you will not be challenged by me.”

“Stop being pretentious!”. Hayden’s eyes had gone ice cold, “I know you’re not Noah’s mother, who sent you to do this, what do you want?”

Poppy stared at Hayden’s angry expression and sneered, “Miss Downey, I’m trying to be polite. I don’t know what you’re suspecting, if I’m not, who would your mother be, you?”.

Hayden’s expression suddenly changed and he felt a drumming in his temples.

He sensed that Poppy knew everything. She may have even known that Hayden was Noah’s mother, but she knew Hayden wouldn’t recognize it, so she took advantage of it with an unknown motive.

“What exactly do you want to do?” Hayden lowered his voice, trying to intimidate Poppy, “I’ll do anything for Noah’s sake.”

“Nothing.” Amapola looked down at her nails which were covered with a pink polish, this color made her look more tender and reserved. But that tenderness disappeared when she began to speak, “I don’t think there’s any problem if a mother wants to meet her child.”

No matter what Hayden said, Amapola would not admit she was a liar. She had invented the perfect lie, so Hayden was powerless to retort.

Hayden’s hands were shaking with rage.

On the other side of the dining room, Harrison wondered why Hayden hadn’t returned. “Joseph, why hasn’t Hayden come back? She’s been out for a long time, go see her.”

Joseph looked toward the entrance and spotted the southeast corner of the room. He discovered that Poppy wasn’t sitting at the table either. He got a little nervous all of a sudden.

Telling the nannies to take care of the children, Joseph got up and headed for the bathroom.

He had just approached the door when shouts rang out from inside the bathroom.

“Hayden!”

He rushed to open the door to the women’s bathroom and was stunned by what he saw.

Poppy fell to the floor covering her face with her hands. Crying, she was dumbfounded, “How could you slap me?”.

Hayden was very angry, his hands dangling. She turned around when she heard the door open and saw Joseph looking at her strangely.

“What are you doing?” Joseph’s eyes turned cold.

Hayden wanted to explain, but was disappointed by his aggressiveness. “You won’t believe me, even if I explained that I didn’t do anything, will you?”.

Joseph didn’t answer. He walked past her without even looking at her and helped Poppy to her feet.

“I’m fine.” Amapola struggled to get up. Then she withdrew her arm from Joseph’s hands as if she feared Hayden would misunderstand their relationship.

“There’s been a misunderstanding between Miss Downey and me. It’s no big deal, it’s okay.” She kept covering her face as she spoke.

To Hayden, it was ridiculous for Poppy to pretend to be hurt.

Hayden hadn’t even touched her, but she seemed so upset with this look. So many women wanted to have sex with Joseph. But Amapola was the most shameless and pretentious.

“You slapped her?” Staring at Hayden, Joseph asked in an angry voice.

“Yes, I slapped her.” Hayden was furious and lied, “If you hadn’t come to stop me, I would continue.”

“Just because she wants to meet Noah? Hayden, would you calm down?”.

“I’ve kept my cool. But would you please scrutinize her carefully?” Hayden pointed to Poppy with his hand, “Joseph, could you be responsible with Noah? You wanted to leave your son to a woman with unknown background and motives. If anything happens, it will be too late to repent.”

“Hayden!” Joseph shouted with an angry expression.

“Don’t yell at me.” Hayden retorted in a louder voice and rudely interrupted him, “You may think me an unreasonable and mean woman, but I won’t be nice to her. That’s all.”

Saying this, she walked straight out.

Joseph stood angrily with his hands clenched at his sides.

Poppy was at his side and said, “It’s my fault, let me explain.”

“No need.” Joseph stopped her and asked when she turned to look at him, “Did Hayden really slap your face?”

She gave a shudder at his look and forced herself to answer, “It’s okay, I’m fine.”

“I asked you if I really slapped you.”

His loud voice echoed in the bathroom, which startled Amapola.

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