Chapter 95



Chelsea froze for a moment, “Dad, I’m not fussing for nothing. I just felt Hayden came back without any good intentions, you should be careful not to be fooled by her.”

“She’s your little sister.” Bentley frowned, “She hasn’t been back for many years. Now, she’s back, but you give me this kind of attitude, what do you want to do?”.

“I don’t have such a shameless sister!”. Chelsea folded her arms with a smug look on her face, “Dad, I guess you still don’t know about the shameless things Hayden had done. At first, she lied to us saying she was studying abroad, but what happened was that she simply had a daughter out of wedlock. She went abroad to give birth and hid it from all of us. What’s more, no one knew who the father was.”

Both Chelsea and her mother were sure that as soon as her father found out, he would be furious. However, Sofia pretended to comfort him, “Bentley, don’t be so angry with her. I think Hayden was just confused. Besides, she was too young then.”

Hayden didn’t say a word to defend himself, but his eyes were filled with contempt, and he grimaced mockingly.

“Grandpa.”

A childish voice broke the stagnant atmosphere. It also broke Chelsea and her mother’s expectations.

Stella rushed out of the study room, her hands still holding Bentley’s favorite old tobacco pipe. She rubbed her eyes with a sleepy look, “Grandpa, I want to eat a cupcake.”

The coldness in Bentley’s face melted instantly. He bent down and picked Stella up, then headed downstairs, “Okay, let’s go eat cupcakes.”

Although he didn’t respond to Chelsea’s complaint, such an act was undoubtedly a big slap in the faces of Chelsea and her mother.

It was a silent slap.

Chelsea’s face was livid, she could hardly believe what she had seen. She kept gritting her teeth until Hayden finally walked out the door….

“What tactic did you use to get Dad to accept this wild child so easily!”

“Chelsea Downey, keep your mouth clean.” Hayden looked at her with cold eyes and lowered his voice, “You keep your mistress in my house? Guess what Dad will say if he finds out.”

Almost instantly, he saw Chelsea’s face go white.

Hayden no longer bothered to talk to her. He opened the car door and said, “Sir, let’s get going.”

The car drove off, leaving Chelsea alone at the door. She clenched her fist tightly, as if she wanted to dig her nails into her flesh. Her face was full of sadness.

On the other side, Sofia was carrying a cup of tea upstairs. She heard Bentley on the phone through the study door.

“Mr. Lennon, I leave this to you then. The transfer of the rights to the shares must be made public, but the transfer of the real estate can be done as soon as possible.”

“Yes, you are right. I am sure to transfer everything into my granddaughter’s name. If it goes to Hayden, she might not be willing to accept it.”

“… …”.

The old man’s voice came through the gap in the door. Sophia’s hand, which held the tea tray, trembled slightly. After a few seconds of hesitation, she dropped a pill into the teacup. Her eyes finally filled with a sinister, determined look.

“Bentley Downey, you made me do this.”

In the evening, Hayden drove Stella to Alayna’s house.

In the middle of the night, Hayden heard voices of a man and a woman talking inside the room. Hayden opened the door and peeked through the opening.

The scene was too sexy. He quickly closed his eyes and then shut the door.

It was not a quiet night.

The next morning, Hayden was busy preparing breakfast at the dining room table.

He took a deep breath when he saw the door to Alayna’s room open.

“Wow, meatballs, I like it.”

To Alayna it looked like nothing had happened. She sat straight down in a chair, simply picked up a dumpling and popped it in her mouth.

Hayden folded his arms, “Nothing you want to tell me about last night? This is the first time I’ve seen that uncomfortable look on Kevin’s face before he left.”

Kevin was the popular lover of the ST Group. His face was always lit up bright with happiness, but when he walked out of Alayna’s room and saw Hayden, he actually blushed. It was such an abnormal scene!

Alayna looked stagnant and her eating pace became noticeably slower, “It’s just that we drank too much last night. what’s there to say?”.

“You didn’t take it seriously?”.

Hayden spoke decisively, “That’s fine if you didn’t take it seriously. I don’t know Kevin, and I’m not sure what kind of person he is. However, his reputation is not good, his girlfriends are everywhere in N-City. I’m afraid, if you really fall in love with him, you won’t be able to accept it.”

“Everywhere in N-City?” Alayna frowned and her disguise began to crumble.

Hayden chuckled slyly, but his face remained expressionless. “Yes, nine out of ten women in the company have been conquered by him, Kevin’s name as the biggest customer in all the nightclubs is no joke. Every nightclub in N-Town will treat him as their financial backer.”

Crack The egg in Alayna’s hand was crushed by her bare hands, her face was grim.

“Ahem.” Hayden turned his head, pretending not to see her.

“Stella, come out quickly. Mom will take you to Kindergarten after you eat breakfast.”

In fact, Alayna and Kevin had been getting along well for a while now. From the fact that Alayna kept mentioning Kevin when she returned from her last business trip, there were already hints that something special was going on between them.

It was easy to fall in love, but not easy to treat it sensitively.

Hayden was reminding her that there were many traits in Kevin that she couldn’t accept, and that she really needed to be careful about them. If they could both get past this, then they could really clear the gap between them and be together.

It was the end of the month.

After dropping Stella off, Hayden rushed to the ST Group headquarters to attend a meeting.

“Miss Downey.”

In the group’s lobby, a male voice called for her to stop, Hayden turned around. When she saw the person, she quickly ran through the memories in her mind, then recognized him as the producer of that show Freddie had been on with Stella.

“What a coincidence to find you here, Stella’s mom.” The producer was in his mid-thirties and dressed casually. I look at her with a broad smile, “I just spoke to the company before I came, and I have something to discuss with you.”

“What is it about?” Hayden didn’t understand what she was referring to.

“It’s about our previous show. We just cut and aired a trailer, the response was incredibly good, so I asked the boss to continue this show. Would you like to consider letting Stella sign a long-term contract with us?”

“Oh, long term?” Hayden immediately shook his head, “That won’t work. I still have to go to work and I can’t let Stella go alone.”

“That’s no problem.” The producer seemed very calm, “I know her work performance is excellent. If she is willing, we can contact Mr. Beckham to let her resign and come to our media company to work as your daughter’s manager. With that, you will have time to accompany her.”

“Thank you, but that’s not necessary.” Hayden had never been an artist’s manager before, so he declined without hesitation.

“Are you worried that the job is not stable? Don’t worry; the salary we’ll give her won’t be less than your current job.”

“No, no. It’s not about the salary…”. Hayden politely declined and the producer showed a rueful face. He handed him a contact card before leaving.

“If you change your mind, you can contact me anytime. Nowadays it’s common for a mother to become her daughter’s manager. I see that Stella has the potential to be a child star in every aspect.”

With the card in hand, Hayden felt a bit helpless and didn’t know what to do. However, his interactions with the producer were noticed by Joseph.

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