Chapter 220 Impostor Ten minutes ago Owen looked at the group name “Without Owen” on Benson’s Whatsapp and found that almost all the members of the Moore family were in it except for himself. So, he showed a sullen face. Looking at the lively and joyful group, he couldn’t help raising his head and glancing at Benson coldly. Benson stood still with a guilty conscience. And he felt weak in his legs and almost fell to his knees when being glared at by Owen, Then he said embarrassingly, “Owen, It’s not my fault. Grandpa asked me to exclude you. He said the atmosphere would be affected if you were in the group.” Owen was speechless. Since he had divorced Hailey, his family had become dissatisfied with him. But he had never expected them to have a chatting group without him. “Have you friended Hailey on Whatsapp?” Owen asked after finding Hailey’s account. Her profile picture was a smiling cartoon girl with her head down, and the background was a sea of roses. Owen suddenly thought of a quote from a famous poet, “You smiled and talked to me of nothing, and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.” His heart skipped a beat for no reason. Benson replied, “Of course, I’m the group owner. If I had not friended her, I would not have been able to pull her in…” Suddenly, he paused and glanced at Owen with a weird look, saying, “You’re not her friend on Whatsapp? Did she block you?” Owen was speechless, thinking Benson always managed to say the wrong thing. His words hurt Owen’s feelings, but he didn’t bother to blame him but said directly, “Your Whatsapp account has been requisitioned. Get a new one for yourself.” Benson was shocked He objected, but the objection was invalid. When Owen logged into Benson’s Whatsapp account, he deleted all the other friends but Hailey.
After a while of deliberation, he sent her a message. Although it was strange and shameful to impersonate his younger cousin to send messages to his ex-wife, he had no choice. Hailey didn’t want to talk to him now, so he could only communicate with her in this way. After chatting for a while, he was satisfied that she didn’t find anything wrong. But her attitude toward his family made him feel more complicated. Unexpectedly, she was still taking care of them as if they were her family. He suddenly knew now why everyone in the family liked and trusted her so much and was closer to her than to him. After a long pause, he slowly typed a sentence, replying, “Nothing. I just hope you take good care of yourself.” Hailey had just finished applying body lotion when she heard the reminder. When she picked up her phone and saw Benson’s belated
reply, she felt confused. So, she sent a message with a frown, “Has your account been hacked?” Owen was speechless. After a long day, Hailey was so sleepy that she didn’t have the energy to think much about it. As soon as she went to bed, she fell asleep. But Owen was sleepless all night. He was watching the teaching video that Gene had brought back while lying on the bed. The videos of the international conferences were all internal materials of the Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation, and outsiders did not have access to them. That was why he had not seen this side of Hailey till now. In the video, she was about sixteen years old, and her delicate little face was immature with girlish chubbiness, but she looked pretty. The lens would broaden people’s faces and bodies without filters, but Hailey’s beauty was fully displayed. She stood on the central stage in neat and straight formal clothes. Her thick black hair was either tied into a neat high ponytail or a gentle low ponytail. She stood there gracefully when interpreting in an orderly manner as the host, looking very confident. When she spoke
those unfamiliar or familiar languages, she looked charming… Seeing this, Owen couldn’t help wondering why he had been blinded and could not see how good she was in the past. He was obsessed with her charm when she spokes foreign languages and thought she was Irresistible. For the first time in his life, he had a sense of inferiority. If he did not work hard, he would be out of her league.
Hailey woke up early the next morning, Sleep was the best way for her to relieve fatigue. When she got up, she was full of energy again. As soon as she got dressed, she received a call from Ryan. She answered the call, greeted him, walked directly toward Catherine’s bedroom, and pushed open the door. Catherine’s sleeping posture was very inelegant. She was lying prone on a pillow. One leg was bent, and her butt was slightly protruding.
And the blanket had long been kicked away. So, she looked like a three-year-old child now. Hailey went up, patted her butt, and said, “Girl, your dad is on the phone.” Catherine was angry after being woken up, so she yelled, “Go away! I don’t have a dad…” Hailey said on the phone, “Your daughter disowned you.” “That’s good. It will save me a lot of money.” On the other end of the phone, Ryan was calmly instructing his apprentices to dry herbs in the vard. And then, he said in a composed tone, “If you don’t mind her being annoying, keep her in the Garden of Rose for a few more days. If she upsets you, kick her out.” Hailey couldn’t understand him, so she asked, “She is your only daughter. Aren’t you anxious to hear her disown you?” “Not at all. I can have another kid. After all, I am still young.” Hailey was speechless, thinking he had a big heart. She had put him on the speakerphone, so Catherine had heard his words. She had been half-asleep just now, but now, she abruptly sat up, turned her head, and yelled at the phone, “Go ahead to have another kid. I don’t think you can have another smart, lovely, and beautiful kid like me. You’re my father, so I want to give you a piece of advice.” Ryan said, “OK, I am all ears.” Catherine said, “You and a group of sluts can only give birth to little sluts. If you want to turn Fenneth into a brothel, then you can continue messing around with them! Goodbye!” Then, she hung up the phone furiously. It seemed Catherine had run away from home in anger. Seeing this, Hailey asked curiously, “What kind of woman is your dad dating now? Why do you dislike her so much?” “She is an ugly slut and is much worse than you: My father is getting old and became dim-sighted. I can’t control him anyway. If he is willing to degenerate, I will not stop him!” While complaining about her father, she completely woke up. So, she felt hungry and pestered Hailey to go downstairs to have breakfast together with her. When they reached the dining room, they unexpectedly saw a man eating sandwiches and drinking milk there casually and naturally as if
he were at his own home. This thick-skinned uninvited guest was Matthew. Catherine had been complaining about her father to Hailey. And when she suddenly saw a handsome thin man in casual sportswear in the dining room, she immediately stopped speaking noisily and blinked her big eyes in confusion. After looking at Matthew for a while, she tugged at Hailey’s sleeve and asked, “Aunt Hailey, this uncle is handsome. Is he your boyfriend?” Before Hailey could answer, Matthew raised his pretty eyes to look at her and said, “Kid, why are you calling me uncle?”
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