“Little Noah has a sensitive gastric and could not eat those unhygienic foods. Ms. Downey, how could you be so irresponsible? How am I going to answer to young master?”
Hayden didn’t try to explain herself to Mark’s reproach but she felt very remorseful and said, “Rest assured that I will apologize personally to Mr. Beckham that it was my negligence.”
When Mark saw her remorseful expression, he didn’t know what to say next. He heaved a long sigh and went to the side to make a call to Joseph.
The doctor at the emergency ward arranged for Noah to be admitted for further observations to ascertain if it was just stomach upset because of eating some unhygienic food or due to some other medical conditions. Noah’s condition had improved considerably after an injection and had fallen asleep.
Hayden remained at the hospital to look after Noah. She kept blaming herself as she continued to look at him while he was fast asleep. She didn’t spend much time with him and yet something like this happened. She was an incompetent mother. Would Noah blame her one day when he found out that she was his biological mother?
She didn’t sleep for the night and she went home before the day broke and made breakfast. She made sure that Stella ate her breakfast and filled the thermos with breakfast before heading back to the hospital.
Just as she was about to enter the patient’s room, she heard a familiar voice coming from the room. Hayden paused as she opened the door and her grip tightened.
“I dropped whatever I was doing and rushed over as soon as I heard that Noah was hospitalized. I even brought breakfast for Noah. I oversaw the making of the breakfast by my maid and I can guarantee that there aren’t any unhygienic things in it.” Viola said with a tone that could cause anyone’s goosebumps to rise.
Joseph calmly answered, “Thanks for your concern.”
“Come, Noah, I’ll feed you.”
She could see clearly from the door that Joseph and Viola sat on either side of Noah. Viola held onto a bowl of porridge and was caringly feeding Noah. Hayden paused at the door and felt empty within her. She then turned and left.
In the room, Noah reluctantly took two mouthfuls of the porridge and then started to shake his head.
Viola glanced at Joseph from the corner of her eyes and said, “Your stomach must still be unwell. I’ll leave it here first. Let me know when you are hungry and I will feed you.”
Noah’s shoulders drooped as he was apprehensive of her. His little hand emerged from under the blanket to tug at Joseph’s sleeve.
Joseph grabbed his hand and asked, “What’s the matter? Are you still feeling unwell?”
Noah shook his head and looked towards the door.
“She didn’t come.” Joseph knew what he was thinking and frowned as he answered.
It was debatable whether it was food poisoning. But when he came in the morning, he saw Noah looking weak as he laid on the bed by himself. Joseph became angry when he saw that there wasn’t someone accompanying Noah.
Hayden didn’t give birth to Noah and that was why she could treat him so haphazardly. If it was her daughter who was on the hospital bed, he was sure she would not be an inch apart from her daughter. How could she leave such a small kid alone at the hospital?
As he was pondering, Viola said, “I heard that last night Hayden brought little Noah to the night market to eat. Those places are very dirty and unhygienic. How could she bring a kid to eat at that kind of place?”
Joseph heard Mark mention this but he got even more frustrated when he heard it again. His frown clearly revealed his disdain for this incident.
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