The servant kept nodding her head. She felt uneasy, but she slowly muttered, “Young Madame, the air in the guest room smells bad. Mr. Beckham told you to stay in the young master’s room and he would stay in the guest room. Please take your rest. If you need anything, please let me know.”
With that, the servant quickly ran away as if there was something scary chasing her from behind.
Hayden did not catch up with her. The old mansion was really big that she lost her way after she had overlooked it. She couldn’t find her way out, so she just went with the flow.
She took a deep breath and began looking around the house.
Joseph’s room was as simple as the courtyard; the furniture was all made of scented rosewood. His room was facing south, and it was separated into two sections. The section facing east seemed like a study room. The door was half-opened, revealing a desk with a writing brush and a fine writing paper on it.
Was he still practising calligraphy? Hayden was a little surprised, so she pushed the door open and went in.
A paperweight was placed on top of the fine writing paper that had been nicely cut. After taking a close look at the content of the paper, Hayden burst out laughing while holding the edge of the table.
Two words, ‘Extremely boring’ were seen on the paper.
In this upright environment and solemn atmosphere, who could have imagined a strict man like him would write such a thing on the paper?
She laughed at the thought of that man sitting solemnly at his desk, holding a brush and writing these conflicting words.
Hayden was suddenly in the mood when she saw a few papers that were thrown into the garbage can at the side, so she squatted down and took it out.
The first paper scribbled ‘this is so annoying’, the other wrote ‘what a bad weather’, and one of it even wrote ‘wake up early tomorrow’.
Hayden was laughing so hard at the series of nonsense calligraphy that she didn’t even realize Joseph coming in.
“What are you laughing at?”
Joseph walked towards her and asked.
“Oh my, why did you appear suddenly?” Hayden subconsciously threw the paper in her hand away and gently patted her chest.
How could this man walk around without producing any sound?
“It’s you who are too focused at it. I called you but you couldn’t hear me at all.” Joseph smiled and leaned against the door.
“Did you write all this?” Hayden’s face turned red as she suppressed her laughter when she mentioned his masterpiece.
When he saw his ‘masterpiece’, Joseph immediately took on a ghastly expression and muttered, “Is it a habit of yours to look into someone’s garbage can?”
“It’s not a habit of mine, but when I see someone’s masterpiece, I think I can cultivate this habit in the future.” Hayden seemed to have not noticed Joseph’s expression as she continued teasing him.
“Boring.” Joseph took a glance at the woman who was laughing hard and helplessly shook his head.
“It’s extremely boring.” Hayden mocked him.
Seeing the humiliated look on Joseph’s face, she laughed even harder. She lost her balance as she wasn’t paying attention and fell on her butt. She couldn’t get up for a moment.
“Hahaha...ouch!” Hayden laughed and felt her butt aching. For a moment, she didn’t know whether she was crying or laughing.
Joseph was still feeling embarrassed when he saw her sitting on the ground. His humiliation turned into helplessness as he stepped forward and reached out his hand, “Alright, get up once you have finished laughing. The ground is very cold. Don’t catch a cold later and trouble me.”
Hayden held his hand trying to get up. She continued teasing him and asked, “Are you waking up early tomorrow?”
Joseph was angered by her ridicule. He grabbed her wrist and vigorously pulled her up.
Hayden was undefended as a huge force pulled her up from the ground. Her smile was still on her face when Joseph pulled her towards him. She raised her head and looked at him in daze.
“Still laughing?” Joseph lowered his head and warned her with a low voice full of aggression. Hayden recovered from her surprise. The man at that moment made her feel extremely dangerous, so she quickly struggled, “Let me go.”
“Aren’t you laughing at me? You can laugh all you want now.” Joseph didn’t have the thought to let her go, so she couldn’t struggle at all.
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