The lamp on the corridor was on and off again and again.
Joseph rushed to come home, but he kept entering the wrong passcode. The door was warning them the password was wrong.
Eventually, they got in the door. It was dark inside.
The house was empty. Noah and Stella lived in the Beckhams' Mansion recently and GTE lived in school because of the final exams and the maneuver.
The moon's pale light cast soft shadows on the wall.
Hayden didn’t say which Léon she liked in the end. But Joseph did not bother asking her knowing that she did not like that puppet boy, in case she kept laughing at him.
The house began to warm up. Hayden felt tired after the sex, lying on the couch next to Joseph.
“Is it Anna that tells you about the puppet boys and wolf boys?”
Hayden nodded casually.
“The young men are called the puppet boys and wolf boys. How do you call an elder man?” Joseph asked.
Hayden thought for a second and stared at him, “Are you sure you want to know?”
He thought for a while and nodded, although he knew there couldn’t be a nice word.
Hayden went blank for a while and became less sleepy. She stared at Joseph, “Anna said, both the puppet boys and wolf boys refer to the young men. But the elder men who have bad temper and never compliment women are usually unkind, so there’s another word for them.”
Joseph disagreed with a frown, “A man who does not like to compliment is unkind?”
“Yeah, you never compliment me.”
Hayden looked at him awhile. She didn’t think he was the kind of man who was used to flatter, so she found an excuse for him, “Actually, a glib talker is not always popular.”
But Joseph was interested of what she said.
“What did Anna say?”
Hayden found that he was intensely curious about this, so she answered, “Old bastard.”
Her voice resounded through the large, empty house for a moment.
Joseph was upset, “I think you should find someone else to replace Anna.”
Hayden smirked, “But you said I should raise her salary a few days ago. You are the treasurer and you’ve approved that.”
“…”
Joseph could not argue that. Hayden thought Anna deserved a higher salary because of the unusual look on his face.
Hayden found it necessary to learn about some buzzword on the internet.
Hayden came to the Beckhams' Mansion to spend a weekend with her two children. Joseph wanted to fetch Stella and Noah back home. But Hayden did not consent given that she was busy at work and Harrison might feel lonely living alone.
Mark with another two servants were waiting for them at the gate.
“Good morning, Master Beckham,Ms. Downey.”
“Where’s Harrison?” Joseph got off the car, holding Hayden’s hand.
“Little Noah wanted to make a snowman the other day, so Old Master Beckham bought a snow gun and placed it on the back hill. The temperature dropped low last night. Beckham is building a snowman with Stella and Noah.”
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