“Don’t worry. You can trust me. Franklin won’t make it after his drug trafficking is reported to the leadership.”
Stefan’s voice sounded confident from the phone.
Joseph nodded while thinking,
“Take care of yourself.”
“I am fine. Don’t you forget that I am accompanied by the strongest and bravest soldiers? I believe that we can carry out our plan successfully.”
After hanging up the phone, Joseph looked at a pile of materials on the desk with a cold and stony face.
Those materials recorded tons of Franklin’s evil deeds during the past years although he was not in a senior job in the ST Group.
“Master,” A servant knocked at the door, “Ms. Downey has arrived with her family. And she is talking with Mr. Beckham. Would you like to have dinner now or later?”
Joseph nodded,
“Now, please.”
Then he left the kitchen and walked towards the foreyard. At the gate, he could hear the conversation.
“Before she was brought up by the Downey family, Hayden spent her childhood in our family, whom actually we treat as our own child.”
It’s Hayden’s uncle, Nathan that was talking.
Hayden hadn’t had a future plan until Joseph had a heart-to-heart talk of frankness with her. Therefore, she agreed to Joseph’s grandpa’s request that her family members came here to meet the Beckham’s.
They had the dinner at the Beckham’s dwelling house for Nathan’s identity didn’t allow him to appear publicly, which was consented by Nathan and his wife.
Joseph’s grandpa said briskly,
“That’s right. The two kids nearly share their life experience. You know, Joseph was raised up by me because his parents were too busy in the past. So naturally he might be reclusive and taciturn. And I remember he has never been fond of a girl except Hayden. I can tell that he really loves her. And I like her, too, so it will be great if they get married.”
Hayden was sitting silently beside her aunt. There’s no need for her to talk much and all she had to do was to be an audience of the elders.
Apparently, her aunt was not satisfied with the Beckham family, who kept a poker face and seemed to neglect the enthusiastic old man after she entered the house.
When restless, Hayden noticed Joseph at the gate and stood up promptly.
“Joseph.”
Now the conversation was interrupted and everyone’s attention was drawn to Joseph.
“Oh, you are here.” Mr. Beckham beckoned to him, groaning, “Come on. Why are you so late? We have waited for you for a long while.”
keeping quiet, Joseph chose the position beside Mr. Beckham, where he could face Hayden. Between them was a long tea table made of rose wood.
Noticing the hint from Hayden who was tipping him a wink, he frowned,
“Why not call the children here now since the dinner is being prepared in the kitchen?”
It’s longest sentence that he could say because he was not good at livening things up.
However, Hayden’s aunt gave him a cold expression,
“Just take time. Don’t you know how to take care of a child? If they are here before the dinner, it’s difficult for them to stay obedient. And they will become even naughtier at the dinner time.”
Joseph failed to rely.
The atmosphere there seemed to vibrate with tensions.
Hayden suddenly said, “My dear auntie, both Stella and Noah are not naughty.”
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