Mrs. Beckham frowned.
Hayden found that a beauty like her was still elegant when she frowned although she was not young now.
The beauty raised her head slowly, “If I knew his plan, I would not let him do it.”
Hayden was stupefied, “So he kept it back from you?”
“Not exactly,” she sighed and explained,
“I realized something under way when he applied for the University of Public and Security in Nanking, who might remember the Beckham’s firmly. But in the past years, he has never done anything wrong so I haven’t asked him about why he preferred the university. But some days ago, he told me that he met Joseph.”
“Oh I got it.” Hayden was relieved.
As long as Stefan was not asked by her to befriend Joseph, it’s not likely for them to do harm to Joseph. Actually, she treated Mrs. Beckham as a nice woman.
Maybe the relationship between the mother and the son would be mended.
“Stefan is a good boy,” Mrs. Beckham explained to Hayden to reassure her, “To be honest, I hid the secret from him that he had a brother. But he is always so sensitive and smart that he later knew it and asked me why I left his brother and grandfather. I didn’t know that he read my diary and the old photos until we came to live in Lanxi.”
Although she never told him what happened in the past, and the reason why she left the family pregnant, he kept searching for materials for the truth.
“I have no idea what he has known but the only thing I am sure is that he won’t hurt Joseph.”
Her promise touched Hayden who could not help trusting her.
“So are you going to meet Joseph?”
Hearing this, Mrs. Beckham paused and her fingers holding the cup began curling. She answered,
“No.”
Hayden was silent for a while and said, “May I ask you a question?”
“Yes, please.”
“Is Stefan’s father not Joseph’s?”
All the conflicts came from the fact that Joseph’s father died in an accident but his mother was pregnant. If the baby’s father was his father, then Mrs. Beckham would not be abandoned.
But the woman in front of Hayden was not like those who betrayed their husband. Besides, she seemed to be single with a child.
So, Hayden thought that there might be a misunderstanding between her and the family.
After a few seconds, however, the woman nodded, which disappointed Hayden completely.
“Ok. Sorry to ask that question.”
“It’s fine.” Mrs. Beckham smiled, “It all passed. I won’t trouble Joseph since he has lived well these years without me. Stefan is ready to go abroad in the next year. Before that, I will give him an explanation and ask him not to come so close to his brother.”
Hayden was speechless at her words.
When they left the coffee shop, Hayden sent her back to the hospital as polite as possible.
And they met Stefan who was looking around.
Noticing that Hayden walked towards him with his mother, he was embarrassed, “Hayden…”
Mr. Beckham gave him a blank face.
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