On Saturday morning, when Hayden was still sleeping, Stella woke her up and dragged her up from the bed.
“Mommy, get up.”
Hayden glanced at the clock on the bedside table in a daze and said in a desperate tone, “Stella, it’s only 7 o’clock. What are you doing?”
Stella clung herself to one of Hayden’s arm and said righteously, “Mommy, it will be your first visit to Mr. Beckham’s house. Shouldn’t you dress up yourself? Hurry up. Get up, take a shower, wear a makeup and change your clothes.”
Hayden held onto her pillow feeling quite desperate.
How could her daughter be so unrestrained that whenever she saw a man she wished so much that he could be her mother’s boyfriend?
Being urged by Stella, Hayden casually wore a light make-up and took out a T-shirt and a pair of jeans that she usually wore on Weekends from the cabinet. Nevertheless, before she could change the clothes, she was dragged away by Stella.
“Mommy, how can you wear these?”
“Then what should I wear?”
“This one.” Stella dragged a claret-red backless dress from the cabinet, “This dress is beautiful.”
“Are you crazy?” Hayden patted Stella’s forehead sulkily, “We’re not going to a nightclub. Moreover, this is a formal dress. We’re just going to your classmate’s home to have fun with him, is there a need for me to wear a formal dress?”
“Then this one.” Stella was not discouraged and dragged a dusty blue dress out of the cabinet. “This one should be okay, right?”
Stella took out the dress from the cabinet and examined it for a while. It was indeed beautiful, but she was a bit hesitant, “Will it cause inconvenience if I wear a dress? You two are so naughty after all.”
“It won’t.” Stella raised her hand to make a vow, “I promise that I’ll be obedient today.”
“Only a fool would believe in your words.”
Hayden intended to ignore her, but Stella pulled her cloth and made a fuss to stop her from wearing the T-shirt and jeans. Having no choice, she finally wore the dusty blue dress.
At nine o’clock in the morning, the butler of the Beckham family drove a car to pick them up to the villa after preparing the breakfast.
“Young master has an important meeting to attend to this morning, so he’s not at home now and he asked me to send you and Stella to the villa first.”
“It’s okay.” Hayden expressed her understanding.
The butler was a middle-aged man in his forties. He looked quite composed and credible and drove steadily as well.
“Little Noah has suffered from several accidents recently and young master must feel sorry for these. He had fired most of the maids and manservants in the family and hired some new ones and is now wary of everyone. Therefore, I was quite shocked when I learnt that he had invited you to the house.”
“Maybe he relatively trusts me because I once saved Noah.” Hayden smiled but taunted inwardly: Everyone would be shocked. Even she herself felt very astonished.
When mentioning about the accident happened on Noah, Stella, who was sitting on a child safety seat, straightened up herself and heaved a sigh like an adult, which attracted Hayden’s attention.
“Why are you sighing? You’re so young, are you bothered by anything?” asked Hayden.
“I was sighing for Noah.” Stella wrinkled her brows, “See, Noah can’t speak and has a bad luck. I’ve never seen a child as hapless as him. Mommy, a teacher in the kindergarten said that when one is in the zodiac year of birth, he/she would have back lucks throughout that year. Is Noah in the zodiac year of birth?”
“What zodiac year of birth? Both of you are only five years old so the first zodiac year of his birth hasn’t come yet. Moreover, it’s a kind of superstitious belief. Which teacher has taught you this? And you actually take it seriously.”
Hayden felt a bit helpless but she felt distressed about Noah’s sufferings as well.
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