Chapter 116



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Just at this moment…

Knock, knock, knock…

Urgent knocks on the door broke the tender moment between them.

“Miss Downey, Lillian’s awake – how are we going to fix this? The police have arrived.”

Hayden suddenly came to his senses, shoved Joseph away and sat up quickly.

Knock, knock, knock…

“Miss Downey, are you there?” Jeff sounded hesitant as he knocked on the door.

Hayden took a deep breath and forced himself to say, “I’m here. I didn’t hear you earlier. I’m busy with something and I’ll be there in five minutes, go ahead.”

“What’s wrong, do you need help?”.

Hayden was surprised to hear that and quickly replied, “No, I… I’m changing. My clothes were dirty after saving her just now.”

Hayden let out a sigh of relief after managing to convince Jeff to leave. She turned around and saw Joseph looking at her in embarrassment as he said, “You’re pretty good at lying.”

Hayden immediately blushed and glared at him, “All because of you.”

“Actually your lie wasn’t well thought out.” Joseph folded his arms and sneered, “A lot of people saw me bring you here. Don’t you think your assistant would expect me to be here?”

Hayden’s expression changed immediately upon hearing this and she was speechless for a moment. Hadn’t she just shot herself in the foot?

“Did you already know this was going to happen?” Hayden gritted his teeth and said, “You did it on purpose.”

“Yes, I did.” Joseph said calmly, “An eye for an eye.”

Hayden frowned and asked, “Why, did I offend you?”

Joseph looked deeply at her and reminded her, “Have you forgotten what we agreed to in GX City?”.

Hayden came back to herself and her face began to burn, “I was…”.

She simply couldn’t find the words and so she said. “So that’s why you held a grudge against me until today. You kept making things difficult for me and today you did it intentionally in front of so many people…”

Joseph reacted and said, “What do you mean, I made things difficult for you because of that matter?”

“Then what else could it be?”. Hayden was now upset and said quietly, “You picked on me during the meeting in front of so many people. You were getting even for your own private reasons.”

“What did you say?”

“Nothing.” Hayden avoided her eyes and stepped aside.

Joseph looked at her and then at the large bouquet of roses as his cheerful mood dissipated and he said coldly, “The scent of the flowers is too strong. Next time don’t put them in the office, it’s in bad taste.”

He said it as if he was repulsed by the flowers, which made Hayden frown and ask, “Tasteless? Then why did you send me these flowers?”.

Joseph was stunned and shocked.

“I’m an ordinary person who likes ordinary flowers, yes?”. Hayden rolled his eyes, stood up and demanded, “I’ll go out first. Wait until there’s no one outside before you leave.”

She was still flushed, but forced a calm expression as she left. As for Joseph, he still looked frightened.

When she left, Joseph walked over to the vase of roses and saw the card underneath. He smiled as he saw the words written on the card. At last he knew the truth.

So the old man had been up to his old tricks again.

In the staff rest area, Lillian had just regained consciousness. Her pale face showed how weak she was. A colleague standing near her was comforting her.

“Lillian.” Hayden pushed the onlookers away, walked over to the head of the bed and said softly, “How are you, are you still feeling bad?”

Lillian did her best to shake her head as her tears continued to fall on the sheet.

“I will look into this matter. You must never have suicidal thoughts again. Imagine how sad your grandmother would be when she found out.” Hayden’s heart ached as he clutched his cold hands.

Lillian was a receptionist he had hired a month ago. Although she left school before finishing high school and had no skills, she was very conscientious in her work. She was a poor girl who left town to work just to support her sick grandmother. This information was ascertained by Hayden personally.

As for the alleged theft by Lillian, at the moment there was no hard evidence of it. Hayden also did not believe that Lillian would do such a thing, while comforting Lillian, a commotion started outside.

“What’s going on?” Hayden frowned and asked.

“It’s Madison.” Hearing that, onlookers began to murmur among themselves.

Hearing the name ‘Madison’, Hayden could clearly feel Lillian gripping his hand tightly and seemed to be very scared.

“Don’t worry, I’ll get to the bottom of this.” Hayden patted Lillian’s hand and got up to leave. “Can everyone please leave so Lillian can get some rest?”

“Rest?” Just as the door closed, an ominous voice was heard, “If everyone who stole something can use suicide as a tactic to seek sympathy, then everyone who was imprisoned for murder should come to the tower to attempt suicide.”

Hayden looked over and saw Madison folding her arms and staring at her. She was full of disdain. She was wearing olive green shorts with a black t-shirt. She was petite and had a charming look about her.

She had just launched her career and was in the middle. Privately, she had a very bad temper and by the time they were checking into the hotel, she had already had several run-ins with the lead actress, Violet, due to the casting of the film.

“Miss Lopez, we are not covering up this matter. It is inappropriate to pass judgment before the matter is fully investigated.”

“From last night until today, she was the only one who entered my room. The security cameras also proved that I did not wrongfully accuse her.” Madison frowned and said disdainfully, “From the looks of it, you’re covering this up for her. A moment ago you risked your own life to save her – why, is she your relative?”

Hearing this, Hayden secretly rolled her eyes, but outwardly she still looked calm and said, “This matter?”

“This matter is very simple and needs no investigation. I won’t go crazy necklace, but I hate those who steal. So I have only one request: fire her and I will let the matter be resolved. If not, I’ll make sure the hotel is responsible.” Madison interrupted Hayden and raised her chin arrogantly.

“After all, this thief is your subordinate. If I were to insist on this matter, you’ll have to pack up and leave too.”

Hayden clenched his fists as he held on.

“The person who needs to pack up and leave is you, Miss Lopez!”. A cold, haughty man’s voice sounded from the hallway and everyone looked in that direction.

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