Chapter 47: Touched? Impossible!


    “Mommy, let’s go.” Hayden came to her senses and saw the car driving off from theplex and


    coughed awkwardly.


    On the way home, Ste held Hayden’s hand, looked at her mischievously, and said, “Mommy, were


    you touched just now?”


    “Who was touched?” Hayden immediately denied, “Touched? Impossible!”


    “Then why did you stare at Joseph for so long after he left? Even I was feeling awkward.”


    “Ste!” Hayden blushed and was speechless for a moment.


    She suddenly thought of what Ste did as they exited the lift. Her expression changed and grabbed


    Ste’s cor and said, “I have not settled this with you. How can you simply invite others to our ce?


    Did you even seek my permission?”


    Ste struggled and continued to pester, “Mommy, release me, kindness begets kindness! This was


    what the teacher thought!”


    “…” Whether it was taught by the teacher or otherwise, she had to teach her a lesson today.


    The following day was Monday and Hayden met Joseph at the kindergarten after school. Joseph


    picked up his child and was about to leave.


    “I’ll send you guys back, it’s along my way.” A ck car was stopped at a nondescript old pagoda tree.


    Hayden agreed as it was difficult for them to hail a taxi and the subway was a distance away.


    Once they arrived, she thanked him politely, “Thanks, Mr. Beckham. If you weren’t always so busy, I’d


    ask you to stay for dinner.”


    The way she said it was so formal and polite as she was trying to hint to Joseph not to stay. But he


    intentionally ignored the hint and pretended that he didn’t understand her and said, “I’m not busy at all.”


    “Just nice Noah said that he likes your cooking. He doesn’t eat well when he’s at home. Let’s go.” He


    got off the car after saying.


    Hayden immediately regretted inviting them for dinner. Why did she say that? Couldn’t she just keep


    her mouth shut?


    Putting her regrets aside, she led Joseph and Noah to her ce and started to prepare dinner with


    whatever was in the refrigerator.


    “Please don’t mind that it’s a small ce.”


    “It’s better than I imagined. Come, sit down and let’s eat together.” Joseph was serving food for the two


    kids and behaved with familiarity as if he was in his own home.


    Hayden felt strange after listening to what he said, removed her apron, and sat opposite him at the


    table. The atmosphere was awkward and she tried to start a topic to improve the mood, “I heard from


    Mr. James this afternoon that you frequently have dinners to attend.”


    “Yes.”


    “Then what about today?”


    “Not tonight.”


    “Oh.”


    After a short and meaningless conversation, Hayden decided to keep quiet and not to speak. Joseph


    didn’t seem to want to continue with the conversation. It was better for her to not speak to reduce the


    awkwardness.


    It was quiet for a moment before Ste began to talk about what happened in school. Joseph also


    found that interesting and asionally joined in the conversation. Noah just nodded or shook his head


    as the conversation went. The atmosphere began to warm up.


    After dinner, Joseph was chatting with the two kids in the sitting room as Hayden was washing the


    dishes in the kitchen. It was close to nine o’clock when she finished.


    “It’ste. I’ll take Noah home.” Joseph stood up from the sofa and said.


    Hayden was startled and what she had prepared to say to urge them to leave was unnecessary now.


    She felt embarrassed that she even had those thoughts. Once she walked them out, she began to be


    polite and formal again, “Please forgive me if I wasn’t a good host. Doe again in future.”


    Joseph held Noah’s hand and smiled, “Okay.”


    Hayden’s heart sank and felt that Joseph didn’t grasp the hidden message in what she said. Would he


    take it at face value?


    The next day, the ck car stopped at the old pagoda tree again. They took a lift and had dinner at her


    ce again. They ended up having dinner at her ce three days in a row. Joseph had brought his son


    to her ce for dinner and Hayden increasingly found it inappropriate. On Thursday, she intentionally


    avoided the old pagoda tree and took the subway home with Ste.


    Joseph did not go to her ce for dinner that night.


    Hayden prepared two dishes and a soup for dinner. She said to Ste as she served her the food,


    “Come, eat this, it’s nice.”


    Ste was the same as before and didn’t feel any different because Joseph and Noah weren’t there.


    However, it was Hayden who felt somewhat empty inside her. The house seemed quieter without the


    two of them although they didn’t speak much.


    The next day after school ended, Hayden picked up Ste and was hesitating whether to walk by the


    old pagoda tree. Her phone suddenly rang.


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    It was Joseph.


    “Mr. Beckham?”


    “Are you picking up your kid?” The voice was strong and firm.


    “Yes.”


    “Can you pick Noah up for me? I have something on and can’t leave.”


    “Ah?” Hayden was stunned and turned to look at the kids. She indeed saw Noah waving vigorously at


    her. He must be trying to get her attention for some time as he was perspiring profusely from waving to


    her.


    “Okay, I will. Rest assured that I’ll take good care of him.”


    “Thanks, I’ll pick him upter.”


    “Okay.”


    She exined to the teacher and picked Noah and walked to the car which was parked under the old


    pagoda tree. Joseph’s steward, Mark, sent them back to her ce.


    Along the way, Mark looked into the rearview mirror and said, “Ms. Downey, you have no idea how


    thankful the maids at the vi are for what you are doing.”


    “Why?” Hayden was puzzled.


    “Firstly, young master frequently refused to eat his dinner. This resulted master to be upset with the


    maids for countless times. Now that master has young master eating at your ce, everyone is more


    relieved. Yesterday even the cook asked if you can teach her how to prepare the dishes that young


    master likes.”


    Hayden was stunned, “He brings Noah to my ce because of Noah’s refusal to eat?”


    “Yeah!”


    Mark looked puzzled, “Then what does Ms. Downey think the reason was?”


    “Oh, I thought the same.” Hayden quickly said but her heart was unsettled.


    All these started to make sense when she thought about Joseph saidst Saturday that he wanted her


    to be Noah’s nanny and them going to eat at her ce these few days.


    He just wanted to let his son eat better. She had thought too much into what had happened! She was


    d that she wasn’t too obvious about what she thought, otherwise it would have been awkward.


    When Joseph picked up Noah that night, Hayden said as they left, “Mr. Beckham, you and Noah may


    come for dinner anytime you wish.”


    Joseph remained nonchnt as before and simply nodded, “Okay.”


    Noah fell asleep in the child seat as they left the apartmentplex.


    Mark was driving, looked into the rearview mirror, and said, “Master, I had done as you instructed.”