Chapter 67: He Is Taking Advantage of Her


    “Right, you guys must have introduced yourself I presume?” Hayden looked at Joseph before shifting


    her gaze to Freddie, “Do you need me to introduce him to you?”


    “There’s no need for that.” Joseph eyed Freddie with an undecipherable expression on his face. His


    tone was strangely distorted, “Your future little boyfriend has just introduced himself to me.”


    Hayden was startled a little and then she shot a nce at Freddie, “Did you just spout some nonsense


    again?”


    Freddie was furrowing his brows in obvious dissatisfaction, but he could only answer timidly, “What do


    you mean that I am spouting nonsense?”


    “This is Freddie.” Hayden exined to Joseph, “He’s a cello yer, but he’s out of job at the moment.”


    “I see, so is he living off of you?”


    Joseph nced at him faintly and he sounded a little sarcastic.


    “Who do you think is living off Hayden? I am just staying here temporarily, and what’s more, I am going


    to sign a new contract with a newpany.” Freddie returned Joseph’s nce vehemently.


    “I sure do hope so.” Hayden shot him a nce with utmost powerlessness.


    “I need to go prepare something in the kitchen. You guys can continue chatting.”


    When Freddie was going to enter into a long exnation about the fact that he wasn’t really without


    ie during this period, Joseph swiftly snatched the raw food on the floor and darted into the kitchen


    before anyone else could.


    “What are you doing?” Hayden chased after him.


    “Let me help you.”


    The two of them entered the kitchen one after another while Freddie was staying still in the same spot


    with a petrified expression on his face. As the creases on his brows deepened, he followed their


    footsteps, “Let me help you too.”


    “The kitchen is not very spacious. You’d better don’te in here and stir up some trouble. Go look for


    Ste.”


    Hayden ordered with an unhappy tone as she shut him out of the kitchen by sliding the ss door


    close.


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    Freddie was a little frustrated, “Don’t keep treating me as a child.”


    After mming and tapping the door for some time, Hayden suddenly pulled the door open and shoved


    a bag full of bean sprouts into his embrace, “Alright, since you’re an adult now, help me to pluck off the


    leaves on these bean sprouts.”


    Immediately after saying that, she mmed the door shut.


    “What?”


    Freddie didn’t know what kind of reaction he should show at the moment.


    What he actually meant was that Hayden should see him as an equal adult in terms of maturity and not


    only seeing him as merely as a friend like her younger brother. Her treatment of him would only attract


    mockery to him, just like that guy’s response.


    Joseph was washing tomatoes by the sink and after seeing Hayden shutting Freddie out of the kitchen,


    a sense of relief took over his heart. His pent-up frustration ever since encountering this guy was now


    gone without a trace.


    He was a little shocked at how he was handling his emotion up to this moment.


    “You should just let me wash them since you are a guest. You can just wait outside.”


    Hayden discovered to her surprise that Joseph would even soil his own hands in helping out her tasks


    in the kitchen, which made her feel a little sorry for him.


    Joseph ced two freshly-washed tomatoes on the chopping board while replying casually, “No


    thanks, I have some time on my hands anyway.”


    “Th...Then, alright.”


    Hayden didn’t have anything more to say towards him.


    When all of the vegetables had been finely sliced, Joseph was still not nning to get out of the


    kitchen. Hayden asked in confusion, “Are you sure you don’t want to go out? There will be a lot of


    smoke when I start frying these vegetables.”


    “Didn’t you say that you want to teach me how to cook?”


    “Huh? You mean now?”


    Hayden was astonished by what he had just said. When they were in the Imperial Vi, she had offered


    to teach me about cooking, but he didn’t look vested in this activity at that time. Why would he suddenly


    offer to be her student now?


    “That’s right.”


    After getting his affirmation, she was still slightly stunned, “Alright, you can watch me when I do it.”


    She was going to cook up braised chicken wings now.


    Hayden took the ss container containing marinated chicken wings and signalled for Joseph to pay


    attention, “You must have never seen the process of marinating chicken, so I will briefly tell you how to


    do it. You lightly make three openings with knife on the front and back side, sshed soy sauce and


    some wine on it as well as put some ginger on it and make sure the ingredients are spread evenly by


    mixing in some flour and turn and toss it. Use a stic wrap to seal it and let the whole thing sit in the


    fridge for an hour. Then we will have this end product here.”


    “I see.”


    “Pour some oil into the wok and let it heat up. Next, sprinkle some freshly-sliced condiments first to


    create some aroma by frying…”


    As she said that, Hayden tossed the onions, ginger and garlic into the wok, and with a loud sizzling


    sound, the oil started to boil and react. She subconsciously took a step back and identally bumped


    into Joseph’s broad chest.


    “I’m sorry.”


    She turned around to apologize but she lost her bnce when her legs slipped.


    Joseph was able to react fast by cupping her waist and preventing her from stumbling to the floor. His


    cool face had a fewyers of tenderness as he asked, “Are you alright?”


    “I...I’m fine.” Hayden swallowed hard.


    She was not fine, of course as her heart almost jumped out of her chest. She could feel his grip on her


    waist and by raising her face upwards and his handsome face was just inches away. She could even


    sniff the fragrance emanating from his body.


    Suddenly, the door to the kitchen was slid open, and Freddie screamed, “What the hell are you guys


    doing?”


    Hayden snapped back to reality as she fumbled around to break free from Joseph. However, her feet


    were even more slippery now and her whole frame was on the verge of crashing down to the floor,


    which only prompted Joseph to hug her tighter.


    There was fire in Freddie eyes as he roared at Joseph, “Hey, what are you doing? Where are you


    touching on her body? Let go of Hayden.”


    Joseph helped Hayden to stand on her feet steadily before letting go of her casually. He nced at


    Freddie slightly and replied, “I am showing you why we ended up in that posture just now.”


    “Y...you are just taking advantage of her.”


    “Freddie, you better shut up now.” Hayden red at him with her face blushing, “I almost fell down just


    now, and it was all because of your screams.”


    Freddie was not willing to sumb just yet. He shot a gaze at Joseph and said, “I want to learn


    cooking in the kitchen too.”


    “You better don’t joke with me. How would you have any time to cook? After you sign with the new


    company, all of your time would be upied.”


    “Then, does that mean that guy have a lot of time to do that? Isn’t he the president of apany?


    Since when did president need to cook for himself?”


    Freddie had a look of animosity on his face.


    A man knew another man the best. If Joseph, a president of apany was here in an employee’s


    house, looking like he had a lot of time, in his deduction this president must have some ulterior motives.


    If that was not the case, he would have his name written backwards.


    “Hayden is the one who suggested teaching me cooking.” Joseph eyed him nonchntly, as if victory


    was already in his grasp.


    On the side, Hayden was ovee by goosebumps when he heard Joseph calling her by her name


    intimately.


    She couldn’t recall since when her rtionship with Joseph was so close that he could call her by that


    name.


    Freddie didn’t care about what kind of excuses he wasing up with, he must stay behind to learn


    cooking no matter what. The time was gettingte, and Hayden didn’t have the energy to go into a tug-


    of-war with him, so she agreed to teach him.


    The two men were nking Hayden as if they were guarding her. It was a sight to behold.”


    “Next, slowly put all the wings in the wok, but since it the oil would ssh, you better take a step back.”


    After making sure she had reminded them, she slowly poured a te of washed chicken wings into the


    wok.


    The moment the wings came into contact with the oil, a huge sizzling sound could be heard, and


    droplets of oil were jumping around.


    “Be careful!” Freddie let out an exmation while pulling Hayden into his embrace. They turned around


    with Hayden being hugged by him.


    On the other hand, Joseph was slightly slow on his feet, but he was intending to pull her close to him


    too. Too bad, he wasn’t able to grab her because Freddie had cut him off by doing that first.


    “Hey, what are you doing?” Hayden was infuriated as she pushed Freddie away, “Do you think we are


    filming a drama? This is just some hot oil, not somendmine. What should I be careful about? You


    better get out now.”