Chapter 226: Don’t You Dare to Touch Him


    The pianist continued to y the piano in the hall. Joseph''s voice drowned out by the music the pianist


    yed. Hence, it didn’t raise the attention of the whole restaurant. However, people who sat nearby


    Hayden’s table gave them some very peculiar looks.


    Edison responded first from the surprise. He asked a waiter to take care of Ste and got her out of the


    dining hall.


    Hayden then recovered from the shock. She took a nce at the woman standing behind Joseph, and


    her expression turned cold, “What does it have to do with you?”


    Joseph red at Edison and said coldly, “This is your definition of an ordinary friend? You would invite


    an ordinary friend to spend a family day together?”


    Joseph saw Edison walking out of Hayden’s ce the other day, and she sounded usible during


    their fight. Even if he said that he saw Edison walking out of her ce, Hayden insisted Edison was just


    an ordinary friend. Joseph even doubted himself because of that.


    Now that Joseph had seen Edison in a nearer distance, his instinct told him that Edison didn’t see


    Hayden as just an ordinary friend.


    “Don’t you think you owe me an exnation?”


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    Hayden was disappointed in Joseph’s aggressive question. She took a deep breath, “Joseph, I have


    nothing to talk to you. Please leave.”


    Joseph clenched his fists and sneered, “Good. I’m leaving.”


    There was a touch of coldness in his eyes. He grasped Hayden’s wrist and pulled her out of her seat,


    “You are leaving with me.”


    He felt cheated. The idea of being cheated from the beginning made him crazy. He wanted an


    exnation.


    At the same time, a strong hand grasped Joseph’s arm. Joseph’s arm was pulled away from Hayden


    and stopped him from leaving with Hayden. Joseph frowned and turned around. He saw Edison’s calm


    face.


    Edison said, “Mr. Beckham, I’m afraid it is inappropriate.”


    “It has nothing to do with you,” Joseph put on a straight face, and he sounded so cold, “This is between


    me and her. Stay away.”


    Edison stood up, but he continued to grasp Joseph’s arm. He looked gentle and said calmly, “Hayden


    is a grown-up woman, and she can go anywhere at her will. The problem now is whether she wants to


    leave with you.”


    “It doesn’t matter if she wanted to leave with me or not. This is between me and her.” Joseph


    impatiently tried to pull Hayden away from Edison.


    “What a shame.”


    Edison applied more strength on Joseph’s arm and made sure Joseph couldn’t move an inch. Edison’s


    voice was soft but determined, “Respecting and guarding Hayden’s will is important to me.”


    The coldness in Joseph’s eye grew stronger. If the coldness in Joseph’s eyes could kill, Edison has


    already been killed so many times.


    Joseph warned Edison in a cold tone, “Mr. Godfery, this is the Nanking city. Not Manhattan.”


    As long as Edison wanted to start his business in Nanking city, he had to recognise who is the boss


    here, no matter how well-respected Edison was in Wall Street and the financial sector.


    And the boss of Nanking city is the Beckham family.


    The sound of the piano stopped. It already felt like war when Joseph and Edison red at each other.


    The people in the restaurant could clearly felt something was going on between Joseph and Edison.


    Some even started to take out their phone to take photos. However, the moment they turned on their


    phone camera, some men who looked like bodyguards appeared and reminded them to turn off their


    phone.


    Some were Joseph’s men, and some were Edison’s.


    “It doesn’t matter much to me where I am to win a game,” Edison looked calm as if he already won the


    game. The way he looked at Joseph felt like he was looking at a loser.


    “After all, the root of my family wasn’t the reason I am where I am today.”


    People in the restaurant gasped.


    Joseph was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The fact that he inherited the ST Group resulted in


    the phenomena where no one would say no to Joseph even if he was incapable. Besides, he had


    proved his worth and capability throughout the years.


    However, it didn’t mean anything to Edison at all.


    He looked down on the way Joseph utilised the influence of his family.


    Joseph’s face turned livid with rage. He grasped even tighter on Hayden’s wrist. Joseph didn’t even


    notice that he looked terrible right now.


    Joseph never paid attention to all thesements before. Everyone was born to a different starting


    point. There was nothing much toment. Even if people were born in the same starting point would


    end up different. The sess of a person wasn’t decided by their starting point.


    However, Joseph felt like Edison’s words were meant for Hayden.


    He wanted to show off his session byparing himself with Joseph.


    “The root of a family?” Joseph’s eyes were colder than ever, “I bet you don’t have the idea of what the


    root of a family is.”


    Joseph’s bodyguards knew what he wanted by just a nce. In just a few minutes, the customers were


    evacuated from the restaurant, and only three of them left in the restaurant.


    “Joseph, what do you want to do?” Hayden panicked and tried to get away from Joseph, “Let go of me!”


    Joseph didn’t let go at all. He continued ring at Edison, “The root of a family means, if you don’t walk


    out of here alone tonight, you are never walking out of here.”


    What Joseph meant was pretty obvious.


    The Beckham family had rooted in Nanking city for so many years. It was impossible that the Beckham


    family has nothing to do with the underground. Being able to juggle between both the legition


    department and the underworld was the key that the Beckham family could rule Nanking city.


    It wasn’t a difficult thing to make a person disappear from the surface of the earth.


    Edison was unconcerned. He looked as calm as the beginning.


    “Is this how you dealt with things? It seems like I shouldn’t have high expectations of you.”


    The insults from Edison lit the fire of fury in Joseph. He looked at Hayden lividly, “You have onest


    chance. Leave with me, or he will never leave this ce.”


    Hayden remained silent for a very long time. When Joseph finally took a good look at her, she couldn’t


    even respond with an expression. Hayden looked stiff while she said angrily, “Joseph, you are so


    childish.”


    Hayden’s word felt like a pile of cold water pouring down onto Joseph’s reckless mind. The


    disappointment in Hayden’s words cooled Joseph’s head down a little bit.


    “Don’t you dare to touch Edison,” Hayden shook away Joseph’s hand. There were bruises on her pale


    skin. The bruises were in a shape of a palm. Hayden sounded cold and determined, “Leave me here as


    well if you dare.”