Chapter 270: She Was Betting


    “So, are you guys back together now?”


    It was a video call from overseas. yna looked vigorous, and she was ready to hear all the gossips


    she missed out on.


    Joseph officially moved into Hayden’s bedroom after that night. They were closer now than when they


    were in a rtionship. Joseph didn’t need to take care of hispany now, so he had more free time


    to fetch her to work and back from work.


    However, Hayden was still worried, and she couldn’t handle it alone. She needed a person to talk to,


    and the subject she needed to talk about was known by only a few persons. So, that made yna the


    best listener.


    “This is actually great. You see, you won’t need to worry so much if you’re with Joseph now. Your


    daughter is with you, and now your son too. It doesn’t look so bad.”


    “It’s not what it seems like,” Hayden was struggling, “I felt like I’ve been lying to him.”


    Hayden knew how good Joseph treated her. He was loyal, and he wanted her to be happy. In addition,


    he loved Ste.


    If Hayden didn’t know that Joseph was looking for Noah’s birth mother, she wouldn’t be so proactive


    the other night. Hayden was only looking for a safe ce before the storm hit.


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    Hayden could pretend that she didn’t know anything if Joseph found out that she was the surrogate


    mother. Since she was already Joseph’s girlfriend, Joseph might not even mention it in front of Hayden.


    Hayden was betting. She bet Joseph cared a lot for her, and he would never allow anything to hurt her.


    “You’re overthinking.”


    yna continued over the video call, “From where I stand, I thought you should be honest with him


    before he finds out. You can always send Ste to Edison first if you’re worried. After all, Joseph can’t


    kidnap Ste if she is with Edison, right?”


    “Let me think about it.”


    Hayden frowned. Even if she was going to be honest with Joseph, it is not the right opportunity now.


    “Hey, why are you so free? I heard that you took over the Downey Group to clean up their mess.


    How’re the old staffs? Are they willing to cooperate?”


    Hayden pulled back from her thoughts, “Like hell, they’re willing to cooperate. I called twice board


    meeting, but only half of them attended. I should probably leave now. I have a meeting with themter,


    and I made itpulsory.”


    After ending the video call, Hayden leaned on the back of her chair. She pinched her nose, and it felt


    like worries and misfortune in the whole universe decided tond on her life.


    The capital problem in Downey Group wasn’t as bad as what the newspaper reported. Thepany


    was only experiencing a temporary breakage in funding. Hayden actively involved in refinancing,


    reorganized thepany share, and threw in the safety money Brook Downey left. Now Hayden was a


    shareholder who held 36% of thepany share.


    What she has now was still lesser than what Sofia and Chelsea used to have together. Now that


    Chelsea was dead and her shares went directly to Sofia, but Sofia disappeared, so Hayden was the


    next person who was eligible to take over thepany now.


    The people on the board didn’t like Hayden. There were seventeen members, including Sofia, on the


    board, and half of them were rted to Sofia. The most rebel member was Sofia’s third brother’s


    daughter, Chelsea’s cousin, Belinda Mason.


    Hayden wanted to rece all three managers in the Finance Department, and she already expected


    strong opposition.


    Right after Hayden voiced out her opinion about recing the finance managers, Belinda stood up in


    anger.


    “What are you talking about? What’s wrong with the current Finance Department? Are you nning to


    rece all the old staffs with your own people? Don’t you forget, you are only a temporary director of


    the board. Aunt Sofia is the official director.”


    Belinda is a spoiled brat who didn’t know anything about the finance world. All she knew was to put on


    pretty makeup and to make life difficult for Hayden. However, this was the most difficult kind of people


    to deal with.


    Because they were unreasonable.


    Hayden took a nce at Belinda, “Well, since I’m the director of the board now, even if it is only


    temporarily, you have to listen to me. The finance managers are too old for the position, plus, they have


    aplicated history andwork with thepany. I don’t think it is any good to keep them in the


    position. They have to be reced.”


    “I don’t agree with that,” Belinda said arrogantly, “My uncle, my father, and everyone in this meeting


    won’t agree with you either.”


    “That wasn’t a discussion. That was a notice.”


    Hayden closed the files in front of her, “Disagree with me? Try and get my position.”


    Hayden then left the meeting room without looking back.


    Anna, Hayden’s assistant, quickly announced that the meeting ended for today.


    The meeting didn’t even hold for five minutes, and it ended because of Belinda. The elders didn’t dare


    to voice out. No wonder the Downey Group was in a mess, and breakage in funding could easily cause


    them to go bankrupt.


    Hayden walked out of the meeting room with the wind in her hair.


    “Stop right there, Hayden.”


    Belinda shouted Hayden’s name from afar. She sounded furious.


    “What can I help you with?” Hayden turned around elegantly in her heels and faced the furious Belinda


    calmly.


    “You didn’t want to help Downey Group, did you? You wanted the Downey Group to go bankrupt,


    right?”


    “Stop joking. I’m a shareholder of the group now. What’s in it for me to have the Downey Group going


    bankrupt?”


    “God knows what are you nning at the back.”


    Belinda looked sulky, “Don’t think that everyone has to listen to you. You’re a shareholder, but my


    father, my uncle and I are the shareholders too, and the sum of our shares aren’t any lesser than yours.


    Why should thepany listen to you? Who do you think you are? Don’t forget that the ST Group isn’t


    supporting you now. Joseph Beckham is just rubbish that got kicked out of his family.”


    The rtionship between Joseph and Hayden wasn’t a secret. Many people knew about it. People


    even knew when Joseph fought about Hayden with his family. It became the most discussed gossip of


    the town.


    As an elegant man who was always on top of the world, Joseph had high standards, but now he


    needed to depend on Hayden. Joseph’s situation now was a scene to see for those who got scolded or


    insulted by Joseph in the past.


    Hayden wanted to say something, but she felt a hand put on her shoulder. A cold, familiar voice rose


    beside her, “Before you address somebody a rubbish, shouldn’t you think about how you got that little


    amount of shares you have in hands now?”


    Joseph put his arm around Hayden and looked at Belinda coldly. Joseph still looked elegant and


    arrogant, even if he got kicked out of the Beckham family.


    “Joseph?” Belinda panicked for a second, and she quickly calmed herself down, “It’s the Downey


    Group we are talking. What does it have to do with an outsider like you?”


    Joseph took a nce at Belinda coldly, then looked into her eyes, “It has nothing to do with the


    outsider, but it has everything to do with the new Finance Manager.”