The CEO’s little ones

Chapter 64:

Hayden’s dinner was no less impressive than the previous one. Six beautiful dishes were served on the table. There were shredded carrots and cucumbers, boiled peanuts and peas, and the most fragrant of all, a bowl of fried meat and bean dip. The fragrance was overflowing.

She prepared a large bowl of noodles for Joseph, with gravy and garnishes. She served it to him and said nonchalantly, “You mix it up. It’s delicious.

After saying these words, she hurried to prepare her own noodles.

Joseph pressed his palms against the bowl of noodles. They burned a little. Even his eyes, which were looking at the busy woman beside him, began to burn a little.

It was rare for a person from a wealthy family to have the opportunity to see members of his own family preparing food themselves. His house was full of servants and maids, everything was prepared by them.

He had lived like this since he was a child, but this scene in front of him reminded him of some images from his childhood, triggering memories and at the same time some old scars.

Hayden took a few big bites, and only half of the bowl of noodles remained, she felt satisfied. She looked to the side and saw that Joseph’s bowl was still full of color, it looked the same as when she served it to him.

“Why aren’t you eating?” She asked in confusion. After a moment of silence, she asked softly, “Haven’t you had fried bean noodles and meat sauce before?”

“Is it weird that I haven’t eaten it before?”. Joseph answered her.

N City is in the South, noodles with fried beans and meat sauce are unique to the North. Although they are also common in the South, they tend to be found mostly at street stalls. His private chef would not serve noodles with fried beans and meat sauce to Joseph during his meals, and he would be even less likely to eat at a street stall.

“Uh, not weird, not weird.” Hayden forced a smile and reached out his hand in a flattering manner. “If you want I’ll help you stir it.”

“No need.” Joseph held the chopsticks and stirred them on his own. His movements were not entirely deft, but not clumsy either.

“I actually understand you pretty well.” Hayden tried to make up for his rudeness of a moment ago, “When I was still the second daughter in the Downey Family, while I was at home, no one asked me to cook, my stepmother and sister didn’t either. So something like fried bean noodles and gravy, I guess that’s something Chelsea would never eat in her life.”

Seeing that she didn’t mind talking about her family, Joseph showed a slightly surprised expression. But, his expression returned to normal after a split second, and he asked, “Did your stepmom treat you well?”

“What do you think?” Hayden rolled her eyes.

If her stepmom treated her well, would Chelsea treat her this badly at Kingsley and Michelle’s engagement party? Like father, like son, it was so obvious.

Joseph frowned and asked again, “You don’t seem to mind?”

“I don’t mind.” Hayden took a big bite of the noodles and said in a slurred voice, “For me, the people who were good to me, the really important ones in my life have passed away. The ones that are left aren’t important and don’t matter much.”

Joseph was a bit taken aback, thinking that he had touched his sensitive spot. He felt a little guilty, “I’m sorry.”

“What do you have to be sorry for?” Hayden twitched the corners of her lips, smiled mockingly to herself.

“You know something? My father always told me that my mother passed away from an illness and that’s why she remarried. The whole Downey Family and even my grandfather said the same thing, but if my father really didn’t cheat on my mother back then, how is it possible that Chelsea was born before her mother married my father? She was even two months older than me.”

Adults think it’s easy to fool children. But, even if children are childish, they are not stupid.

“Do you hate your father?”

Hayden nodded once, but then shook his head.

“I wouldn’t know. If he had treated me worse, I would have hated him, but ever since I was a child, he never hid his preference for me. Then I realized that, in reality, my father had done nothing wrong with me. After all, he just resented my mother and grandfather.”

The Downey Family was built from the ground up by Hayden’s father. At the time, it was Hayden’s mother’s generous dowry that became his first seed money. How else could the Downey Family have become what it is today?

“So you don’t hate your father.” Joseph looked at Hayden with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

“Not really, that’s a matter between parents. We, as children, have no right to interfere.” Hayden raised his eyebrows and did his best to look nonchalant, “Besides, I don’t live with him now. If it were you, would you do anything?”

“If it were me.” Joseph lowered his voice, which inexplicably sounded cold. “If it were me, I would have made him get the hell out of the house along with his mistress.”

Hayden stood stone-faced, staring at Joseph in surprise.

“I’m full.”

He placed the chopsticks on the table with a slight thud. Although it wasn’t loud, it gave the impression that he was angry.

Joseph quickly left the second-floor room, and Hayden was puzzled. What had she done to anger him?

In the second-floor master bedroom, the light was dim. Joseph opened a book on the bed. There was a photo torn in half, one half was crumpled and the other half showed a young boy perched on the shoulders of a very animated handsome man.

Joseph held up the photo. His thumb poked at the edge of the photo. His finger exerted so much pressure that the edges were almost torn. The light shining on his face, he looked a little shaken.

In all these years, he had never admitted to doing anything wrong.

It was that woman who had betrayed his father and had been with another man behind his back, even indirectly killed his father because of it. So even if she was his mother, there was nothing wrong with him kicking her out of the house with his own hands.

But Hayden said it was a matter between parents, and the children had no right to interfere….

The next day, when Joseph woke up, Hayden had already prepared breakfast and was eating at the table with his two sons.

“You’re awake now, let’s eat.” Hayden looked at him and said with a smile, “I made polenta with red dates, it’s good for your health.”

Joseph didn’t answer. He pulled the chair closer and sat down. His attitude was obviously colder than before.

Hayden noticed it too and felt a little uncomfortable, but she didn’t understand what she had done to provoke him. She would be glad she didn’t have to live here, but she couldn’t let her work suffer.noveldrama

The maid served the polenta in front of Joseph. He put his head down and tasted it, said nothing and ate everything on his plate.

Hayden was then relieved. It’s true that you have to put up with other people’s bad temper when you live in their house.

It’s better to finish the job as soon as possible.

After that day, Stella continued to stay in the Imperial Village. Hayden and Joseph would send the children to school together in the morning, and Joseph would pick them up himself in the afternoon.

The private chef at Villa Imperial seemed to be able to pinpoint the time Hayden got off work in the afternoon. Regardless of whether he arrived early or late, everything was always ready just in time for dinner.

It took half a month to set up the festival grounds. On Friday after half a month it was officially closed.

Hayden arranged for the treasurer to pay the temporary workers’ bills. As he was thinking about whether he should leave work early to pick up Stella, suddenly his phone rang.

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