The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 257

Lucas was restless. He couldn't stop looking back and forth between Paige and Joseph.

The two were as if they were glued together.

A few hours after the plane took off, Paige fell asleep.

Noticing that, Joseph took the blanket and gently covered Paige with it.

He then held Paige in his arms and gazed at her intently.

Joseph was very gentle with Paige, which was something that Lucas had never expected to see. Lucas thought to himself that it seemed like Joseph really fancied Paige.

Still holding Paige in his arms, Joseph softly asked, "Do you disapprove of her like my dad?"

"No, Sir Joseph! How would I disapprove of her!" Answered Lucas hastily. He was well aware of where he stood. No matter how civil Hayden treated him, Lucas was only a servant.

And Joseph was Hayden's son. It wasn't Lucas' place to have any sorts of opinion towards the person Joseph liked.

"Then, do you know why my dad doesn't like her? She's such a docile and amiable girl. When she didn't know who I am, Paige pawned all her jewelry to help me, she worked to pay for me, and she even learned to cook for me. I don't think there will be any woman out there who would treat me better than her."

"Well... Miss Anderson is indeed a very good woman. However, I believe that with your reputation, there will be many other women who are willing to do anything for you," Lucas replied tentatively.

"Yes, there are many other women out there but she's the only one I like."

Upon hearing what Joseph had said, Lucas held his tongue. He was going to persuade Joseph, but it didn't seem like it would work.

He understood what it felt like to be chased after by so many women, yet none of them was whom he liked. After a long time of silence, Lucas said, "But Sir Hayden won't approve of your relationship with Miss Anderson."

"I can wait until he does!"

"What if he never approves of it? I know you can wait, but can Miss Anderson wait?"

Joseph fell silent and Lucas didn't speak further, either.

The silence persisted until Paige woke up.

Her eyes fluttered open and she said, "Uh.. I'm so thirsty!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Joseph waved to the flight attendant and asked for water. Then, he opened the bottle and brought it to Paige's mouth.

After Paige took a few sips from the bottle, Joseph proceeded to drink up the remaining water in it.

Lucas gaped at the scene. He couldn't believe that this was the same man he knew and cared for. He was so obsessed with hygiene to the point that people wondered if it was clinical.

Initially, Lucas was confident in his promise to Hayden that he would help to make Joseph see the good in Paisley. But now that he saw how Joseph acted around Paige, his determination was shaken.

He had to tell Hayden about this, Lucas thought. It must be done the moment they got off the plane.

More than ten hours later, the plane landed at Sydney Airport. With Paige in his arms and Bobby handling their luggage, Joseph and the group hurried to their accommodation.

The Dawson Group had a large enterprise in Sydney. Since Hayden really liked the city, he had bought a house here. So, they didn't book a hotel and went straight to the villa that Hayden had bought instead.

Because of the nap on the plane, Paige was in high spirits. After they arrived at the villa, she took a bath and changed into fresh clothes, and then she went shopping with Joseph. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Naturally, Bobby left with Joseph without hesitation. Lucas took the opportunity and called Hayden immediately.

Knowing that Joseph had brought Paige along, Hayden's blood boiled, "How can you let this happen? Why didn't you tell me in advance? Paisley has already gone there. How am I supposed to explain it to her?"

"I wanted to tell you as soon as I knew. But I didn't see Sir Joseph before I boarded, and when I did,

Paige was already on the plane. After that, Sir Joseph has been keeping his eyes on me. I only have the opportunity to report it now," Lucas explained.

Then, he continued to ask, "Sir Hayden, what should we do now?"

"What else can we do! I didn't think Joseph would do such a thing either," Hayden bellowed.

He was irked by Joseph's unthoughtful behavior, "Joseph, you rascal! He did this on purpose to anger me, didn't he?"

Lucas didn't respond to Hayden's complaint.

Instead, he asked, "Then, are we going to stick with the plan?"

After pondering for a moment, Hayden answered, "Yes, let's proceed with it." He had everything planned out. So, it upset him to even think about changing their plan all of a sudden.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and he began to give Lucas instructions.

"Ask Joseph to go to the company and tie him down with work for now."

"Should I inform Ms. Anthony?" Lucas asked.

"There's no need for that. I've already got everything sorted out, so we only need to stick to our plan. This time, we're going to put Paisley under the same roof as Joseph and let her work her magic. If she can make Joseph leave Paige, that will be great. But if she can't, I'll think of another way."

"I'm just afraid that Ms. Anthony will change her mind when she sees Sir Joseph and Paige together."

"She won't. If she would, she would have done so when Joseph punished Charlotte and Sophia in public on the yacht", Hayden replied with great certainty.

"You don't have to worry about Paisley. What you need to do now is to keep a close eye on Joseph for me. I'll give him work at the company to make sure he doesn't have the time to hang out with Paige while I'm going to have a talk with Liam to have him educate his daughter!"

Joseph had left Hayden no choice. Hayden was planning to first warn Liam to keep Paige in check. If Liam failed to do so, he would have to talk to Paige himself.

Meanwhile, Joseph and Paige just finished their meal and they headed to the Harbour Bridge.

It was the first time Paige visited Sydney, and she was here with her lover. So, she was elated.

Like all the other girls, she kept posing and asked Joseph to help take her photos. She also pestered Joseph to take selfies with her.

Just as the two of them were having a good time, Hayden called, "Joseph, go to the company at once."

"Now?" Joseph frowned and asked, "Can I go tomorrow? I'm tired after the flight. I'm not in the mood to do anything."

"It's urgent. You have to go to the company immediately to handle it. I want you to brief me about it later."

Then, without giving Joseph any chance to speak, Hayden hung up the phone, leaving Joseph upset by the sudden news.

Listening to the conversation between Joseph and Hayden, Paige thought that Joseph was really needed at work. So, she coaxed, "Your work comes first. We can always hang out when you're free later."

Since even Paige had said so, Joseph yielded in and took Paige back to the villa.

After making sure that Paige was settled down, he left for the company with Lucas and Bobby.

Hayden had made an effort to keep Joseph away from Paige for as long as possible.

So, he found a few complicated cases for Joseph to handle.

In Hayden's opinion, it would take some time for Joseph to tackle the collaboration cases with other companies since he had never managed a company before.

As a result, Joseph would be so occupied with work every day and thus he wouldn't have the energy to spend time with Paige.

Hayden thought he had a faultless plan, but he didn't know that Joseph was the sharpest tool in the shed.

As someone gifted in business, the collaboration cases that Hayden had left Joseph to be in charge of were too easy for him.

However, Joseph couldn't expose his ability.

So, he pretended to be busy with the cases for a few hours and didn't leave the company until late at night with Lucas and Bobby.

Since it was so late at night, the streets in Sydney were almost empty. Sitting in the back row, Joseph closed his eyes for some rest. However, as they were driving past a junction, a woman with disheveled hair bolted out of an alley.

"Help!" The woman shouted for help as she ran.

Then, when she saw Joseph's car, she threw herself right at it.

Bobby quickly stepped on the brake and stopped the car, only inches away from hitting the woman in front of their car.

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