Chapter 40: She Is Your Younger Sister?
Although he knew that Stella was very clingy to him, Joseph never thought that this girl had the intention to match him and her
mother up as a couple. He froze for a few seconds before he regained his presence of mind. He fondled Stella’s head but did not
answer anything.
“Noah also likes my mommy very much.”
Stella made a killer move and winked while saying.
“You can ask Noah, I’m sure he sincerely hopes that my mommy can become his mommy.”
Joseph’s gaze fell on the hospital bed. He asked hesitantly, “Noah, is it true?
Noah nodded his head vigorously.
Joseph frowned and he heard Stella’s voice again.
“Mister, Noah totally doesn’t like the superstar. If you want to get a wife, shouldn’t you consider his opinion! My mommy has said
she will ask my opinion if she wants to find a stepfather for me.”
So, what she meant was that if Joseph agreed, Hayden would basically also agree with it too.
Bewildered, Joseph wanted to laugh and weep all at once, asking.
“Stella, don’t you have a father?”
“I have, but since I grow up, I’ve not seen my father more than twice in a year.” Stella sighed like a young adult with a face of
bitterness, “I’m very poor isn’t it?”
As she said, she secretly sized up Joseph’s expression too.
Joseph could somehow understand in his mind. No wonder Stella followed Hayden’s surname. It was probably because the
husband and wife did not have a close relationship so they separated a long time ago.
She still dared to criticize him, wasn’t that she also did not have enough care of her daughter as she did not even know what her
daughter actually wanted.
While Joseph was analysing the relationship between the husband and wife, Stella and Noah secretly looked at each other. The
eyes of both of them were flashing with lights that meant ‘aim is achieved’.
...
“You’re certain that nobody saw what happened there that night?”
In the café of the golf course, Viola, who was dressed in a casual outfit, was leisurely drinking coffee. While smiling
extraordinarily pleasantly, she waved her hand from time to time at the producer who was swinging the golf club outside the
door-to-ceiling window.
But as soon as she turned her head to look at the agent, her face was abruptly stiffened.
“Don’t worry, Viola.” The agent had a relaxed look.
“I’ve asked all of them with indirect questions. That day, those maids were busily distributing the gifts among themselves so
nobody was at the scene. When they arrived, the little child had already been lying on the ground for a while.”
“It isn’t a difficult thing to conceal that from those fools. Even if someone has seen it, I’m not afraid as a huge amount of money
can let a person do anything others ask him or her to do. I’m just afraid about the matter that Harrison has asked people to go
and investigate in the villa, are you sure they don’t find out anything? Harrison is very thoughtful.”
“I’m sure nothing can be found out by them. When I send people to ask the maids, do you know what do the maids say?”
“What?”
“They said that for so many years, they have never seen their young master bringing a woman home, but they have seen you on
his bed. In this case, do you think you’ll still be suspected?”
When this matter was talked about, Viola instantly became triumphant, “I definitely have the ability to play it by ear. You guys
really think that I haven’t learnt anything but just accompany Joseph for nothing these six years?”
The fact that Joseph did not like womanizing was known by almost everyone in Nanking. Other than Viola who was barely
considered his rumoured girlfriend, he absolutely had no woman around him. Many people even suspected that he was gay.
Regarding this point, Viola’s agent also suspected before but Viola did not take it seriously.
“I don’t care whether he likes men or women. What I want is not his liking, but the title as the young female owner of the
Beckham family.”
While they were chatting, a figure that was in the distance paused for a few seconds. After the person saw clearly that it was
Viola, she then enthusiastically walked over, “Viola, what a coincidence, you’re also here too?”
Hearing a familiar voice, Viola raised her head and looked surprised, “Chelsea? Why are you here too?”
Chelsea was dressed in a beige chic suit and was carrying a Chanel handbag which was a limited edition. She took off her
sunglasses and revealed a well-groomed face with smiles on her face. The agent gave her a seat.
“I’ve just arrived.” Chelsea put her handbag aside, “I’m supposed to play with a friend here but when I arrive, my friend says that
she suddenly has something to do so she can’t come. I’m about to leave but then I unexpectedly bump into you.”
“We haven’t seen each other for more than a year, right?”
“Yeah, you’re busy as you keep acting in a play every day, unlike me, I’m very free.”
“Can I be compared with you? You’re the daughter of the Downey family, so you don’t have to run around for a living like a
person in the entertainment industry such as me.”
“...”
The two of them knew each other when they met during a business reception a few years ago. They had a close relationship and
it was just that they had not been in touch recently.
After an exchange of pleasantries, Viola asked Chelsea how was she doing lately. Chelsea sighed.
“Everything is fine. But I’ve indeed encountered some troubles recently.”
“Troubles?”
“Have I ever told you that I have a younger sister who has the same father but a different mother as I. She has come back
recently so my father starts to pay attention to her again. He had originally agreed with my mother last time that he would let me
go to the company. But, he has started to hesitate again recently, saying that he needs more time to think about it. Is it possible
that I don’t know his intention? He’s actually considering someone else.”
“Younger sister?” Viola was slightly surprised, “How come you still have a younger sister. I’ve never heard anyone else say it.
Don’t tell me she’s your father’s illegitimate daughter?”
Chelsea frowned and said vaguely.
“There is apparently such a matter. Her name is Hayden Downey. Since she was young, she didn’t get along with us. She then
went to university to study medicine and she always stayed in the school hostel. She has never participated in the event of our
circle, So, it’s normal that others don’t know her existence.”
When Viola heard the words ‘Hayden Downey’, her face changed.
Hayden Downey? Chelsea Downey? Why hadn’t she thought of that?
“I really detest her very much.” Chelsea’s face suddenly darkened, “If it isn’t because of her, the life of my mother and I should be
very easy. But with her around, my father worries that she’ll be treated badly so he always considers her in every aspect. I’m
really irritated whenever I think of this.”
“Anyway, she isn’t your biological sister.” Viola asked tentatively, “You and your mother don’t like her. She’s also an illegitimate
daughter. So, she can never replace you. Just find some way to kick her out, isn’t this kind of thing very common?”
Chelsea did not explain the matter about the illegitimate daughter. Hearing Viola criticize Hayden like this, she felt really good. At
that moment, she told Viola about the matter in the past too.
“It isn’t that I’ve never done anything about it. I did six years ago. I managed to set a trap to let her put the Downey family in
disgrace so my father would certainly give up to let her inherit the family business. But unexpectedly, she disappeared at the
most important moment. She was indeed capable as she disappeared for half a year in the country and went overseas secretly
and even stayed there for five years.”
Hearing this, Viola’s heart thumped. She felt that something was not right.
But Chelsea was still chattering.
“It doesn’t matter to me since she has already left, but why she comes back after five years, what does she want to do? Is she
hiding her light under a bushel and thinking to fight for the family fortune with me and this is the reason she comes back now?”
Viola remembered the girl who was always around Viola, pondered for a moment and asked, “Is your sister married?”