Chapter 5: Interest

Someone shouted in surprise, “Who are you? Why are you taking the exec’s lift?”

“I’m sorry, I’m here for an interview and I’m in a hurry.” Hayden wanted to get up as she spoke, but due
to the rush her long wavy hair was stuck onto the person’s button. Her scalp ached from the pull and
she fell back, her hands pressing against the man’s chest. As if being given an electric shock, she
apologized, “I, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean it!” The inner space of the lift then suddenly went into two
seconds of silence.

The people in the lift then burst out small laughter the next moment. Yet due to the presence of that
important person, they forced back their laughter and quickly covered their mouth when they saw his
grim look. Joseph obviously froze and he inevitably wrinkled his eyebrows. He had not encountered
such an absurd thing before. “I’m sorry, I’m really sorry…Could, could you lend me a hand?” Hayden
was so anxious to get her hair off but her hair got stuck deeper as she moved and her palms were
starting to sweat.

Joseph kept on feeling that that woman gave him a sense of familiarity, yet he had clearly not met her
before. And a severely mysophobic person like him did not actually feel disgusted. He kept quiet for a
second and consent to her request. He lowered his head and untied the hair strands with his delicate
fingers. “Don’t move, relax,” he said with a cold and aloof voice.

That voice…sounded familiar! Hayden was startled. She then remembered the night five years ago.
Under the dim light, she opened her eyes amidst confusion. Although she could not see the man’s
looks clearly, she could vaguely see his rosy thin lips. “Thank you.” She did not get a response and she
secretly glimpsed at him out of curiosity. That man was wearing an expensive handmade suit. He had a
pair of attractive long legs and his pursed lips were beautiful, showing his arrogant and distant
personality.



“Miss.” The assistant quickly reacted. Having thought of her fall towards Mr. Beckham, he spoke coldly,
“You said you’re in a hurry, but I suppose you only want to hit on the president?” Hit? Hayden was still
in a daze, and the man beside her actually slightly lowered his head and glimpsed at her from the
corner of his eyes.

He had had many women around him these years and there were indeed a lot of women racking their
brain trying to approach him. But since what happened five years ago, he had been unable to develop
any interest towards women. The only woman who he had come in contact with would be the woman
from that night, who was also the mother of his son.

Thinking back of the woman’s blatant action just now, it did seem that she wanted to approach him on
purpose. The coldness and disgust were then slowly showed from his eyes. He was actually nearly
deceived by the woman before him.

Hayden felt unhappy at once. “I said I was in a hurry, why are you looking at me like that?” She actually
felt grateful from the bottom of her heart when he helped her. “Logan,” the man ignored her and said to
his assistant frigidly, “Press the level button.”

Logan Reynolds pressed the button with the nearest level. After the lift door opened, he gestured
Hayden to leave. “Please go out from here, and please don’t use such a trick next time, miss.”

“Oh come on, I really didn’t…” Hayden wanted to defend for herself, but the assistant asked her to get
out of the lift with a strong attitude. Hayden gritted her teeth and shot Joseph a glare. She left the lift
and still complained softly, “Who does he think he is, why should I hit on him? Pat…” Her voice was still
audible and fear was all over Logan’s face. Was the applicant looking for trouble?

The strong ruthless aura from the man beside him made his limbs shivered and he did not dare to look
at him. He then said with a trembling voice, “I’ll call the security guard to come handle this!”



“Forget about it!” As the lift door closed, Joseph also retrieved his gaze. The woman’s words still
lingered on his ears and he actually inexplicably developed a slight of interest towards the woman. Very
good! He half narrowed his eyes and his voice was way deeper and colder than before. He did want to
see how excellent the woman’s performance would be in the interview. “Call Joshua and tell him I’ll go
for the 10 am interview.”

“Yes, Mr. Beckham.”

Meanwhile, Hayden had reached the reception room. Seeing the room compacted with people, she
suddenly felt a rush of pressure. The number of applicants was way greater than she thought. She
randomly found a position and stood there, a few women were chitchatting beside her.

“Hey, did you know, Mr. Beckham will come for today’s interview too!”


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