Chapter 25: Engagement Invitation Card

Viola smiled lightly. That smile was the every nightmare of Noah’s scarce childhood memory. “Come,
give me your hand.” She extended her hand. The manicured nails on her pale fingers were all painted
pink. The gems on her nails were gleaming with cold light as if resembling a kind of warning that
pierced into Noah’s eyes. Noah extended his hand while trembling and was held by her tightly. He was
then taken out by her.

“I guess he’s just scared that you won’t have time to play with him after we’re married.” Viola held his
hand and stood before Joseph with a gentle and also sympathetic look. “He only calmed down after I
explained to him that I’ll film less, take care of him with you and bring him to the theme park.” Seeing
Noah lolling his head as if he had controlled his temper, Joseph trusted her words. He felt relieved and
his thought that the marriage is an urgent matter became stronger.

It was Friday. Hayden returned home from work and habitually took the newspapers and magazines
she subscribed that day from the mailbox downstairs. She flipped through them while heading towards
the couch after entering the house. Stella rushed out of the bedroom and plopped onto the couch,
showing off her rope braiding skill at her which she had just learnt.

“Blue Castle Bilingual Kindergarten?” Hayden suddenly exclaimed. Her eyes widened when she found
a thick envelope sandwiched between the newspapers. “What’s wrong, mommy?” Feeling curious,
Stella tossed the braided rope aside and approached her. Hayden opened the envelope deftly and a
stack of paper documents slid out of it. “Enrolment letter?” She let out another exclamation. “What?”
Stella only knew a limited number of vocabularies and she frowned in a daze. “Free tuition?” Hayden
nearly screamed the rooftop off. “Mommy!” Stella picked her ear in dissatisfaction. “You’ve scared me,
what’s going on?”

With an incredulous look, Hayden mumbled, “Why are you given an offer by Blue Castle? Do you know
Blue Castle?” Stella shook her head blankly. Hayden then patted her own head, as if she had suddenly
remembered something and she muttered, “Of course, how would you know.”



Hayden had grown up in Nanking since young and she was still very familiar with the famous schools in
Nanking. Blue Castle was exactly the most expensive and most luxurious, the top most kindergarten
which ordinary people would not dare to consider in Nanking. It was renowned as the Hermes of
kindergartens, the noble of the nobles. It cost 400 thousand yuan solely for tuition fee a year, without
including meals, uniform and school activities. With rough calculations, nobody would dare stepping
into the school without a more than one million yuan annual income.

“I’m offered to study at such a good school without the need to pay money?” Stella blinked and was
slightly confused. “The point is we did not register for it at all, how would they have your personal
information?” Hayden frowned and felt weirder and weirder as she thought. “Could it be your
godmother?” Alayna had many friends and she had mentioned wanting to send Stella to a better
private school before. She had also mentioned wanting to cover her tuition and incidental fees, but was
rejected by her. Could it be she had done it before asking for her permission? Having thought that, she
gave Alayna a call and Alayna’s top was blown at the other end of the phone.

“Blue Castle? Am I that bold enough to set you up? You’ve overestimated me sis. I do have the
capability to enroll Stella into the school, but you don’t want me to pay the money, and I’m more afraid
that you can’t afford the expense there!” She then exclaimed when Hayden told her further information.
“What? Free tuition, incidental and activity fees? Have I heard it wrongly? Did you just win a lottery?”
Hayden could not help but hold the phone a distance away from her ear due to her shrill. “Okay, since
it’s not you I’ll hang up for now. I’ll think of it later.”

“Hey, did you happen to hook up with any rich guy lately?” Before she hung up, she heard Alayna
teasing her casually. Her words did remind her of something. Could it be him? Someone who had great
capability and was lavish, and even had the reason to help her, there would be no one besides him.
After a round of struggle, she still decided to dial his number. “Hi, Mr. Beckham…Sorry for bothering
you this late.” Besides Joseph, she could not think of anyone near her who was able to spend a few
million yuan at a go without blinking an eye.



Joseph’s voice sounded indifferent from the phone. “What’s the matter?”

“Sorry, but I really can’t think of anyone besides you. I’ve just received notification from the Blue Castle
Bilingual Kindergarten, and I just want to ask if it’s you who helped me about that?”

“Yes.”

Yes? Just like that? Slightly in a daze, Hayden asked, “But why?”

“You’ve saved Noah, it’s nothing.”

“The favor you return is too huge, I can’t afford to accept it.”

“To me it’s just a matter of a phone call.”

“But…” Hayden did not know how to explain her struggle. She stammered for a long while and could
not get her words right, afraid that she would make him misunderstanding her wanting for more.
“Anything else?” There was a little impatience in his voice. “No…”

“I still have things to do, and I’ll hang up for now.” Busy tone was heard from the phone. Staring at her
phone in a daze, Hayden suddenly felt annoyed and moped. There was no problem in helping others,
but couldn’t he at least ask for her needs first? If he was willing to help regarding the government
organization’s permission matter for the private kindergarten she had her eyes on, she would be
thanking him profusely now already. But why did he pick the Blue Castle out of so many choices? Even
if he had settled the fee payment, could Stella possibly accept being in a campus environment full of
kids from rich family?

“What kind of person is he?” Hayden plopped onto the couch. “What is he thinking? He actually wants
to send you to Blue Castle to study? Is Blue Castle his family business?” Stella was listening to her
words openly at the side and she had quite understood the situation. Secretly feeling happy, she said



complacently, “It could be Mr. Beckham likes me and he sends me there because he sees me cute.
Who knows maybe I’ll become his daughter in the future! What’s wrong in helping his daughter?”

“Now you’re talking nonsense!” Hayden patted her butt. “I still haven’t dealt with you of what happened
last time at the Japanese restaurant, don’t you cause me anymore trouble! I have enough problems
now!” Stella pouted and muttered, “I am not talking nonsense!”

From every condition she had witnessed so far, it was seen that Mr. Beckham actually cared for her
mom. According to the old man’s words, Mr. Beckham had never cared for any woman before and the
bias in treatment could already showed signs of a budding romance. Stella went on basking in the
delight of her almost achieving success. She glimpsed at her mother who was still sighing and frowned
in slight disappointment. Oh mommy! When can you care and strive a little bit harder for your
happiness? If you don’t work hard in life, how would you be able to enjoy life and stand out among the
women to get yourself married into a wealthy family?

Hayden was still in a melancholic mood and she tossed the stack of documents onto the tea table with
frustration. The documents accidentally touched the pile of newspapers and magazines, and all of them
slid and scattered onto the carpet. A red card caught her eyes. It flew out from the pile of magazines
before her and coincidentally fell right on her feet. Hayden did not notice it as she was concentrated on
the enrolment letter just now. She stooped and picked it up. Her eyebrows wrinkled when she took a
glimpse of it as it was an engagement invitation card.


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