Chapter 37: Free Chef

What Viola never expected was that after Joseph had also given an order to let Hayden leave, Harrison
interrupted to withdraw the order.

“I think it’s a little more likely that Noah doesn’t need you.”

Harrison spoke coldly and gazed sharply at Joseph. He reprimanded Joseph in front of Hayden
brusquely.

“I think what Ms. Downey says is exactly right. Look at yourself, do you look like a father? You drank so
much and where were you when Noah rolled down the stairs? You were resting in your room, weren’t
you? You were indeed careless.”

Joseph was originally already remorseful for his deed and the more Harrison said, the more guilty he
became. He did not let Hayden leave anymore but just frowned in annoyance.

“Since she wants to stay, I’ll let her stay. If you want to stay, you can also stay.”

“What for I stay here?” Harrison snorted, “I’m already very old, I have no time to clean up after your
mess, I still want to live a few more years.”

Finished speaking, he called the butler and they left together.

Before leaving, he secretly made an ‘okay’ gesture to Stella. Stella reacted to that by blinking her eyes
repeatedly.

Now, it would be time for Mommy and her future daddy to stay together!

After Harrison left, Hayden pulled a stool and sat on the bedside. She used her hand to feel Noah’s
forehead temperature.



Joseph frowned.

“He isn’t having a fever, why do you touch his forehead?”

Hayden rolled her eyes at him and her expression could not conceal her contempt, “When kids are
sick, it’s very likely that it will cause fever, especially the case of post-surgical infection. If the fever is
severe in which it causes pneumonia and other complications, it will be a big problem. What on earth
do you know?”

Hearing this, Joseph’s face stiffened. He sat on the sofa and spoke with a low voice.

“Saying like these things really happen, you’re not a doctor though?”

“My mommy originally was going to be a doctor.” Stella suddenly walked to the place beside Joseph,
used both her hands and legs to climb up his lap and directly sat on it.

Joseph did not detest this girl. On the contrary, he liked her very much. So, he just carried her to an
upper position. Thinking that it was just a child’s nonsense, he did not think too much about it and just
asked, “Then why didn’t she become a doctor after that?”

“Because after having me in her belly, she had no time to take care of the other children. That was why
she did not become a doctor.”

Stella said with a cute and naïve manner. But her explanation made Joseph felt that Hayden was just
bragging and talking nonsense in front of her child. So, he felt that he somehow regained his dignity
and snorted coldly.

“If I remember correctly, doctors nowadays need seven years to graduate from a proper medical
university. Not everyone can be a doctor after saying he or she wants to.”



The fact that Hayden had fabricated her academic credentials was exposed during the interview three
months ago. She was a person who did not even graduate from a university so it was nonsense that
she could be a doctor. At most, she learnt some nursing knowledge in a vocational school. Therefore,
she was certainly just bragging in front of her kid.

Hayden’s eyes darkened slightly. She surprisingly did not retort and unexpectedly looked a bit dejected.

Seeing this, Joseph’s heart suddenly tightened. He suddenly lost his mood to utter a series of mocking
words that had been thought in his mind. So, he did not say anything.

Hayden stayed beside Noah and covered him with the blanket from time to time. Unknowingly, her
eyes became more and more bleary and she fell asleep while lying on the bedside.

In the morning, the sunlight entered through the window. She woke up with a sore back and the scene
in front of her caused her to have a complicated mood.

With two hands holding a game player, Stella was sitting on Joseph’s lap while playing games. She
seemed to have encountered certain difficulties, she looked up at Joseph for help.

“Mister, I can’t pass this stage. How to clear this stage?”

Joseph then took the game player and patiently showed it to her how to play while circling her in his
arms.

“Here, like this, you must be faster here…”

After playing like this for a long time, Joseph only realized that Hayden was looking at him. At that
moment, his gentle smile on his face slightly disappeared, “Awake?”

Hayden regained her presence of mind. She massaged her waist and complained, “I’m very tired, I
have to leave now, I have to work overtime to think about the anniversary project planning.



“If you’re exhausted, I can allow you to take leave.”

Stella had accompanied him to play games all morning so his bad mood last night totally disappeared.

“No need.” Hayden twitched her lips.

“I never do anything but someone still suspect me of having ulterior motives. If I still don’t work, I’m
afraid that someone will say that I’m trying to climb the social ladder. By the way, since I’ve talked about
this matter, Mr. Beckham, let me emphasize again, I purely want to work. I’m here just because Stella
has a good relationship with Noah. You don’t think you’re so attractive that all women want to chase
you.”

Joseph’s mood that was originally good immediately disappeared. He frowned and stared at Hayden.
His last bit of gratitude to her also disappeared.

Seeing that the war was about to begin, Stella hurriedly said, “Mommy, if you’re busy, you go back first
then. I’ll stay here to accompany Noah.”

Hayden frowned, “You don’t want to leave?”

“Why should I leave?” Stella treated Joseph as a bench, not even raising her head.

“Aren’t you coming to deliver the snakehead soup to Noah at noon? It will be troublesome for me to run
around back and forth, it’s Sunday anyway.”

She still remembered the snakehead soup? Hayden was speechless, fearing that Joseph would
suspect her of having ulterior motives again as she gave him an advantage for no reason.

But Joseph faintly spoke, “I’m not going to the company today and I’ve already put off all the things. I’ll
take care of Stella in the hospital, she’ll be fine, so you just go and do your thing.”



“Huh?” Hayden was a bit shocked. Was he meaning that he would help her to take care of her child?

“So, remember to bring lunch for three people here.”

Joseph’s next sentence made Hayden heaved a relief in her mind. Joseph was indeed still the same as
he would not suffer from any loss. If he let Stella stay here, he would have Hayden as a free female
chef, what a great deal.

Due to the anniversary project planning, Alayna purposely helped her to ask a friend out for
consultation in which the friend was specialized in event planning, so she was in a hurry. Therefore,
she did not argue more and just left, leaving Stella there. She kept yawning during the consultation the
entire morning so she had continuously had a few cups of coffee.

At noon, she went to the market to buy a snakehead and went back to stew it to make soup. She also
fried two simple dishes and put them in a portable four-layer lunch box. She then brought it to the
hospital.

Noah had already regained his consciousness. One of his arms was in a cast while the other arm
which was dislocated had just been connected back properly. So, he was apparently unable to move
his hands and could just look at the dishes in front of him pathetically.

“I’ll feed you.” Joseph used a spoon to scoop the soup and sent it to the front of his face.

However, Noah did not show respect at all. He directly turned his head aside, not even taking a glance
at Joseph. He only gazed at Hayden. It seemed like Harrison’s words that Noah would also ignore
Joseph even after regaining consciousness became reality.

“I’ll do it.” Hayden reached out her hand to Joseph, meaning to let him hand the bowl and spoon to her.



As expected, after Hayden became the one who fed him, Noah immediately smiled and drank a big
bowl of fish soup.

Joseph was slightly jealous and he said sternly.

“Noah, you have to be clear, I’m your father.”

Noah looked at him and suddenly stretched out his little foot from the cover and kicked Joseph’s leg
hard. His facial features were all twitching in anger.

“What are you doing?” Although it did not hurt, Joseph was still annoyed by his kick.


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