Chapter 332
Chapter 332:.
Mrs. Beckham frowned.
Hayden found that a beauty like her was still elegant when she frowned, even though she was no longer young.
The beauty raised her head slowly, “If I had known your plan, I wouldn’t have let you do it.”
Hayden was taken aback, “So you kept it from him?”
“Not exactly.” She sighed and explained, “I realized there was something going on when he applied to the Public Safety University in N-Town. But he’s never done anything wrong in the past few years, so I didn’t ask him why he preferred that university. But a few days ago, he told me he met Joseph.”
“Ah, I get it.” Hayden was relieved.
As long as she didn’t ask Benjamin to befriend Joseph, then there was nothing malicious in her intentions. In fact, she treated Mrs. Beckham as a nice woman.
Perhaps the mother-son relationship would mend.
“Benjamin is a good boy.” Explained Mrs. Beckham to Hayden to reassure her, “To be honest, I kept the secret from him that I had a brother. But he is always so sensitive and intelligent that he knew and asked me why I had abandoned his brother and grandfather. I didn’t know he had read my diary and seen the photos until we went to live in Lanxi.”
Although she never told him what happened in the past, nor the reason why she left her family while pregnant, he kept searching for a way to find out the truth.
“I have no idea what she found out, but the one thing I’m sure of is that it won’t hurt Joseph.”
Her promise touched Hayden, who couldn’t help but trust her.
“So, are you going to see Joseph?”.
Hearing this, Mrs. Beckham paused and her fingers holding the cup began to curl. Then she replied, “No.”
Hayden was silent for a while, then said, “May I ask you a question?”
“Yes, please.”
“Isn’t Benjamin’s father Joseph’s father?”.
All the conflicts came from the fact that Joseph’s father died in an accident, but his mother was pregnant. If the baby’s father had been Joseph’s father, then Mrs. Beckham would not have been abandoned.
The woman before me was not like those who betray their husbands. Moreover, she appeared to be single and with a child.
So Hayden thought there might be a misunderstanding between her and the family.
However, after a few seconds, the woman nodded, which disappointed Hayden completely.
“That’s okay, sorry to ask you that.”
“That’s all right.” Mrs. Beckham smiled, “It’s all passed. I won’t bother Joseph as he has lived well these past few years without me. Benjamin is ready to go abroad in the next year, but before that, I will give him an explanation and ask him not to get so close to his brother.”
Hayden was speechless at her words.
When they left the cafeteria, Hayden sent her back to the hospital as politely as possible.
And they ran into Benjamin who was looking around.
Noticing Hayden walking towards him with his mother, he was embarrassed, “Hayden…”.
Mrs. Beckham looked at him with an expressionless face.
“I think you two need to talk. I’m going to see Andrea.”
It was cold outside the hospital where there were mixtures of snow and mud.
Standing silently in the wind, Hayden was less patient. “What do you want to tell me? Be quick.”
“Okay.” Benjamin tugged at his sleeve and said hesitantly, “You know my secret?”
“Which one do you mean, do you mean that your mother is the boss of the Maple Sugar Inn, or that you’re Joseph’s half-brother?” Now Hayden was really upset.
These days she treated him like her own brother and even gave him the key to her house. But he kept a lot of things from her until she found out all his secrets by herself. If she hadn’t discovered anything, he would have continued to keep things from her.
“I’m sorry, I was wrong.” He frowned with an almost twisted face, “I didn’t mean to keep so many things from you.”
“Really. I need you to explain.” Hayden snorted, “I’ll give you five minutes because I have to pick up my daughter.”
He was quite nervous and said slowly, “I’m not a bad person, if I were, I would have told Joseph that Noah is your son.”
Hearing this, Hayden’s countenance changed to surprise.
“How do you know?”
“It’s a long story.” Benjamin was still anxious, “I came up with a lot of ideas to approach the Beckhams. You know, I majored in research, which helped me do some research. To be honest, actress Violet asked me to look into you.”
“Violet?” Hayden mused.noveldrama
Relating it to what happened to Amapola, he understood the whole truth.
“What did she send you to do, are you the one who sent Amapola?”. Hayden asked her casually.
“No!” She quickly replied, “I had nothing to do with it! When I finished the investigation, she killed those involved to hide the relationship between Joseph and you. I was also influenced by her. I hate her for this, so I didn’t help her set you up with Poppy. Besides, I was preparing for the drill at school at the time, I didn’t have time for this. You must trust me.”
Benjamin was now as nervous as a child who has done something wrong.
The two were silent for a while.
There was now a lot of traffic on the street, N City looked prosperous, lit up by neon lights.
However, no one was talking at the hospital door.
Then Hayden clenched his fist, “I can trust you, but first you should tell me what you have done in the last two years to get close to Joseph. Otherwise, I can’t believe you befriended us for no purpose. If you tell me everything, I will consider whether or not to help you hide your identity from Joseph.”
In Benjamin’s mind, he would get in trouble if Joseph knew he was his half-brother.
Besides, Joseph was skeptical and indifferent to his mother, so he would definitely think poorly of Benjamin after his secrets were exposed.
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