The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 276

Once Lucas left the ward, he called Hayden.

Even though it was late, it was already breaking dawn back in their home country.

Hayden was already up and taking his morning stroll in the garden. So, he answered Lucas's call immediately, "Morning! I expect good news from you if you're calling so early?"

"No, Sir. Ms. Anthony failed," Lucas sighed, and he recounted what had happened earlier to Hayden.

Hayden was silent even after Lucas had finished telling the story. Not knowing what Hayden was thinking, Lucas asked tentatively, "Sir, are you listening?"

Hayden heaved a long sigh, "Yeah, yeah. I'm just wondering if I overestimated Paisley. Do you think she is capable to do this?"

Lucas thought for a moment and answered gingerly, "Ye... Yes, I think she can. She must have failed this time because she underestimated her opponent. In fact, Miss Anderson has caught everyone off guard tonight. After all, we have always thought that she only has a pretty face."

"That might be it," Hayden agreed, "But failure is the key to success, so I don't really mind Paisley's failure. I'm more worried about what Joseph thinks. As you observe, do you think he really doesn't like Paisley?"

"Yes, based on what I've seen, Sir Joseph really has no interest in Ms. Anthony at all," Lucas answered truthfully as he did not dare to fabricate his observations for the past two days.

Hayden was bewildered at this strange news, "That's weird. I thought he's a hedonist? Also, Paisley is beautiful. So why doesn't he like her?"

Lucas couldn't understand it as well, "Maybe Sir Joseph can't see the good in Ms. Anthony because he's too bewitched with Miss Anderson right now," He replied. "Actually, Sir, I'm more concerned with something else now. Do you really think Ms. Anthony can change Sir Joseph's mind?"

"I thought she could. But now I'm not that sure anymore," Hayden sighed.

Lucas prompted, "Are you going to replace Ms. Anthony then, Sir?"


Hayden considered the possibility and made his decision, "Not yet. Let's see what Paisley is going to do next. Of course, I won't be sitting back. I'll talk to Ronald and ask him to discipline his daughter. We'll see if that's going to change anything."

Danya was discharged from the hospital the next day. However, Paisley and Danya weren't as shameless to return to Joseph's villa after the incident from the day before.

Lucas, on the other hand, returned to the villa in the afternoon and he reported back to Joseph.

"Danya is discharged, but Ms. Anthony insists on not coming back to the villa because of what happened last night. So, I've found them a place to stay. They're also not planning to sightseeing anymore because they're going to go back once they got their new passports."

Joseph sneered when he heard what Lucas said, "Are you sure they're here for sightseeing? Do they even need a new passport?"

Joseph's words seemed to have a deeper meaning to them.

Lucas's heart sank, and he wondered if Joseph had already found out something about Paisley's true intention of coming to Sydney.

However, he couldn't give himself away. So, Lucas played dumb, "Of course they need new passports. How are they going to fly back home without a passport?"

Joseph only laughed coldly. He already knew all about Paisley's plan the night before when Paige played the full recordings.

However, he couldn't understand why Paisley had her eyes on him. After all, he had disguised himself as a vagabond for so long Joseph wondered if Paisley had found out about his true identity.

But then again, he was sure that he didn't blow his own cover. So, why was Paisley so bent on replacing Paige as his girlfriend? Joseph wondered.

Then, he guessed Hayden might have promised her something good. Joseph looked at Lucas coldly and sneered, "Lucas, do you think you can fool me?"

"No, of course not!" Lucas answered in haste as the hair on the back of his neck stood up from Joseph's cold sneer.

After spending the past few days with Joseph, Lucas had realized that Joseph wasn't as oblivious of things as they thought he would be. However, Lucas had to comply with Hayden's orders.

So, he forced a smile, "I would never try to do anything behind your back, Sir Joseph. I've been faithful to Sir Hayden and you."

Joseph scoffed as he knew it was only Hayden that Lucas was loyal to. Lucas clearly had a part in the scheme together with Hayden and Paisley.

It was lucky that Paige was smart enough to trick them into exposing themselves.

Otherwise, he might need to endure more of Paisley's dirty tricks until the end of their trip.

The more Joseph thought about it, the more upset he was. Lucas had to be reminded about what he should and shouldn't do.

"Your actions are speaking otherwise. What did dad promise Paisley for her to come so far as to fake a robbery in a foreign country?"

"Nothing, Sir. He has nothing to do with this!" Lucas denied.

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255