The Mysterious Billionaire

Hayden's attitude toward Paige had ruined Joseph's good mood, and he could only release some steam by speeding.

After speeding on for miles, Joseph finally managed to suppress his anger.

The first thing he did was apologize to Paige, "Paige, I'm so sorry that I couldn't do anything about my father's attitude! You must have felt terrible after being dismissed by him like that!"

Paige could tell that Joseph was really upset on her behalf, and she turned to console him, "Don't worry, I'm alright, don't let him ruin our time together!"

"How could you be fine? My father has really crossed the line this time!" Joseph answered with a bitter smile. He really did not expect Hayden to show his displeasure towards Paige in front of others, but the incident today proved him otherwise.

Joseph was willing to take the brute force of Hayden's anger if it meant that Hayden would accept Paige as the family's daughter-in-law. He could never bear to see Paige upset.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm not mad at your father for ignoring me, I mean it could have been worse right?"

Paige meant what she said. She had already expected this outcome, so she wasn't mad at all.

Hayden's strict demeanor was the same as when they first met, and she could still bear with it even though it was a little upsetting to be ignored. More importantly, she could get through this because she knew that Joseph would always be by her side no matter what.

Joseph was even more troubled after hearing her forgiving words, "Paige, you're precious to me and I don't want anyone to upset you. In fact, everyone should be treating you like a princess, just like I do!"

"Who cares about everyone else? I'm fine being your one and only princess," Paige smiled before reaching out to clasp Joseph's hand in her own, "Look, let's ignore what everyone else thinks and take care of each other alright?"

"Paige, no children can choose their parents. Hayden is my birth father, so how can I just ignore his actions? You must have been disappointed seeing how powerless I was against him, right?"

Joseph sighed in helplessness. He could manage such a large company, yet he was helpless when it came to Hayden and Paige.

That was because he knew the strict methods that he used on his employees wouldn't work on his father at all.

"Joseph, I know how much you care for me so I'm really not disappointed in you. Besides, it could have been so much worse today if your father had decided to take out his anger on me, but even if he did, it doesn't matter because I want to be with you." Joseph was touched after hearing words, and he lifted the hand that was clasped in Paige's to plant a kiss, "Thank you, Paige!"

"I should thank you! Joseph, promise me that you'll control your temper and ignore how your father treats me, okay?"

"Why do I have to?"

"You know how much your father dislikes me. It'll only get worse if you continue to defend me when he's trying to target me. You should just leave me be when he does so!"

"That is dependent on how he treats you. I won't step in if he's only ignoring you, but if he does something out of line, I might not be able to control my temper!"

Joseph was conflicted because he did not want Paige to feel troubled, but at the same time, he did not want Paige to incur his father's wrath as well.

"Look, why don't you stop going against your father so that we can make peace with your family? We should always respect our elders, right?"

As they arrive at the Wolf Group, Joseph was in a better mood after he realized how thoughtful Paige was.

He was going to guide Paige into the hotel when suddenly Paige stopped him, "Wait, your father would be outraged if he sees that we went into the hall without him."

Joseph paused and decided to wait for Hayden and his guests to arrive. He understood that Paige was bearing with Hayden for his sake, and he did not want to make things even harder for her.

It did not take long for Hayden's car to pull up in front of the hotel. However, when Hayden got off his car, he ignored both Paige and Joseph who were waiting for him. Instead, he walked past them into the hotel with a grunt.

Paisley got off the car after Hayden and she greeted both of them with a smile, "Mr. Dawson, Miss Anderson, let's go in!"

Lucas also got off smiling, "Yes, Sir Joseph and Miss Anderson, let's go!"

With Joseph and Paige holding hands, the six of them filled the lift that brought them to the hall.

Hayden had invited the senior executives of Dawson Group to the dinner tonight, and he did not want to make a fool out of himself in front of them.

When they arrived, it appeared that the senior executives were being entertained by Charles and Elizabeth. Their eyes were drawn to Joseph and Paige when Hayden's group arrived, and they immediately made their way to greet Hayden.

Paige was not only known as a former employee of the Dawson Group but also Ethan's ex-girlfriend.

Ethan was also Elizabeth's nephew, who was on good terms with all the senior executives of Dawson Group. And this was why the crowd was stunned when they saw Joseph and Paige together.

Hayden quickly made his way to his seat with an annoyed expression on his face after reading the atmosphere in the hall.

Charles and Elizabeth were delighted as they saw Hayden's displeased face.

However, Charles knew that he had to put up a friendly facade in front of Hayden and immediately gestured to Joseph, "Here Joseph, I've saved this seat for you."

As Joseph started to guide Paige to his seat, Charles immediately pulled out the other seat next to him, "Miss Anthony, here's your seat!"