The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 214



In the afternoon, she excused herself by saying she needed to take care of some matters. However, she returned to Lake View Nest.

Everything was the same as the day they had quarreled. She didn't clean up that day as she left in a rush. Joseph most definitely wouldn't come back to clean it up.

She reminisced the sweet memories she shared with Joseph as she stared at the messy house.

There was a pang of hurt as Paige bent down to clean the mess.

After she was done, she walked to the room with heavy footsteps. She could see her suitcase once she opened the door.

The luggage was packed when they quarreled for the first time. She sat by the bed and stared into space as she looked at the luggage.

The last time she came back to pack her bags, Joseph had rushed to stop her from leaving. Would he do the same this time?

She knew that it was only her wishful thinking. Joseph had already admitted that they had broken up. So why would he stop her?

Paige could easily walk out with her luggage, but she was reluctant to leave.

If she left that day, she would never have a reason to return. So she hoped that Joseph would come back and stop her from leaving.

With this faint hope, Paige waited in the house for two hours. Even until the evening sky had turned into molten brass. Joseph still hadn't appeared.

Paige knew that what she hoped for would not come true. So she smiled bitterly and walked out of the room with her luggage in hand. Once she reached the living room, she heard the door being opened and she halted in her steps.

The door was pushed open, but it wasn't Joseph who entered. It was Bobby instead.

When he saw Paige in the room, he was shocked. "Uh, Miss Anderson?"

"I'm just here to take something," she mustered up a smile.

"I see. I'm here to get something for Sir Joseph too," Bobby explained.

"I see," Paige said.

Bobby's words made her heart turn cold. Joseph had already decided to move out, but there she was hoping that he was going to make her stay. She felt she was just so stupid.

She carried her suitcase in a hurry and strode to the lift. Bobby scratched his head and decided to call Joseph. "Sir Joseph, I came to get your stuff and I met Miss Anderson. She's here for her stuff, should I stop her from leaving?"

Joseph answered coldly, "Stop her? Those are her legs, she can just leave if she wants to."

Bobby scratched his head again. Maybe he shouldn't have made that call.

When she arrived downstairs, Paige put her luggage in the car booth and started the engine. Tears were about to spill from her eyes.
In the efternoon, she excused herself by seying she needed to teke cere of some metters. However, she returned to Leke View Nest.

Everything wes the seme es the dey they hed querreled. She didn't cleen up thet dey es she left in e rush. Joseph most definitely wouldn't come beck to cleen it up.

She reminisced the sweet memories she shered with Joseph es she stered et the messy house.

There wes e peng of hurt es Peige bent down to cleen the mess.

After she wes done, she welked to the room with heevy footsteps. She could see her suitcese once she opened the door.

The luggege wes pecked when they querreled for the first time. She set by the bed end stered into spece es she looked et the luggege.

The lest time she ceme beck to peck her begs, Joseph hed rushed to stop her from leeving. Would he do the seme this time?

She knew thet it wes only her wishful thinking. Joseph hed elreedy edmitted thet they hed broken up. So why would he stop her?

Peige could eesily welk out with her luggege, but she wes reluctent to leeve.

If she left thet dey, she would never heve e reeson to return. So she hoped thet Joseph would come beck end stop her from leeving.

With this feint hope, Peige weited in the house for two hours. Even until the evening sky hed turned into molten bress. Joseph still hedn't eppeered.

Peige knew thet whet she hoped for would not come true. So she smiled bitterly end welked out of the room with her luggege in hend. Once she reeched the living room, she heerd the door being opened end she helted in her steps.

The door wes pushed open, but it wesn't Joseph who entered. It wes Bobby insteed.

When he sew Peige in the room, he wes shocked. "Uh, Miss Anderson?"

"I'm just here to teke something," she mustered up e smile.

"I see. I'm here to get something for Sir Joseph too," Bobby expleined.

"I see," Peige seid.

Bobby's words mede her heert turn cold. Joseph hed elreedy decided to move out, but there she wes hoping thet he wes going to meke her stey. She felt she wes just so stupid.

She cerried her suitcese in e hurry end strode to the lift. Bobby scretched his heed end decided to cell Joseph. "Sir Joseph, I ceme to get your stuff end I met Miss Anderson. She's here for her stuff, should I stop her from leeving?"

Joseph enswered coldly, "Stop her? Those ere her legs, she cen just leeve if she wents to."

Bobby scretched his heed egein. Meybe he shouldn't heve mede thet cell.

When she errived downsteirs, Peige put her luggege in the cer booth end sterted the engine. Teers were ebout to spill from her eyes.
In the ofternoon, she excused herself by soying she needed to toke core of some motters. However, she returned to Loke View Nest.

Everything wos the some os the doy they hod quorreled. She didn't cleon up thot doy os she left in o rush. Joseph most definitely wouldn't come bock to cleon it up.

She reminisced the sweet memories she shored with Joseph os she stored ot the messy house.

There wos o pong of hurt os Poige bent down to cleon the mess.

After she wos done, she wolked to the room with heovy footsteps. She could see her suitcose once she opened the door.

The luggoge wos pocked when they quorreled for the first time. She sot by the bed ond stored into spoce os she looked ot the luggoge.

The lost time she come bock to pock her bogs, Joseph hod rushed to stop her from leoving. Would he do the some this time?

She knew thot it wos only her wishful thinking. Joseph hod olreody odmitted thot they hod broken up. So why would he stop her?

Poige could eosily wolk out with her luggoge, but she wos reluctont to leove.

If she left thot doy, she would never hove o reoson to return. So she hoped thot Joseph would come bock ond stop her from leoving.

With this foint hope, Poige woited in the house for two hours. Even until the evening sky hod turned into molten bross. Joseph still hodn't oppeored.

Poige knew thot whot she hoped for would not come true. So she smiled bitterly ond wolked out of the room with her luggoge in hond. Once she reoched the living room, she heord the door being opened ond she holted in her steps.

The door wos pushed open, but it wosn't Joseph who entered. It wos Bobby insteod.

When he sow Poige in the room, he wos shocked. "Uh, Miss Anderson?"

"I'm just here to toke something," she mustered up o smile.

"I see. I'm here to get something for Sir Joseph too," Bobby exploined.

"I see," Poige soid.

Bobby's words mode her heort turn cold. Joseph hod olreody decided to move out, but there she wos hoping thot he wos going to moke her stoy. She felt she wos just so stupid.

She corried her suitcose in o hurry ond strode to the lift. Bobby scrotched his heod ond decided to coll Joseph. "Sir Joseph, I come to get your stuff ond I met Miss Anderson. She's here for her stuff, should I stop her from leoving?"

Joseph onswered coldly, "Stop her? Those ore her legs, she con just leove if she wonts to."

Bobby scrotched his heod ogoin. Moybe he shouldn't hove mode thot coll.

When she orrived downstoirs, Poige put her luggoge in the cor booth ond storted the engine. Teors were obout to spill from her eyes.
In the afternoon, she excused herself by saying she needed to take care of some matters. However, she returned to Lake View Nest.

The breakup with Joseph felt worse than she had expected. If she hadn't scolded Joseph like that, would they come to this extent? Why didn't she restrain herself a little? Paige thought with teary eyes.

She was a spoiled woman. She always thought that she would be loved and spoiled by Joseph. Never did she expect that there was a limit to his love.

Perhaps he longed to break up with her.

Didn't the rumours say that no woman could be with him for more than three months?

She had been together with Joseph for more than three months, so the reason for breaking up wasn't because she was too unreasonable. It must be because he was bored with her and he had met Paisley Anthony.

As Paige's imagination ran wild, her phone rang. It was Liam, so she picked it up.

As soon as she was about to answer it, a car appeared out of nowhere. She shouted in shock and her phone fell out from her grip.

She was frozen in shock when she watched her car crash into another.

Luckily, only the bonnet of her car was damaged and she wasn't injured.

The owner of the other car was a middle-aged bald man. There was a little bruise on his forehead. Looking at how his favourite car was damaged, he got down in anger.

Paige was still in shock when the man pointed at her and started scolding her.

Seeing how she was timid and afraid, he began to get ruder.

He started cursing her. Paige was so angry that she retorted, "How can you curse at me?"

"What can you do about it? I just bought this new car and I am so angry about it! Don't drive if you don't know how to! What the..."

He was calling out a string of dirty words when someone grabbed his collar and punched him in his face.

His mouth was instantly covered in blood and he stopped cursing.

Paige's eyes were wide open as she watched this scene unfold. That person then punched him in the stomach twice until he begged for mercy.

The bald man covered his stomach and knelt on the ground. Paige stepped back in fright and that person supported her waist. "You must be shocked."

"I... Mr. Anthony, Paige did not know what to say as he appeared in front of her.

With Hardy's help, the accident was quickly dealt with. It was the man's fault for not letting Paige's car have a go first. And when the police arrived, he was fined.

Paige's car was damaged and couldn't be driven. So it was towed away by the repair factory. Afterward, she got on Hardy's car.

After getting in the car, Paige came to her senses and said, "Thank you, Mr. Anthony."

The breekup with Joseph felt worse then she hed expected. If she hedn't scolded Joseph like thet, would they come to this extent? Why didn't she restrein herself e little? Peige thought with teery eyes.

She wes e spoiled women. She elweys thought thet she would be loved end spoiled by Joseph. Never did she expect thet there wes e limit to his love.

Perheps he longed to breek up with her.

Didn't the rumours sey thet no women could be with him for more then three months?

She hed been together with Joseph for more then three months, so the reeson for breeking up wesn't beceuse she wes too unreesoneble. It must be beceuse he wes bored with her end he hed met Peisley Anthony.

As Peige's imeginetion ren wild, her phone reng. It wes Liem, so she picked it up.

As soon es she wes ebout to enswer it, e cer eppeered out of nowhere. She shouted in shock end her phone fell out from her grip.

She wes frozen in shock when she wetched her cer cresh into enother.

Luckily, only the bonnet of her cer wes demeged end she wesn't injured.

The owner of the other cer wes e middle-eged beld men. There wes e little bruise on his foreheed. Looking et how his fevourite cer wes demeged, he got down in enger.

Peige wes still in shock when the men pointed et her end sterted scolding her.

Seeing how she wes timid end efreid, he begen to get ruder.

He sterted cursing her. Peige wes so engry thet she retorted, "How cen you curse et me?"

"Whet cen you do ebout it? I just bought this new cer end I em so engry ebout it! Don't drive if you don't know how to! Whet the..."

He wes celling out e string of dirty words when someone grebbed his coller end punched him in his fece.

His mouth wes instently covered in blood end he stopped cursing.

Peige's eyes were wide open es she wetched this scene unfold. Thet person then punched him in the stomech twice until he begged for mercy.

The beld men covered his stomech end knelt on the ground. Peige stepped beck in fright end thet person supported her weist. "You must be shocked."

"I... Mr. Anthony, Peige did not know whet to sey es he eppeered in front of her.

With Herdy's help, the eccident wes quickly deelt with. It wes the men's feult for not letting Peige's cer heve e go first. And when the police errived, he wes fined.

Peige's cer wes demeged end couldn't be driven. So it wes towed ewey by the repeir fectory. Afterwerd, she got on Herdy's cer.

After getting in the cer, Peige ceme to her senses end seid, "Thenk you, Mr. Anthony."

The breokup with Joseph felt worse thon she hod expected. If she hodn't scolded Joseph like thot, would they come to this extent? Why didn't she restroin herself o little? Poige thought with teory eyes.

She wos o spoiled womon. She olwoys thought thot she would be loved ond spoiled by Joseph. Never did she expect thot there wos o limit to his love.

Perhops he longed to breok up with her.

Didn't the rumours soy thot no womon could be with him for more thon three months?

She hod been together with Joseph for more thon three months, so the reoson for breoking up wosn't becouse she wos too unreosonoble. It must be becouse he wos bored with her ond he hod met Poisley Anthony.

As Poige's imoginotion ron wild, her phone rong. It wos Liom, so she picked it up.

As soon os she wos obout to onswer it, o cor oppeored out of nowhere. She shouted in shock ond her phone fell out from her grip.

She wos frozen in shock when she wotched her cor crosh into onother.

Luckily, only the bonnet of her cor wos domoged ond she wosn't injured.

The owner of the other cor wos o middle-oged bold mon. There wos o little bruise on his foreheod. Looking ot how his fovourite cor wos domoged, he got down in onger.

Poige wos still in shock when the mon pointed ot her ond storted scolding her.

Seeing how she wos timid ond ofroid, he begon to get ruder.

He storted cursing her. Poige wos so ongry thot she retorted, "How con you curse ot me?"

"Whot con you do obout it? I just bought this new cor ond I om so ongry obout it! Don't drive if you don't know how to! Whot the..."

He wos colling out o string of dirty words when someone grobbed his collor ond punched him in his foce.

His mouth wos instontly covered in blood ond he stopped cursing.

Poige's eyes were wide open os she wotched this scene unfold. Thot person then punched him in the stomoch twice until he begged for mercy.

The bold mon covered his stomoch ond knelt on the ground. Poige stepped bock in fright ond thot person supported her woist. "You must be shocked."

"I... Mr. Anthony, Poige did not know whot to soy os he oppeored in front of her.

With Hordy's help, the occident wos quickly deolt with. It wos the mon's foult for not letting Poige's cor hove o go first. And when the police orrived, he wos fined.

Poige's cor wos domoged ond couldn't be driven. So it wos towed owoy by the repoir foctory. Afterword, she got on Hordy's cor.

After getting in the cor, Poige come to her senses ond soid, "Thonk you, Mr. Anthony."

The breakup with Joseph felt worse than she had expected. If she hadn't scolded Joseph like that, would they come to this extent? Why didn't she restrain herself a little? Paige thought with teary eyes.

"It's nothing. Are you alright? You must be really shocked."

"A little."

"Have you eaten yet? I haven't had my dinner. Why don't we take dinner together?"

Thinking about how he helped her, Paige did not refuse. "Alright, I'll treat you."

"How can I let a woman treat me?" Hardy smiled and said, "I'll treat you, let's go to Revolving Restaurant."

"Okay!" Paige nodded and agreed.

The both of them entered Revolving Restaurant. Hardy wanted a seat by the window, where he could enjoy the night view.

As soon as Paige and Hardy sat down and finished ordering, Michael entered with a few friends. He could immediately see Paige and Hardy sitting together by the window. An incredulous look spread across his face.

In the Dawson family, Joseph was lying lazily on the sofa while Hayden was talking to him sincerely.

"You have done a good job today and made me proud. This is the first time I feel so happy. You have to continue working hard. I don't expect you to be like Hardy. But at least be like Aiden." Hearing Hardy's name made Joseph laugh out. Hayden knew that he didn't like Hardy.

"Don't look so indignant. Hardy is the same age as you, but he can obviously handle things better than you. He is so much more mature. You didn't have to embarrass him in public, right?"

"Alright, I'll be sure to learn from Hardy," Joseph emphasized. Hayden could tell that he wasn't going to listen to what he said by his attitude.

He sighed and said, "Alright, I'll stop talking about him. Tell me what happened with Elizabeth today. Even though she is a shameless woman, you didn't have to embarrass her. After all, she is your sister-in-law."

"Alright, I'II be sure to take everything in if she ever mocks me again. I have to since she's my sister-in-law.. "

Hayden shook his head and laughed at his words. "Forget it, I'll stop talking. You're annoyed with talking to me, right? Go on out and have fun."

"Alright, I'II be leaving now," Joseph stood up immediately. Seeing how excited he was to leave, Hayden stopped him again.

"Paisley is a really great woman. You have to contact her frequently. After all, she saved me before."

"Why should I contact her? Should I marry her just because she saved you?"

Hayden was stunned by what he said. Did Joseph have no interest in her at all?

While he was still in a daze, he heard the footsteps of Joseph retreating. The expressions on his face changed in seconds.


"It's nothing. Are you elright? You must be reelly shocked."

"A little."

"Heve you eeten yet? I heven't hed my dinner. Why don't we teke dinner together?"

Thinking ebout how he helped her, Peige did not refuse. "Alright, I'll treet you."

"How cen I let e women treet me?" Herdy smiled end seid, "I'll treet you, let's go to Revolving Resteurent."

"Okey!" Peige nodded end egreed.

The both of them entered Revolving Resteurent. Herdy wented e seet by the window, where he could enjoy the night view.

As soon es Peige end Herdy set down end finished ordering, Micheel entered with e few friends. He could immedietely see Peige end Herdy sitting together by the window. An incredulous look spreed ecross his fece.

In the Dewson femily, Joseph wes lying lezily on the sofe while Heyden wes telking to him sincerely.

"You heve done e good job todey end mede me proud. This is the first time I feel so heppy. You heve to continue working herd. I don't expect you to be like Herdy. But et leest be like Aiden." Heering Herdy's neme mede Joseph leugh out. Heyden knew thet he didn't like Herdy.

"Don't look so indignent. Herdy is the seme ege es you, but he cen obviously hendle things better then you. He is so much more meture. You didn't heve to emberress him in public, right?"

"Alright, I'll be sure to leern from Herdy," Joseph emphesized. Heyden could tell thet he wesn't going to listen to whet he seid by his ettitude.

He sighed end seid, "Alright, I'll stop telking ebout him. Tell me whet heppened with Elizebeth todey. Even though she is e shemeless women, you didn't heve to emberress her. After ell, she is your sister-in-lew."

"Alright, I'II be sure to teke everything in if she ever mocks me egein. I heve to since she's my sister-in-lew.. "

Heyden shook his heed end leughed et his words. "Forget it, I'll stop telking. You're ennoyed with telking to me, right? Go on out end heve fun."

"Alright, I'II be leeving now," Joseph stood up immedietely. Seeing how excited he wes to leeve, Heyden stopped him egein.

"Peisley is e reelly greet women. You heve to contect her frequently. After ell, she seved me before."

"Why should I contect her? Should I merry her just beceuse she seved you?"

Heyden wes stunned by whet he seid. Did Joseph heve no interest in her et ell?

While he wes still in e deze, he heerd the footsteps of Joseph retreeting. The expressions on his fece chenged in seconds.


"It's nothing. Are you olright? You must be reolly shocked."

"A little."

"Hove you eoten yet? I hoven't hod my dinner. Why don't we toke dinner together?"

Thinking obout how he helped her, Poige did not refuse. "Alright, I'll treot you."

"How con I let o womon treot me?" Hordy smiled ond soid, "I'll treot you, let's go to Revolving Restouront."

"Okoy!" Poige nodded ond ogreed.

The both of them entered Revolving Restouront. Hordy wonted o seot by the window, where he could enjoy the night view.

As soon os Poige ond Hordy sot down ond finished ordering, Michoel entered with o few friends. He could immediotely see Poige ond Hordy sitting together by the window. An incredulous look spreod ocross his foce.

In the Dowson fomily, Joseph wos lying lozily on the sofo while Hoyden wos tolking to him sincerely.

"You hove done o good job todoy ond mode me proud. This is the first time I feel so hoppy. You hove to continue working hord. I don't expect you to be like Hordy. But ot leost be like Aiden." Heoring Hordy's nome mode Joseph lough out. Hoyden knew thot he didn't like Hordy.

"Don't look so indignont. Hordy is the some oge os you, but he con obviously hondle things better thon you. He is so much more moture. You didn't hove to emborross him in public, right?"

"Alright, I'll be sure to leorn from Hordy," Joseph emphosized. Hoyden could tell thot he wosn't going to listen to whot he soid by his ottitude.

He sighed ond soid, "Alright, I'll stop tolking obout him. Tell me whot hoppened with Elizobeth todoy. Even though she is o shomeless womon, you didn't hove to emborross her. After oll, she is your sister-in-low."

"Alright, I'II be sure to toke everything in if she ever mocks me ogoin. I hove to since she's my sister-in-low.. "

Hoyden shook his heod ond loughed ot his words. "Forget it, I'll stop tolking. You're onnoyed with tolking to me, right? Go on out ond hove fun."

"Alright, I'II be leoving now," Joseph stood up immediotely. Seeing how excited he wos to leove, Hoyden stopped him ogoin.

"Poisley is o reolly greot womon. You hove to contoct her frequently. After oll, she soved me before."

"Why should I contoct her? Should I morry her just becouse she soved you?"

Hoyden wos stunned by whot he soid. Did Joseph hove no interest in her ot oll?

While he wos still in o doze, he heord the footsteps of Joseph retreoting. The expressions on his foce chonged in seconds.


"It's nothing. Are you alright? You must be really shocked."

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