The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 264

Paisley heaved a deep sigh after she returned to her own room. She thought of what happened earlier in Joseph's room and she was, once again, surprised by him.

Earlier that day, Paisley had pretended to have failed to notice a flaw in their contract upon a discussion with Lucas, and it would act as an excuse for her to come find Joseph that night so that they could spend more time together.

In his room, Paisley gave a long-winded proposal to solve the problem. However, Joseph showed no interest in carrying out her suggestion and he also rejected it.

Instead, he casually put forward an alternative solution that was much better than the one Paisley had come up with.

However, despite making no progress on her plan for the night, Paisley confirmed that Joseph was neither a pleasure seeker nor incompetent. In fact, he was quite the contrary.

Truth be told, once she thought about it, it made sense for her that Joseph wasn't someone dim-witted. After all, he entered the world's top university with his own intellectual strength.

Not only was he handsome and gifted, but Joseph was also the heir chosen by Hayden to inherit his share for the Dawson Group.

She knew she had to come up with something to make him fall for her, and the first problem, also the biggest one, was that she needed to get rid of Paige.

She wondered what kind of magic Paige cast on Joseph. After all, he was completely head over heels

for Paige. If only Paige could leave Joseph on her own initiative, Paisley hoped.

Troubled, she tossed and turned on the bed because she couldn't sleep. Then, her eyes suddenly lit up as she thought of something.

In their video call earlier, Paige didn't seem to trust Joseph very much. If that was the case, Paisley could just pull some tricks and sow the seeds of doubt in Paige.

Then, Paige would keep a close watch on Joseph out of suspicion, and she might even begin to act unreasonably. Surely Joseph could only take it to a certain degree until he would snap in annoyance and break up with Paige.

At the thought of this, Paisley immediately sent a message to Danya, "Rankle with Paige when you have the chance so that she'd cause trouble."

The following morning, Paige got up earlier than usual. She first went to the restaurant for breakfast, and then she thought of leaving the house to walk around the city after she finished her meal. However, the maid in the villa stopped her.

"Miss Anderson, it's dangerous outside, and Bobby isn't around. Sir Joseph said you shouldn't go out, so maybe you should wait until he comes back."

"It's daytime. I'll be fine."

"No, I can't let you out unless Sir Joseph said so!", the maid was persistent, and she left Paige no choice but to call Joseph.

Joseph didn't let Paige wait long before he picked up, but he rejected her request immediately.

"No. Didn't you promise to stay home? If you really want to go out, I'll arrange for it after I go back, okay?"

"But I'm really bored... Just let me go out to tour the city. I'll be fine! It's not like it's my first time abroad."

"Still, no. I'm too worried to let you leave the house without Bobby. So, be a good girl and stay home, alright? I'II be back in the evening."

Paige pouted in displeasure, "Why are you doing this to me?"

Then, instead of Joseph's voice, she heard Paisley calling over the phone, "They re here!"

And then Lucas' voice came through, "Sir Joseph, we should go. Everyone's waiting."

"I have to work now. Listen to me, okay?" Then he hung up the phone in a hurry. Paige sighed, and she decided to walk in the garden instead, since she couldn't leave the villa.

Meanwhile, Danya had been keeping an eye on Paige after Paisley's message the night before. When Danya saw Paige headed to the garden, she trailed after Paige.

The villa had a large land area and Paige was already tired after walking a few rounds.

So, she sat down on a swing for some rest.

Not long later, she heard Danya's surprised voice from nearby, "Are you serious? How can you let him touch you like that?"

Paige turned to see Danya by a tree not far away with her back facing her and the obvious displeasure in her tone.

"He's had so many girlfriends before! And he's a good-for-nothing who's also ignorant. How could you just yield to him? You can't just do that even if he's good-looking! Besides, he's not single, isn't he? Then who are you to him?"

Paige couldn't believe what she heard.

Trying to figure it out, she mumbled, "Many girlfriends and good-for-nothing... Is she talking about Joseph? And what exactly did Joseph do to Paisley?"

She straightened her posture and leaned towards Danya so that she could hear Danya clearer.

Danya was still talking, "He's not worthy of you, Miss. Not even if he's gentle with you. He's a b*stard for doing this to you when he has a girlfriend!"

"I know... I know Sir Hayden likes you and he wants you to marry his grandson. But I can't let you fall into the trap without him breaking up with that woman immediately!"

"Oh, he promised that he's going to break up once he comes back? Are you sure? Well, then I don't have any other concerns. No, it's fine if the both of you stay out for one more night. Just remember to wear protection, okay? You can't be pregnant now," After that, Danya hung up and headed back into the villa in a hurry.

Paige narrowed her eyes at the back of Danya. It must be Paisley on the phone earlier.

Based on what Danya had replied, Paige could somewhat guess that Paisley must have said she slept with Joseph the night before. He also promised Paisley that he would break up with Paige to be together with her.

And what Paisley had said rubbed Paige the wrong way. Filled with jealousy, Paige wanted to call and question Joseph right away.

She already had her finger on the call button when she noticed the time on the screen of her phone.

When Joseph hung up the call earlier, he said that he was needed at work. Paige also heard the voices of Paisley and Lucas. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Since Paisley was at work, she wouldn't possibly have the time to call Danya and share the news with her.

At the thought of this, Paige calmed down and scanned the garden with her phone in her hand. The villa had a sizable garden, so Danya had no reason to come so close to Paige to speak on the phone.

Moreover, now that Paige thought about it, Danya spoke rather loudly as though she was trying to make Paige hear it.

What Paisley had experienced the night before wasn't something to be proud of.

Danya shouldn't be babbling about it so loudly.

Was Danya trying to provoke her?

Paige sneered at the thought of this.

The trick that Danya pulled could be easily be debunked just with a call.

She unlocked her phone again and called Bobby, to which he answered respectfully, "Hello, Miss Anderson."

"Is he busy now?" Paige asked.

"Yes, Sir Joseph is in a meeting now. You can leave a message for him if you need to. I'll pass it to him once he's done."

"Oh, it's not that big of a deal. I just want to ask if the case is going well," Paige said.

"I think I can say it's going smoothly, as expected. Don't worry, Miss Anderson. There's nothing Sir Joseph can't handle."

"Is that so? Then how about Ms. Anthony? Is she still interpreting for him?"

"Yes, she is. Worry not, Miss Anderson. Sir Joseph knows what he's doing," Bobby assured, and he sounded like he knew why Paige was calling.

Paige flustered, "I'm not worried. I only want to ask and see if he'll be able to come home tonight", Bobby chuckled and ended the call.

After hanging up the phone, Paige sneered.

She didn't think Danya would brazenly use such a dirty trick on her.

"Just you wait and see, Danya", Paige scoffed.