The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 224

Chapter 224

When they left Climax Space, Paige did not have supper with Hardy. Instead, she said that she had a headache and asked Abbie to send her back.

Hardy also knew that Paige was helping him to smooth things out. He wasn't dumb to not know that he was tricked that night.

If it weren't for Paige's interruption, he would have continued the game even though he knew that he was going to lose. Although he was good at business, he didn't have much talent for gambling.

Knowing that he would lose his money, he still insisted on continuing the game. This was the first time that he experienced this.

After all, no man could stand losing their pride and dignity. Besides Joseph, the others were reputable people. Thus, it was embarrassing that he was humiliated by him that day.

Fortunately, Paige came to the scene and ended it. However, Hardy was embarrassed by it.

He was ecstatic by seeing how Paige protected him. Did it mean that Paige cared about him?

Watching Paige and Abbie leave, Hardy turned to Paisley and asked, "Was Joseph playing tricks earlier?"

"I don't know. Well, I don't think so. All I think is that you are really lousy at it," Paisley replied.

"Since when did you start siding with an outsider?" Hardy looked at Paisley and frowned.

"Bro, Joseph really didn't play any tricks. I was sitting next to him, of course I would be able to tell if he was."

"Well, even if Joseph didn't play tricks, don't you feel that they were going against me?"

"That's true. It must be because you belittled Dawson Group previously. So Joseph is angry with you."

"Just because of this? But didn't you notice that James acted differently around Joseph?" Hardy asked.

"Uhm... A little, their relationship is really weird. Paisley nodded and said, "Bro, don't you think that Joseph is very smart?"

"Of course, Joseph was accepted into the same university as me. There is no doubt that he is smart."

"If that's the case, why is he so idle? With a brain like that, he can accomplish a lot without needing help from his family."

"I don't know why. Maybe there are other reasons behind it. Anyway, just forget about it. Stop talking about him and have a rest. We still have a party to worry about tomorrow."

As Abbie drove Paige home, she muttered, "It's strange. Why are they targeting Hardy? Hardy must have been tricked today. But didn't Joseph like Paisley? Why would he torment his future brother-in- law?"

Paige rubbed her head. "I don't know. Who knows what he's thinking?"

"Paige, you and Joseph are officially on bad terms now. When we left, I saw the look on his face. It seemed as if he wanted to eat you alive!" Abbie said. Paige was silent, but she suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, what were we here for today? Didn't we come to return Joseph that card? We didn't even complete our main purpose for being here today!"

"Yes, I have forgotten about it too!" Paige also remembered.

"But Joseph is really something. He was so keen on you before and even followed you wherever you went. And now, he says such ruthless things to you. That's why men can never be trusted. It's good that you didn't trust him."

Paige sighed and felt her headache getting worse.

Joseph totally changed her perspective today.

He actually rejected her so obviously that night, as if Paige was eager to kiss him?

That d*mn playboy.

Thinking of Joseph's refusal, Paige was agitated.

However, she had no right to get angry, and it was useless to get angry too. After all, she wasn't there to talk about their romance that day. She was there to return the card, though.

Paige tried calling Joseph, but there was no answer. She looked at Abbie, "Abbie, call your brother and

ask him where Joseph is. I am going to return him the card."

Abbie immediately called Aiden, who said that he didn't know where he was as they left Climax Space for quite some time. He mentioned Joseph would probably return home.

After hanging up, Abbie said to Paige, "Let's go to his house. My brother said that he has probably gone home."

The two of them then went to Joseph's villa.

The place was pitch dark, so there was obviously no one around.

Abbie got off the car and rang the doorbell a few times. However, no one opened the door. "What's wrong? Where is he?"

"I don't know!" Paige replied dejectedly.

"He can't possibly be with Ms. Anthony now, right?" Abbie made a guess.

"Abbie, let's go." Paige was getting dizzy and she didn't want to wait any longer.

Abbie then sent Paige back. Paige drank too much that night, so she wasn't in a good mood. Her head was spinning, and she didn't want to speak on her way home.

After they reached Paige's home, Abbie patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much and have a good rest. We can look for him tomorrow."

"Alright. Drive safely," Paige went in after watching Abbie leave.

In Paige's room, Sophia was looking for something. "That's weird, dad. Where is all her jewelry?"

Sophia was going to the cruise party the following day, but she didn't have jewelry for it. Since Liam didn't want to waste money buying them for her, he asked her to wear Paige's.

Natalie would always fulfill Paige's requests. Since Paige was young, Natalie had always bought jewelry for her. She bought so much that she couldn't keep count.

Sophia suggested putting on a few of Paige's jewelry, and Liam did not object to it. So when Paige was not home, he asked Sophia to go over and choose some jewelry.

However, they could not find any jewelry in her room. Could she have kept it in her safe?

Liam immediately went to open the safe.

Paige never kept any secrets away from him as the password was her birthday.

Hence, he quickly opened the safe easily.

However, there were no traces of them.

Where could they be?

While they were still guessing, voices echoed from the living room. Was Paige back?

Liam signaled Sophia to hide, while he hurried downstairs to see what was going on.

When Paige walked into the living room, she saw Liam walking down in fluster. As she was still dizzy, she did not pay much attention to him and walked up staggeringly.

"Why did you drink so much?" Liam asked reproachfully.

"I can drink as much as I want," Paige answered boldly.

"Why don't you sit here for a while as I make you some hangover soup?" Instead of reprimanding her, he suggested cooking soup for her.

Paige would definitely find it weird that he was being so nice to her. But since she was drunk and dizzy, she didn't think too much and said, "There's no need, I'm going up to rest."

As she was still speaking, she staggered her way upstairs and Liam followed behind.

When she reached the corner of the stairs, she saw that he was still following her. She looked at him with a weird expression and said, "What are you doing?"

"I'm afraid you'll fall!" Liam said as he reached out and helped her.

"I'm not drunk. Why would I fall?" Paige shrugged his hand off impatiently.

She supported herself all the way up and when she pushed her door open, he followed her in. Paige turned to him and said, "Dad, what are you doing? I want to rest now!"

"Go on, you should rest!" Liam's gaze swept across the room, but he could not see Sophia anywhere. But since Paige was drunk, she might not notice her, right?

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