The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 276

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.

Joseph was expecting that from Lucas. So, he continued, "Is that so? Then can you explain how I just happened to run into her after she was robbed? And why did you insist on taking her back to the villa with us? Or how we just happened to have a collaboration case with an Italian company? Is that arranged so that Paisley can come with us as an interpreter?"

"Sir Joseph, you saw what happened to Ms. Anthony that night! How could it be arranged? As for what happened these few days, it is all a coincidence," Lucas tried to smooth things over.

"Still trying to gloss over the problems, I see. Look, I know what's going on with you lots. Dad isn't

happy that I'm with Paige, so he sent Paisley here on purpose to irk Paige so that she'll leave me."

Joseph sneered as he noticed that Lucas was avoiding his gaze. Then, he continued, "Tell dad to stop before it's too late. I'll forgive him this once. His old age must be getting to him for him to pull such a stunt."

Lucas called Hayden immediately afterward as he was too afraid to conceal Joseph's threats from him.

Hayden sighed after hearing Joseph's warning from Lucas. Their plan was a complete failure.

"There's nothing we can do now, since Joseph already knows about everything. You can just pack up and come back. I'll go to Ronald and see what he can do about that daughter of his."

Meanwhile, Ronald was focused on his work in his office in the Central South Building. His assistant knocked on the door before entering to place a file on his desk, and he said, "Mr. Anderson, the test result is back."

Ronald picked up the file and took out the documents in it. He then skimmed through the papers.

His face changed when his eyes fell on the last sentence of the statement of results.

"How can it be?"

The assistant was confused at the sudden change in Ronald's expression. He asked concernedly, "Is there something wrong, Mr. Anderson?"

Ronald was livid, and he refused to believe the results. Because, according to the test result, Paige and

he had no blood relation at all.

However, why wouldn't she be his daughter?

Ronald was sure that there must be some mistakes.

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