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"Er... it hurts a lot!"

Paige Anderson, who was still in a deep sleep, felt extremely uncomfortable. So, she turned over and rolled into a man's broad chest.

The touch of a completely strange feeling woke her up with a start, and what came into her eyes was the large handsome face of the man.

At first Paige thought she was dreaming. In disbelief, she reached out her hand to touch the face in front of her.

Almost at the same time, the man opened his eyes and looked straight at her. When their eyes met, Paige let out a cry and jumped aside.

Then she found herself wearing nothing. "Who….. Who are you? Why are you here?" She immediately caught the blanket and wrapped herself in it.

The man squinted and his eyes finally rested on Paige's collarbone. Eyes darkened, he said in a low voice, 'Your saviour."

Her saviour? In astonishment, Paige stared at the overly handsome man on the bed and soon thought of the resentful voice of her best friend Sophia Martin she heard last night before losing consciousness.

"Paige, I've put the strongest philter in your tea just now. As your friend, I found you the best pimp here, who is young and pretty.

Enjoy yourself! I believe when Ethan sees the photo of you playing with other men, he will soon break up with you. Then perfectly, I'll become his new girlfriend."

So was this handsome guy the pimp that Sophia found for her? Did she really have a fling with him last night?

Thinking of this, Paige felt exceedingly irritated and her face turned pale. She grabbed the pillow next to her and threw it at the man, "You! Just wait! I'm gonna put you in jail and you'll never get out!"

Faced with such a rage, the man calmly caught the pillow and seemed not afraid at all, "You hugged me last night, and actually you were of your own accord the whole time. Do you think the police will believe you?"

"You…" Paige bit her lip and trembled in anger.

Although she was extremely angry, she still kept her sense

The man was right. She could not report to the police. Last night she fell into Sophia's trap and was unconscious. Probably she did not resist at all and offered to clasp him for intercourse. Therefore, the police would not believe her words.

But if not reporting to the police, her innocence was to be ruined by such a man in demimonde. How d*m dirty he was!

Paige could not accept the fact that her virginity was taken by a rude pimp.

Seeing her face in despair, the man somehow felt that she was a little pitiful.

He looked at the red marks on the bedsheet and said to Paige in a soft voice, "Though you threw yourself on me last night, I can be responsible for you if you want."

A pimp being responsible? Wasn't that a big joke?

Ignited again, Paige pointed at the man and roared out of control, "Get the f*ck out of here! Or I'll kill you!"

Facing her hysteria, the man got up, picked up his clothes casually and put them on without any panic.

After getting dressed, he turned his head, took out a business card from his pocket, and handed it to Paige, "If you come round, just call me. I mean what I say…”

But Paige tore off the card without taking a look, "Get out!"

With no other choices, the man took one last deep glance at her and left.

After closing the door, he heard the girl sobbing in the room. He paused for a moment, then shook his head and strode through the corridor.

Seeing him, two men looking like bodyguards appeared silently at the end of the corridor and greeted respectfully,

"Young Master Joseph!"

The man restored his usual expression of dignity and indifference as a superior and said, "Check the girl's profile and report to me right away."

"Yes, Sir!"

Having cried for a while, Paige dried her tears and went to the bathroom in exhaustion.

Her shapely figure was reflected in the mirror, and her body was full of scratches, included her neck.

Paige felt extremely sick so she washed her body over and over again.

However, what's done cannot be undone.

She felt so annoyed!

Obviously, Paige was set up by Sophia last night, and she had to find Sophia and demanded an explanation.

Soon afterwards Paige went out of the hotel and took a taxi heading to Sophia's home. When she arrived, she found that it was Sophia's mother, Isabella Martin, who opened the door.

Isabella was wearing a nightgown and her hair was messy. And she seemed to be very surprised when she saw Paige.

"Paige, are you here for Sophia? She is not at home now."

But Paige did not believe Isabella at all. She pushed Isabella away and broke into the house.

Isabella saw Paige break down the door and hurriedly tried to stop her, "Paige! Sophia is not here! Please come next time!"

But she glanced at the bedroom as she spoke.

Paige noticed Isabella's suspicious look and took it for granted that SOPHIA must be hiding in the bedroom.

She strode to the bedroom and opened the door. And a strange smell wafted by.

Paige covered her mouth when she saw the man sitting on the bed, she could hardly believe and questioned loudly, "Dad?"

Wasn't the bare-chested man sitting right there her father, Liam Anderson? Why was he at Isabella's home?

Paige thought she was wrong. She rubbed her eyes again. Yes, the man on the bed was indeed her father, Liam Anderson.

At the moment her mind went blank. She did not know what to say, "Dad... you... Why are you here?"

Liam was furious when his own daughter found out about his affair, so he roared angrily, "Get out of here!"

Paige left in a daze, but she couldn't help wondering why her father was in Isabella's bed naked.

And the only explanation was that Liam had an affair with Isabella.

But how could that happen?

At this moment, a shade of coldness glinted in Isabella's eyes.

Her original plan was to get a pimp in the nightclub to sleep with Paige and expose this scandal later, which would destroy her reputation.

However, Paige was so lucky that someone rushed in and knocked the pimp unconscious.

Since there was no other way to ruin Paige's reputation, Isabella decided to deliberately let she discover the relationship between Liam and her.

Paige looked very angry and that was what Isabella wanted to see.

In this way, she and her daughter would be able to seize the chance to be a part of the Anderson family.

Although Isabella did not think much of Paige, but she pretended to be very aggrieved and tried to explain to Paige.

"Paige, it's not what you think. Your father and I have nothing to do with each other. We just…."

"Then why is my father lying in your bed?" Paige glared at Isabella.

She thought that this shameless woman must have seduced her father.

Neither the mother nor the daughter was a decent woman. The former tempted her father while the latter coveted her fiancé.

Paige became extremely angry and cursed, "You shameless b*ch! And your daughter is also taught to be a mistress. What a shameless family!"

"Paige, what are you doing? Why are you abusing my mother?" Sophia, who had not shown up before, appeared out of nowhere.

Paige's eyes glistened with anger when she saw Sophia, "Here you are. I was about to get even with you. So, why did you set me up last night?"

"What are you talking about? Who set you up?" Sophia pretended to be innocent cheekily.

"Paige, you can't slander Sophia. She's such an obedient girl. How could she frame you?" Isabella said.

"You deny it? You think I don't know what to do with you two?" Paige was totally infuriated by the shameless mother and daughter. So, she raised her hand and slapped hard on Sophia's face.

However, Sophia did not avoid the slap.

She felt a burning pain on her face and tears soon streamed down from her eyes.

Viewing such a scene, Isabella grabbed Paige's wrist and asked, "Paige, why did you hit Sophia? She did nothing wrong!"

Then she showed no mercy and pinched hard on Paige's wrist secretly.

Paige felt extremely painful and pushed Isabella away at once.

This was the moment Isabella had been waiting for. She hit her head on the tea table as she fell, and blood began to flow from her wound.

"Mom! What happened? Paige, how can you do this to my mother?" Sophia screamed loudly.

After getting dressed, Liam opened the door and saw Isabella lying on the ground. He was startled, so he ran to check, "Isabella, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, but Sophia.." At Isabella's words, Liam turned his head to Sophia and saw five distinct fingerprints on her face.

Liam asked angrily, "What's wrong with your face?"

"Liam, don't blame Paige. She was just too emotional." Isabella, the scheming b*tch, was pretended to plead for Paige.

She glanced at Sophia when she spoke.

Sophia knew what to do next and looked at Liam with tears, "Daddy, it doesn't matter that I was hit by Paige, for this isn't the first time anyway. But don't leave my mother alone, please. Would you let Paige keep threatening her?"

Paige was even more confused and asked Sophia, "What did you say? What do you call my father?"

"I said ‘daddy’." Sophia replied.

"Ashely, don't!" Isabella stopped her immediately.

"Dad, how long are you gonna keep this secret? Even if you don't consider for my mom, you have to think about me, right? Do you want me to live with the shame of being an illegitimate daughter for my whole life?" Sophia did not listen to Isabella this time and she continued to cry and complain.

Under this circumstance, Liam was very angry but had no idea. In fact, the truth could no longer be concealed, and it was time for him to tell Paige.

Then he said to Paige, "Paige, actually Aunt Isabella and I have been together for a long time. And Sophia is also part of our family. She is your sister!"

"What?" Paige was completely dumbfounded. She looked at Liam in shock.

A trace of guilt appeared on Liam's face, "Paige, it's all my fault. Isabella was pregnant when Your mother and I got married. I didn't know that she gave birth to Sophia. And I owe them too much. I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would be unhappy. Now that we've talked about it today, we're family from now on…" Paige listened to Liam and angrily interrupted him, which was totally unacceptable to her.

"Dad, how could you say that? A family? I'm telling you, I'm at daggers drawn with them, now and forever!"

Paige had pissed Liam off for what she said.

Liam stared at her and said seriously, "Paige, call them Aunt Isabella and Sister Sophia from now on! And I don't want to hear any rude words coming out of your mouth anymore!"

Isabella continued to pretend to be gentle and virtuous in front of Liam, so she said, "Liam, don't force her if she doesn't want to. Sophia and I have already suffered for all the past years and it's okay for us to suffer for a bit longer. I know that you had been through tough time these years…"

Her words touched Liam's heart indeed.

For a long time in the past, he had behaved like a good man, obediently obeying Paige's mother, Natalie Garcia. Now he could finally act on his own since Natalie had past away already.

Thinking of this, Liam glared at Paige and said angrily, "Whether you are willing or not, you have to accept the fact that Sophia is your sister. And I tell you now, they will live with us in no time!"

Hearing Liam's words, Isabella and Sophia looked at each other with joy. Moving into the Anderson's villa was what they had been dreaming of all the time.

Paige was furious for what Liam said. It was definitely intolerable to see Liam take his mistress and illegitimate daughter to live with her.

So she retorted, "My mother owned the villa. You have no right to let them in. Don't you feel ashamed?"

What Paige said made Liam extremely mad. He did not think twice and slapped Paige, "How dare you talk to me like that?

Paige felt her face burning with severe pain. She covered her face and looked at Liam in disbelief. "You hit me? For this shameless mistress?"

Being stared at by Paige, Liam felt a bit guilty. But he was indignant when he thought how she embarrassed him.

"So what? Why can't I hit you? I'll kick you out if you are still arrogant!"

At first, Paige came here to get even with Sophia, not expecting to spot her father's affair. What's worse, she found out that her father actually had an secret love affair over the years.

Not long after Natalie passed away, Liam began to stand up for the shameless mother and daughter and hurt her. Paige could not accept it at all and ran away in tears.

Witnessing Paige beaten by Liam, Isabella and Sophia looked at each other with complacency.

They thought that this was just the beginning, and there was more to come for her.

Paige was wailing sadly when walking along the road, attracting attention from the passers-by.

A limo came slowly and the bodyguard who was driving the limo felt surprised to see Paige crying on the road, "Young Master Joseph, look, isn't that the woman last night?"

Hearing this, the exalted man in the back seat opened his eyes and looked over. When he noticed Paige drowning in tears, he frowned and ordered the driver to stop the car.

A white handkerchief was delivered to Paige when she was crying her heart out down the street.

She lifted her tearful eyes and found the man who had slept with her last night was looking down at her condescendingly with a handkerchief in his hand.

Realizing she was facing the dirty pimp again, Paige felt irritated and roared, "Get out of my way!"

However, the man turned a deaf ear to her scolding and reached out his hand to wipe the tears for Paige. He asked her in a very gentle voice, "What happened?"

"It's none of your business! B*stard!" Paige grabbed the handkerchief, threw it on the ground and ran away with tears.

The bodyguard was very worried when he saw what Paige had done to his boss. So he got off the car and walked to Joseph, "Young Master..."

Joseph wasn't angry at all. He calmly picked up the handkerchief and ordered the bodyguard, "Let’s go to the company!"

At the headquarters of Wolf Group International of B City, all the executives were sitting in the conference room, keeping silent.

Last night, they received a notice from the CEO's Office at eight o'clock.

It said the CEO, who had never shown up before, was coming to the company today.

Undoubtedly, he was the most mysterious person in B City.

Three years ago, an unknown buyer bid for the most prosperous business block in the center of B City at the price of more than two billion dollars.

Later, it cost more than ten billion dollars to build the tallest building of B City, which was named Wolf Group.

Within just two years, Wolf Group was involved in many industries and profited well, such as hotel, catering, real estate, financial industry and film-television industry.

Wolf Group was the most profitable company in B City. However, no one knew who owned it.

This plutocrat had never been seen in public, and even no one knew his real name. The only thing people knew was that his first name was Joseph.

Now the boss was about to show up, and all the executives dared not to behave casually.

Everyone was sitting properly and making guesses about him

At ten o'clock, someone came closer to the conference room.

All the executives looked at the door tensely.

James Field came first, who was the Executive President and the Chief Secretary of Wolf Group.

He entered the conference room and bowed, "Sir, please!"

And then Joseph Dawson walked in casually like a model.

Joseph was tall and slender, and he had the air of a noble man with good-looking features. When people saw him clearly, they were all amazed.

No one had expected that the mysterious big boss turned out to be such an extraordinary youth.

For a moment, everyone was staring at Joseph in shock. But he ignored their reactions and walked to the main seat in the conference room. He sat down and glanced the crowd.

His gaze showed the dignity as a superior.

Having eye contact with him, the executives immediately withdrew their sights and stood up together to greet him, "Welcome, Mr. Dawson!"

In fact, Joseph was always rigorous and resolute in his work, so he talked concisely and finished the regular meeting in less than half an hour.

James left with him and they entered the CEO's Office soon.

The office was decorated at Joseph's will.

And it had been vacant for a long time, waiting for its owner's arrival.

Joseph looked around and sat down on the large chair with satisfaction.

Having been worked for Joseph for a long time, James could see that Joseph was in a good mood at present, so he smiled with relief when standing at the other side of the desk.

"Mr. Dawson, I think the fact that you are the real boss of Wolf Group will soon be known by others. I wonder how your families will react when they find out."

Joseph smiled significantly, and what he said was totally beyond James's expectation.

"They won't find out anytime. Prepare an internal document and asked all the executives to keep secret."

"Are you still going to keep it a secret?" Before that James thought Joseph was to show up in public after returning home from abroad, not expecting that he decided to continue to keep it secret.

"My brothers will be go crazy and stressful if I show up in public. It's better for me to be an useless freeloader. After all, my dad is weak now, and I don't want him to worry about us." answered Joseph.

James knew very well about the Dawson family, as he had been working for Joseph for a long time.

The rich and powerful families were always friendly on the surface, but in private, they struggled for equity and property.

Joseph had became a so-called freeloader because of his older brothers.

If his father had not been badly ill, Joseph wouldn't come home so soon.

Now Master Dawson was in poor health, and Joseph was as filial as always. He had already endured his brothers for so many years, not minding the situation remaining for a bit longer. Then James replied, "I see. Shall I keep handling the business affairs on behalf of you?"

"Yes, everything goes the same as before." As they were talking, James's phone rang.

He looked surprise when he heard the person at the other end.

After hanging up the phone, James looked at Joseph seriously and began to report.

"The identity of the woman last night was figured out. She is Mrs. Dawson's nephew, Ethan Green's girlfriend, and her name is Paige Anderson."

Hearing this, Joseph felt a little astonished. He thought, "She is Ethan's girlfriend? Well, interesting!"

Paige wandered along the streets despairingly until it was night time. Finally, she was exhausted and felt extremely hungry.

She took out her mobile phone and check, but found no new messages. Ten hours passed and Liam still hadn't called her.

Was he going to abandon her and stay with the shameless mother and daughter?

Abandoned by her father, Paige felt desperate. She could not go back home now. What's more, her best friend Abbie Clark was on her vacation abroad, so she had no place to go.

Having no choice, Paige went to the nearest Wolf Hotel. When she walked into the lobby, she bumped into Sophia.

Sophia was sitting in the lounge in a good mood with her mother Isabella. And she was stunned when she saw Paige came in.

After whispering a few words to Isabella, Sophia strode over to Paige.

"What a coincidence! Paige, are you also here for dinner?" But Paige didn't want to waste any time on this shameless woman.

But Sophia obviously didn't want to let go of this opportunity to irritate her.

So Sophia continued, "Daddy invites us to have dinner here. He has booked the best private room to treat us. Oh! And Ethan will come later!"

Liam didn't care about his own daughter, who had run away from home, but he had time to invite the shameless mistress and her daughter to dinner here. Paige felt broken-hearted.

She tried hard to control her anger and said, "Stay away from me!"

Sophia didn't want to let her go and said, "Aha, are you angry? Here's another piece of hot news for you. Daddy asked us to live with him tomorrow. So Paige, now your boyfriend and your home are all mine!"

Sophia proudly said that. Paige believed that Sophia was planning something evil in her head.

However, Paige was so exhausted that she almost fainted. Therefore, she ignored Sophia and walked away without saying a word.

Sophia was unreconciled for Paige's indifference. And she kept irritating Paige.

"Paige, did you remember that night Ethan and me had sex in the car? In fact, I did it on purpose. By the way, do you know why Ethan broke up with you and chose to be with me?"

Paige stopped when hearing what Sophia said. Indeed, she could not understand why Ethan would give up her and chose Sophia.

After all, she had an advantage in everything over Sophia.

Sophia smirked when she saw Paige stop, "I told Ethan that you have had sex with plenty of men and even had an abortion. He was so angry that he broke up with you!"

Paige stared at Sophia in astonishment.

How could this b*tch be so despicable?

At the same time, Sophia felt the pleasure of revenge when seeing Paige's startled look, and she stared at Paige coldly.

"This is just the beginning. My mother was supplanted in her lover's affections by your mother, and we suffered a lot for so many years. Now it's my turn to take back what belongs to us! I am going to kick you out of the Anderson family. Everything you have will be mine in no time. Just wait and see!"

Paige could no longer bear Sophia's provocation and slapped her hard.

This slap drained Paige of all her strength, and she felt numb in her palm. However, Sophia did not dodge but bore the slap.

But instantly, she covered her face with her hand and said pitifully, "Paige, calm down, please!"

Before Paige figured out why Sophia suddenly changed her attitude, an angry voice sounded, "Paige, you've gone too far!"

She turned around and saw Ethan and Liam come from nowhere.

Sophia began to sob when she saw the two men coming.

Then she said to them, "Please don't blame Paige. She's in a bad mood, so it's okay. Dad, please talk to her. She won't go home because she thinks we're gross."

Sophia was wickedly wicked. She framed Paige again.

Sure enough, Liam was disappointed at Sophia's words. "Paige, I didn't expect you were so narrow-minded. Since you don't want to go home, don't go back for life!"

Ethan was angry as well when he saw the fingerprints on Sophia's face.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Paige? I fell in love with Sophia first. She didn't do anything wrong. You can't do anything about it!"

This was the first time that they had met each other since Paige found out about Sophia and Ethan's affair. Paige was hurt and resentful at Ethan's earnest defense of Sophia.

After all, she and Ethan had been together for four years, quite a long time.

At that time, Paige took care of Ethan day and night after his leg was badly hurt in a car accident, even though people around all thought he would become a cripple.

She employed the best doctor, made nutritious meals for him and accompanied him in rehabilitation training every day during his recovery.

Now he was fully recovered but remembered nothing about Paige's efforts. Instead, he betrayed her and hooked up with Sophia.

Ethan was an ungrateful b*stard.

Their four-year relationship was in vain and Paige felt sorry for herself.

She wanted to retort fiercely and indicated that she didn't care about him at all. But she was so angry that she could not say a word, only shivering.

What had happened in the lobby was seen by Joseph, who just walked in. He noticed Paige's pitiful expression as she fought back tears and felt sorry for her.

Then he looked at the bodyguard behind him expressionlessly and said, "I don't want to see those people appear here again!"

The bodyguard knew what to do and made a phone call immediately. After a while, the manager came in a hurry with several security guards.

He went straight to Ethan and Liam and told them, "You're making noises in the lobby, which has seriously affected our guests. So you're not welcome here. Please leave right now!"

"What? We're here for dinner, and we're all your VIP. How can you treat us like this?" Ethan was furious for it was the first time that he had been asked to leave in such a direct way.

"Wolf Hotel does not welcome the bad-mannered guests. And your VIP status has been cancelled. Please leave here right now!"

The manager replied resolutely.

After that, he pointed at Isabella and asked, "How did she get in? How could you let this kind of person enter our hotel?"

Paige felt a little relieved to see the manager being so mean to them.

She knew that Wolf Hotel was an extraordinary place in B City. Since the guests like Ethan and Liam were driven out, obviously she was not qualified to stay here either.

So she turned around and was about to leave, but soon she was stopped by the manager.

"Miss Anderson, dinner in Moonlight Private Room is ready for you. Please come with me!"

Ethan and Liam were stunned for the manager's attitude.

Sophia couldn't stand it anymore and questioned, "She also made noise here just now. Why don't you drive her out?"

"Why is that? Because she's the one our boss asked us to take care of," the manager looked at Sophia with disdain. "Who do you think you are? How dare you question our boss's decision?"

The boss? Ethan and Liam looked at each other speechlessly, wondering why the boss of Wolf Hotel targeted against them while they had never offended him before.

For a long time, they had only heard about him but never met each other.

And how did Paige know him?

They could not figure it out, and finally left with Isabella and Sophia in disgrace.

When they walked to the gate, they heard the Manager giving orders to the security guards.

"We only receive the decent men and our boss has ordered that they are no longer allowed to come here. Copy that?"

Ethan was so incensed when he heard what the manager had said. However, he could do nothing about it.

Because the boss of Wolf Group was the one they could not afford to offend.

Sophia had not expected such a change either. What made such a big shot help Paige?

The manager said they had prepared dinner in Moonlight Private Room. Although she had never been there, she knew it was the most expensive and luxurious private room in Wolf Hotel.

"Paige, the little b*tch, was so lucky," Sophia thought.

Sophia wanted to show off to make Paige angry, but she was kicked out in the end.

Now she felt extremely upset.

But she and her mother had gone through so many of these humiliations. Therefore, she did not feel much shame this time.

However, it was a different story with Liam and Ethan.

They were celebrities in B City and had never been humiliated by others before. Now they must be displeased. Sophia guessed.

Sophia thought that she must seize this opportunity to continue to sow discord between Ethan and Paige.

"How did Paige get to know the boss of Wolf Group? She must be up to something. I think she set us up with others, did she?"

"Set us up with others? But who?" Ethan asked.

"Maybe her friend, Abbie Clark? I heard that Aiden Cook, the elder brother of Abbie, is on good terms with James Field, who is the CEO of Wolf Group, so maybe..."

At Sophia's words, Liam went mad with anger, "How dare she! It's time to teach her à lesson. I'll freeze her bank card right now!"

At the same time, Ethan felt extremely unpleasant when he heard what Sophia said.

He knew the eldest son of the Clark Family, Aiden, who was outstanding. And he was like Prince Charming in B City.

"Did Paige really hook up with him?" he thought.

"No wonder Paige wasn't angry when she learned of his affair with Sophia," Ethan thought. "It must have been a good thing for Paige that I took the initiative to break up with her."

If so, wouldn't he be a joke?

At the hotel Paige was led by the manager into the Moonlight Private Room. Looking at the delicious food on the table, she was still in a trance.

Later, she found out that in Wolf Hotel, not only the service was top-ranking, but also the taste of the dishes.

Paige was so hungry that she thought nothing but gobbled up the food.

She ate more than half of the exquisite dishes on the table. When Paige got up, the lobby manager who had just led her showed up respectfully.

"Miss Anderson, the suite is ready for you. Please come with me."

After a day's walk, Paige felt extremely tired, so she did not refuse and followed the manager into the elevator.

The manager led Paige straight to the presidential suite on the top floor, where the butler was waiting for her. When Paige came, he helped her change her shoes respectfully.

After that, he said, "Miss Anderson, the water for bath is ready. You can take a bath first. If you need anything, please do not hesitate to call me.

Paige nodded and entered the room. The facilities in the presidential suite were said to be superb, but it was difficult to book.

The room was more than five hundred square meters, with a master bedroom, a secondary bedroom, a study room, and a maid room.

Although Paige was born and brought up in a rich family, she was shocked by the luxury decoration of the presidential suite. Even the door handle was decorated with gold.

In the bathroom, the water had already been prepared for her. Paige walked in and found there were rose petals floating on the water, with the facial mask and red wine placed beside the bathtub.

She fell into a good mood all of a sudden-it was the first time that she had been treated like this.

No wonder people said that the service in Wolf Group was incredible. Before that, Paige never believed those comments. But today, she truly experienced it.

Soaking herself in the water with rose petals scattering, Paige comfortably closed her eyes and began to enjoy.

In the other presidential suite next door, Joseph took a sip of his tea after getting his work done.

He asked James casually, "What is she doing now?"

"She? You mean Miss Anderson? She ate most of the food prepared for her. Later she was shown to the suite to rest. The butler reported that she is now taking a bath and seems to be in a good mood!" James replied.

Hearing this, Joseph was amused, especially when he recalled her standing in the lobby with tears streaming down her face.

Seeing the smile on Joseph's face, James knew that he was in good mood now.

"As for Ethan and Liam, they must feel uncomfortable after being treated like that. Will they vent their anger on Miss Anderson?"

"Definitely!"

"If so, why do you still stand by Miss Anderson?" James was confused.

"I love to. Is there anything wrong?" Joseph replied calmly.

What had happened last night involuntarily occurred to him. He remembered everything included the way Paige hugged him with a blush and the petal-like red mark on the sheet.

Thought of that, Joseph felt a little bit hot, and he was surprised about it. He was well-behaved usually, but now he lost his control when thinking about her just for a while.

Wasn't it too strange?

In the suite beside, Paige had a tight sleep and did not wake up until nine o'clock the next morning.

After she washed up, the breakfast was ready for her.

And the breakfast was excellent. After finishing it, Paige was about to leave But she suddenly remembered that she had not paid yet.

She still didn't understand why she could eat and live without paying money.

Weren't they afraid that she would leave without setting the bill?

However, Paige would never do that. So she went to the reception and checked the bill.

It costed 168,888 dollars for one night in the presidential suite with food free.

Though the price was extremely high, Paige did not mind it too much.

She felt she had got her money's worth.

She took the card out of her pocket and handed it to the cashier. The cashier looked up with a smile after checking her card and said, "I'm sorry, your card is frozen!"

Paige paused for a moment, then she handed another card to the cashier, but it was frozen as well.

In the end she found all her bank cards were frozen.

She did not expect that Liam would freeze her cards as punishment. Paige was exasperated, so she called Liam immediately. But he did not answer.

The cashier kept smiling at Paige, and Paige felt ashamed for that.

Now she was afraid that they would regard her as a freeloader for enjoying all these fancy things without paying money.

She would be a laughing stock if she could not pay the bill.

When she was in a dilemma, the door of the VIP Elevator was opened and Joseph walked out elegantly.

At the same time, Paige was standing at the reception with an anxious look, so he walked over to her and asked, "What happened?"

"It's him again!" Paige was filled with resentment and wondered if this man had a grudge against her and was trying to laugh at her.

The night before he had ruined her reputation, the morning before he had seen her crying in the street, and now he found that she had no money to pay for the bill.

Why could he always catch sight of her hapless moments?

Seeing Paige keep silent, the cashier told Joseph, "This lady's card has been frozen, so it might be a problem for her to make the payment now."

The cashier's words made Paige so embarrassed. She lowered her head with a deep blush.

Suddenly, the fascinating voice of the man sounded, "I’ll pay!"

Paige couldn't believe the man would offer to pay for the bill for her.

She looked up at him and found that he was looking at her too. He was perfectly charming with his dazzling eyes.

Being stared at by him, Paige felt more embarrassed. Before that, she hated him to the bone, but now she seemed to have a good impression of him, for it was he who had helped her out of trouble.

"We're talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars, and that's not a small amount of money." Paige said.

"I know!" The man picked up the pen and scrawled his name on the bill handed over by the cashier.

For some reason, Paige thought he was so attractive when he signed that he didn't look like a pimp at all.

Then Joseph put down the pen and walked away. After a few steps, he found Paige stood still blankly. He was amused by the way she looked and asked, "Aren't you going?"

Soon Paige nodded and kept up with him.

But she felt strange and questioned herself why she would follow this man who had slept with her.

It didn't make sense anyway.

When she walked out of the gate, she stopped the man and stammered, "I... I'll pay you back the money."

"Sure!" Joseph answered simply and took out his phone, "Shall we swap our Face_book accounts?"

Guessing that it might probably be more convenient for him to receive money via Face_book, Paige did not think twice but agreed.

Her profile photo was taken during a recent trip to Egypt. Dressed in a red dress and veil, Paige smiled back at the camera in the vast desert.

And she looked gorgeous like a fairy. After taking a careful look at the photo, Joseph squinted his eyes and asked, "Do you need a ride?"

Paige couldn't reject him since she had realized that she was penniless now.

Then she followed Joseph to the parking lot.

Seeing Joseph's Maybach, Paige was shocked. How could he be so rich as a pimp?

"You're really rich," she said what she was exactly thinking about.

"Not mine!" Joseph replied.

If so, did he mean one of those rich women whom he served?

He was one in a million with his perfect figure and appearance. So there must be a lot of rich women willing to spend money on him.

Thinking that this man had slept with countless old ladies, Paige felt a bit sick somehow.

But Joseph did not know what she was thinking at present, so he started the car and asked, "Where are we going now?"

"The Central South Building, please." Paige had to go to Liam's company and asked him why he froze her cards.

Then Joseph nodded and turned on the GPS Paige was surprised that he needed to use GPS to get there.

The Central South Building was just less than three kilometers away from the Wolf Group Hotel, and there were many places for shopping and entertainment around. Paige felt strange for him to use the GPS.

Wasn't he a local? But Paige did not say anything. After all, she wasn't familiar with him.

If it had not been for Sophia, they might still be strangers now.

Thinking that Sophia had utilized a pimp to set her up, Paige felt annoyed and upset. She wondered if this guy cooperated with Sophia throughout the whole process, or he knew nothing about Sophia's dirty trick and just took her money to finish his job.

"How about asking him?"

Paige considered for a while before she questioned, "How much did Sophia pay you for that night?"

"Who's Sophia?" Joseph asked.

"I... I mean... the woman who paid you and asked you to sleep with me that night." Joseph turned his head and looked at Paige emotionless, "I don't get it. What the hell are you thinking about?"