The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 193

Liam looked at Mr. Anthony like a little kid staring at his favorite chocolates in a candy store. It was evident that he wanted to please Mr. Anthony as well.

Paige was a little dispirited and embarrassed when she looked at her father.

She replied gloomily, "I just met him today."

"Really? I was wondering why you had never told me about it! Mr. Anthony, Paige is quite bad at socializing and she has a bad temper. Please forgive her if she offended you in any way."

"No, Miss Anderson is smart, kind, and cute. It is such a blessing to have a daughter like her," Hardy praised Paige sincerely.

"Really? I was worried that she might have offended you. I'm relieved that you think that way. It's running quite late now, do you want to have dinner together? You can decide on the location, Mr. Anthony."

"Dad!" Paige's expression changed immediately but her father was oblivious to this. "Would you care to do me this honor?"

Hardy felt a little dismayed when he saw that the mood, and color in Paige's face had disappeared.

He had also heard about Liam's personality. Liam's company, Andersonard Group, had been trying to collaborate with Acma Corporation for quite some time, but he had not accepted it.

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immediately. But seeing that it was Paige's father, he had to show her some respect.

"Thank you for your offer, Mr. Anderson. I shouldn't refuse your offer then. Let me treat you and Miss Anderson today!"

Aiden couldn't stop himself from smiling in glee when Hardy actually agreed to have dinner with them.

On the other hand, the two CEOs beside Hardy were unhappy and he looked at Liam in disdain.

"Mr. Anderson is really good at stealing people away!"

Liam pretended not to hear their criticisms. He smiled at Hardy and said, "This way, Mr. Anthony."

Joseph swallowed down his lunch unhappily and went to Dawson Group.

Hayden had arranged for Joseph's seat to be next to the chairman's office. To ensure that he turned over a new leaf, he even made Lucas keep an eye on him.

Joseph swivelled around in his chair as he propped his legs up when he arrived in the office.

Lucas dutifully arranged the documents in front of him so that he could go through them.

After flipping through a few of them, he threw it back down.

Lucas's heart ached when he saw how weak and helpless Joseph was.

"Sir Joseph, can you please at least have a look? At least do it for your dad?"

Joseph remained unmoved and dozed off in his chair. This made Lucas so anxious that he was about to pull out all his hair, "I'm begging you, Sir Joseph. Please just take a look. What am I supposed to tell your father later?"

Charles ordered one of his employees to check up on Joseph. When his employee heard Lucas's pleading voice, she returned happily with the news.

Initially, Charles was worried that Joseph would take over his position and power. But after listening to what his employee said, he felt that things had turned out well for him.

As long as Joseph continued like that, whatever Hayden did to help him would be useless.

Did that idiot really think that his father would be able to protect him forever?

After Lucas' persuasion, Joseph finally skimmed through two of the documents.

Lucas took into consideration that Joseph was still unfamiliar with everything on his first day, so Joseph wasn't forced to finish them all. However, Lucas still remembered what Hayden had requested and he walked out to make a call.

Joseph continued lying lazily on his chair.

Suddenly, his phone rang. Answering the call, he could tell that it was Michael.

"Joseph, I just saw Hardy. Do you know who he is with now?"

"Who he's with is none of my business!"