"This employee quit some time ago," the manager said. "But I have her contact here with me. Do you want it, Mr. Tate?"Hayden knew what the manager meant and said, "Yeah. Give me her number and I will pay you right away.""Sure! Thank you, Mr. Tate! I will transfer the money to the employee who provided the lead," the manager said respectfully. "The hotel owner has been alerted about this, and he told me to get to the bottom of this."Hayden hummed in response and hung up.The manager texted him the phone number and address of the employee he spoke of, and Hayden instantly paid him 31,200 dollars.Since they did not provide the information of the woman he was looking for, the manager and the employee who came forward could only obtain 15,600 dollars each.After that, Hayden set his phone down to go to sleep.He was exhausted as he had not been able to rest on his way to Aryadelle.Since he had already found a way to reach the woman, he decided to start his search again the nex

"Shelly, why are you so silly?" Courtney sighed. "You could have gotten rich overnight, and y yet you choose to remain in poverty because of your pride. If I were you, I would have told the Fosters the same day I found out that I was pregnant. Even if Hayden Tate doesn't want the baby, his parents will let you keep the children."Shelly blushed. "Courtney, I will send Audrey over to your place tomorrow. Is that okay?""Of course! It's Elliot Foster’s granddaughter we are talking about here. Aren't you worried that I'm going to take her to Elliot and ask him for money?" Courtney burst out laughing."... I trust you.""My family runs a business, and I'm a businesswoman at heart. If I take Audrey to Elliot, he is going to pay me at least 150,000," said Courtney running the numbers, "and that's just the minimum. He might let me name my price and pay me 780,000 or even 1.5 million if I ask for it."Shelly fell silent before Courtney's words. "Naturally, I won't do that. I'm just mess

Haydne could barely taste his food during breakfast because Elliot was sitting next to him with the baby.The baby was well-fed and rested, so he batted his big eyes as he stared at Hayden.Hayden left the table shortly after eating his oatmeal."Avery, Hayden doesn't seem to like his son," Elliot whispered."He was taken by surprise, after all," Avery said."But this is his son! I might be a jerk back then, but I still loved my children." Elliot was upset that Hayden was so cold to his own son."Hayden is already acting differently by not turning the baby away," Avery consoled him. "I've read books that said it takes men more time to build a relationship with their children because they don't go through the process of carrying the baby and giving birth to it.""Alright! I hope the books are right."Hayden dialed the number he received from the hotel manager the night before, and his call was answered right away.His heart raced and he blurted out, "Hello. I'm Hayden Tate. The

"You should just talk to her! If you don't know how much you should pay her, you can give her an allowance each month to make sure that she doesn't struggle," Avery said. "After all, the child would be upset if he grows up to find that his mother has been suffering.""Mom, if the child doesn’t get to interact with his mother, he won't feel anything toward her. Just look at Dad. He doesn’t feel anything for his biological mother," Hayden argued.Avery stared at her son in shock. "Mom just put the baby down! Aren't you tired of carrying him around?""I'm fine. He isn't sleeping right now so I want to interact with him more. It would be boring for him to lay in bed all the time.""You can get a stroller and put him in it then." Hayden had carried the baby before and knew that he was quite heavy. While it might be fine to hold the baby for a while, one would definitely feel sore if they had to carry the baby all the time."Yeah. Your dad and I are going out shopping later!"Avery a

Hayden ordered a cup of coffee and turned his attention back to Shelly."I don't like to owe others," he said. "Name a price!""You want to buy my son?" Shelly asked in confusion. "Are you trying to say that you won't let me see him again?""No. I can arrange it if you want to see him. I don't have the right to stop my son from seeing his mother.""Why are you offering me money, then?" Shelly asked. "I was the one who willingly gave birth to him and delivered him to you. You don't owe me anything!""You were pregnant for ten months and had to go through labor all alone. I'm offering to compensate you for the hardship you had to endure," said Hayden. "Oh... The pregnancy didn't really affect me that much because I worked during that time as well," Shelly said honestly. "If you want to compensate me in any way, just treat our child right.""Naturally, I won't mistreat my own son," Hayden promised."You aren't married yet, so I'm sure he won't be mistreated." Shelly was mainly co