Hazel Crowe frowned because of the deafening music in the surroundings.
She passed through the crowd under the dim light and glanced around at the faces of the men and women who were indulging themselves on the dance floor, and quickly looked away.
"Hi cutie, come to have a drink. It's on me." A drunken man said as he got in Hazel’s way.
"Go away!" Hazel said coldly, her voice full of impatience.
The drunken man was very disgruntled. He reached out one of his arms to stop her.
Seeing his arm in front of her, Hazel suddenly grabbed his wrist and strongly twisted it.
"Ouch!" The man yelled, but his voice quickly disappeared in the loud music.
Hazel grunted and let go of his wrist. The man looked at her with fear in his eyes and dared not go toward her again.
After solving that situation, Hazel continued to squeeze into the crowd. She came here looking for someone.
Her dorm roommate was drunk and called Hazel to pick her up, but Hazel looked around in the bar and did not find her.
"Hazel!" A familiar voice called.
Hazel turned back and found Ariel Ross was calling to her.
"Have you found Summer?" Hazel asked.
Ariel said in a panic, "I heard that someone saw Summer being taken to the men's room by a few
guys..."
"Show me the way!" Hazel said in a hurry.
The two of them rushed towards the men's room. Ariel was still worried, "I heard that there are four or five guys. Should we call the police?"
"It will be too late by the time the police arrive!" Hazel thought for a while and said, "I’ll go in first. You wait for my signal and then take Summer!"
"What about you? No, it's too dangerous!" Ariel quickly shook her head.
"Relax, I know I can't beat all of them, I should be fine escaping from them, though," Hazel said slowly.
The two arrived at the door of the men's room. Ariel had no choice but to agree with what Hazel proposed even though she had a bad feeling.
Hazel looked into the men's room and saw a man with his back to her, starting to take off his suit. In front of him was her drunk roommate, Summer Lynch!
Hazel's expression turned angry as she rushed in!
"Stop!" She yelled as she punched the man's back.
Joshua Denmark heard the movement behind him. He leaned sideways and dodged Hazel’s fist, and then grabbed her wrist!
"What are you doing?!" Joshua said. There was a hint of anger in his calm eyes.
Hazel tried to pull her fist back, but it was being held tight by the man's hand. She could not move her hand, so Hazel violently pushed Joshua back against the wall and immediately shouted, "Ariel!"
Ariel rushed in, grabbed Summer, and dragged her towards the door of the men's room. "Go!" Seeing them leave, Hazel let out a deep breath. Hazel was still trying to pull her hand back, but Joshua still had a tight grip.
"Let go!" Hazel said with a little panic and anger in her voice.
Hazel knew some self-defense techniques, which were only useful on one or two normal guys, but the man standing in front of her this time was by no means normal.
She had to find a way to escape. She came here to rescue someone, not to sacrifice herself.
"Hey lady, don't you think you owe me an explanation?" Joshua questioned coldly.
A while ago, Joshua came to the men's room and saw a few guys getting ready to bully a drunk girl. He threatened them, and they left, but the girl had puked all over his suit.
Just as Joshua was taking off his coat, he was attacked by Hazel.
"Explanation?" Hazel shouted, "Explain to a scum who bullies women as you do? Guys like you only want to do dirty things when a girl gets drunk! Are you only thinking with your manhood?"
Joshua was a bit stunned, and then he knew she had misunderstood him.
Joshua tightened his fingers and said with mockery, "Do you really think I need to get a girl drunk to lay my hands on her?"
The pain in her wrist got worse. Hazel glared at Joshua but didn’t understand what he meant.
"So, what?" Hazel said angrily, "Do you think that you have such a good-looking face and you can fool every woman in the world?"
Joshua was a little bit angry. Although this girl was not bad, her IQ was a problem.
He was about to explain to her, but now he suddenly wanted to tease her. Joshua used some strength, and Hazel spun around.
She put Joshua against the wall a moment ago, but now they switched positions.
At her back was the cold wall, and in front of her was Joshua, who was smiling with satisfaction.
He punched his hand on the wall and leaned his body against her.
"What...What the hell are you doing?" Hazel was annoyed. She was starting to get a bit scared.
In this case of Kabe-Don, Hazel was not appreciative.
"You abused me for some ridiculous reason. Now I want you to see, I can bully a girl who is not drunk." Joshua twitched his lips and smirked. "You are not drunk. And I can still bully you."
Hazel was beginning to panic, "You...hey!"
When he put his lips on her lips, the soft touch made him get a bit carried away. Joshua almost forgot he only wanted to tease her.
In the sudden attack, Hazel's eyes widened, a shocked expression came across her face.
The next moment, her fingers were on his belt.
Joshua froze when he felt her grasping at his waist. He looked at her in disbelief.
This girl...actually untied his belt?
While Joshua was deep in thought about if she set him up. Hazel knew now was her chance! Hazel lifted her leg and kicked towards his groin!
Joshua had to dodge the attack, but Hazel used all her strength to push him aside and run quickly towards the door.
"Freeze!" Joshua's face turned red with rage.
This badass girl actually began running out the door with his belt.
Even though she had made it to the door of the men's room, Hazel actually stopped and turned to look at him.
"Give it back to me." Joshua looked less than pleased.
"You can just take off your pants to catch me for the belt!" Hazel swayed the belt in the air, looking entertained.
Joshua looked at her coldly, stepping toward her. But his expression changed suddenly, he had to use both of his hands to hold his pants up.
It turned out the cunning girl not only took his belt but also unzipped his pants. He had no way to chase her in this condition.
"Alright, I take back what I said. You are a badass bitch with some tricks."
Hazel was enjoying watching him squirm.
"This is a lesson for you!" Hazel said, "Be prepared to take your last breath the next time I see you!"
Hazel arrogantly walked out of the men's room, but when the door shut, Hazel felt beaten. Her beautiful face was full of anger and frustration.Hazel clenched her fists as she had never come across such a big loss before!She went there to rescue her roommate, but her first kiss had been stolen. She had to play a small trick to get out of the situation and use a few threats which could prove nothing.Hazel really wanted to head back inside and beat Joshua, but...she was no match for him in terms of power!Hazel was still very aware of the situation. She had to swallow the less-than-perfect victory. All in all, Summer was fine.Hazel hurried out of the bar to see Ariel holding the drunken Summer on the nearby corner.
"Photographs?" Hazel frowned."Of course! Otherwise, how can my Prince Charming know what his candidates look like?""Can we just provide our photos?""Do you have any idea about technology these days? Photos provided by participants can be altered! Relax, my Prince Charming isn’t going to do anything with photos shot by his staff."Hazel still did not show any interest in it. She quickly shook her head and said, "I’d rather not. What if I got selected...""Hazel, you are such a bold girl. You are just one step away from my list of rivals!" Ariel stared at her with a stunned look, "Do you know how many people have signed up for this preliminary selection? It is said that there are nearly 100,000 people! One out of
Joshua opened a drawer in his study and took out a thick book.After flipping through a few pages, he stopped, his eyes were fixed on a photo hidden in the book pages. Looking at the photo silently, Joshua was somewhat depressed."Is she...still alive?"The door of the study suddenly came pushed open. Joshua closed the book and looked up, displeased.When he clearly saw the intruder, Joshua said with some reluctance, "Isaac Anderson, when will you learn to knock before opening the door?""OK." Isaac's hands were shoved in his pockets. His amorous eyes were half-shut. He said with a cynical smile, "When you have a girlfriend, I will learn to knock."Regardless of his ridicule, Josh
Ariel woke up at four in the morning and managed to drag Hazel out of bed too. They had to leave early to go to the Transcendence Plaza.The interviews were being held in a large local photo studio. Outside the door, there were already many employees trying to arrange the interviews in an orderly manner."Do I need to participate?" Hazel frowned, thinking of her vulnerability."Hey Hazel, come on, you don’t quit anything!" Ariel persuaded her, "With you here, I feel more assured.""I can still be on your side even if I don't participate!" Hazel was struggling."Stop that already!" Ariel pulled her body and said, "Alone, I will have an odd of one in 100,000. With you, our chance is one in 50,000!"
Derek had chased after Hazel for a while, but she didn’t want anything to do with him. However, Derek told everyone that Hazel was his girlfriend, making up a convincing story.Hazel clarified several times, but Derek was very mischievous. More and more people believed they were together and thought Hazel was lying.Hazel was mad at Derek. One day she took Derek directly into a groove...and beat the hell out of him!Since then, Derek did not dare say anything about Hazel. She thought things were settled.But, after Derek and Kyla got together, she told others Derek dumped Hazel and chose her.For a long time after that, everyone looked at Hazel with sympathy, as if they were looking at an abandoned woman.
The entire studio grew instantly quiet, as this was the first time they encountered this type of incident.Hazel was feeling so embarrassed. Her mind went blank. How could this be?Suddenly, a figure rushed onto the stage, took off his coat, and put it around her.Hazel gratefully looked up but saw a man in front of her staring at her chest, and... this person looked familiar.Her face turned red immediately. She still didn’t realize that this gentleman, who just helped her out, was the same pervert she met the other day!Hazel quickly closed the coat to cover her chest.Joshua was a little disappointed. He reached out to Hazel's chest and said, "Let go of your hands, I have
"No." He shook his head and said, "I really am...""Yes! Yes! Yes! You are Joshua The Almighty!" Hazel said impatiently, "What are you worried about, Master Joshua? With your supernatural power and resources, you will find me even if I ran away, right?"Joshua went silent.He spent too much time finding her and evading the eyes of others. He would not let Hazel go when he finally saw her.Although he already knew who he was seeking now and he had her detailed information, Joshua wanted to clarify the misunderstanding between them quickly.After taking a deep breath, Joshua began to complain, "You did not recognize me, and yet you still followed a stranger?"This little girl had so
As a pungent smell rushed towards his face, Jaxson screamed.The next moment, Ariel grabbed the coat from Jaxson's hands and put it directly on his head!Ariel could not have been any ruder. She attacked Jaxson with a storm of punches and said, "You degenerate son of bitch! That's what you get when you piss off a lady!"Jaxson couldn't open his eyes at all, and his throat was burning. He could only try hard to dodge the punches from Ariel."Hazel!" Ariel yelled.Hazel rushed out of the corner of the corridor.Hazel knew Joshua would definitely be alerted if she came by herself, so she asked Ariel to deliver the coat.In fact, Hazel did
“Joshua…” She called his name with somewhat impatience.We can’t let Simon go. She felt that something would happen if they let him go. It was very strange; she seemed to be on the verge of figuring out something important, but now she still could not figure it out.“Hazel, what are you thinking about?” Even on such a tense occasion, Simon was rarely amused by her. He couldn’t help speaking, “You actually expect Joshua to risk your life just to keep me? Joshua, will you do that?”“What do you think?” Joshua spoke coldly.The people around Simon were scattering, which was his answer.“That’s right!&rdq
“Even if you were to tell me, why did you insist on my coming to you?” she whispered. “Let’s wait until Joshua comes….”“It involves my mother, and I don’t want anyone to know about it, especially Joshua,” he said in a deep tone. “Hazel, I’m just trying to convince you one last time. Even if I lied to you before, do you suspect I’d hurt you?”Looking at his wounded face, she could not help freezing a little. Indeed, Simon had done some outrageous things before, but at least he had never intended to hurt her. She was really a little ruthless by being so wary of him.“Good.” she opened her mouth. “If you can’t convince me, stay.”His eyes flashed, and he finally nod
“Hazel, are you kidding me?!” He looked at her in shock. “They say a pregnant woman is always stupid. You’re not so stupid as to fall into this trap by yourself, are you?”“You’re stupid! Your whole family is stupid!” She was furious.“You are my sister-in-law, and my whole family includes you.” He pointed it out without mercy, but he scolded himself immediately after he had said this. He was really quite used to the identity of being Joshua’s younger brother. When he said these words, he was not thinking at all.Ignoring his words, Hazel said with a solemn expression, “For some reason, I think this is very weird. I didn’t mean only myself when I said I wanted to go with you. We’ll take all the men.
His words couldn’t comfort Hazel at all.She frowned. Ian Flores hated Joshua very much, so if Ian knew that Joshua was alive, Ian would make a desperate attempt to avenge himself on Joshua. What was more, Joshua deliberately wanted to be reunited with the Sloane family, which would make Ian have more hatred of Joshua.But Ian would only risk everything when he was very sure that he could win.Just as Ian used Stacy to threaten Joshua last time, even if Ian did go to Joshua this time, Ian would be fully prepared.Worse still... Hazel felt a little flustered for no reason. She had a feeling that things were not going so well this time somehow and that there was something they did not know.“Simon, we have to be car
“...” Simon was extremely angry with him. Finally, he snapped, gritting his teeth, “Whose side do you take?”Joshua’s eyes went dark. “I’m giving you a chance to prove yourself.”“What?” Simon looked at him with a puzzle.“Our plan failed last time because something went wrong because of you,” Joshua said, picking up the wine glass and playing with it gently. “That’s why things end up like this today.”In an instant, Simon looked a little gloomy. He had been kicking himself over it. Even if he knew Joshua was safe now, he would not say frankly that it was not his fault.“What exactly are you trying to say?” Simon said irritab
“Please go home, both of you,” Chester said apologetically. “Master Simon hasn’t been in a good mood lately….”“Besides, if he sees us, he’ll be more unhappy, won’t he?” Hazel looked at Joshua and couldn’t help speaking.Helplessly, Joshua pinched her hand. How could Hazel undermine Simon like that?“What?” Chester looked at her blankly.“Nothing, nothing.” She hurried to smile and played dumb.Joshua gave Chester a quiet look. “Did he ask you to come out and drive us away?”“... Yes,” Chester replied with resignation. In fact, Chester wasn’t straightforward. Ho
He had a good knowledge of Ted’s tricks, so he would never put Hazel in danger!Hazel distressed herself about this. After losing his memory, Joshua seemed to become stubborn. In this case, it would be even more difficult for her to convince him.She thought for a bit and finally said, “But you’re here. You’ll protect me, won’t you? Besides, I’m pregnant, and I’m sure he won’t be hard on me.”His face was still pale, and he insisted, “No. Even if he isn’t hard on you, he’ll certainly try to make us misunderstand each other and break us up.”“Then, do you have no confidence in our relationship?” She sat directly in his arms, with her arms putting around his neck, and asked seductivel
She tugged anxiously at his sleeve. Joshua knew what she was worried about. He opened his mouth silently. “Trust me.”In an instant, Hazel was relieved.It seemed that Joshua didn’t really plan to go to war with Ted. It should only be a means of negotiation.After figuring it out, Hazel quieted down.Joshua’s eyes were filled with tenderness. Hazel actually trusted him so deeply?Ted was so shocked that he couldn’t speak.When he learned that Joshua and Simon had conspired to kill him at Stacy Island, Ted had a sinking feeling; that was also why he faked his own death.But he did not expect things would be
It was Ted. Joshua’s face darkened instantly.But the next moment, he calmly answered, “Mr. King.”Hazel stiffened slightly.“I’ve considered what you said before,” Ted said in a deep tone. “If you can improve the relationship between Simon and me, and that woman is really pregnant with your child, I can accept… that child.”With a chill in his eyes, Joshua coolly said, “Mr. King, I didn’t expect you would daydream.”Ted was exasperated. “Joshua, this is what I can only do!”“Then we don’t need to have any further discussion on this matter,” Joshua said, his chill deepening. &ldq