“Well, I trust you. “Hazel nodded, feeling drowsy again.
Although she still had a little uncertainty, she did not continue to ask.
Joshua’s eyes were full of pity. He gently put his arm around her and pulled her to his chest. “You can have a short nap. I’ll wake you up when we reach our destination.”
“Okay.” She obediently closed her eyes.
The car moved smoothly, and she soon fell asleep.
Looking at her sweet sleeping face, he could not help laughing bitterly. “Silly girl, you trust me too much.”
When the car stopped, Hazel was still asleep. Listening to her steady breathing, Joshua was reluctant to wake her up, so he dec
Putting down the phone, Joshua ran after Hazel. She realized he would try to get her back, so she struggled to get to the shore as quickly as she could.But before she could climb up, Joshua reached her, she screamed as he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back into the hot spring again.She couldn’t escape, so she turned around quickly and looked into his deep eyes. They were full of flaming desire. Her heart was pounding. It was too late for her to apologize now.“Girl, how dare you play with fire, eh?” he asked in a deep voice.“I dare not...” The atmosphere was way too intense, she became a wuss.Then she said timidly, “Joshua, is it too late for me to admit my mistake?”
The holidays passed quickly, and Joshua was disappointed that his relationship with Hazel had not advanced to the next level.Fortunately, their relationship had improved and became stable. He could feel Hazel’s attachment to him.After breakfast, Hazel was about to leave to get her bus at the nearby stop.“Wait.” Joshua stopped her.He reminded her helplessly, “Hazel, did you forget you had a car?”It was because Hazel wasn’t willing to get in his car, and he couldn’t stand the thought of her taking a crowded bus that he found a way to give her a car.Hazel was in a daze, she really forgot about it.
Vanessa was so irritated she wanted to reach across the table and throttle Hazel. She was giddy with anger, Hazel was not thinking the way Vanessa had expected.She had thought Hazel wasn’t out of college yet and was a stupid woman who only knew about love. However, she was more complicated than that.What she had planned to say was all messed up by Hazel, and she was so angry that she didn’t know how to continue. But thankfully, Hazel did remind her about the check she prepared.Vanessa put her hand on her handbag and was about to take out the check when Hazel said to her as if she was consulted, “But if it’s a check, it’s at least a seven-figure sum, right? Joshua is very generous, and his girlfriend’s position is worth such an amount. If it’s less than eight-figure, it&rs
Vanessa was completely confused. Why was Hazel able to say these words so convincingly? Wasn’t she with Joshua for his money?“Then Joshua will lose nothing!” Vanessa bellowed.“Let it be. Why do you look more anxious than I am?” Hazel looked at her, puzzled.“Don’t you really care?!” Vanessa was even more irritated.“Of course, I do,” Hazel says with a bland face. “But given your temper, even if I leave him, you’ll continue to threaten him with the Denmark family’s daughter. In that case, I must stay by his side until he really loses everything, but at least he will have me!”Vanessa was trembling with anger. She was pretty sure now that Haze
Joshua was very quick and tough, and by the time Vanessa received the message, she had no choice but to listen.It was a small city that Joshua arranged for her to go to and she wouldn’t have any real power, so it was natural that she didn’t want to go to.But even if Joshua had arranged any other city for her, Vanessa wouldn’t be willing to go. Joshua just found a random reason to make her leave the imperial capital.Joshua was in a meeting, he would always bring Hazel to meetings, letting her sit in and listen. Although Hazel didn’t understand what they were saying most of the time, she still went and pretended to be interested, but she was always sleepy sitting there.Fortunately, Hazel was his secretary, and everyone thought she was here to ta
“Let me go!” Vanessa cried angrily. The bodyguards kept a hold of Vanessa and did not let her go until they reached the elevator.She was still attempting to go back to the board room, but the two bodyguards kept standing in the corridor that led to the room, so she had no chance at all.“Miss Young, I advise you to go to the branch office.” Jaxson came out and calmly advised her.“I’m not going!” Vanessa said, rude and unreasonable.Jaxson sighed helplessly. “In this case, Miss Young, you’re fired. Please go to the personnel department to go through the formalities.”“What, what?” Vanessa looked at him in disbelief.
Hazel was curious. Isaac had always been sarcastic and rarely showed such obvious disgust for anyone. But she did not ask him, although she was curious.Isaac took them to his grandfather’s room. Grandpa Anderson was sitting in his wheelchair. Despite his gray hair, he looked hale and hearty. There was smart light in his eyes.“Grandpa.” Isaac came to him. “Joshua is here.”“Ha ha ha, Joshua, I said you should be here at this point.” Grandpa Anderson smiled and nodded to Joshua, his face full of kindness. But as he glanced over Hazel next to him, he was caught off guard. “Who is she?”“This is my future girlfriend!” Isaac said, half-jokingly, “Well, grandpa, is Hazel all right?”
Hazel was feeling very helpless.Vanessa grew up with Isaac and the others, it was completely normal for her to be present at Grandpa Anderson’s birthday party. However, Hazel still thought Vanessa was very disturbed.She would feel uncomfortable every time she saw Vanessa as if Vanessa was deliberately targeting her.At the beginning of the banquet, people began to wish Grandpa Anderson a happy birthday. Sam accompanied him and handled it with ease.Joshua brought two drinks and handed them to Hazel.“Isn’t... Isn’t it wine?” Hazel asked anxiously.She had made several jokes in front of Joshua, and now she would be scared almost every time she saw wi
“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