Whenever Katie was losing a disagreement, she would cry. If she looked upset, men would often fall for her act, whether she was right or wrong, but women just seemed to blame her.
It was the second time that her tearful performance didn’t work, the first time was when she had met Joshua at the auction. Katie thought for a moment, then her eyes widened, and she looked at Hazel with shock, “You, you….”
Hazel smiled as she saw the look of disgust on Katie’s face, as she realized she was the one sitting beside Joshua at the auction. It was obvious that Katie had done some research on Joshua but not on who the woman was with him.
“Are you that preoccupied that you forgot me already?” Hazel looked at her with a little smile.
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Hazel cocked her eyebrows slightly. Was she trying to kick her out?“Yeah, what you are! It’s disgraceful that we should buy the same brand of clothes as you!”“Call your manager over! I’ll make a complaint! When is the threshold of your store so low? Why do you allow some bad women to come in?”Hazel’s eyes got cold.She and Joshua had just married, which left her in a very good mood recently, so she would tolerate these people shouting in front of her, but Katie tested her patience again and again.Trying to kick her out? They’re not qualified!The manager was already alarmed by the loud noise outside.
Katie held her head up with pride. She enjoyed basking in any reflected glory of Joshua’s reputation. After all, she didn’t believe that anyone would really ask Joshua for confirmation.The manager looked at Katie like she was an idiot. How could she dream at this point?The guest Joshua Denmark had asked them to take care of was Hazel, whom these women have a hard time too!“In this case, Miss Shawn can ask Master Denmark to explain the situation personally.” The manager waved his hands impatiently. “Show them out.”Katie’s calm face froze. She really did not expect her trick to also fail, and the other side retorted with her statement!The women tried to argue, but the manager direc
Hazel’s cheeks turned a little red, but her heart was happy.In fact, she didn’t even notice how Jaxson addressed her, but Joshua did. His care for her really made her very happy.“Mrs. Denmark,” Jaxson sensibly changed the address and explained, “in the Shawn family, Grandma Shawn calls the shots on everything. Katie Shawn used to be Mr. Shawn’s illegitimate daughter. Later, Mrs. Shawn passed away, but Katie’s mother tried to please Grandma Shawn, so she married Mr. Shawn. This sort of thing often happened in rich families, but Katie has a half-sister, Callie Shawn, who is appreciated by Grandpa Anderson and is engaged to Master Anderson.”“Isaac Anderson?” Hazel was amazed and couldn’t help sighing with surprise. “Is she the girl I have seen b
“By the way,” Hazel’s eyes flickered, “you really don’t want to find your parents?”Joshua slightly paused. The next moment, he gently tucked her hair behind her ear. “Why do you suddenly ask?”In fact, Hazel always knew his attitude. She hadn’t asked this question for a long time.She frowned slightly. “I just thought that you wouldn’t have any elders at our wedding….”“Don’t worry, mom and dad have a lot of real friends.” He thought she was worried about this and said quietly, “Besides, Grandpa Anderson and Isaac’s parents are actually quite happy to be my elders, which will not be gossiped about.”She looked a
Hazel knocked on the door and walked in with Joshua.Joshua looked a little dazed as he caught sight of the woman sitting at the window.Why did he somehow feel that this woman was very kind?“What... happened to her?” he asked in a low voice as if he was afraid to disturb her.“I don’t know.” Hazel shook her head with a wry smile. “I think she should have been greatly stimulated, so she becomes like this and escapes from reality.”His brow furrowed slightly.“Aunt Stacy?” Hazel walked over to Stacy and whispered.Just as she had been the last time when she saw her, Stacy was in her
“How did you take care of the patient?!” An old voice, full of anger, sounded. “How many times have I asked you to keep an eye on my daughter, but why would you let her be stimulated?”Hazel looked in the voice direction and saw a gray-haired old man reprimanding the doctor with a serious face.The doctor hesitated for a bit before he finally said, “Today, with Ms. Sanchez’s permission, we’ve let in two visitors who may have something to do with the patient.”“Visitors?” The old man looked at Katherine unhappily. “You have always been prudent. How can you be so rash this time?!”Katherine slightly frowned. She was a little puzzled. Wasn’t it Hazel who came here to visit Stacy? How could it be t
Forget it. Forget it. Hazel sighed, helpless. Now that he said so, she had to figure out another way.After Hazel and Joshua left without hesitation, Katherine had no choice but to return to the nursing home, only to find Grandpa Sloane looked as if he had been confronted by a formidable enemy and tried to transfer Stacy to another hospital.“Uncle Sloane!” Katherine was worried. “What are you doing? Why do you transfer Stacy?”“If I don’t transfer her, aren’t we waiting for that man to find us?” Grandpa Sloane paled. “Since his son can find her, isn’t it easier for him to find her?”“Uncle Sloane, you misunderstood!” Katherine explained helplessl
“When, when did you come here?!” Hazel was so scared she almost threw the phone out!How long had Joshua been standing behind her? And how much had he heard?Joshua’s eyes grew darker as he looked at Hazel’s pale face.He had been here for some time, so he had heard almost the whole conversation.Katherine told Hazel over the phone that the report had concluded that there was nothing between him and Stacy?Joshua’s eyes were tinged with irony.He knew clearly it wasn’t Katherine’s thoughts, but it was Stacy who didn’t want to recognize him as her son.It was ridiculous. He didn’t ex
“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