Soon there was a look of disappointment on Rachel’s face.
Hazel couldn’t help laughing in secret. She knew Rachel well. Rachel was disappointed not because Joshua didn’t cook well, but because he cooked so well that she couldn’t find any fault.
“How’s that, huh?” Hazel asked, begging for praise.
“Well…” Rachel was not a good liar. Even though she didn’t want to, she still told the truth. “Not bad.”
“My mom’s ‘not bad’ means great!” Hazel happily interpreted.
Rachel glared at Hazel unhappily but agreed.
“Thanks, mom.” A smile played on Joshua’s lips. The mo
This was too weird. Hazel couldn’t help frowning as she couldn’t figure it out.Grandpa Sloane was very concerned about Joshua but insisted on refusing to reunite with him. Even though obviously he wanted to listen to the things related to Joshua, he still wanted to drive her away.Why on earth was that?Hazel’s fingers tightened; she didn’t want to give up like that.If the Sloane family simply hated Joshua and didn’t want to reunite with him, she would definitely say nothing. But now, it was clear that Grandpa Sloane cared about Joshua very much, but he deliberately distanced himself from them because of some reason unknown to them.He and Joshua both had each other on their minds, and they int
Watching Grandpa Sloane’s caring face, Hazel felt guilty.He really cared about her, but she deceived him in this way.However, she bit her lips slightly and held back the guilty in the heart. She must struggle to ease the Sloane family’s relationship with Joshua.“No, I’m not fine!” Her eyes turned to look somewhere else, wandering. Then she gritted her teeth. “I have a headache, my arms ache, my legs ache... It hurts all over anyway.”“Leo, help Miss Crowe go into the car and take her to the hospital!” Grandpa Sloane said nervously.“I…” Guilty came over her heart again, but in the end, she didn’t change her mind.
Apart from this, she couldn’t find any reason why her phone didn’t ring.She hurried to call Joshua. The phone was answered quickly, and she asked nervously, “... Honey, I didn’t hear your call just now. Why do you call me?”Joshua was silent for a while before speaking quietly, “We'll talk about it when we meet.”She felt a jolt in her brain. What did Joshua say? Talk about it when they met?Did she hear that right?She was about to say something, but his phone had been directly hung up.She was even more confused. Why did Joshua hang up before she told him where she was?Suddenly, she had a b
Joshua slightly relaxed his grip as he felt a little helpless somehow.The little girl was sure he had no resistance to her, so she… licked his fingers at such a time?He paused for just a moment, and Hazel freed herself from him and pushed his hand away.This was a tricky situation. As long as Joshua was around, he wouldn’t give Grandpa Sloane any face, so now she must take him away to prevent him from saying anything hurtful to Grandpa Sloane.“Joshua, this is a misunderstanding,” she said, grabbing his wrist and taking him straight out the door. “Let’s go home. Let’s go, go! I’m fine.”Joshua’s eyes turned a little deeper, but she eventually took him away.
Hazel couldn’t help looking back and saw Katie’s face, which was white as a sheet.Hazel had unspoken criticism in the heart. Joshua was really… heartless! He didn’t give Katie any face at all. He seemed to be completely unaware of her presence, which was the most hurtful.After all, Katie must have come prepared if she dared to shout that she needed five minutes.As they walked into the elevator, Hazel asked curiously, “Denmark Group and the Shawn family are working on a project?”“Denmark Group works with a lot of companies,” Joshua said. “It wouldn’t be surprising if the Shawn family is working with us on one of our projects.”“Oh…” She n
The security guard who stopped Katie complained to his colleagues helplessly. Since then, the fact that Katie waited downstairs at Denmark Group had spread among employees at Denmark Group.Hazel’s lips twitched.It seemed Katie planned to keep waiting to let Joshua see her sincerity to “impress” him in this way.After that, Hazel returned to the President’s office.Joshua came back ahead of her.“Where have you been?” he asked in surprise.“The secretaries’ office,” she said, looking at him darkly. “I heard an interesting story.”“What?” He cocked an eyebrow
Downstairs, Katie had fled in a panic, but naturally, the media would not let her go so quickly. They followed her closely behind.Katie hadn’t had much contact with the press, but she did have contact. Because of the relationship of her identity, she had been a noble lady in front of the media. As for the fact that she was a mistress’s daughter, she had always kept it a secret.Besides, the events of the Shawn family were basically decided by Grandma Shawn, whom Katie usually tried hard to curry favor with, so other members in the Shawn family dared not say much about it outside.Now, however, Joshua let out the secret and exposed Katie’s worst fears to the public.Hazel could even imagine lots of shady secrets of the Shawn family would be revealed by
Grandma Shawn’s face changed a little. Of course, she knew what Katie was talking about was Joshua Denmark. She glared at Katie. “How dare you even have your eye on being with him?”“Why not?” Katie whispered, “Grandma, I know what you’re scared of. Yes, they say Master Denmark and Hazel Crowe are lovers, but so what? I think it’s because he wanted to own the Denmark Group more legitimately, so he pretended to be affectionate toward her in front of others. After all, how can a man like him be without women?”Some hesitation appeared on Grandma Shawn’s face.“Think about it,” Katie then persuaded her, “as long as I’m with Master Denmark, even if I can’t stand by his side in public, cannot he bring more benefits to the Shawn fami
“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