“I am sorry, Ivan, I do not understand,” she came to her senses and interrupted calmly.
Looking at his face, she took a deep breath. She did not know how Ivan felt before, but she knew it now, so naturally, they had to talk it over.
“Ivan, your affection to me should not be love,” she spoke quietly. “I always think that to love someone is to be nice to that person. It’s the first time I’ve heard that the one you love must be persecuted first even if she did nothing wrong.”
“I...” he wanted to explain something, but she interrupted him.
“As a friend, I can understand your helplessness but cannot accept it as an excuse. Besides, since you feel that your helplessness is more important than my injustice, doesn
Joshua smiled, any doubt he had was gone, and he felt completely relieved. Hazel was not hiding anything from him, which meant nothing was going on between her and Ivan.“Mmm. Try to go back to school as early as possible, it’s cold,” he said.“Don’t you want to ask me what we talked about?” She was curious.“Hazel, I trust you,” he said in a low voice. “You can handle these things.”She felt happy that he trusted her. Joshua did not continue asking her what had happened but gave her space to deal with it herself.“It’s done.” She asked playfully, “What about you? Is there any relationship that you need to deal with?”
Hazel froze when she saw them together, she was both panic-stricken and stunned.When Vanessa called her, she did not believe her story at all, and even when she had asked Joshua for proof, it was because she was a little unsure, but then he answered honestly, so she believed him.But now, she actually saw Vanessa leaning intimately on Joshua’s chest as if she were crying while Joshua patted her on the back as if he was comforting her. They looked like a couple who hadn’t seen each other for a long time while she was standing there like his mistress.How could this be happening?Joshua didn’t want her to pick him up because he was meeting Vanessa Young?Hazel’s heart was filled with anger at being dece
Unable to hear her response, Isaac anxiously asked, “Hazel, are you all right?”“Yeah, it is nothing.” Hazel sucked in a deep breath. “I’m just asking.”“Really?” He was still worried.“Really,” she replied.After a brief chat with Isaac, she hung up.She went straight back to her dorm, she was thankful that Summer and Ariel weren’t there.She looked down at the chocolate box in her hand. She had actually brought it back, she threw it in the trash can without thinking twice.Just as it hit the bottom of the can with a loud thud, her phone rang.
It turned out to be Joshua who was breaking in?Hazel looked at him in astonishment. She lived on the fifth floor. He climbed up to the balcony from the first floor?!But the bitterness and anger seemed to burst, and she could not help cursing. “What are you doing here?!”Joshua’s face changed slightly, and he leaned back against the wall. She was frightened and hurried to grab him by the wrist.She looked down and saw there was only one rope tied to the balcony railing. There were no other safety precautions at all.“Are you mad?!” she shouted angrily. “Do you want to die? This is the fifth floor! Why would you dare climb up like that?!”
Even if everything made sense, Hazel couldn’t accept whatever reason Joshua had.Joshua burst into laughter and said with a sigh of relief, “I’m glad I was there with the driver to take her home that day.”“Oh?” Hazel looked at him blankly. “You mean…”If Joshua and the driver took Vanessa home, how could he do anything to Vanessa with the driver around?“Hazel, I didn’t touch her,” he whispered. “I took her home with the driver and left with him that day. Then I went straight to the airport, so there was no way I could do anything to her.”“But I saw…” She looked at his white shirt, and her eyes dimmed somehow.
Hazel was in absolute disbelief.Vanessa had committed suicide? She had just called her early in the day to warn her to leave Joshua.Joshua hung up the phone after saying a few words that Hazel could not comprehend due to the shock.“Is she okay?” Hazel asked.“Kenny found her and got her to the hospital in time. Now she is out of danger." Joshua replied. Hazel muttered, “Will you go to visit her?”“Yeah. That is also the reason Kenny called me, I need to visit her in person.” Joshua replied in a low voice.“Okay.” Hazel replied in a depressing voice.Joshua noticed the change of h
Hazel was still lost in thought. It was indeed not a wise decision to come here with Joshua. She just stood there and did not speak a word, but she was still being pulled into the situation.Mabel was about to reach for Hazel, holding her hand to slap her and looking at her furiously. Hazel was scared of the woman coming toward her, so she moved out of the way. At the same moment, Joshua stepped in between Mabel and Hazel, the slap landed with a loud smack on his cheek.The room suddenly got very silent, everyone was in shock and looked at Joshua.“Joshua Denmark, go away, don’t protect this bitch!” Mabel shouted at him in a daring voice. She had slapped Joshua! It made her a little scared, so she was trying to justify her actions.“Mrs. You
"How do you know he didn't do it?" Mabel was furious. "I think that you are planning on marrying better than you ever imagined you would, so you are speaking for Joshua.”“Joshua, you must marry my daughter.” Garry was rampant. “Or I am obliged to prosecute you for raping my daughter. Let us see what influence it would have on the Denmark Group.”“Are you threatening me?” Joshua looked at him with a half-smile.Garry was scared by his look. Although it was always said that Joshua was easy-going and mild, Garry clearly knew another side of him. He could be cold-hearted and cruel if he were serious about the confrontation.Hazel ran out of patience, she did not intend to get involved. After all, she had nothing to do with the situa
“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