"What's wrong with you?"A scenario played in Hazel's head for a while. 'One day, Zac had an argument with Leila and got himself drunk. Valery then climbed into his bed and a drunken Zac thought it was Leila and later impregnated Valery.'Such plots were frequently seen on TV shows. Not to mention, Valery's mother, Elizabeth, was a very skilled woman. She must have inherited that from her."Did Valery's family force you to marry her?" This was something she knew and didn't even have to guess. Some people were just like superglue. Once you stick to their skin, there was no way out of it."There's no way I would marry her, but I want to be responsible and raise the baby myself," he said with sheer determination, assuring that the child was indeed important to him and he wanted to be responsible for it.This answer made Hazel feel a bit uneasy.'Why would you want to take care of a baby if it weren't yours?'It seemed to Hazel that he just admitted that
"She went back yesterday." There was a hint of coldness in Zac's tone. He frowned slightly as if he didn't want to talk about Leila.Hazel wondered if he had explained the whole marriage thing to her.Did he tell Leila the truth that they were just acting to put her mind at ease?'Forget it. It's none of my business,' Hazel comforted herself in mind.Then, she stretched out her hand to look at the brilliant ring on it. "Is this a crystal or a diamond?" she asked Zac.Leila must have recognized it at a glance. She was a jewelry designer and a professional jewelry assessor. No wonder she acted so weird when she saw it.'I really don't know what's going on in this guy's mind. He gave me a diamond ring and made me showcase it in front of his girlfriend. Is he trying to play a game?' she wondered.What was worse, it was a very valuable diamond. How could he let her wear it? Wasn't he afraid that she would lose it?Fo
That name.No one was more familiar with it than she was.She was the only one who knew all there was to know about it because she bore that name for seven whole years.Hazel's real name was Cathy Xu.After divorcing Baron, her mother changed her name to Lucy in the hopes of forgetting her past life and starting a new one. After she married Bob, Hazel offered to change her name in order to ease her mother's conflict with her new grandparents. Since her mother's second marriage, they had severed ties with their original family and become members of the new family wholeheartedly.However, did she actually become engaged to that ice guy?Wasn't this the biggest joke of the century?How come she never knew about it?He was eleven years old then, while she was only six years of age. At that time, Elizabeth took her son and daughter and became part of the family. Hazel and her elder sister Alice were too busy fighting
Valery was no competition for Hazel, so she definitely had to help her out!At that moment, Valery rushed toward Zac to look at the document. She was unbelieving until she saw the clear photo and name on the marriage certificate. Hysterical, she clamped her hands over her ears, screamed like a banshee, and promptly lost consciousness.Zac alertly caught Valery in his arms before she crumpled to the floor. "Call the doctor," he instructed the hovering house help and then carried her into a guest room.Of course, his sole concern was the baby, not the mother.Elizabeth and Mary also followed him to take care of the patient.Hazel stayed in the living room alone. It was unnecessary for her to enter the room, anyway.Albert did not move an inch; he only took a sip of tea and examined his daughter-in-law.The girl spoke not a single word from beginning to end. She was quiet as a breeze, seemingly trying to shrink until she was out of sight, but the fact w
Never!Thanks to his so-called mediocrity, she didn't feel any pressure whenever she was with him. She was able to get along with him, joke with him, and even argue with him. It was also because of his "mediocrity" that she felt like they were from the same world, and that she was able to put her trust in him.There had been a lot of ups and downs in her life. She had gone from a girl with a well-known and rich family to a girl with a small house in the middle of nowhere. And to be honest, she preferred the latter one.It was said that jade was the apple of the eyes of people from wealthy families, but the truth was, people from wealthy families all had two faces: one was ugly, while the other was gorgeous and fake.What was the difference between Zac and those people?"I'll only do what I need to, and I'll act how I should. Nothing more." Hazel's voice was cold and distant, and there was a trace of bitterness in it. She fixed her eyes outside the window, re
'I guess rich mothers-in-law really are cunning and brilliant,' Hazel thought.Her first gandmother might have been bossy and arrogant, but to Hazel, Mrs. Mary seemed like a wolf in sheep's clothing. It would be easier to please the likes of her grandmother than to deal with someone like Zac's mom.'I should probably keep my eyes on her so I can figure out her next move. Otherwise, I might find myself in danger.' Hazel held her breath.This time, Zac didn't oppose her. He always did things in a proper way to avoid humiliating his mother in front of others. Zac looked at Hazel and nodded slightly, and then she walked up to Mary and sat beside her.Valery walked towards Zac and smugly took the seat beside him. She always took comfort in the fact that his family had regarded her as someone who had the only right to be by his side. That even though Hazel was his legal wife, she still wouldn't be acknowledged and would only be considered as his mistress. Mistr
Hazel didn't know if there was actually a ghost, but there was one thing she knew for certain: there was a hidden secret in the yard.As they walked towards the pavilion, they saw Daisy coming from the bamboo forest path. Ivy waved her over, and they all sat around the stone table in the pavilion. Once they were settled down, they asked the servants to bring them some afternoon tea."The moment Zac came back, the whole house became bustling with noise." An ironic smile appeared on Daisy's face."I really can't stand Valery anymore. Is it such a big deal to be pregnant? Isabella already has three sons, but Richard hasn't married her yet," Ivy said."I agree. I don't even know how she got pregnant. The woman Zac loves is none other than Leila." In Daisy's eyes, Zac and Leila were perfect for each other."No. Zac is in love with Hazel now. He has already moved on from Leila." Ivy made a face and stuck out her tongue at Daisy. It seemed like they didn't agree wi
Elizabeth was so angry that she nearly burst into a frenzy. She didn't expect Zac to be so ruthless towards her. "You are engaged to Valery and she is pregnant with your child. Don't you think it's your responsibility to take care of her?""I'll take care of the baby. As for her..." A hint of sarcasm flitted over Zac's face. "Since you have so much free time, why don't you take some time to teach her a lesson? If she wants to be a daughter-in-law of our family, she should be kind, tolerant, and generous. Such a wicked and domineering woman like her wouldn't even be wanted by beggars on the side of the road, so how can you expect her to get into our family?"Elizabeth's face was now as red as a ripe apple with a tinge of purple and brown. She took a deep breath and swallowed hard, trying very hard to calm herself down. Elizabeth knew that if she provoked him further, she would get nothing from him. If she really wanted to drive Hazel away, she had to turn to Mary.Wi