Hazel did hear Joshua mention James. She remembered it well, he had mentioned there was a child who had grown up with him, had misunderstood him, and they had a bad relationship.
When Joshua told her, Hazel joked that it must have been the other person’s fault, but she clearly remembered the regret and sadness in his eyes when he mentioned it. He was a reserved person, and if someone could make him have such an expression, that person would definitely be very important to him.
James looked a little colder, and apparently, Hazel’s words didn’t make him change his attitude towards Joshua.
Suddenly, several cars emerged and stopped in the middle of the road ahead.
James became very nervous. “Get down!”
“Joshua,” she looked at him wide-eyed, “you care so much about him, which would lead me to believe that there is something between you!”He stared at her helplessly. “What are you thinking about?”“Do you know how I feel when you’re jealous?” She poked him in his chest.Joshua’s eyes were a little deep. He took her fingers lightly and then pulled her into his arms.“Joshua...” She was kind of surprised.“You’ve been talking to me randomly all the time. Are you still afraid now?” he asked.Her body froze abruptly. He did find out... Yeah, he had always been so keen. Though it was not the first
When they all sat down, Hazel told her parents about Theresa. She had learned about Theresa’s situation, so she said that she had gone out to help her.Although it was a lie, Harry and Rachel wouldn’t naturally investigate the truth because they felt extreme hatred for the Flores family, and they were furious about how they had treated Theresa.“After hearing this, I’m afraid the early death of the two daughters in their house may not have been that simple,” Rachel said as she looked pale. “I’m afraid this family may have abused them and caused their death or abandoned them because of their dislike of daughters.”Hazel sighed because Rachel was right. She had heard from Theresa that her two dead sisters had been abused by her parents when they were babies.
“Hazel…” Joshua was confused. He and Hazel were a couple, everyone knew, so why did they need to sneak around like they were having an affair?“Shh—” She whispered, “Let’s hide. I don’t want my mother to find us, or we won’t have a chance to talk!”She had hardly finished her sentence when Rachel opened the door and walked in. In an instant, Hazel’s body stiffened as she tensed up. Joshua’s eyes were a bit deep, he looked at Hazel’s tenseness and thought it might be a good opportunity to seduce her.All of a sudden, he leaned over and blew in her ear. Hazel’s body quivered instantly as if she had had an electric shock, then she looked at Joshua in disbelief. What did he want to do at this moment?
Hazel was speechless because Rachel wasn’t angry and even changed her attitude so quickly. But why did she think there was something else going on?“Come here,” said Rachel in a deep voice.Just as she had expected, there was something suspicious, Hazel was positive that Rachel was deceiving her.“No!” She ducked behind Joshua and said helplessly, “Mom, I really have something to talk about with Joshua alone. Please give me a chance. When I’m done, I’ll apologize to you.”“What is it?” Rachel raised her eyebrows.“How can I tell you that since I said it is a private conversation?” Hazel spoke very confidently.
Hazel was a little shocked, she looked at Joshua with a serious expression and seemed to want to say something after she saw the look on his face.“Don’t get me wrong,” he said quietly. “It doesn’t matter to me whether they are good or bad, poor or rich. But since people would attack me by using my true birth once, there will be another time. Rather than let it be used as a means for others to attack me, it would be better to find them.”She really didn’t know what to say. He could talk about them with no feeling whatsoever, which led Hazel to believe that he really didn’t have much in the way of expectations.Maybe he had been desperate, or maybe her parents healed his wounds. But she could tell that he was very unwilling to face it.
“... I really didn’t take it. Luna, you must believe me!” Mandy was sobbing more and more violently. She tried hard to dodge the slaps, but she was being attacked from different directions, she did not have time to protect herself.Susan realized Mandy was not going to admit she took what she was looking for, so Susan lifted her foot and started to kick her. Mandy shouted bitterly, swearing at Susan and the other woman as she held onto her stomach. The pain caused sweat to run down her cheeks, and she was becoming paler.“Stop it!” said Hazel angrily.“Why are you here?” Susan looked at her in surprise, and then, with a burst of anger in her eyes, she glared at Mandy. “You still say you didn’t steal? She’s the one you called, right?!”
Sunny would have guessed her identity but did not seem to want to admit to Hazel being her niece, so there was no need to bring it to light.Hazel didn’t feel Sunny wanted to hurt her, but at the same time, she did not embrace her crying sadly as if she had seen a long-lost relative.Sunny seemed to have more complex emotions toward her, and Hazel could sense that she was looking at her as if she was missing something and was somehow sentimental. Like she was looking at someone else... through her.Like when she had met Sunny last time, Hazel still thought she seemed to be a bit erratic.Sunny looked away from Hazel, then she looked at Susan coldly. “What’s the matter?”Susan gave an embellished accoun
“Related to me?” Hazel raised her eyebrows in surprise.“Yes...” Mandy explained, “In fact, Luna has been torturing me since I helped you, but she did not find a new assistant that time and was not very alert. I saw her give someone a USB drive, it contained pictures of you meeting Henty at the hotel that day,”Mandy took a deep breath and quietly said, “She was going to try and destroy you with the photos. When the two of you went into the room simultaneously, it would be easy to misunderstand. I took the USB drive when she wasn’t looking. Luna had always suspected me, but there was never any evidence, and I would not admit to it…”Hazel understood suddenly. It turned out that Luna had been bullying Mandy because she really did steal something, and it was