It was all true, when Fred was young, he had fallen in love with Sunny, and he would do anything that she asked. After so many years, the love between them had become nothing but exchanges out of pure interest on Sunny’s part. Although a small part of him was thinking about her during Joshua’s interrogations, he was too scared not to expose her.
Fred had always lived in a safe environment, so he never experienced pain like that before. He had broken his silence and confirmed everything that Joshua seemed to know already. There was no reason to keep covering for Sunny. He was going to save his own life; he didn’t want to spend his time always looking over his shoulder and running from Joshua.
"Did you conspire to kidnap Hazel?" Joshua asked angrily.
"No, not me! Sunny was the mastermind behind it!"
Sunny was at the Joseph Residence when she heard what was happening with Fred and Mandy. She knew that Joshua and Hazel would be on their way to see her.Before leaving to confront Sunny, Joshua had ordered his men to take Fred and Mandy directly to the police station and have them held. He would make sure to deal with them later. First, he needed to deal with Sunny.As they got closer to Joseph Residence, they could see smoke and flames over the tops of the house.“What is going on? What’s happening?” Hazel asked in a panic. She was banging against the car window, and they pulled in front of the house. There was a fire raging that she knew was too big to be put out easily.Hazel jumped out of the car and saw a shadow in a window on the second floor. Sh
As they drove back to Denmark Residence, Joshua made a promise to Hazel. He vowed that he would stay by her side until she felt like she was herself again. They both knew it was going to take some time to process everything that had happened.A few days after the fire, Hazel was still recovering when a visitor stopped by to see her.Hazel walked down the stairs slowly, in the living room, Susan was waiting for her. For a long time, Susan was not a welcomed guest at Denmark Residence, but after everything that had happened, Joshua realized it was not her fault."You are here to see me? What happened?" Hazel saw her and her expression became more complex.Her relationship with Susan had been very strained, and even though it had been eased with the recent events, it was on
On the day of her graduation ceremony, Hazel left Denmark Residence and traveled to University Q without Joshua. He told her that he had work to do but assured her that he would be there as soon as he was done.As soon as she arrived at University Q, Hazel went to her dorm room to meet Ariel and Summer. The first thing she said with a mysterious smile, “Did you prepare what I asked you to?”"Of course!" Ariel said with a huge grin, "Do not worry, we will help you do what you need to so that you will be happy!""Thank you so much!" Hazel was relieved even though her heart was pounding faster than it ever had.Hazel’s phone rang, and she disappointingly took it out of her purse. She assumed it was Joshua calling to say he wouldn’t be able to make it
“Aunt Katherine,” Hazel’s eyes sparkled with joy and excitement. “Are you really coming to my graduation?”“Yeah…yes?” Katherine looked at her with confusion, not understanding why she changed her mind so quickly.“Thank you so much.” Hazel was happier than she had thought she would be. “With you as a witness, I think I may actually be able to convince my parents.”“Witness to what?” Katherine was more confused. “Are you going to involve me in some scheme, Hazel?”“I’ve always been such a good child. Do you think I would do that?” said Hazel with a chuckle. “Rest assured, it’s nothing bad, and you will find out soon enough.”
“What?” There was an uproar from the audience. Everyone started looking around and whispering in disbelief. They thought she had lost her mind and could not understand how she could be so selfish as to use this occasion to do something personal.“What's happening?” Katherine whispered to James. Because of Katherine’s high-ranking status, they were in the front row as distinguished guests, they were close enough to see the sweat forming on Hazel’s forehead.“I have no idea.” James frowned mysteriously.With the crowd whispering amongst themselves, Hazel spoke again as if she didn’t hear them. “Last year, I unexpectedly met a man. At first, I thought the timing was really bad, but since then, my whole world has become a mess!”
“Hazel, marry me?” He said in a soft, charming tone. Hazel felt a little lightheaded, she thought she might faint. There was absolutely no reason to say no to his proposal.“Mmm...” Her face was flushed as she nodded yes. Even if Joshua had asked her to marry him privately, she would have been too excited to answer with words.Joshua smiled and put the ring on her finger. He got up and leaned in to kiss her. He would finally get to marry the woman he loved, and he hoped she wouldn’t refuse what he wanted to do next.There were cheers and applause throughout the gym. However, Katherine was staring at the stage in disbelief.“Is that man Joshua?” she asked, looking seriously at James. Joshua had always kept a low profile, so Kather
Instead, Joshua immediately brought her to get a marriage license.“You are the one who proposed at your graduation ceremony, but now you are afraid to get a marriage license?” He chuckled.“Who says I’m afraid?” She blushed with embarrassment as she looked at him angrily.A smile curved his lips, and he couldn’t wait any longer. Joshua put his arm around Hazel’s waist and scooped her up into his arms.She exclaimed, looking shyly at Joshua. “Put me down! Everyone is looking at us!”“Then let them watch.” He chuckled. Hazel buried her face in his chest as Joshua carried her into the building.
“Yes, everything has been prepared.” Joshua nodded. He realized that Hazel misunderstood how he got her identification, but nothing would stop him from obtaining their marriage certificate.“But…” Though Hazel’s heart was filled with love, she was a bit hesitant.“Hazel, you don’t trust me?” He asked in a deep tone, he tried to look Hazel in the eyes, but she continued to look at the ground.“I... No,” she said hastily. “But…”She wasn’t prepared to rush into getting married. She had thought that after she proposed, they would wait until they spoke to her family and then pick a date.Instead, Joshua immediately brought her to get