Give you twenty minutes to come over

Noah coughed lightly. “You’re looking for Jack?” He asked, looking at someone who was still cold but had a strong presence, smiling like a fox. He patted the shoulder of the woman next to him and pointed to the direction of the door. Although the woman was not very willing, she did not dare to say a word and got up to leave.

“Uh-huh.” Hazel’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Is it urgent?”

“Yes”

“I thought you were missing Jack” Noah joked

After a brief silence, Hazel’s voice came again- Brother Noah, I need to find Jack. If you know where he is, can you tell me?”

“Well...” Noah hesitated and did not speak immediately, but his gaze turned to Jack, asking for his opinion.

Jack narrowed his eyes slightly. :What do you want with me?”

The distance between Jack and Noah was not far, and the speaker was on, so even though the volume was not loud, Hazel still recognized it as Jack’s voice.

she was delighted. Jack, can I talk to you? I’m in rose villa. Can you come back for a while? Or... should I come to you?”

“No time.” Jack refused completely.

“I really have urgent matters! I’ll only delay you for ten minutes, okay?”

Jack raised his eyebrows and suddenly smiled, getting up and walking towards Noah. “Hazel, you have twenty minutes to come. If you don’t arrive within the time I specified, I won’t give you another chance”

After speaking, he had reached Noah’s side and reached for the hang-up button on the phone screen.

“Hey!” Noah’s face was full of gossip and teasing. “Jack, I didn’t expect you to be quite good at fooling people.”

Jack chuckled. “Really?”

“It takes at least forty minutes to get from rose villa to here, and that’s only if there’s no traffic.” Noah snorted. “If you didn’t want to see her, why bother with all this?”

Jack’s eyebrows furrowed, and he ave him a cold glance. He looked at the time and said, “Nineteen and a half minutes left.”

“...”

Twenty minutes later, Jack put on his lab coat and prepared to leave. “I’m leaving now.”

“Hey!” Noah hurriedly stopped him. “Are you really going like this? Hazel is probably on her way here! Can’t you wait a little longer? She’s still your wife , isn’t she?

Jack’s face instantly turned ugly.

He didn’t say anything else, turned around and walked out, but he didn’t go straight to the door. He went to the public restroom, stood in front of the sink and washed his hand carefully, taking three minutes. He then looked around the lobby for a while, taking ten minutes.

When he was sure that the time was almost up, he took his coat and went out, his lips slightly curved.

“Jack!′

Just as Jack opened the driver’s side door, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Hazel panted, “Can we talk?”

Jack looked at her with a smile that wasn’t really a smile. “Twenty minutes have already passed.”

“I didn’t know it was so far away from the villa. This is already the fastest I could come.”

“What is the point?”

“Aren’t you still here?” Hazel refused to give up, “I’ll only take up ten minutes of your time...no! Five minutes! Is that okay?”

Jack pulled her arm and moved her away, then swiftly got into the car and closed the door. “No.”

“But I...”

Jack looked at the steering wheel and spoke indifferently,” There are many things that come only once in a lifetime. If you miss it, it’s your own fault.”

“...”

***

As a result, the next day, Hazel and Jack “coincidentally” met at the Jack family’s old mansion.

Hazel went to find Jack last night, but he didn’t give her a chance to speak because she was late. She was both anxious and angry, not knowing what to do.

Just after having lunch today, she received a call from the Jack family’s old mansion, saying that her father-in law and mother-in law had returned to the country and invited her over for dinner. She didn’t know if Jack would go, but she had to go for both emotional and rational reasons. Besides... If Jack still refused to help, she wanted to talk to Grandpa Aiden. After all she really had no other option now.

She chose a simple and decent outfit and put on a light makeup. There were several cars in Jack’s garage, but she didn’t drive any of them and took a taxi to Jack’s family old mansion.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she got out of the car, Jack’s car drove up.

Did he really come?

Hazel was delighted, standing in place, waiting for him to park. However, Jack drove straight into the old mansion without even pausing for a second.

She knew he did it on purpose. When his car passed by her, he even gave her a sarcastic glance.

How despicable!

she gritted her teeth and hurriedly followed him. When they arrived at the garage, Jack had just gotten out of his car. Seeing her panting, he frowned with displeasure.

“Jack...”

He gave her a cold glance.

“I... need to talk to you about something ”

“Talk to me?” He snorted,“So you came all the way to the old house for that?”

“Grandfather called me” She implied that she didn’t come on her own.

“so what?” He leaned against the car, looking relaxed, but his expression was full of mockery. “Do you want to express that married women don’t want to be alone and you want me to come back, or is it just for the sake of your family company?”

Hazel didn’t beat around the bush,” You should also have a general understanding of the Brooks company’s situation. I know it’s presumptuous of me to ask or your help, but I really have no other option. I...”

Before she could finish, he interrupted her, “Hazel, what does it have to do with me if you have no other options?” He wickedly hooked up a corner of his lips. “You have no options, so you came to me. Did you plan all of this because you had no options? Ha! hazel, do you really think that just because you married me, I’m obligated to help you with everything? If you’ve always had this idea, I advise you..” He leaned closer to her. Don’t delude yourself.”

After speaking, he didn’t wait for her and went straight to the house.

Hazel took a deep breath and didn’t dare t linger. She hurriedly caught up with him, “Jack!”

Jack, who had already walked to the door, stopped and turned to look at her.

She stood beside him, but before she could speak, he said ,“Hazel, I don’t care who sent you here today. Let’s end it here. And I don’t want to hear you mention this to anyone in my family, do you understand?”

“...”

Hazel wanted to say something, but seeing the warning look on Jack’s face, she decided to hold her tongue for the time being. She knew his ways of doing things and didn’t want to be sent away before even entering the door. Even though he had warned her, she couldn’t care less. She had to find a chance to speak up later. The Brooks family and her mother were the things she urgently wanted to protect now.

In the living room,Jack’s grandfather, Jacks parent and his second sister and brother-in law were sitting on the sofa chatting, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. After they entered, Jack briefly greeted them and took a seat.

Hazel used to come here quite often and was quite familiar with the place. But today, she felt quite uneasy. They greeted each other according to seniority. Jack’s grandfather was amiable. Jack’s father John was dignified, and only nodded slightly. Daniel and his wife were enthusiastic and asked her not to be polite. Only Jack’s mother Anita, had not smiled since she saw her in the living room. Especially after hearing her call out “Mom”, she even hummed lightly.

Hazel sat in the corner and Jack’s grandfather occasionally talked to her, and she answered each time. The rest of the time, she remained silent.

Fortunately, not long after, the housekeeper came over and said that dinner was ready. Jack’s grandfather stood up first, “Go and call Richard to come and eat. Hazel, come and have dinner first. After dinner, I have something to announce to you all.