Ch. 211..230

Chapter 211: Why Are You Looking For Me?

Richard had seen Hazel’s photo, but she was much more beautiful when he actually saw her in person. The most noticeable thing was that she was so vivid, he could recognize her in a glance.

Richard quickly drove away from the thoughts in his mind, he had to remember that she was a bad person and he liked Susan. He was there to help Susan teach her a lesson. After taking a moment to gather his thoughts, he sat down across from Hazel.

Hazel was studying and did not notice who sat down. Richard waited, hoping that Hazel would look up, but she was preoccupied with her book and didn’t even glance at him.

Richard decided to cough to get her attention, but she still did not raise her head. He suddenly became irritated, he coughed twice and increased the volume.

After the second cough, Hazel finally looked at him and did everyone else who was around. He still looked depressed.

Hazel frowned, pointing at the sign that said no shouting.

Richard suddenly became embarrassed. He took a deep breath and whispered, “Hazel, I am here to find you…”

A strange expression appeared on Hazel’s face, she felt uncomfortable when she realized that he was the man from Summer’s photo. If he could track her to the library, then she couldn’t stay there any longer.

Hazel packed up her books and quickly walked out of the library. Richard smiled and followed her.

“Hazel,” Richard yelled as he stepped out in front of her, he put out his hand to shake hers, “Nice to meet you, my name is Richard Hamilton…”

Hazel ignored him, she was not interested in talking to him, but she ended up asking, “Why are you looking for me?”

Richard Hamilton took back his hand, and he hurried to keep up. “Since I saw you yesterday…”

“Yesterday?” Hazel stopped and asked calmly. “What time?”

Richard was stunned, she didn’t react as most people would. He just had to pretend to have seen her, then say he was attracted to her.

“About 10:30 in the morning…” he said with guilt.

“10:30? Where?” Hazel lifted her eyebrows, questioning him.

Richard thought about it, and he continued to lie, “… at the ribbon-cutting

ceremony of Joshua-Hazel Pictures.”

Hazel looked at him with a smile. “At 10:30 yesterday, the ribbon-cutting ceremony had long ended, and people were gone. How can I not remember seeing you?”

He was caught lying, and his face became red. “Yes, when you left, I saw you…”

“But at half-past ten, I didn’t leave, and I was not in the square of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.” Hazel continued to expose his lies. “Are you looking at the wrong person?”

“No, I definitely haven’t found the wrong person!” Richard said anxiously. “I may not have remembered the right time, but I really saw you yesterday! I wanted to talk to you at the time, but I didn’t have a chance, so I come here today. Because I…”

Looking at Hazel’s fascinating gaze, Richard couldn’t say anything.

He initially thought that the matter would be straightforward. He was so handsome and so rich. He felt that as long as the rose was sent, he went shopping with Hazel and he bought jewelry for her, that he could have her won over in about three days.

But the situation was a bit different from what he had planned. When she returned the flowers, he had failed, and he was being questioned with her simple words.

Richard suddenly realized that Hazel was not as easy to deal with as he thought. He was too naive before.

“I want to be friends with you!” Richard said in a deep voice. He could only take a step back and try a different approach, if he tried to chase her, he knew she would reject him.

Hazel looked at him unexpectedly. She calmly shook her head and said, “No, I don’t want to be friends with you. We are not compatible.”

“Why?” Richard asked without thinking. How could he accept that he was being rejected by her?

“Because your purpose is not pure,” Hazel said in a deep voice. If Richard were more understanding, he would have known what she meant.

Richard was anxious and could not help but be a little surprised. Did Hazel see something in him? No, how would that be possible? He hadn’t even said that much to her.

Could it be that Hazel was suggesting he was too straightforward? Maybe, that was what she had meant, he was regretting what he had said.

“Hazel, you seemed to have misunderstood me,” Richard said. “It is almost noon, can I ask you to have a meal? Let’s talk about it?”

“Sorry, I have a friend.” Hazel is somewhat impatient. How can this Richard man still not give up? Were her words so hard to understand?

Richard was upset, he was begging Hazel, she dared not agree.

“Who is he?” Richard said with dissatisfaction, “Hazel, can’t I compare with your friend?”

Hazel was stunned. She finally understood why Richard was a friend of Susan, they were two despicable people. Their ultra-low emotional intelligence was exactly the same.

She was trying to speak, but she heard someone preemptively saying, “What do you think you are doing? Can you compare with Hazel’s friend?”

Richard was furious, and he was ready to fight, but he couldn’t help but be shocked when he saw who it was. “Isaac Anderson? Why are you here?”

Isaac sneered and placed his arm around Hazel’s shoulder. “The person she is meeting at noon is me. Do you have something to say about it?”

Richard was shocked and could not speak. How could Hazel know Isaac? He knew Isaac, but it was through his relationship with Susan. Furthermore, although they are multinational groups, they could not be compared to the Denmark Group.

Richard did not think that he was worse than Isaac, but he definitely did not feel stronger than him. However, if all of Hazel’s friends were at the same level as Isaac, wasn’t he making a fool of himself by looking down on her before?

“Hand!” Hazel looked at Isaac unhappily.

Isaac regrettably moved his arm from around her. “Hazel, you don’t have to be so ruthless…”

“What are you doing? I don’t recall having a date with you.” Hazel did not hesitate to dismantle his lies.

“I heard that someone sent you flowers, so I ran to get the details,” Isaac looked Richard up and down. He couldn’t but say. “How is it that your taste is getting worse??”

“Isaac, you…” Richard looked at him with anger, but his family repeatedly told him not to offend Isaac, so he could only stand there and listen to his insults.

“Okay, don’t go too far,” Hazel said. “I said two words to him.”

 

Chapter 212: You Are Not Willing To Admit Failure?

Hazel turned to Richard, and he suddenly felt some joy. He knew that Hazel was the kind of woman who would definitely agree to date him. She must have just been playing cat and mouse with him.

“I would like to invite you to have a French meal as a lunch date,” Richard said with a sigh. “Have you eaten yet? Either way, it doesn’t matter, I will let you taste foreign foods…”

“Then, Richard?” Hazel interrupted him calmly. “I am not going to promise to eat with you.”

Richard’s face suddenly became stiff, and his eyes were full of anger and incomprehension. “Why?! Isaac can invite you, so I should be able to as well. Am I worse than him?”

“You are not willing to admit failure?” Hazel looked at him indifferently. “Exactly, I am in a good mood. I have only said a few words to you, and I intend to go with Isaac because he would be taking me as his real friend.”

Richard was even more upset, “I am also…”

“I think you have misunderstood the word “friends.” Hazel said, “So, you should look that up in the dictionary.”

“Let’s have dinner together at noon?” Hazel looked back at Isaac.

“Well, what do you want to eat?” Isaac asked with a smile.

Richard was a bit stunned and seemed to understand something.

“Do you understand?” Hazel looked at Richard.

“Friends are equal. Just like Isaac, he will respect my opinion. It is not because he has more money than me, so he’s asking me to make me grateful to him, and I should feel so honored. That deformed relationship in your mind is not friendship at all. You look down on me, why should I respect you?”

Richard’s face became a little pale, and he looked embarrassed. “I, I don’t have…”

“No?” Hazel sneered, lifting the lips.

“When I refuse you, isn’t your thinking that this woman is really hateful? She should be honored that I asked her, and she dared to refuse? When you ask me to eat a French meal, weren’t you thinking I never had it before and it would be an opportunity for me to have a fine meal, she must be grateful?”

“I, I…” Richard was feeling like a person who had just been caught naked, and he had nowhere to hide.

Although Hazel’s words were mean, she knew his thoughts. It turned out that Hazel saw through it, and he had actually acted like a fool.

“Let’s go, let’s eat Hot Pot.” Hazel turned and said to Isaac.

“I don’t eat spicy food!” Isaac was annoyed.

“I know, we can order half-spicy, half not spicy.” Hazel casually said.

Richard watched as Hazel and Isaac walked away, he was still stunned. He did not think that he would be defeated, and he was disgraceful, only because of himself.

Isaac looked back at him and shook his head with a smile.

When Isaac and Hazel got into the car, Isaac took out his phone and sent a recording of the conversation to Joshua.

“I have seen it, that is a weak chicken who can’t shake your position. Don’t worry.” Isaac quickly sent a message to Joshua.

Joshua listened to the recording, and his lips twitched softly. “I know.”

“Are you listening to the recording? I know you are not afraid that you will be dumped.”

“I believe Hazel, she can solve it herself.”

Isaac burst out laughing and thought that he should not participate in it. He knew that Joshua liked to show off.

“Hey! It’s useless to show off. Now, I am going to eat with Hazel. Do you envy me, huh?” Isaac smugly sent a message.

Joshua’s eyes were sinking.

“What are you doing?” Hazel curiously looked at his mobile phone.

“Nothing,” Isaac hurriedly put away his mobile phone and began to change the topic. “You are going too far talking to him and making him question his life.”

“What should I do if he still wanted to talk to me?” Hazel said. “If I had to choose between being stuck with him or destroy his self-esteem so that he no longer dared to disturb me, I would destroy him.”

Isaac gave her a thumbs up and said, “I am thankful that you don’t treat me like that.”

Hazel chuckled and ignored him.

Seeing that Hazel didn’t care too much, he looked at his phone. But after looking at it, he suddenly felt anxious.

Joshua sent him a message, “I have told your whereabouts to your fiancée.”

Isaac was really anxious now, and he hurriedly said, “Hazel, I will take you home. We go out for lunch another day. I have some urgent things that I need to take care of.”

“Ah? What happened?” Hazel was stunned.

“It’s because of Joshua!” Isaac clenched his teeth. “I always think he is deliberately targeting me!”

“How is that possible?” Hazel did not believe it.

Isaac felt wrong, it seemed that every time he was with Hazel, Joshua was deliberately targeting him. He didn’t have any romantic thoughts about her, why was Joshua so nervous? The worst part is that nobody believed him.

He took Hazel back to the dormitory and left the university. When he got out of the parking lot, he called Joshua and said with anger, “Joshua, are you deliberately targeting me?”

Joshua lifted her lips, “Isaac, I am still swamped. If it is not important, I will hang up.”

“Wait!” Isaac sighed. “I have nothing. There is a love rival who kept following Hazel. You really don’t care about it? I saw it, the guy will not give up that easily.”

“I have an idea in mind,” Joshua said. When Isaac heard what he was saying, he did not say anything else.

Just as they hung up, Joshua’s cell phone rang again. He looked at his phone and saw Susan’s name.

He stared at it with a cold glare and then hesitantly pressed the answer button.

“Joshua, I just sent you an email! You need to open it and read it. It is very important!” Susan said eagerly.

Joshua frowned slightly, and he opened the email Susan sent to him, and his face became gloomier.

Susan had sent him a few pictures. It was Richard who stopped Hazel near the library and when Isaac arrived.

“Joshua, have you seen it?” Susan asked.

Joshua’s eyes became cold, and he did not answer.

Susan was joyful. Joshua must be angry with Hazel, so he didn’t say anything.

She added, “I know that you are uncomfortable seeing this. I didn’t expect that Hazel couldn’t stand the loneliness. She hooked up with other men as soon as you went on a business trip! Take a look at the photos, she actually got close to some man, and seeing her relationship with the two men is not simple, it is clearly jealous…”

 

Chapter 213: I’ll Watch The Show

Who gave you permission to track Hazel?” said Joshua bitterly.

Susan was stunned, was he making a mistake and blaming her?

“Joshua, don’t you understand? Hazel is dating two men at the same time. Even if you are angry, you should be angry with her. Why are you angry with me?” Susan was feeling anxious.

“You don’t have to worry about a thing with Hazel,” Joshua said in a deep voice. “Susan, my tolerance is limited, and if you dare to do anything to Hazel, do not blame me if something happens to you!”

Susan felt a chill come from Joshua’s tone, she was so scared that she almost dropped her phone. Joshua was not kidding, and she could feel it, she was distraught. How could this be?

Joshua hung up on her, she was so annoyed that she threw the phone down on the table, shouting angrily, “Joshua has a problem, obviously Hazel has betrayed him, and he is mad at me?! He is so unreasonable!”

Mandy was sitting on the sofa and said nothing. How could Susan think that Joshua liked her? She couldn’t help but politely say, “Luna, I think Joshua likes Hazel quite a lot. Of course, if you send him those things, he will be angry…”

“You are right.” Susan nodded in agreement. Mandy was amazed. Did she actually persuade this spoiled girl?

However, Susan’s next sentence snapped her back to reality.

“Joshua is still interested in Hazel, and he is sure to defend her,” Susan continued. “And I sent him those photos. He must have thought that I was nosy, so he was angry. After all, he is a man, even if his lover is deceiving him, it is enough to make him disrespectful. Not to mention that he likes me, and I was the one who sent them to him.”

Mandy was speechless, there was no saving Susan. In the end, how dumb was she to actually believe that Joshua liked her?

“He is telling me that what he needs is an elegant and understanding partner who knows things, not a jealous woman. Do you agree with me?” Susan looked at Mandy.

“… right,” Mandy answered against her heart, she knew she had no option but to try and please her.

Susan still wanted to speak, but her phone rang. She pressed the answer button, and the voice suddenly became extraordinarily gentle.

“Richard, are things still going well?”

“Not very well at all,” Richard was puzzled. He couldn’t help but ask, “Susan, have you misunderstood her? Why do I feel that Hazel does not seem to be the kind of woman who loves money and she is vain?”

Susan was stunned then became angry, not only had Joshua fallen in with Hazel, so had Richard Hamilton.

“Why isn’t she?” Susan was mad, “What do you mean? Do you mean I am lying? Or did you only see her and fall in love with her?!”

“Susan, I only love you, how can I fall in love with other women?” Richard Hamilton hurriedly explained, “I am not doing well today. Hazel seemed to have no interest in me and does not like money very much… …”

“That was because she was lying to you!” Susan growled. “She is good at pretending to be innocent. If not, how can my cousin be fascinated by her? Richard, Hazel was very sly, and she was playing you today, you must not be cheated by her!”

“Really?” Richard became angrier. “This woman is absolutely hateful, Susan. Don’t worry, I will not be fooled by her again!”

Susan was not so angry now, and she then gave him some suggestions.

“Richard, you can’t use ordinary means to chase Hazel. Isn’t there a lot of women who like a man like the president of a company? You need to think about what kind of heroes you are, save the beauty.

Richard seriously thought about it.

***

Hazel originally thought that she had been so harsh that Richard would definitely not bother her again, so she didn’t worry too much.

She went to the library to study as usual, but she did not know, Richard was secretly following her and watching her every move. As she was walking past the woods, a few men rushed out and stopped in front of her. She walked around them, figuring it was best just to ignore them, but they jumped in front of her again.

She frowned, looked up, and it was five men that stopped her. They looked like they should be gangsters nearby, not school students.

“Is there something I can help you with?” Hazel asked.

“Beauty, we haven’t been shown around the university yet. Be our guide, take us on tour.” The leading man sneered, the men behind him laughed and watched Hazel, with an unfriendly expression on their faces.

“I have no time,” Hazel said indifferently.

“How can you have no time? We see you are quite idle,” a man stepped forward. He smiled and reached out his hand and touched Hazel’s face.

“Don’t worry, we will not hurt you. We are just waiting for you to take us around the school. We will repay you well, you will make you feel happy…’

Richard in the distance looked at all of this pleasingly. These hooligans were paid by him, he planned to play the hero.

Seeing that the man’s palm was about to fall on her face, Hazel’s eyes became a little colder. She was preparing to take action, but suddenly she heard someone shouting, “Stop!”

Hazel’s eyes flashed with helplessness, she did not look back, but she could tell that the voice was Richard’s. Why was he still around?

Seeing it in the blink of an eye, Richard had reached them. He was standing in front of Hazel, he looked like an honorable hero.

“What do you want to do?! In broad daylight, you dare to bully a woman. Don’t go too far!”

“Hey, are you going to save the beauty?” The leading man came to Richard and said with sarcasm. “Boy, you are now a hero, be careful you don’t get beat!”

“I just want to save her!” Richard turned to Hazel and said, “Don’t be afraid, I will protect you!”

Hazel looked at him silently and thought Richard’s performance was too fake. Did he really think she couldn’t tell? They were clearly a group that he knew; otherwise, how could Richard appear so timely?

“Okay,” Hazel stepped back two steps. “I’ll watch the show.”

Richard was shocked. Did he hear her wrong? Hazel said she was going to watch the show?

However, he did not have time to think, he was already on the hook, so Richard suddenly started to fight. However, contrary to Hazel’s original thought of the leader letting Richard beat him, the leader grabbed Richard’s fist so fast Richard did not know what hit him.

 

Chapter 214: First, Collect Some Interest

Richard was wholly paralyzed by shock. What was happening?

He clearly told these people that they should cooperate with him to look like a hero in front of Hazel. However, the leader did not follow the act that they had agreed on beforehand, he was supposed to pretend to be defeated by him.

“You… let go!” Richard was surprised, he tried to pull back his fist, but the other party did not let go.

“Don’t you want to be a hero?” The leader laughed. “Since you want to save the beauty, you can take her place.” He touched Richard’s hand as he did it.

“Yeah, I can see that this guy is beautiful, and maybe if after a while we took off his clothes to check, he might actually be a woman!”

“Even if he is not, it is worthwhile to play with such a good guy!”

Richard kept listening to the explicit words as they touched his body. He was scared and shouted in a panic. “What do you want? Let go! Let go!”

“Why are you shouting?” The leader slapped his mouth, it wasn’t a strong slap but more so one of humiliation.

Richard was so scared that he was struggling, but he was being held down by the gang. He continued screaming over and over, “Let me go! Save me! Help!”

Hazel had been standing back watching, thinking it was all an act, but she started wondering after a few moments. She could not understand what was happening.

She expected Richard’s script to have him kicking their ass. However, how is it that now he was being treated disgracefully and being teased by the group?

Maybe Richard was not playing a hero to save the beauty but deceiving her by torturing himself? But the sacrifice is really big enough, he is not so… stupid?

Hazel frowned, she saw that the men were starting to take their clothes off and realized that it probably was not a play.

“You guys stop!” Hazel said.

“Miss Beauty, I suggest you do not mess around!” The leader touched Richard’s face. “You still don’t know. Actually, he came to us and paid us to stop you, we are now seeking revenge for you. Why are you protecting him?”

“He spent money for you to stop me, and a few of you tease him, that is two different things,” Hazel said as calmly as possible, “Do not overdo it! You should let him go, or otherwise, don’t blame me!”

She had been assessing the situation, these were ordinary people, and they could easily defeat Richard. There were many of them, and Richard had become weak so quickly that he was not as strong as usual.

She figured if she dealt with the hooligans along, there was a chance to win.

The leader’s rogue snorted, “Then we will teach you a lesson too!”

He reached out to grab Hazel, her eyes became cold, and she reacted, suddenly she gripped onto the man’s arm and slammed it against a tree.

“Ah-!” He exclaimed, “It hurts, hurt! Let go, let go!”

Hazel was slightly stunned, it was almost too easy to subdue him. There was no time to think, though, because another man rushed at her, she kicked him in the chest. He kept trying to reach her, but she kicked him again every time he got close.

With a few swift moves, Hazel knew she could wear them done enough that they would be unable to fight back.

The leader and his friend rushed into the woods and stopped a few feet away, the three others who were holding Richard knew something was not right.

It appeared as if Hazel had been possessed. They let go of Richard, pushed him toward Hazel, and then ran to catch up with the other two.

Hazel frowned slightly, she was disappointed that it was so easy for them to run.

“Are you okay?” She looked at Richard, who was upset and crying. Hazel was not sure what to say or do, so she told Richard to hurry and get dressed.

Richard snapped out of his daze and quickly buttoned his shirt up.

“Will you remember this lesson?” Hazel couldn’t help but say, “Do you think you can just buy people? Those people just saw that you were rich and that it would be easy to bully you, so they did it. Be careful!”

Richard was even more ashamed, it was his idea, but he did not expect that he had designed a drama to save her, and now he was actually saved by Hazel.

Although there was no substantial damage, they touched him through his clothes, and it was not a personal area, but they did frighten him. More importantly, this all happened in front of Hazel, which embarrassed him.

Richard’s face became more pitiful looking, he hesitated and said, “Can you…”

He was trying to say something but looked too ashamed. Hazel guessed, “Are you worried that those people will come back? Don’t worry, I will be with you until your driver picks you up.”

Richard said, embarrassed, “Hazel, thank you…”

“Okay, you do not need to say that,” Hazel said. “If you really can’t manage to get past this, go to see a psychiatrist or something. And, as long as you don’t come after me again, that will be thank you enough.”

Richard hung his head in embarrassment and waited until his driver arrived to pick him up.

After Richard’s car pulled away, Hazel received a call from Joshua.

“Hazel, I will arrive at the airport in an hour.” Joshua smiled.

“Then I will leave now to go meet you!” Hazel said with delight.

Joshua was only gone on a short business trip, and she knew he would not be gone long. It had only been a day or so, but Hazel was missing him like crazy, she felt that every second she has separated from him was a lifetime.

Hazel fixed herself up and hurried to the airport, she waited impatiently to see Joshua. He saw her immediately, he rushed over and put his arms around her.

Hazel pushed him away and said, “I don’t want a hug now.”

Joshua lifted his eyebrows a little.

“Let’s go! Let’s get home first,” Hazel took his hand. “I still have something to ask you.”

“Hazel…” Joshua’s gaze became a bit resentful.

“Don’t be a spoiled boy!” Hazel blinked. “I haven’t figured out some things yet. If you hold me first, my heart will be soft.”

“Okay,” Joshua sighed with regret, and suddenly he leaned down and kissed her lips. He smiled, “First, collect some interest.”

Hazel looked at him sadly, just a kiss, and her thoughts and heart raced. She had to stay strong, so she walked away.

When they arrived at the car, she turned to Joshua with a serious expression and said, “Joshua, Richard came to see me again today.”

 

Chapter 215: It’s Hard To Say

Joshua’s eyes shimmered, and he smiled, “My Hazel is so enchanting.”

“Don’t change the topic!” Hazel was speechless. “We all know that Susan Edwards made him come. He doesn’t really like me.”

“It’s hard to say.” Joshua was blinking, “If he spends a long time with you, it’s hard to guarantee that he won’t really like you.”

“So, you used a trick to take advantage of him?” Hazel said with a smile.

“Hazel, what are you talking about,” Joshua said innocently. “I don’t understand.”

“Still pretending?!” Hazel looked at him calmly. “Richard Hamilton hired a few people and wanted to be a hero by saving the beauty. But, it turned out he was played by the ones he hired. Did you ask the gang to do that?”

“Yeah.” Joshua nodded calmly as he confessed.

“You admit it so quickly?” Hazel was a little discouraged.

“Hazel, you are my only family. No matter what happens, I just want you to know I won’t lie to you.” Joshua gently caught her hand, his eyes full of affection.

Hazel looked at him, her heart-melting. She lost all resolve to question him any further.

“Are you still angry?” He whispered.

“I’m not angry.” Hazel sighed with some disappointment. She whispered, “I thought you would’ve denied it, and then I could show my detective talent.”

Joshua laughed. It turned out that Hazel had been so serious in proving something.

“How did you find out?” He asked.

Hazel blinked and excitedly said, “Two Reasons! First, I could not easily take out those guys. Their acting was a little too fake. Second, their language was harsh, but they didn’t really do anything that bad to Richard. They just scared him from beginning to end. Oh, and I guess there is a third reason when they stopped me, they didn’t dare offend me too much. So, uh…”

“My Hazel is really smart.” Joshua smiled and leaned over to kiss her.

Hazel’s cheeks went red. She swiftly hampered his advances. “Don’t seduce me… I’m still curious. There could’ve been many ways to deal with Richard, why did you have to scare him in that way?”

“Because I want to make sure that he won’t harass you again,” Joshua said faintly. “Otherwise, he won’t give up easily, but with the incident today, he will remember. He shouldn’t bother you again or at least until he breaks through the mental barrier.”

Richard came to find Hazel with intentions, and it was only because of Joshua’s good nature that he chose just to scare him.

Hazel’s heart was so touched that Joshua did all that for her. And his words of “she was his only family member” also meant a great deal to her.

“Joshua, I always wanted to ask you one question.” Hazel looked at him seriously.

He was somewhat surprised, “What’s that?”

“You…” Hazel hesitated. She bit her lips and said, “Have you ever thought about finding your biological parents?”

A strange expression flashed on Joshua’s face. He smiled softly, holding Hazel in his arms, “Hazel, I have passed the age of the panic to find my lost parents. I have you, and that’s all I ask for.”

Hazel tried not to cry as she whimpered, “But… but you never thought of it at all?”

“I was curious when I was young, and I wondered why they abandoned me,” Joshua said faintly. “After being adopted by my parents, I didn’t think about it anymore. They gave up on me, so naturally, I did not want them in my life.”

Hazel only felt more distressed when he said that so coldly. How much pain must a man have gone through to become totally uncaring?

She took the initiative to embrace him and whispered, “It doesn’t matter, you have me now. I will always be with you…”

“Really?” He reached up and lifted her chin.

“Really!” Hazel nodded heavily.

“But you are not willing to live with me.” Joshua’s eyes look a bit sad.

“I will move back to live with you now!” She beamed with a smile.

Joshua’s eyes flickered, he was overwhelmed with joy at the thought of Hazel moving back, but he was hesitant at the same time.

He looked as if he had a dilemma. “Hazel, I hope that you will seriously consider it before you decide. If this is just your impulse, then you will move out after a while, I will be crushed.”

“I seriously thought about it. It was not impulsive!” Hazel hurriedly said, “Joshua, I really won’t move out again. It’s my home too!”

“Hazel, you are so kind to me.” Joshua kissed her lips passionately.

***

Hazel moved back to the Denmark Residence, but she didn’t think that Joshua would actually carry her into his room again while she was sleeping.

When she woke up and saw Joshua’s familiar sleeping face, she didn’t even have the strength to lose her temper.

“Joshua!” She pushed his chest in annoyance.

Joshua slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Hazel, he looked like a moron.

“Hazel, you are sleepwalking again.”

Hazel was powerless. “I have no sleepwalking problems at all!”

Joshua smiled. “So, you came here to see me. Hazel, you are so kind.”

He leaned his head on her neck and gently rubbed it.

Hazel wanted to burst into tears. Why was Joshua so unbelievable in this matter? But she did tell him that she would stay with him always. If she made a huge fuss, he would probably be hurt.

“Will I be sleepwalking in the future again?” She asked helplessly.

“Hazel, you are so generous. You will always stay with me.” He chuckled.

Hazel looked at him resentfully. “You are impossible. We set up the “Three Rules,” remember? You can’t do anything to me at all. Isn’t that tormenting yourself?”

Joshua’s eyes became a little gentle. He touched her cheeks and said, “Remember that I asked how you feel about being a big boss?”

Hazel was speechless. She certainly remembered that. But Joshua was now clearly telling her that he was also feeling bittersweet. She sighed helplessly, “… whatever you want.”

“My Hazel is so good.” Joshua chuckled.

 

Chapter 216: She Was Helpless

As soon as Susan found out about Hazel’s move back to Denmark Residence, she called Richard. She wanted to urge him and remind him about Hazel, but Richard interrupted her by saying he didn’t want to continue chasing Hazel.

Susan became infuriated, she hung up and rushed to Richard’s apartment to question him in person.

“You promised me you could win over Hazel in one week, but now? Do you admit defeat in two days? Richard, what do you mean? Did you fall for Hazel?”

Listening to her interrogation, Richard only felt cold. She did not care about what he encountered at all, and she did not ask.

He said with disappointment, “Susan, why don’t you ask me what happened?

Can you stop blaming me and doubting me?”

Susan was stunned. She asked, “What happened yesterday?”

“… Nothing.” Richard suddenly got a little angry. When it happened, he felt humiliated and shameful in front of Hazel, he did not tell anyone else what had happened. Susan was his favorite girl, he was not going to tell her what he went through.

Susan certainly saw that Richard was hiding something from her. She kept asking, but Richard wouldn’t tell her, she decided to ask Richard’s friends that were at his apartment, but they clearly did not know.

Susan realized that Richard must have created a scene where he would be the hero to save Hazel, but it obviously failed, or else he would not give up.

Susan didn’t know what those hooligans did to Richard, nor did she know how deep his psychological pain was. She thought Richard just felt that he owed Hazel, so he couldn’t do any harm to her.

She kept pushing Richard to continue to find Hazel with an excuse for gratitude, but Richard was not willing, and he got upset with Susan like never before.

Susan was furious and determined, she didn’t want to give up, but Richard was unwilling to cooperate. She was helpless.

***

Hazel enjoyed the peace and quiet for a few days and passed her exam with flying colors.

The company’s business was running smoothly, but the animated film that she invested in would be released in theatres. Hazel was overwhelmed.

Although she was very optimistic about the film, it was hard to predict the outcome, not to mention the risk of investing in movies. With the film being released, they would find out the results, and so she naturally worried.

Hazel decided to wait patiently, but she did buy dozens of tickets to take the children from the orphanage to the movie with her and Joshua.

When they arrived to pick up the children, they heard quarreling coming from Jennie Collins’s room.

“What happened?” Hazel frowned, “Is there something wrong with Aunt Jennie?”

“I’ll check it out,” Joshua said faintly. “Hazel, go see the kids first. We don’t want them to get scared.”

“Good idea.” Hazel nodded, but she was curious about the quarrel.

“… It was you who took our son away. Now you don’t know where he is? Do you think we are stupid? You are a vicious woman. Is it that my son is now famous, and you want to hide him from us?”

“What do you mean by I took him away? In the beginning, you decided to sell your own son. I couldn’t stand it, so I paid the money and took him away. After decades, you suddenly remember that he was your son? When you sold him when you wanted to throw him away, why didn’t you remember that he was your son…”

“Okay, we get it, you are just asking for a price…”

As Hazel walked farther away, the sound of the arguing gradually became unclear.

Although the situation was not clear, Hazel began to admire Jennie more and more. She not only had to take care of so many children but even had to deal with some awful adults. If she were not tough, she would not be able to protect the children of the orphanage.

Hazel had reached the children’s classroom when they saw her, they all ran to hug her.

“Sister Hazel, you finally came to see us!”

Hazel smiled and touched their heads, “I am not only coming to see you. Today I am taking you to watch a movie and eat something delicious, how about that?”

“Great!” The children cheered.

“Please line up in a row!” Hazel hurriedly said.

The children lined up and followed Hazel out of the classroom and got on the bus hired by Joshua.

Hazel waited for a long time, and she didn’t see Joshua. She was somewhat confused.

Sharon Davis had come with them, she was keeping the children under control on the bus. Hazel decided to get off the bus and go find Joshua.

When she got to Jennie’s door, the previous quarrel had stopped, and the people seemed to have left.

Jennie’s voice came from inside the door. She growled, “How can there be such a shameless family? I told you that should not help them! We all know what happened in the past. Joshua, you don’t owe them anything at all!”

Hazel stopped her tracks.

What happened in the past? It was not the first time she heard the term.

She still remembered when she came to the orphanage last time, Sharon also mentioned the things in the past. Sharon said that since then, Joshua had become alienated from anyone. Hazel had been concerned about it, but then she was injured, and Joshua spoiled her, so she completely forgot about it.

She heard the term again, though. What happened in the past? She couldn’t guess, but she felt at least that it was important to Joshua.

“Helping them is easy.” Joshua said faintly, “It doesn’t take much effort. Aunt Jennie, you can rest assured that although I help them, I have my limits…”

Suddenly, Joshua stopped and looked back in amazement. “Hazel? When did you come in?”

“I just arrived,” Hazel said hurriedly. “I didn’t see you on your way back, so I decided to come to check on you.”

Joshua walked to her side, grasped her hand, and gently explained, “Aunt Jennie had some trouble just now, and she was in a bad mood, so I was comforting.”

“Oh…” Hazel nodded, “So shall we go?”

“Aunt Jennie, let’s go.” Joshua looked back at Jennie. “Hazel has come to invite you to go as well. Let’s not make the children wait too long.”

Jennie looked Hazel up and down. Hazel was a little nervous, but she felt Jennie’s attitude toward her was much milder than last time.

“Hazel,” Jennie looked at her meaningfully, “I have something to say to you.”

 

Chapter 217: Who Is Stalking You?

“Just go ahead,” Hazel said quickly.

“Don’t be nervous.” Jennie’s look softened a little. She sighed. “I am old, and I don’t want to worry too much about young people like you. Joshua loves you very much. I feel like a mom to him. I only hope that you continue to believe in him in the future. No matter what happens, please stand by him always.”

Although she had only seen Hazel twice, Jennie observed how much Joshua cared about Hazel. Hazel was the only girl who could make Joshua smile.

Jennie was not a person to interfere, so even if she didn’t care for Hazel, she would not object to them being together.

“I guarantee that!” Hazel hurriedly promised.

Joshua’s became a little gentler. He was surprised that Jennie approached Hazel regarding the future after speaking to her for such a short period of time.

Joshua felt relieved as he walked out of the building with Hazel on one arm and Jennie on the other.

The cinema the movie was being shown at was not too busy because it was a weekday, but there was a section blocked for the bus to stop in front of the door. The children felt special when they arrived; there was also a treat bag waiting for each of them. Hazel felt the movie was not too bad, but the children seemed to really enjoy it.

When the movie was over, Hazel wanted to take the children to get something to eat. However, when they left the cinema, she noticed a woman wearing a hat in front of the crowd who kept looking back at them.

Hazel frowned when she realized who the woman was.

“Sharon,” Hazel hastily said, “Can you take the children? I need to go to the bathroom.”

Sharon wanted to say something, but Hazel had already begun chasing the woman. Seeing that Hazel was approaching her, the woman tried to hide in the crowd, but Hazel caught up with her.

Hazel took her by the wrist and pulled her to a nearby corner, and asked, “Susan, are you stalking me?”

“Who is stalking you?” Susan glared at her. She was wearing a pair of glasses, her face covered in a mask, ignoring Hazel’s angry look.

“So why are you here?” Hazel turned on a poker face, “If I remember it correctly, you were in the same theater with us just now?”

“What about it?” Susan snarled, “Only you can watch a movie?”

“You can watch it for sure.” Hazel’s eyes sharpened. “But if you want to watch a movie, you should go to the city center. What are you doing in such a remote suburb?”

When she booked tickets with Joshua, she chose a cinema that was closer to the orphanage. But Susan’s appearance here clearly indicated that she was deliberately tracking them.

Susan was a bit frustrated, but she suddenly smiled coldly. “Well, since you want to know why, then let me tell you. It’s Joshua who invited me. Actually, he and I have been dating secretly!”

Hazel felt like a volcano that was ready to erupt. She said silently, “Susan, this is the first time I met someone who comes up with such bad excuses for stalking someone.”

“You… you are deceiving yourself!” Susan stared at her in anger, but she was helpless.

The relationship between Joshua and Hazel had been very stable these days, which made her very uneasy. Plus, Mandy Wilson had been implying to her that maybe Joshua didn’t have any feeling of her at all. How could she accept it? That’s why she chose to stalk them in person.

“I think you are deceiving yourself. What did Joshua promise to you to make you think he had a crush on you?” Hazel was speechless.

Susan hurriedly explained, “I have a soul connection with him…”

“Alright, let me call him over. And let’s settle this once and for all.” Hazel sighed, she had very little patience left for Susan.

Susan was in a panic, and she didn’t want to see Joshua at all. Although, she had decided that Joshua had a feeling for her, but… what if?

“Hazel!” Susan gritted, “How long do you think you can stay with Joshua? Look at the movie you invested in, only a few people were watching it! I wonder if Joshua would still like you if your investment becomes a total joke!”

Susan hit the jackpot. Although the movie’s first reviews were not bad, she was really worrying.

She was not worried that Joshua would be mad at her because of this. But, if she really lost too much, she would doubt whether she had a talent in this field and whether she should continue.

Seeing that Hazel was distracted, Susan swiftly broke free and fled.

Hazel stood there just shaking her head, she didn’t bother trying to catch Susan. She went to meet the children at the entrance of the cinema. Joshua was standing with them and quickly asked, “What happened?”

“When can we talk about it later,” Hazel said. Susan had made her angry and frustrated, but she didn’t want to ruin the time they spent with the children.

During lunch, the children were asking if they could go to the playground. Joshua and Hazel reluctantly agreed but took them to the most incredible playground they could find.

They arrived back at the orphanage late in the afternoon, all the children were asleep on the bus. Most of them mumbled thank you as they stumbled off the bus, and a few stopped to give a hug.

Joshua and Hazel left feeling good. It was dark when they pulled into the driveway at Denmark Residence. Hazel was tired but still very happy.

Sitting on the sofa, she couldn’t help but take out her mobile phone and check the box office results for the opening day.

Joshua brought a glass of milk over and placed it in front of her. “Drink the milk and go to bed early.”

Hazel answered yes in delight. But when she finished the milk, she looked somewhat unhappy.

“What’s wrong?” Joshua sat down beside her.

Hazel sighed. She leaned on Joshua’s shoulder and said with frustration, “I saw the box office results of the movie, not very good. And, a lot of people said that it would not be a problem to exceed 20 million today.”

“Don’t think so much,” Joshua whispered to help her analyze.

“I saw today’s share of showings for this movie. This movie had less than 10% of the share, which means the box office of 20 million is fine. Moreover, I compared several films released today. All other films have a bad reputation. Only this movie was well-received by critics. You have to trust the eyes of the masses. It will counterattack.”

“… Well.” Hazel smiled shallowly, “Thanks for comforting, and…”

Hazel straightened up and looked at him with a burning gaze.

“What?” Joshua was a little bit surprised.

“Joshua, do you have anything to tell me?” She suddenly said.

“Hmmm?” Joshua laughed. “Hazel, what am I doing wrong? Why do I feel you are waiting for me to take the initiative to confess something?”

 

Chapter 218: Who Is Your Young Master?

“I am not asking you to confess anything…” Hazel was somewhat hesitant. She just wanted to ask, what happened in the past?

Joshua never mentioned it to her, she didn’t dare to bring it up. Although she didn’t know what happened before, she felt it was a painful memory. She wanted to know everything about Joshua, but she didn’t want him to feel hurt in any way.

Joshua frowned slightly. He seemed to perceive Hazel’s hesitation.

“Hazel, you can ask me directly if there’s anything,” Joshua said earnestly. “There are no secrets between us.”

Hazel was very touched. She smiled and took Joshua’s hand. “Joshua, I said that I would stay with you. No matter what you encountered before or after, you can talk to me about it! If you don’t want to talk, it doesn’t matter, I will wait until the day you are willing to speak.”

Joshua was more confused. Did he really do something wrong to Hazel? Why did she sound like she was waiting for him to confess?

“Is it… When you met Susan today, what did she say to you?”

“No…” Hazel felt depressed and strange, “I did meet her, but I don’t believe what she said. Don’t think about it.”

This made Joshua even more baffled. He really couldn’t remember what he did.

“Hey, forget it. Please give me a massage. I’m so tired.” Hazel smiled and leaned in his arms.

“Good.” Joshua tenderly promised.

Hazel relaxed and forgot about the movie and the box office.

***

The momentum of the movie surprised Hazel.

Maybe it was powered by the prediction of Joshua. Still, even though the movie barely made past 20 million on the first day, the box office soared to 35 million on the second day without increasing the share of showings in theaters nationwide. On the third day, it actually hit 50 million!

Hazel had always been concerned about the box office, and this rising momentum really shocked her. She knew that this investment was a great success, and she was lucky to receive such a good return on her first investment.

Hazel felt like she was flying high.

The popularity of the movie, of course, also attracted the attention of the media. The media began to interview the film director Danny Hall.

Danny talked to the media about the film’s production process, the pain of several investors withdrawing support. Until one month before the release, they barely managed to pull off sufficient investment for publicity and release of the movie.

The media became more interested and began questioning who the investor was, which made it all possible. Because Hazel had talked to him, Danny did not disclose any information about Hazel in front of the media except for her gender. In turn, that made the media even more interested in her identity, she became known as the “mysterious woman with a vision.”

This title made Hazel happy, she searched all the news about the “mysterious woman” and read each article with glee.

Of course, Joshua read the news about her and felt as good as she did. After all, he liked to see others praise his future wife, and Hazel’s talent really impressed him.

Susan was not as happy, she had been watching the box office results as well. She ridiculed Hazel on the first day, but the development left her astonished. She had not expected the movie to be successful.

The media reports were even more of a touchy subject for her. She was panicked, thinking if Hazel had a business vision, Joshua would become more and more obsessed with her.

If that happened, then her chances would be even smaller. She knew she had to make a move, and it had to be a serious one.

She took out her phone and called Richard.

***

Hazel was leaving class and about to go to Joshua-Hazel Pictures when she was stopped by two men in black suits at the university entrance.

“Miss Crowe, our young master wants to see you. Please take a walk with us.” One of them said coldly.

“Who is your young master?” Hazel frowned.

“You will find out when we get there.” The man said coldly and opened the car door behind him. “Please get in the car.”

Hazel crossed her arms in front of her chest and said unpleasantly, “No, I’m afraid I have other business to attend to.”

“Miss Crowe, you need to see the situation clearly. Think about your family, your friends. You don’t want to involve them in this, right?”

Hazel’s pupils suddenly shrank. It was the first time someone dared to threaten her family and friends! She clenched her fists, and a touch of coldness flashed in her eyes.

The two seemed to have figured out what Hazel was going to do, and the man suddenly said, “Miss Crowe, we know that you are well trained in CQC, but your roommates are not. If you don’t cooperate, then we will have to ask them to come with us!”

Hazel’s face turned grim, it seemed that she had no choice but to go with them. She put her hand in her pocket and to dial her phone, but one of the men noticed.

“Miss Crowe, please take out your mobile phone. You don’t want to play tricks with us!” The man said coldly again.

Hazel was terrified, she took out her phone and handed it to him. It appeared that they were well prepared, and she had no other options left.

The man turned off Hazel’s phone so that she could not be tracked. Hazel had to get in the car, she was full of doubts. Who was the “Young Master” who asked her to go?

The car sped through the streets, and after twenty minutes, it stopped in front of a villa. Hazel was escorted out of the car, she looked around and at the villa but still had no idea where she was or what was happening.

Hazel was sure she had never been there before.

“Get in!” The two men shouted.

Hazel frowned and hesitantly walked into the villa.

 

Chapter 219: You Threatening Me?

The interior decoration of the villa was a typical European style. There was no one around, though, not a servant or even the “young master” who wanted to see her.

There was a strange feeling in the air.

“You guys, where is your young master?” Hazel turned back and asked.

“Just go ahead, the young master is waiting for you in the room!” The man behind her impatiently urged.

Hazel was scared and anxious, why would she meet him in a room?

The two men continued to urge her, she slowly climbed the stairs. The further up she went, the more she could sense danger.

Her head was spinning with thoughts from past events. When she got to the appointed room, the door felt like a black hole, ready to swallow her.

Hazel suddenly stopped and sighed, “Susan, did you ask them to come to me? Come out, I know you are here!”

The two men suddenly stopped and looked at each other surprised as Hazel crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked around.

With the sound of a few footsteps, Susan came out from the corner of the corridor and coldly said, “Hazel, I really underestimated you! You guessed it is me?”

Hazel glanced at the two men behind her. “Are you sure you want to discuss this with me in front of them?”

Susan’s face was a bit gloomy. She waved at the two. “You can go!”

“How did you know it was me?” Susan asked, not so pleased.

“Actually, I didn’t guess you at first.” Hazel said faintly, “I thought it was Richard. No one except him had been harassing me. However, I think he would not want to see me at this time, so I thought of you. After all, you are good friends.”

“You already knew that I am friends with Richard?” Susan was shocked.

“When he first came to me, Joshua had already investigated him.” Hazel looked at her with deep dark eyes and said, “I could guess it’s you, so could Joshua. Susan, I advise you to let me go as soon as possible before things are out of control.”

Susan was shocked and angry. It turned out that Hazel and Joshua knew everything from the beginning but let her and Richard still perform in front of them like fools.

“You threatening me?” Susan glared at her, “Hazel, why do you think I brought you here? I don’t think Joshua knows the truth about you. I can make him change his mind and give up on you!”

She quickly slammed open the door in front of her, grabbed Hazel’s wrist, and tried to push her into the room. Hazel was attentive and grabbed Susan’s arm and pushed her into the room instead.

Susan screamed. Suddenly, a figure rushed up and hugged her tightly. She struggled to escape, but Hazel closed the door without hesitation.

“Hazel, you bitch! Let me go out…” Susan screamed inside the door, but then her voice turned into a panic. “Richard, let me go! You see, it’s me…”

The sounds from inside the room became unsettling, Susan was swearing and yelling, Richard was groaning. Hazel heard what was happening but did not open the door.

Hazel knew very well that Susan had planned to let her fall into a trap.

Hazel glanced at the door, and she knew that she had been drugged by Susan, or else he would never have treated her like that.

She assumed that Susan’s original plan was for Richard to take all the blame and let Joshua think that Richard stole her away and took her virginity. Susan had no respect for Richard if she was willing to set him up like that.

When she guessed that Susan was behind the kidnapping, Hazel knew that she was egotistical enough that she would not want to miss the drama, so she would be at the villa. It was also because of her arrogance that Susan thought the villa was secure, giving her the confidence to face Hazel.

“Susan, your biggest drawback is that you are too conceited.” After taking a deep breath, Hazel said coldly.

Even though she knew who held her captive, she was scared and needed to figure out how to escape. The two men would likely still be waiting outside of the villa.

Hazel lifted her eyebrows and quickly found a room to hide in. She heard a commotion and listened carefully, and there were footsteps coming up the stairs, so she hid behind an armchair.

When Hazel had been taken away, Joshua immediately left to find her. He was just hoping it was not too late. He rushed up the stairs and heard groaning from a nearby room. He became pale and could not think, he rushed to the door and slammed up against it with his shoulder.

“Hazel!” he screamed as the door flew open.

In the room, Richard and Susan were ferociously entangled on the bed. Looking at their faces, Joshua let out a sigh of relief.

Susan saw Joshua and cried, “Joshua, please save me, save me…”

“Where is Hazel?” Joshua asked as if he didn’t see what they were doing.

Susan was struck with another plan when she heard Joshua say Hazel’s name. She was annoyed and shouted, “Joshua, Hazel set me up! This was a trap, you must save me…”

Disregarding Susan’s desperate cry for help, Joshua rolled his eyes coldly, turned, and walked out of the door.

“Hazel!” He exclaimed.

Hazel heard Joshua calling her name and ran open the door, he was standing in the hallway right outside the door.

“You are here!” Hazel threw herself into his arms.

Joshua embraced her and asked with concern, “Have you been injured or bullied?”

“No, no.” Hazel hurriedly shook her head. “Let’s go.”

“Wait a second.” Joshua put on a poker face. Although Hazel did not suffer any harm, he was going to leave things without being settled.

Susan was full of regret, she should not have given Richard such a large dose of the drug. She closed her eyes and passed out.

Susan suddenly felt ice water on her face, she shuddered and woke up. She had been dressed, and Joshua was sitting in front of her. His expression was dark and horrific.

 

Chapter 220: Great Time

Susan couldn’t help but shudder. She was frightened by Joshua’s gaze upon her.

“Susan, I remember I warned you before not to harm Hazel!” Joshua sighed, “You have rechallenged my patience time and time. Do you really think your mother can protect you?”

Susan suddenly felt both wronged and angry hearing his questioning words.

Susan couldn’t help but shout, “Joshua, I can tolerate another woman around you. Even if there are more women, it doesn’t matter. After all, I am generous! But you should’ve been tired of Hazel by now, right? Since I am the one you really love, why can’t you indulge me a little?”

Joshua was shocked, and he couldn’t react to Susan for a few moments.

Initially, he was furious, but after hearing Susan’s thoughts, he felt incredibly absurd. Susan actually thought that he really liked her?

“I love you?” Joshua said with sarcasm. He taunted, “Susan, I can help you make an appointment with a good psychiatrist. Maybe you should have your brain examined!”

His denial made Susan irate. She said, “Joshua, if you deny it, you will lose me! Did you invest with Mathew Carter to help me? You also set up Joshua-Hazel Pictures, didn’t you do that so that the Denmark family could help me smooth any obstacles I faced in the entertainment circle?”

Joshua never interpreted it that way. He was completely lost for words, he just thought Susan was a spoiled girl, but he now saw that she was delusional.

He was really angry that she had kidnapped Hazel and did not plan to let her get away with it, but it suddenly felt like a waste of his life to spend any longer entangled with her.

“I can tell you clearly, whether personally or on behalf of Denmark Group, I have never invested a dime in Mathew or Joshua-Hazel Pictures!” Joshua said seriously.

Susan’s face was full of shock. “How is it possible?”

If Joshua didn’t invest, then Joshua was in love with her and clearly just her wishful thinking. Had she just spoken out about love like a moron?

Susan was spoiled and had a lot of self-esteem, but Joshua’s reaction to her speech crushed her. What made her act desperately was the dream of her and Joshua but was clearly all in her head.

If Joshua had no feelings for her, then why was he there? To revenge Hazel, she thought.

“You, if you do anything to me, my mom won’t let you go!” Susan was bluffing. Joshua was surely not going to let her go without teaching her a lesson, she had to find a way to protect herself.

“Susan, I am giving you two options now,” Joshua said point blankly.

Susan looked at him, puzzled. “What options?”

“First, you go back to Country D.,” Joshua said coldly.

“I don’t want to!” Susan refused without hesitation. “Joshua, let me go. I won’t harass you and Hazel anymore! If you really go hard on me, you can’t confront my mom, right? ”

What Susan said was true, Joshua had to consider the influence of Sunny Edwards. Susan may have made stupid decisions, but she was clear from her point of view, Sunny must have taught her that.

“It’s okay if you don’t return to Country D.,” Joshua said faintly, “But you should marry Richard.”

As long as she married Richard, Susan wouldn’t have much time to harass him and Hazel with his pestering nature.

“No way!” Susan refused. She had no feelings for Richard at all, she just enjoyed being admired by Ricard, but she didn’t want to marry him.

“You don’t have a third option!” Joshua said indifferently. He raised his hand slightly, and the bodyguard standing aside held a laptop and stood by Susan to show her a video.

Susan’s face looked like she had been hit by a truck. It was a video of her and Richard having a “great time.”

“You, you actually recorded me!” Susan was outraged.

“No, this is your own video, I just found it.” Joshua’s eyes went a bit colder.

Susan had prepared the camera in the room in advance. She originally planned to use it to take a video of Hazel and Richard, but things went south, and Joshua took the upper hand.

“Should I send this video to the Hamilton Family or to the media?” Joshua said coldly. “If you prefer the media, I can provide more things that are of interest to them.”

Susan’s face was pale as a zombie, and she was in utter despair.

If the media published the video and denied the relationship with Richard, it would probably be a scandal that would destroy her reputation in the entertainment circle. She would probably end up returning to Country D., And If she admitted the relationship with Richard, he would definitely want to be with her.

Furthermore, Joshua gave her the impression that he had other negative material about her in his keeping. Joshua was not giving her an opportunity to negotiate.

“Do you really want to go against my family for a woman?” Susan looked at him incredulously.

“You are wrong.” Joshua said coldly, “You should ask, will your mother go against the Denmark Family for you?”

Susan sank lower in her chair. She was desperate, she knew Sunny would spoil her with many things and settle some trouble for her, but she would not offend the Denmark family for her.

“I, I… choose the second option.” She gritted. Instead of going back to Country D, she would rather stay!

“Very good, I think the Hamilton Family would love to see the marriage.” Joshua stood up and looked at her in a condescending manner. “And Susan, this is the last time I let you go. Please don’t rechallenge me or my patience!”

Susan looked extremely distressed, and when Joshua walked out of the room, she slowly reached for her phone.

Joshua left the villa and got into the car, where Hazel had been waiting.

Hazel hastily asked, “All settled?”

“Yeah.” As he started the car, Joshua said, “According to your method, she chose to be with Richard. However, I don’t believe her.”

Hazel had suggested the two options, Joshua had other plans, but she asked him to stop and deal with it her way. He did not agree; however, he did not want Hazel to be unhappy anymore.

“Hazel, she treated you like that. Why are you letting her go?” Joshua’s eyes were full of doubts.