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Chapter 361: Let Me In

Mandy was so frustrated that she was sobbing. She pointed angrily at Hazel. “You, you clearly did it on purpose!”

Hazel stood still, just staring at her, she deliberately did it.

Mandy had tried to use Kathie to kill her, so she had already shown compassion by only using a fake gun to teach Mandy a lesson.

“I’m just playing with you,” Hazel winked. “You’re going to make a fuss, aren’t you a bit unreasonable?”

Everyone felt very bitter. Did they come to be disrespected? What they had said was all repeated by Hazel.

“These two incidents aren’t the same!” Fred choked back his anger. Joshua had been calculating, but he did not expect Hazel to be so much like him. They had got the better of him, Mandy, and the other directors, making them suffer.

“Joshua, even if you want to protect Hazel and you’re good friends with Isaac, do you think that is reason enough for the Anderson family will let go of this?” Fred questioned.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a noise came through the door.

“Let me in! We want to see Joshua!”

Fred looked out of the door and was relieved instantly. But he wore a worried expression in a twinkling. “Look, Mike and Amy have come to us. What should we do now?”

Hazel couldn’t help but admire Mandy because this trick was really very wonderful.

Kathie’s parents, Mike and Amy Anderson arrived so quickly that they didn’t even have time to go visit their daughter. Someone must have tipped them off in advance, just to mislead them.

As long as Hazel refused to let Kathie off the hook, her parents would surely blame Hazel for all this.

Mike and Amy were famously protective of their family, and if she really offended them, they would not get away with it very easily.

“Let them come in,” Joshua said quietly, “Hiding doesn’t solve anything.”

Seeing him so calm, Fred was upset immediately. Did Joshua have a solution? No, it was impossible, he knew how bad-tempered Mike and Amy could be. Besides, Kathie was born when they were older, so they loved her very much. As long as Hazel refused to let Kathie off the hook, they would make a scene.

Mike and Amy walked in. When Mike saw Joshua, he looked heartbroken. “Joshua, I am your uncle. I held you when you were very young. The friendship between our two families is very strong…”

Hazel looked at him in astonishment and couldn’t help laughing in her head. Joshua wasn’t a baby when he was adopted; how could he be held by Mike. His way of greeting was really actually kind of embarrassing.

However, he was not there to make friends, so he didn’t really care about the details. He said angrily, “Even if Kathie did something wrong, you could tell me, and I would teach her a lesson. Or, you can just blame me for anything. She’s so young. How can you put her in jail?”

“Yes, Kathie was a little naughty, but she is a kind child and doesn’t even want to step on ants in an ordinary situation!” Amy glared at Hazel fiercely. “Which bitch put our daughter into jail?!”

“Don’t be angry, aunt,” Mandy glared at Hazel secretly before she immediately stepped forward to soothe Amy. “You can blame Hazel. I think there must be a misunderstanding. After all, Hazel said Kathie wasn’t playing with her. Hazel isn’t petty, how could she deliberately make things hard for your daughter? You can talk to her kindly, and I am sure the misunderstanding will be cleared up.”

Hazel looked coldly at Mandy, whose words were like adding fuel to the fire.

“Misunderstanding?!” Amy glared at Hazel with hatred. “You disgusting woman! Why did you target my daughter and deliberately make things hard for her?!”

Joshua stepped forward without hesitation to keep Hazel back when he saw that Amy was about to rush at her. Amy clenched her teeth in anger as she looked into Joshua’s cold eyes, but she stepped back in the end.

“It wasn’t me who made things hard for your daughter,” said Hazel quietly.

“Shut up!” Amy glared at her through her teeth. “You must release my daughter now! If anything happens to her, I will make you pay with your life…”

“Shut up!”

Before she finished the sentence, a severe voice came from the door, which silenced Mike and Amy immediately. They both stared in awe at the door.

Everyone was in a daze and completely confused. Who else would be at Denmark Residence? The directors were numb and starting to regret that they had decided to go there with Fred.

They had all been in such a hurry to run to Denmark Residence when they heard that the Anderson family and the Denmark family had a falling out. However, this incident was full of changes and twists that they did not dare to say anything more for fear that they would lose even more of their social status.

Everyone looked toward the door and saw Isaac walking in, holding on to Grandpa Anderson.

“Uncle,” Mike walked quickly to Grandpa Anderson and cried, “you must help me this time! You also know Kathie is my darling daughter, but she has been unexpectedly hurt!”

“Don’t worry,” said Grandpa Anderson gravely. “I come specifically for this.”

Mike gloated immediately and quickly followed behind Grandpa Anderson, with his wife by his side.

“Uncle Anderson,” seeing it was Grandpa Anderson, Fred’s heart missed a beat. He came up to him hastily and said uneasily, “Why did you bother to come here yourself? If there’s anything you want, let’s go and see you…”

“I have to come this time,” said Grandpa Anderson seriously. “Fred, Kathie is my granddaughter, and I must get justice for her!”

Fred was delighted. Grandpa Anderson had always been fond of Joshua, so he had thought the situation would get better for Joshua, but he was there for Kathie. Fred did believe that Joshua would have no choice but to give in under pressure.

“You are so kind…” Fred said.

When Grandpa Anderson walked over to Joshua, someone brought a chair, but he refused to sit down.

Hazel got nervous. She remembered Grandpa Anderson, who was very kind to her before. However, she wondered if he came to denounce her. Suddenly, she saw Isaac next to him, who winked at her subtly.

 

Chapter 362: Is Grandpa Anderson Mistaken?

“Joshua, I came for Kathie,” said Grandpa Anderson grimly. “I won’t conceal her mistakes. I know that she has been spoiled by her parents and does things irrationally and recklessly. If she had been punished for her own wickedness, I would not say anything. But…”

“Uncle!” Amy interrupted him a little anxiously.

“Let our uncle finish speaking.” Mike stopped her hastily. “You can be sure that he will help Kathie.”

Amy shot Hazel a fierce look and said nothing more.

“… I can’t stand a woman who used her impulsive temperament to drive a wedge between our family and the Denmark family,” said Grandpa Anderson solemnly. “Joshua, you have to give me an explanation!”

“Yes, we need an explanation!” Mike and Amy said angrily.

“Don’t be angry, Grandpa Anderson,” Fred said, “No matter who is to blame, we will not tolerate her and her actions. We will ensure that you have a satisfactory answer. We won’t let this affect the relationship between the two families.”

Fred was trying to pacify Grandpa Anderson, but he promised it all so that he could force Joshua to stop protecting Hazel.

“Fred, I am relieved to hear that.” Grandpa Anderson nodded his head. After that, as if he had been reminded, he said in a deep voice, “Joshua, I know that woman’s identity is special now, and you will hesitate because of your relationship with her. But you must understand if you indulge her, you’re harming her! Now since your Uncle Fred also supports you, just do it!”

All the other people could not help but secretly glance over at Joshua. Denmark Group and the Anderson family were putting pressure on him, they really wanted to know how he would deal with it. Would he still protect Hazel?

“You’re right, Grandpa Anderson,” Joshua said quietly. “But who is the woman that you believe drove a wedge between our two families?”

Everyone looked at Joshua in surprise. Grandpa Anderson didn’t specifically say that it was Hazel, but he insinuated it, so why did Joshua ask?

“The woman is…” Grandpa Anderson swept over Hazel and then raised his hands to point straight at Mandy. “Her!”

Looking at his finger, Mandy looked flustered. Shouldn’t Grandpa Anderson point at Hazel? Why was he pointing at her?!

The living room was silent, but it was followed by an uproar.

“What’s the matter?”

“Is Grandpa Anderson mistaken?”

Listening to the comments, Fred came to his senses and forced a smile, “Grandpa Anderson, is there some kind of misunderstanding? How can this incident be related to Mandy?”

“Yeah, uncle,” said Mike, too, “It was Hazel who framed Kathie, not someone else!”

“Obviously,” Isaac said with a sorrowful look. “You’re not as clever as Kathie because she at least knows who framed her! Why didn’t you go to see her before you came here to cause a scene? Why didn’t the people who told you to come to Hazel let you visit Kathie first? It’s clear that someone wants to use you to make trouble!”

Mike and Amy’s faces changed immediately. Indeed, when they heard about Kathie’s accident, they didn’t even go to see her but went directly to Denmark’s family to start trouble. Could there be another story?

“Thankfully, Isaac and I went to see Kathie.” Grandpa Anderson said in a deep voice. “Since we are all here, we might as well listen to what Kathie said.”

Isaac took out his phone and clicked on a video.

In the video, when Kathie saw Grandpa Anderson and Isaac, she shouted with a flustered look, “Grandpa, Brother Isaac, please help me! I was set up, save me!”

“What exactly is the matter, Kathie?” asked Grandpa Anderson.

“It’s Mandy!” Kathie clenched her teeth and said. “She deliberately approached Lucy and me and used a pathetic and victimized expression to encourage me to pick on Hazel. Besides, this vicious woman replaced my fake gun with the real one, wanting to use me to kill Hazel! All this was done by her. She wanted to use me to kill people and then make us fight with the Denmark family!”

Kathie’s voice was not low, which caused an uproar in the crowd.

Was what Kathie had told the truth? Everyone looked at Mandy with unkind glares.

“No, it’s not true! I met her, but I did not provoke her!” Mandy said defensively, she was panicking. She did not expect that Kathie could shift the blame on her when she didn’t leave any trace of evidence. She had to find a way to make someone else her scapegoat.

Mandy pointed to Hazel, resentfully saying, “It must be Hazel. It must be her who has threatened Kathie to say that!”

“Threatened?” Hazel snorted. “You’re interesting. Do you mean Kathie, who meant to hurt me, wanted to help me under my threat? Don’t you think that’s ridiculous?”

The others who had had some doubts also thought Mandy’s words were ridiculous. Hazel’s relationship with Kathie was so bad, why would Kathie lie to help Hazel? Besides, Mandy and Hazel had an existing feud, it was only logical that Mandy would try to have Kathie kill Hazel.

“You bitch!” Amy pounced on Mandy in anger. Mandy was still thinking about proving her innocence and didn’t expect that Amy would attack her. By the time Mandy came to her senses, her hair was being pulled by Amy as she continuously slapped her across the face.

“Mrs. Anderson!” Fred quickly tried to separate them, but Mike stopped him.

Mike clutched his collar angrily, “Fred Cohen, we have been friends for so many years! Everyone knows that you are supporting Mandy, who is clearly an imposter. Tell the truth, is it you who asked her to frame my daughter deliberately?”

There was no way Fred was going to admit it, but Mike would not let him go, they just kept pushing each other.

Mandy wasn’t going to allow herself to be beaten up, so she was trying her best to fight off Amy, but the struggle caused both of them to fall to the floor.

Amy landed on top of Mandy and continued to scratch and bite at her, “Bitch! Why did you use my daughter? Why did you frame my daughter?!”

Mandy’s heart was full of hatred. She had never thought she would be in such a difficult situation in front of so many people. She tried hard to block Amy’s attack as she shouted, “It wasn’t me! You can check the monitor! I didn’t do those things!”

 

Chapter 363: Don’t Take It Seriously

The directors watched coldly as Amy continued to beat Mandy, none of them took the initiative to stop the attack. They had followed Mandy to Denmark Residence to cause trouble, but she had tricked them. They were all pulled into the situation because Mandy schemed, so they had a good reason to be angry with her.

The emotions and anger of being fooled with Mandy left them with negative feelings toward her. Even those who had hoped that Mandy was the Denmark family’s daughter were questioning their option.

Fred saw that nobody else would help the situation, and he personally didn’t care about anything else, so he pushed Mr. Anderson out of the way and then pulled Mrs. Anderson off of Mandy. He held out his hand to help Mandy to her feet.

Mrs. Anderson gained her composure for a moment but then began to scratch and grab at Fred when she saw Mandy hiding behind him like he was her bodyguard.

“Mrs. Anderson, we should talk peacefully!” Fred said with annoyance.

“Damn!” Mrs. Anderson spat at him and yelled. “Fred! You said you wouldn’t tolerate anyone who did this. But it looks like you want to help that little bitch. I knew it! You bring a fake one to drive away from the other one, but that girl is not qualified! You are protecting her. Are you sleeping with her or just want to get to Denmark Group through her?”

Mandy’s expression changed quickly, she hated when someone called her a fake.

“Mrs. Anderson! You can insult me, but why are you questioning the identity of Mandy and her innocence?” Fred asked angrily, “I am taking care of her just because she is the daughter of my old friends. There is nothing going on between us!”

“Did you do something dirty, and you are afraid of it being discussed by others?” Mrs. Anderson snorted and pointed to Mandy. “Listen, you bitch! You are going to plead guilty and have Kathie released. Otherwise, I won’t let you leave!”

Mandy’s hair was a mess, her cheeks were red and scratched from Mrs. Anderson attacking her. She contemplated the situation, they wanted her to admit to the crime, but she was not a fool, of course, she couldn’t admit to the felony of carrying a gun and plotting to murder someone. Her original plan was to gain an advantage over Hazel, except now Hazel was happy.

She looked at Hazel with annoyance and suppressed her anger. “Mrs. Anderson, as long as Hazel agreed not to hold someone responsible, everything would be okay, wouldn’t it? I had nothing to do with what happened to your family, you can go check the monitor or ask Lucy…”

“You are a bitch. You really don’t want to forget to alienate Hazel from me, do you?” Mrs. Anderson was angry again and rushed up. Mandy was scared and immediately stopped talking, hiding behind Fred.

“Please,” Joshua said, “Could you handle your business on your own time? This is Denmark Residence, not a boxing ring. It is not the time or place to handle your dispute.”

“This really has nothing to do with me…” Mandy was angry and anxious.

Mandy knew she could not just leave. If she did, she would be held responsible. She had to find a way to explain and make everyone suspect Hazel clearly.

Fred looked over at Mandy and said, “Let’s go!”

He had understood what was happening; Grandpa Anderson was siding with Joshua to protect Hazel, so even if they stayed, they wouldn’t be able to explain. No matter what, they would just continue to be insulted.

It was better to leave and try to persuade the directors one by one. Mandy did not leave any evidence that could be used against her, even if they doubted her, they had no proof.

Once Fred and Mandy pulled out of the driveway, the directors began to heave sighs of relief as they started walking out the door. Since they knew the truth, they were suffering each moment they had to stay in the Denmark Residence.

They chattered back and forth in surprise about Joshua letting Mandy go. However, some of them assumed that even though Joshua had done nothing, the Anderson family would deal with her. Just as they suspected, Kathie’s parents flew past them and chased after Fred.

Denmark Residence was almost cleared of visitors, but Isaac and Grandpa Anderson waited. Grandpa Anderson walked over to Hazel, looking at her with love and affection.

“Grandpa Anderson…” Hazel was somewhat embarrassed. After all, she was the one who had Kathie taken to the police station, and if Grandpa Anderson asked her not to hold Kathie responsible, she wouldn’t.

“You are the child of Marcus and Cate,” Grandpa Anderson said with emotion. “No wonder I felt your kind nature and pleasantness when I first saw you.”

Hazel blushed as she listened to Grandpa Anderson’s emotional words. Everyone seemed to be skeptical about her identity, even her, but he was undoubtedly giving her recognition and encouragement when he said that.

“Good girl, don’t think too much,” Grandpa Anderson said. “She deserved what she got; she needed to be taught a lesson. We will deal with this matter. You don’t have to feel any guilt.”

Hazel didn’t know what to say, she knew that Grandpa Anderson cared about her like a young member of the family, the thought left her feeling warm.

“Hazel, my grandfather, has said this, not to pressure you at all,” said Isaac. “We cannot bear what Kathie did either! She corrupted our family’s reputation. Even if you were not involved, we would have to teach her a lesson. Also, you are welcome to thank me.”

“Thank you,” Hazel said gratefully.

“Only a simple sentence?” Isaac suddenly became unhappy.

“That is enough, Isaac! Only you would be in a mood to joke at this time!”

Grandpa Anderson swung his cane and hit Isaac.

Isaac had no choice but to say goodbye and leave with Grandpa Anderson, leaving Hazel and Joshua in the living room.

“Hazel,” he looked at her with some concern. “Don’t think too much of what the directors said.”

“What?” Hazel looked at him blankly. Suddenly, she was stunned. “You mean that they want me to move out?”

“Yeah.” Joshua was uneasy. Hazel was very sensitive, he was really afraid that she would think too much.

“I definitely won’t move out. Just like you said, I live in my boyfriend’s house. What’s more, since certain people are looking forward to me moving out, I won’t give them satisfaction. Even if I did move out,” Hazel suddenly smiled and continued to say, “I would take you with me!”

“Okay.” Joshua smiled and said, “That’s it.”

“Don’t take it seriously,” seeing him be serious, Hazel hurriedly said, “I just mentioned it.”

“I am serious.” Joshua’s look was extraordinarily serious.

Hazel didn’t know what to say. Suddenly, she frowned. “Joshua, you said this time, can Mandy handle this?”

 

Chapter 364: This May Be God’s Will

“Looking at the abilities of Fred and Mandy, along with their way of doing things,” Joshua calmly analyzed, “It would be effortless for them to stay out of it, but it will be a little difficult for them to handle Kathie’s parents.”

Hazel was silent for a while.

“What are you thinking?” Joshua asked in a low voice.

“Joshua, the Denmark family, and the Joseph family don’t really have any family members?” Hazel asked, sounding helpless.

Neither the Denmark family nor the Joseph family had any living relatives; only Hazel and people were still questioning her identity. Both Joshua and Sunny were adopted, so their DNA would not help. If there were only one person related to either Cate or Marcus by blood, it would make proving Hazel’s identity easier. It would also help to find out Mandy’s identity.

“Hey, this may be God’s will.” Hazel smiled.

The birthmark helped initially, but with Mandy and Hazel both having one, it was difficult to tell which of them were fake. Although Mandy acted viciously, her character could not prove her identity. If they couldn’t figure out a way to distinguish who was the real Denmark’s daughter, Joshua was afraid that Mandy and Hazel would be in turmoil for a long time.

“Don’t worry. There will be a way to solve it.” Joshua whispered.

“Is there any way to solve it?” Hazel looked at him blankly.

“Although I can’t prove that you are true,” Joshua’s eyes flashed a glimmer of light. “But there is a way to prove that Mandy is fake.”

“Really?” Hazel curiously asked.

“Yes.” Joshua whispered, “But this is not easy. I am not sure, and it will take some time.”

Hazel was more curious, but Joshua did not seem to want to say in detail, so she decided not to keep questioning him.

Just as Joshua had speculated, Kathie insisted that Mandy persuaded her to attack Hazel, but there was not enough evidence. Fred also helped Mandy, so she could get away with encouraging Kathie and planting the gun.

However, Kathie’s parents did not intend to let Mandy get away with it; she and Fred were being harassed, so they didn’t have much time to bother Hazel.

As long as Mandy was not bothering Hazel, she tried to stay out of the drama. She needed to concentrate on her graduation thesis, so she went to the library at the school almost every day. As she was walking out one day, she saw Susan waiting for her.

Susan saw her and suddenly acted embarrassed, “I, I heard that University Q was a good school, so I came to find out. I didn’t expect to see you.”

Hazel played dumb because Susan was clearly waiting for her, but she actually used a lame excuse.

Susan thought for a while and asked Hazel, “Since it is such a coincidence, would you like to get something to drink?”

Hazel had wanted to find a chance to get close to Susan, and since she voluntarily found her, there was no reason not to go.

“I guess you needed me to ask you to go for a drink,” Susan said, snickering, “I mean, what kind of food does your school have? I could only find some junk food.”

“What do you want to drink?” Hazel didn’t know what else to say, Susan was pretending to be a princess, and she knew that Susan was there independently without persuasion.

“Forget it, it was all on me.” Susan pointed to her car not far away, “Get in the car with me.”

“To where?” Hazel raised her eyebrows unexpectedly.

“To Joseph’s house, haven’t you always liked it?” Susan said.

Hazel became more alert, and she looked at Susan suspiciously.

“Don’t worry, I won’t eat you,” Susan glanced at her impatiently. “It’s like my mom said, you like it, and she wants to leave the house to you. But then, since your identity has become a mystery, she hasn’t mentioned it.”

“You don’t mind it?” Hazel looked at her unexpectedly.

“How can I not mind?” Susan clenched her teeth. “Those things belong to me. Even if it is broken, I don’t want to give it to others! But if it is you and Mandy… I certainly don’t want my house to fall into the hands of Mandy!”

Hazel understood it. Susan regarded her as a temporary comrade because of Mandy.

Susan hesitated but finally said, “And, my mom seemed to like you very much.”

“Okay.” Hazel faintly promised.

She wanted to find an excuse to go to Joseph’s family house, but Sunny had just left when they arrived. After Susan heard that her mother was gone, she suddenly became disappointed, “How could this happen?”

“You seem to be afraid of Sunny?” Hazel looked at her. She actually guessed that Susan brought her here because of other purposes.

“My mom has been very strict with me since I was young.” Susan’s face showed some fear.

“Then you brought me here to let Sunny know that you have made more reliable friends rather than bad friends!” Hazel asked.

“You think too highly of yourself!” Susan was angry.

Looking at her facial expression, Hazel knew that she was right. It seemed that Susan had always wanted to get approval from her mother, but she could never get it. Susan knew she liked her very much, so she brought her there to show her off to Sunny.

Ignoring Susan’s anger, Hazel said, “I think that if you do this, you still may not be able to make Sunny have a different opinion of you.”

“What should I do?” Susan asked nervously.

Hazel looked at her strangely, it was indeed a bizarre situation. Sunny was so strict with Susan that Susan was terrified of her. Hazel thought it was reasonable to say that children in that kind of situation should not act stupidly as Susan did. She shook her head a little when she realized that it was their business and she had no reason to take care of them.

“I believe that parents have expectations for their children,” Hazel said with a calm tone. “In fact, I don’t think they are as concerned about what their children have achieved but more concerned about if they need to worry about them.”

Susan’s facial expression suddenly changed. She had caused a lot of trouble and was always helped by Sunny, she was actually a problem.

Looking at her thoughtful look, Hazel said faintly, “You think about it for a few moments, I am going to the bathroom.”

Susan nodded in disappointment, but Hazel did not seem to care. She saw Susan’s deep look as she quietly walked out and went to Sunny’s room.

None of the furnishings or decorating in the Joseph home had been changed, and the door of her room had a beautiful antique design on it. Hazel twisted the doorknob, but it was locked, she frowned and then tried the door to the next room.

 

Chapter 365: Does It Look Strange To You?

The room was large, with a piano in the corner. Hazel presumed it was for her mother, Cate, and Aunt Sunny to practice the piano. Hazel looked around quickly and then went to the balcony.

The balcony of the piano room was not too far from Sunny’s room. Hazel jumped across and landed on her feet. The balcony door to her room was not locked. Hazel opened the door slightly and quickly squeezed in.

On a table, there was a single photo of Cate, Hazel smiled. She opened a drawer and saw a notebook, she rushed to open it but then could not believe her eyes, the notebook was empty.

Hazel quickly flipped through the notebook again and again. Except for the name of the first page, proving that it belonged to her mother, there was nothing in it. She felt bewildered.

She knew she could not stay in the room for too long, so she went back to the balcony and exited through the piano room. When she returned to the living room, she saw that Susan was still contemplating her statement.

“What kept you so long?” Susan was obviously impatient. “Forget it, you said my mom really doesn’t want to see me achieve anything?”

Hazel’s lips were twitching, and Susan was still struggling with her thoughts when Hazel posed a question.

“What are the achievements you are speaking of, the entertainment circle? I don’t think we even need to say out loud what a mess the entertainment industry is. Ask yourself, do you really like being an actress, or do you like the feeling of being in the spotlight?”

Susan was angry and glared at Hazel. It was obvious that Hazel’s words were hurting her.

“My words are harsh,” Hazel said. “That’s because I don’t need to try and please you, so I will tell the truth. It is your choice to accept it or not.”

“Go away!” Susan was even more unhappy.

Hazel shrugged helplessly and realized she would not be able to get along with her. Although Hazel did not want to put more strain on their relationship Susan needed to hear what she had said. Hazel decided not to say anything else because she was afraid that Susan would have her more.

As Hazel walked out the door of Joseph’s house, she saw a car parked out front. The door opened, and Joshua got out of the car.

“Joshua?” Hazel asked strangely, “Why are you here?”

“I heard that you came to Joseph’s house and came over to pick you up,” Joshua helped her open the door. “Get in the car.”

Hazel got in the car and stared at Joshua, “I assume you were worried that Susan would do something to me, so you came here?”

“Don’t get too close to her in the future,” Joshua’ frowned. “The grudge between you and Susan will not be written off because of a common enemy.”

“I know.” Hazel smiled slightly, she knew what he said was true. If Susan had not thought that she might be useful, Susan would be happy to watch her and Mandy fight to the death.

“Right,” Hazel took out a few blank sheets from her pocket. “Look at these blank sheets. Does it look strange to you?”

Joshua looked over and saw some blank sheets in her hand. He asked with a sound of doubt, “What?”

“Like on TV,” Hazel’s eyes flashed in the light of anticipation. “Although it looks like blank paper, maybe what is on it can only be seen when it is exposed to water, high temperature, or a special solution.”

“… you think too much,” Joshua said smiling. “If I guess correctly, these sheets have been pulled out of a diary. Who would do that when writing a diary? Besides, if someone did write something, the paper would have scratch marks.”

Hazel was a bit depressed. She had stolen a few pages from Cate’s diary. She did not want to give up but worried that it would be discovered if she took the whole book. She never thought that it was really blank paper.

Joshua put away the sheets of paper. “I will look for someone to test it and see if there is anything in it.”

“Okay.” Hazel nodded in the loss, but in fact, did not have any hope.

“This is from Mother’s diary?” asked Joshua.

“Yes.” Hazel did not want to hide anything from him, so she told him what happened in the house.

“Don’t do anything that dangerous ever again.” Joshua frowned.

“How was it dangerous?” Hazel is puzzled.

“Really?” He looked at her unpleasantly.

“Ha!” Hazel couldn’t help but laugh out. It turned out that Joshua actually said that. She chuckled. “Okay, I will definitely be safer in the future and not do something so dangerous.”

“Okay.” Joshua’s facial expression became softer. He sighed, “Hazel, I will be going to Country F tomorrow. Will you go with me?”

“Ah? Why go to Country F?” Hazel asked curiously. “Although I have never been there, I really want to go explore.”

“I have some business to take care of. I will be gone for a week.” Joshua explained.

“You are worried about my safety, so you want to take me with you?” Hazel was stunned.

Joshua nodded. But he did not deny, “Hazel, if I am not here, a lot of things could happen in a week. I may not be able to handle it if I am away, so I hope you will go with me.”

Hazel thought for a while. If she stayed here, she would face Mandy and Fred alone. Although she was not afraid of what they would do, she would choose it if she had the choice not to interact with them.

“But I didn’t have a visa yet…” Hazel said with concern.

“I have already prepared the documents for you.” He whispered.

Since Joshua had taken the initiative, Hazel had no reason to refuse. She nodded. “Well, I will go with you.”

When they arrived at Denmark Residence, their luggage was already packed. Hazel went to bed since they had to be at the airport early. The plane took off, and before she knew it, Hazel was asleep.

She woke up and was already in Country F, in what appeared to be the presidential suite. Hazel stretched and called out, “Joshua?”

Nobody replied. She panicked a little and turned her head, looking around

Joshua had left a note, “Hazel, I need to go deal with some things, but I will be back around 7 o’clock this evening. After you wake up, you can tell the bodyguards what you need, and they will help.”

Hazel looked up at the clock, and now it was only 5:30 in the afternoon. She touched her stomach, realizing she was hungry, she decided to get something to eat. She opened the door to find two bodyguards in the living room.

“Miss Crowe, what would you like?” asked the bodyguard.

 

Chapter 366: I Really Was Mistaken

“I just want to go downstairs to eat something…” Seeing two bodyguards following her, Hazel hurriedly said, “You don’t need to follow me. I can go by myself.”

“Miss Crowe, the president, had told us that it is our duty to protect you. And especially here in a foreign country. It is not as safe as in our country…” The bodyguard said with embarrassment.

“You don’t have to,” Hazel was somewhat worried. “I just want to go downstairs to the restaurant; I don’t want to go out. It’s kind of strange that you are following me.”

The bodyguards want to say something else. Hazel said determinedly, “Let’s make a deal. I need some private space, so If I haven’t come back after half an hour, go downstairs to the restaurant and look for me.”

She knew that the bodyguards would not say anything further. They were aware that they had to listen to Hazel’s requests.

Hazel walked out of the presidential suite and went to the restaurant. She picked up a small meal and went to the elevator to go back to the suite.

While going up in the elevator, Hazel sent a few texts, and when the doors opened, she walked out but then suddenly stopped. She could not remember which room she had come out of. Her lips began to tremble, and she was stranded in the hallway.

Every floor of the hotel looked the same. She couldn’t tell where she was, so she continued to walk the corridor of the hotel. She hoped to meet someone working in the hotel that could direct her back to her room.

Hazel saw two figures in front of her and quickly rushed up to them.

“Oh…” She was trying to scream at the people in front of her but stopped out of shock. The two people were a man and a woman, but the man looked like Joshua.

She knew Joshua’s body shape and the height, temperament, and posture of the man looked just like him. She just couldn’t understand how he could be with another woman so intimately. Hazel could feel the bitterness building in her heart, but she just bit her lip and followed them.

They went into a room, Hazel stopped when she got to the door. She hesitated and was going to knock, but she pushed the door open without hardly any strength.

For a moment, she wondered why they didn’t close the door tightly but then realized that was important, she pushed the door open and snuck in.

The curtains were closed, and there were candles lit beside the rose petal-covered bed. Hazel could hear water running in the bathroom. The atmosphere in the room left her feeling extremely uncomfortable and nervous.

Hazel was contemplating on if she should stay or leave when a figure approached her from behind. She spun around and punched him. He snorted and then grabbed her wrist. She tried to use her self-defense tactics, but he wouldn’t let go.

He spun her around and held her hands behind her back, she continued to struggle, but the man pushed her down on the bed.

“This is interesting; who sent you here?” The man smirked coldly and looked at Hazel, his cold eyes seemed to be regarding her as an object, not a person.

He wore a silver mask, and the mask was engraved with the flirtatious flower.

The mask covered most of his face, only revealing sexy thin lips.

Hazel’s heart suddenly became cold. Although the lights were dim, it was enough for her to see clearly that the man in front of her was not Joshua.

In fact, as soon as he approached her, she knew it wasn’t Joshua, he was gentle and made others feel comfortable. The man in the room was just the opposite, he was cold, like snow in the middle of winter.

Hazel explained nervously, “I, I made a mistake, I thought you were someone else…”

“Mistake?” The man chuckled. “That is an interesting reason. But…”

He took one hand and ran it over Hazel’s cheek, she turned her head quickly to avoid his fingers.

“Although you are beautiful,” the man smiled with sarcasm. “Who had such a strange taste that they would send me a boring and thin bean sprout?”

Hazel suddenly became angry. Is this man blind? Although she was slim, her body was very nice. Joshua stated numerous times that she had a fantastic shape. However, she was not about to argue with a strange man about her body.

“I really was mistaken,” Hazel resisted with anger. “I thought you were my boyfriend…”

“You are ambitious,” the man’s lips smiled a little colder. “You want to be my girlfriend. Okay, I will give you a chance to be my woman first. If I am happy, then naturally, we can work something out.” He slid his down her cheek to her neck.

They felt like a cold snake slithering over her body. Hazel struggled, but the man forced himself on her, she shouted angrily, “You stop! I said I am not the one you want!”

“I haven’t met such a wild kitten in a long time. Whether you are or not, I will have sex with you today!” The man’s eyes flashed with a glimmer of light.

“You can struggle. The more you struggle, the more you excite me. I will wait for the moment you surrender to me!”

Hearing his cold words, Hazel felt extremely disgusted and scared. She had a horrible feeling that she was going to be raped.

“What is on your lips?” The man suddenly frowned. He picked up a tissue from the nightstand and began to wipe Hazel’s lips. He said disgustedly, “You are a gift that has been delivered to my door. Why are you not clean?”

In an instant, Hazel came up with a plan, and she spat in the man’s face without any hesitation. The man stopped and suddenly jumped up as if she had the plague, and she was trying to infect him.

“What are you doing?” He yelled as he looked at Hazel with disgust.

 

Chapter 367: I Lost My Way

The only reply Hazel planned to give him was from the box she picked up from the restaurant. She had got two of them so that she could give one to the bodyguards, but it was about to become a weapon.

Hazel picked one up and threw it at the man. He put his arms up to block his face as he ran to hide and shouted, “Enough…”

Before he could finish his sentence, the second box hit him. Hazel had calculated the force she needed to use for it to hit him. He had no time to escape, and the box that Hazel opened before she threw it landed all over him.

The soup was flowing down his face when he stood up from behind a chair, he still had his mask on, but Hazel could sense his anger.

Hazel opened the second box before she threw it, so when it hit him,

“Awful woman,” the man yelled with disgust. He fled straight to the bathroom, and he yelled, “You just wait!”

He opened the bathroom door and pulled the woman out into the room. Hazel was going to take the opportunity to escape, she ran toward the door, and the blonde who was half-dressed looked at her with surprise and said a lot in a foreign language.

“Step aside!” Hazel said angrily and pushed her.

Hazel glanced at her when she went by. No wonder the man said that she was a thin bean sprout, the blonde had large breasts. Hazel continued on her way and rushed out the door.

When she got to the hallway, Hazel ran toward the elevator, thankful that she had escaped. It was complete luck that she was able to get out of the room. She had taken a huge gamble when she spat on the man. When he wiped her lips before he attempted to kiss her, she assumed he was germaphobic, so she used it to her advantage.

She kept pushing the elevator button and yelling at it to hurry up. If the man caught her, she might not be able to escape. The elevator finally opened, and she ran in.

“Hazel?”

When she heard the familiar voice, she lifted her head and let out a sigh of relief.

“Joshua!” Hazel hugged him with joy, she no longer had to worry. As long as she saw Joshua, she was completely safe.

“What’s wrong?” Joshua glimpsed slightly, gently stroking her hair.

“I lost my way…” Hazel’s voice was a little choked. Joshua held her in his arms, she kept replaying what had just happened, and she began to cry.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Joshua patted her back gently.

She calmed down a little and looked at him unexpectedly. “Didn’t you say that you wouldn’t be back until seven o’clock? Why did you come back early?”

“Things were handled almost immediately, so I wanted to come back and wake you up,” Joshua explained in a low voice.

The elevator door opened, and Joshua led Hazel to their suite. Joshua made Hazel a cup of tea, she took sips as she tried to calm down.

“Still afraid?” Joshua whispered.

“… Hum,” Hazel’s look was awkward. “You can tell?”

“Well,” Joshua said. “Can you tell me all about what happened?”

He hadn’t fully noticed how unstable Hazel’s mood was until that time, he didn’t want to ask anything that would hurt her more.

Hazel said truthfully, “I just lost my way, and it was okay. Then I saw a person who looked like you with a woman, so I chased them. But I made a mistake, the man wasn’t you. We had an argument, and then we fought…”

Joshua could tell that Hazel was hesitant, she didn’t want to tell Joshua. He didn’t ask anything more, he just waited quietly, if Hazel didn’t want to say anything, he didn’t want to force her to speak.

She took a deep breath then continued, “I didn’t go looking for a fight, but he almost took advantage of me. Thankfully, in the end, I managed to escape.”

Joshua’s eyes deepened slightly. No wonder she was so afraid when he saw her.

“That man, do you remember what he looks like?” Joshua whispered.

“I don’t know,” Hazel shook her head. “Because he was wearing a mask, but the mask had flowers on it.”

“Well, I understand,” Joshua said in a low voice.

Hazel looked at him with some uneasiness; she didn’t want Joshua asking questions so that he could make trouble for the man.

“Joshua,” Hazel said apologetically. “This time, it was my fault. I didn’t let the bodyguards go with me. Then the only reason I followed him was that he looked like you and there was a woman who was very close to him…”

Looking at Hazel’s shameful appearance, Joshua sighed. “Does that mean you were jealous?”

“… sorry, I should have trusted you!” Hazel lowered her head with guilt.

“No need to apologize, Hazel,” Joshua reached out and gently held her face.

“You will be jealous. It also means that you care about me. This time I did not do well and failed to protect you.”

Hazel looked at him with pity. Why was Joshua like that? He had nothing to do with the situation, but he thought it was his fault.

“Do you want to take a bath?” Joshua suddenly asked.

“Ah… good idea.” Hazel was stunned.

“Let’s go.” Joshua took her hand and led her to the bathroom.

Seeing that he wasn’t going to leave, Hazel looked at him awkwardly.

“You want to take a bath with me?” She asked curiously.

“I will help you,” Joshua said with a smile.

He was hurting deep down in his heart, although there was nothing he could do to change what happened. Hazel only said that he almost touched her, but Joshua did not know to what extent. He didn’t blame Hazel, but he was not going to forgive the man. He didn’t want to do anything that might hurt Hazel, so he did not ask.

When he thought of another man touching Hazel, he was angry and upset.

He had to erase all traces of the man from Hazel’s body.

No matter how much Hazel resisted, in the end, she was always defeated by Joshua’s insistence. In the end, he helped her have a shower and washed her body gently.

Hazel put on her bathrobe and watched Joshua, who held a towel to help her dry her hair. She suddenly asked, “Joshua, aren’t you jealous?”

 

Chapter 368: Did You Find It?

Joshua’s actions were simple, but as Hazel watched him, she understood him and what he was thinking about.

“This time, it was my fault. I was not able to protect myself,” Hazel was dim.

“But aren’t you angry that he tried to do something to me?”

“Stupid girl, how can I blame you for this kind of thing?” Joshua looked awkward. “I am a little angry, but I am angrier that I was not able to protect you. And, I am even angrier that some people dare to bully you.”

Listening to the chill in his words, Hazel looked at him with awkwardness. “Those things are just misunderstandings. You don’t want to do anything to him? We are in another country, I don’t want to trouble you because of me.”

Joshua put his arm around Hazel and looked into her eyes. She was always so sensible, even if she was being bullied, the first thing she thought of was not making trouble for him.

“Do not worry,” Joshua kissed her softly on the forehead. “Although it is another country, I can make sure that the woman I am supposed to be protecting is not bullied.”

His woman… Hearing this sentence, Hazel’s face blushed.

He helped her dry her hair, then went to the study with one of the bodyguards.

“Did you find it?” Joshua asked coldly.

“Joshua, when we arrived, the other party had already left.” The bodyguard replied, “We went to check the monitoring, but the other party got to it before us and wiped it out.”

“Hmm?” Joshua frowned. He was really surprised that the man had taken that kind of action in such a short time. He had the impression that the person Hazel encountered was not just an ordinary person.

The other party had been prepared before the incident with Hazel, not necessarily because of her, it was more likely that they had been cautious for other reasons.

“Find out what forces have come to this country recently,” Joshua sighed. “And, also find out who is still living in this hotel.”

After the bodyguard promised to find the information for Joshua, he opened the door of the study and saw that Hazel was standing there about to knock on the door.

“Did you finish talking?” Hazel asked strangely.

“Yes.” Joshua’s look was gentle, “Come in.”

Hazel walked in, her eyes were full of the light of anticipation. “Joshua, are there any tourist spots in Country F, is there any guide? If there is, can you please give me a guide?”

“Yes.” Joshua smiled and gave her a prepared guide.

He had guessed right; he knew Hazel would want to explore when she went to another country, and he didn’t want her to miss out on the exotic customs.

He handed her the guide that he had prepared ahead of time, she took it with excitement and looked at the guide with joy.

“Take this.” Joshua handed her a delicate silver pistol.

Hazel was shocked. She just prepared to refuse, and she heard Joshua said, “We are in a foreign country. When you go out tomorrow, it is best to take it with you in addition to taking bodyguards.”

“Okay.” Thinking of the previous things, Hazel nodded and took the pistol.

She quickly looked through the guide and unexpectedly asked, “Why does it only have activities for four days? What about the last two days?”

“The last two days are for me to spend with you. I want to be able to go shopping with you.” Joshua smiled at her.

“Okay!” Hazel nodded happily. Being accompanied by him was better than walking alone by herself.

***

Hazel got up early to go exploring, she went to the most famous commercial street in the country, according to the guide. It was not the most convenient place to get to, so Hazel bought a lot of gifts to avoid going back a second time. Both she and the bodyguards were carrying a lot of bags, but Hazel wanted to stop and taste some of the local specialties.

There was a group of men with their hoods up walking toward her and the bodyguards. Hazel didn’t think much of it at first, but when she realized it was so hot, she began to wonder why they were wearing such warm clothing.

As they continued to get closer and closer, Hazel noticed they all had their hands in their pockets; she squinted so she could try to make out the outline of what they were hiding.

The gang of men was walking faster and faster, Hazel suddenly had a sense of danger. She took the bags in her and threw them at the group.

Gunshots rang out.

They did not expect Hazel to make a move, so they took out their guns and began firing in her direction. Hazel was worried and scared, she couldn’t understand why they would come after her. Even in a different country, people would not leave her alone.

One of the bodyguards realized that the situation was getting dangerous and quickly guarded Hazel to get her to safety. Suddenly, there was the sound of more gunshots, everyone screamed and ran to hide.

“Miss Crowe, we will stop them. You get out of here!” said the bodyguard while he looked around at all of the confusion.

“Good.” Hazel nodded. She wouldn’t be able to help even if she stayed. They were coming for her, so she took advantage of the chaos and ran into the crowd away from the busy shops.

Some of the gang discovered her escape route, then made it past the bodyguards and continued to chase her. Hazel ran hard, she saw a Ferrari parked in front of her, the driver was sitting in the car.

Hazel didn’t care who he was, she just quickly opened the front passenger’s door and got in, pressing the silver pistol around the man’s waist.

“Drive!” Hazel shouted. It was a unique situation, and she didn’t want to waste time explaining.

The man in the driver’s seat still didn’t move. He said lazily, “I won’t drive.”

“… you!” Hazel was annoyed. “You think I won’t dare shoot you… Right?”

Before she could say anything more, she looked at the man and put her hand to her mouth in shock.

The man sitting in the driver’s seat was not just anyone. It was the strange man that she had encountered the day before, he was still wearing the mask.

She didn’t know which situation was safer, she felt it was all dangerous, but she felt more fearful with the man in the car. She pulled on the door handle to get out of the car, but it was locked.

“If you will not drive? Let me get out!” Hazel stared at him with vigilance.

“Woman, do you think that you can get in and out as you want?” Then the man looked at her, he let out a quiet sigh and looked at Hazel with interest.

“I am being chased!” Hazel endured anger. “If we just sit here, they will catch up soon. Be careful, they may not let you go!”

 

Chapter 369: You Are My Girl Now

The man smiled, his eyes flashed with light as he spoke, “Listen, the first time we met, you pretended that you mistook me for someone else. The second time we met, you are pretending to be chased. I am inquisitive. Who are you? Who arranged for you to be with me?”

“You…” Hazel clenched her teeth. She had the worst luck, not only was she being chased, but she met a fool who she thought might help.

“Hey–“a shot was fired at them, but the car had bulletproof glass, so there was only a mark on the window.

Hazel was scared, but she looked up and saw the gunman standing in front of the car, not very far from them. His eyes had an evil look indicating that he intended to keep shooting.

Hazel became even angrier; she was afraid that she would be caught if she didn’t get out of there.

“If you are afraid that you will also be shot, just let me out of the car…Ah!”

Before Hazel finished her words, the man suddenly stepped on the gas pedal. The Ferrari took off like an arrow, in the blink of an eye, they hit the gunman.

There was a loud thump as the man hit the car and rolled over the roof. The car made a turn and left the scene quickly. As Hazel looked out the window, she thought they were really going fast and felt even more afraid that they had just hit someone.

Suddenly, being in her own country and dealing with Mandy did not seem so bad, Hazel thought.

The driver glanced at her and quickly stole her pistol.

“Give the gun back to me!” Hazel returned to reality and said angrily. She reached out to get the gun, but he shoved it in the door on his side. Hazel hesitated, if she wanted it back, she would have to lean over him. He was too dangerous to be that close to.

“This is not a toy. You do not have the skills to have such a dangerous thing.”

The man lifted his lips with an evil grin, “Woman, congratulations, you succeeded in provoking the devil.”

Hazel was worried, she knew she was in danger. She sighed and said, “It seems safe now, you can let me out of the car.”

“You say safe in front of the devil?” The man sneered, “Simon King.”

“What?” Hazel was wrong.

“My name.” Simon acted arrogantly. “Remember, you are my girl in the future, just say my name when you are in trouble.”

Hazel’s lips were twitching. She thought, what a stupid name and what was he thinking, did he hope that he could conquer the world?

“I am not your woman,” she talked back without hesitation. “Hurry up and let me go!”

Simon acted like he did not hear it, and he then asked, “Your name?”

“We are not acquainted yet. Why should I tell you my name?” Hazel said coldly.

“I know,” Simon’s smile looked even more evil than it had before. “You want me to teach you – sweetheart.”

Hazel was almost spat out of disgust. Why did this man act like a fool? Can’t he understand people? She had to get out of the car, who knew what he would do to her? She was looking around, but the door was locked.

She looked down at her hands, they were sweaty from running. She looked at Simon out of the corner of her eye and then rubbed her sweaty hand on Simon’s leg.

Simon was distracted for a moment, then he looked like a virus had hit him and quickly moved her hand away. “Bitch, what are you doing?”

Hazel ignored him and reached out to press the button to unlock the door. She pushed the door open as they were racing down the road.

“Stop, or I will jump directly!” Hazel said.

She was serious, if he didn’t stop the car, she would have no choice but to jump.

“Hey–” a gunshot, a bullet hit the door again.

Hazel was scared. Simon looked at the rearview mirror, his face turned gloomy, “Close the door!”

Her reflexes were quick, and she slammed the door. She looked back and saw several cars following them, all of them were armed with guns.

“No…” Hazel was really shocked. “In order to kill me, they actually used such a big army?”

“You think too much. Those are my enemies, and they came to kill me!” Simon suddenly stepped on the gas pedal, causing the car to ramp up the speed.

Hazel was relieved, then she clued in to what he had said, she angrily yelled, “Your enemy, why did you take me on the run? Hurry and let me out. You do not need to involve me in this!”

“You really don’t know how to appreciate others!” He didn’t expect her to draw a line between them so quickly. Simon sneered, “You think that if you jump out of my car, my enemies don’t think that we have a relationship?”

Hazel was angry and annoyed. She was originally worried that she had involved him in danger, but it was him involving her. All she could do was sit in the car and wait for the opportunity to escape safely.

Joshua needed to know what was happening, so Hazel took out her phone and was about to call Joshua, but her phone was taken out of her hand. She didn’t even have time to stop him. He just grabbed her phone and threw it out the window.

“What are you doing?!” Hazel wanted to kill him. How could he be so monstrous?

“Sweetheart, I said, you are my girl now.” Simon said coldly, “Being my woman, you should not think about another man! Or, you want me to – kill him?”

There was a bitter chill in his cold words. Hazel’s body stiffened up, she could tell that Simon was not joking.

If she were in her country, Hazel would take such a threat as a joke. But here in Country F, she worried about whether Joshua would be in danger or not.

She clenched her fists tight and bit her lip; she did not want to say anything more to him. She was still unclear about the situation and did not want to gain any more enemies for her or Joshua.

Seeing that she had finally quieted down, Simon felt a little annoyed. Was there another man in Hazel’s heart?

 

Chapter 370: Ignore Me?

Even though they were driving fast, the cars behind them were keeping up.

Hazel frowned and became more worried when she continued to hear gunshots.

“Sweetheart?” Simon shouted.

Hazel was certainly not going to respond to him calling her sweetheart.

Simon smiled without much care. “Ignore me? Then I will be angry. When I am angry, I want to kill someone!”

Hazel’s lips were twitching. Did the bastard think that she could be scared of him?

There was another sound of a gunshot hitting the rear windshield of the car.

Although the bullets were stopped by the bulletproof glass, listening to the sound of them hitting the car left Hazel in shock. She was worried that she was going to be dead soon.

“You cannot even get away from them. Do you really think that you can kill someone?” Hazel said sarcastically.

Simon shrugged. “I still want to experience the feeling of life and death with you, sweetheart, but since you are afraid, then we should end this game.”

Hazel looked back at the cars chasing them, but Simon pressed a button in the car before she could say anything.

“You should get out,” Simon said with a smirk.

Suddenly, his Ferrari was surrounded by cars to protect it. They immediately engaged with the attackers, there were so many gunshots that Hazel didn’t know who was shooting and who wasn’t.

She clenched her hands tightly and prayed that she wouldn’t have to encounter dangerous situations for the rest of her life.

Simon’s people soon had the attackers under control, when they saw they had no chance of winning, they spun their car around so that they could escape. It was as if Simon had anticipated their actions, he turned the steering wheel and sped up to catch them.

Hazel became very pale and nauseated, she held on to the armrest and didn’t dare to utter a word.

It was apparent that Simon didn’t have any intention of not following them.

His people were driving dangerously to catch them, and within a few moments, they had caught the majority of them.

“Get out of the car, sweetheart.” Simon opened the door. His face still had a careless smile. “These people scared you, we should teach them a lesson!”

Hazel pushed the door open and quickly got out of the car but not because of what Simon said. It was because the speeding left her stomach rolling, and she wanted to vomit. When she crawled out of the car and stood on stable ground, she felt a little less dizzy.

The men who Simon’s people captured were kneeling on the ground with guns pointed at them. They were yelling and begging in a local language that Hazel didn’t fully understand.

“Sweetheart,” Simon walked over to Hazel and took the initiative to translate for her. “These people said that they just took some money from others and hoped I can let them go. What do you think I should do? I will listen to you.”

Looking at him, Hazel felt dizzy again. She hated that he called her sweetheart, but Simon may not listen to her and maybe even treated her more disgustingly if she said her true feelings.

She said with no anger, “They weren’t coming to kill me, so how does it involve me?”

“You are right,” Simon’s face still had a fascinating smile. “I will handle it myself.”

After that, he took out his gun and pointed at one of the attackers. After a single gunshot rang out, the attacker’s body fell to the ground with a bullet hole in his forehead.

The sound of the gunshot immediately became a warning. After another few shots, the people who had chased them were all lying on the ground.

Hazel was shocked, and she looked at the scene that just took place right in front of her eyes. Simon was an evil man, she realized that from the beginning, he wasn’t going to let them go. He deliberately killed them and made her watch to prove that he was not just threatening when he said that he would kill.

“You are really brave, I like you.” Most people would be upset after killing someone, but Simon acted as if he had only killed an ant. He was still very happy and laughed. “Any other woman would cry. You are good, seeing such a bloody scene, and your expression didn’t ever change.”

Hazel took a deep breath and looked away from the people on the ground.

Her fingers were clenched so tightly that she couldn’t move them. “I am afraid but so shocked that I can’t express anything. If you give me time, I will cry.”

“My sweetheart, you are so cute,” Simon’s eyes flashed an unexpected light. “I just like you being true and not being artificial. Being scared? Let’s go, I will take you to relax.”

Before Hazel could refuse, she felt Simon had the gun on her waist. She was helpless and had to follow him to the car.

Simon drove for a few minutes and stopped at a casino. Hazel lifted her head and looked around, she frowned.

“Sweetheart, what do you want to play?” Simon’s arm rested on her shoulder.

“I have no money.” Hazel refused without any hesitation. She was swaying and wanted to avoid him, but he pulled her close.

“It doesn’t matter, I do.” Simon laughed, “Just play.”

“I have no interest in it,” Hazel said. Since she was young, she was told of the dangers of gambling, she had absolutely no interest in it.

“You are not obedient.” Simon took out her pistol and raised her chin with a muzzle. “Be obedient, I tell you to play, you will go play.”

Looking at his smile, Hazel was shocked and angry but had no choice. Simon was like a demon. Even though he was wearing the mask, she could tell that his smile was cold and ruthless.

Flashbacks of Simon calmly killing those people with such a smile flashed through Hazel’s mind. Then another thought went through her mind, Joshua, he was respectful to everyone. Although he was polite, it was as if he was impenetrable. However, Hazel clearly saw that under his distant appearance, Joshua actually had a gentle heart.

Joshua and Simon seem to be two extremes, one was really cold and once pretended to be cold. And even though she doesn’t know why since she had not actually seen Simon’s face without the mask, Hazel felt that he looked like Joshua when he laughed.

Hazel shook her head as she was thinking, how could she think that Simon looked like Joshua. Simon was nothing like Joshua but so much alike at the same time.

She knew she could not be threatened by Simon for much longer, and she needed to find a way to escape sooner than later.

“Sweetheart, are you thinking about other men?” Simon was so cold that although he was smiling, the smile was bizarre.

“Simon, since you want to play, then we will play something interesting.” Hazel looked up at him without fear.