Ch. 391..400
Chapter 391: I Will Take You Home
Joshua’s eyes flashed, he looked up at Mandy and said, “You have my attention. I am very curious. Who is everyone?”
Mandy hadn’t said a word, the faces of the women around her were pale. They kept thinking that it didn’t matter what she said, Joshua would hate her, and they must have been crazy to offend Joshua just to please Mandy.
They regretted everything that they had done because even if Mandy was the real Denmark daughter, the Denmark Group belonged to Joshua. If it was a choice between offending Mandy and offending Joshua, they knew how to choose.
Mandy needed the support of the women’s families, and even if they didn’t help her, there was nothing she could do to them. Mandy didn’t have time to answer Joshua before the women spoke up.
“How could someone say that? It was certainly just because someone was trying to sabotage your relationship!”
“Yes, maybe they were jealous of your good relationship, so they made it up themselves!” Mandy clenched her teeth and said helplessly.
The woman’s rebellious attitude must have been like a slap across Mandy’s face. She was mortified at the thought of giving in to Hazel, if she did, then she would definitely be inferior to her.
“Did it have something to do with you?” Mandy snorted and walked away.
As they all watched Mandy leave, one woman said, “She was so anxious to leave, I think that maybe she was guilty!”
Hazel looked at them indifferently and shook her head. She and Joshua said goodbye to Sunny and walked to the car.
When they got into the car, Hazel asked, “Joshua, who do you think she will support?”
She and Mandy had a dispute while Sunny was watching, she was bullied, and Sunny ignored it, but at the same time, Mandy was angry, and Sunny seemed to be indifferent.
“I don’t know.” Joshua frowned. “Why did you see them today?”
“Auntie Sunny called me. As for Mandy, it may have been coincidental, or she may have inquired about Auntie Sunny’s location and went there to see her.” Hazel speculated, “It seems that she is very concerned about Auntie Sunny. She has been trying to see her, presumably the support of Auntie Sunny is very important to her.”
Joshua lifted his eyebrows and couldn’t help but think.
“What are you thinking?” Hazel asked curiously when she didn’t get a response from Joshua.
“Nothing,” Joshua said, “I will take you home.”
Hazel nodded. When the car started, she hesitated but finally said, “As a matter of fact, today, Auntie Sunny asked me to persuade you…” She continued to tell Joshua about Sunny’s request, he was a peaceful man, and nobody knew what he was thinking.
Hazel took a deep breath and whispered, “Joshua, I know that you have plans of your own, but…You will have to face this sooner or later.”
“I will comfort the directors,” Joshua said quietly. “Hazel, the most
important thing for you now is to prepare for graduation. Don’t be distracted by other things.”
“I know.” Hazel’s eyes looked down, and she nodded.
***
A few days after she gave her graduation thesis to Joshua, Hazel received a phone call from Summer.
“Hazel,” Summer said in a hurry. “Your graduation thesis still hasn’t been submitted?”
“Impossible, I handed it in!” Hazel was somewhat irritated. She gave the paper to Joshua a few days before, and he said he would hand it in.
“But I helped the professor organize the papers today, and I didn’t see yours,” Summer said urgently. “I also specifically asked about it, and the professor said he had not received your paper!”
Hazel frowned, Joshua said it would be submitted, so she did not worry. As long as it was something she needed to be done, Joshua would have arranged for the most reliable person to do it. However, Summer did not need to lie to her, so she needed to find out what happened.
“Hazel,” Summer hesitated and finally said, “Do you think that you may have offended anyone? When I asked the professor, he told me not to get involved and…”
“And what?” Hazel frowned and asked.
Summer was even more hesitant. She finally said, “Nothing! Send me
the paper, I will print it for you and hand it in immediately!”
“Okay, thank you.” Hazel nodded. The first thing she had to do was send the paper to Summer, but she felt extremely uneasy. Since the professor said that Summer should not be involved, it must be that someone really pulled some strings so that she would not graduate.
After sending the paper to Summer, she knew she had to go to Denmark Group and find Joshua. It was the last day to hand in her paper, so Hazel couldn’t take care of anything until she spoke to Joshua.
She rushed to Denmark Group, but she was stopped by the receptionist when she walked into the lobby on the first floor.
“Who are you?” The woman at the front desk said arrogantly, “Stop, don’t enter!”
Hazel looked at the woman and didn’t recognize her. She frowned and asked, “Are you new?”
“What does it matter to you if I am new or not?” The receptionist sneered, “This is Denmark Group, not everyone can walk in!”
“I am the President’s assistant.” Hazel lifted her eyebrows. She could sense that the receptionist was deliberately looking for trouble. However, Hazel was not in the mood to deal with her.
“You said that you are the assistant to the president?” The receptionist
looked rather disapprovingly. “I will tell you, there are millions of people like you who want to sneak into the Denmark Group to see our president!”
Hazel endured the anger, and she took out her work permit. She got up from her desk, grabbed the work permit out of Hazel’s hand, and carefully inspected it.
Even after seeing her work permit, the receptionist refused to let her in.
“It won’t help you. Who knows if your work permit is true or not? ?”
Hazel coldly looked at her. After the receptionist scanned it, she sneered and threw the work permit at Hazel. “You are a liar, and this work permit is really a fake!”
“How can it be possible?” Hazel was slightly surprised. She took the work permit to the machine, scanned it, but it really did not work.
She was stunned, her work permit was given to her directly when she was promoted to Joshua’s assistant. There had never been an issue when she scanned her card before.
“Could my card be broken?” Hazel asked innocently.
“Security! Security!” the receptionist shouted impatiently. “Hurry up and get this woman out!”
Chapter 392: You Can Call Me Whenever You Want
Hazel looked at the receptionist coldly. She never wanted to cause trouble, so she always tried to be cooperative. However, if someone actually set her up, she wouldn’t tolerate it.
“Do you know that Denmark Group’s receptionists have to obey certain rules? Including not accepting expensive gifts from customers, or it may be considered a bribe?” Hazel said bluntly.
The receptionist’s expression changed a little as she calmly said, “I…I don’t know what you are talking about!”
Hazel’s eyes were slightly cold. “The dress you are wearing is the latest edition of Chanel, the purse you are deliberately showing off on the front desk is the latest edition of LV. These two items add up to about 200, 000, and even though the salary of a Denmark Group receptionist may not be below. It is definitely not enough for you to afford these things!”
“They were all given to me by my boyfriend!” The receptionist was angry.
“Since they were given to you by your boyfriend, is he rich? Why didn’t he give you the whole outfit?” Hazel sneered, “Your shoes are only worth twenty dollars, and they really don’t match your clothes. Not to mention…you are wearing fake jewelry!”
After being with Joshua for so long, Hazel was very aware of brand-name clothing and accessories, she could spot fakes at a glance.
The facial expression of the receptionist suddenly changed, and she shouted angrily. “Security, what are you doing? Take this woman out!”
“Are you irritated?” Hazel looked at her, smiling. “The person who gave you these things to help her bully me didn’t tell you that there may be a price to pay?”
The facial expression of the receptionist became uglier, she clenched her teeth and smirked, “You, you are not even an employee of Denmark Group, what could you do?”
Hazel sneered when the elevator door opened, Jaxson quickly walked over to her. When her card didn’t work, she sent a text message to Jaxson.
“Miss Crowe,” Jaxson rushed to her. “Why are you here?”
“Jaxson, Jaxson…” The receptionist turned white when she saw Hazel talking to Jaxson so intimately, and she realized she made a big mistake.
“Don’t worry about that, you should deal with her first,” Hazel said, smiling. It was not that she wanted to punish her, but the Denmark Group requirement for the front desk was very strict. Hazel was worried that if the receptionist took expensive gifts from others, she would deliberately let inappropriate people in.
“Jaxson, this is really not my fault…” The receptionist hurriedly argued, “I am doing things according to the rules. There was a problem with her own work permit. Shouldn’t I stop her?”
“Is that the reason why you accepted expensive gifts from others?” Hazel smiled.
“I…” The receptionist struggled to explain, but Jaxson waved and did not give her an opportunity to explain.
Jaxson said, “Go to the finance department to get your salary. After that, security will escort you out.”
After dealing with the receptionist, Hazel and Jaxson went to the elevator.
“Miss Crowe, why do you come here today?” Jaxson hurriedly asked while they waited.
“Well, I have something to talk to Joshua about.” Hazel handed him her work permit. “My work permit can’t be used. Go and help me find what happened.”
“Okay.” Jaxson took her work permit and got off of the elevator to go to the personnel department. Hazel went immediately to the top floor, to the president’s office.
When she walked in, Joshua was not there, so Hazel decided to just wait there for him. After a few minutes, she heard a quarrel outside in the hallway.
“Joshua, even though you are the president of Denmark Group, you can’t do this!”
“Yes! You have to give us an explanation for Mandy. You have been avoiding this, you can’t do this forever?”
“You are clearly guilty. You have no confidence, so you are deliberately delaying it?”
The questioning voices got closer and closer, Hazel frowned and quickly went to the lounge. Just as she shut the door, she heard the outside door open. There were footsteps, presumably Joshua and some of the directors, that were verbally attacking Joshua.
“Okay,” Joshua said, and a group of directors immediately snorted. He said, “Don’t worry. I have a plan in regards to this matter, and I will definitely give you an explanation.”
The directors were naturally dissatisfied with what he said and continued to complain, putting more pressure on Joshua.
“It is a private matter of the Denmark family on whether or not the lost daughter of Marcus and Cate has been found,” Joshua’s eyes swept over them sharply. “You care so much about my family’s affairs. Is it because you replaced me?”
“We don’t mean it like that…” The directors said. The Denmark Group was still in Joshua’s hands, he had all the power, and although they had the title of directors, they had almost no real power.
Even so, with the current state of the Denmark Group had become a big topic, they had ideas. It was a great opportunity, and they didn’t want to miss it. However, they just thought about it, even when things were not clear, they still didn’t have enough confidence to make Joshua angry.
“In this case, please leave, I still have to work,” Joshua said coldly.
Since Joshua ordered them to leave, they had no choice. When the directors left, Hazel walked out of the lounge.
“Hazel?” Joshua looked a little surprised. “When did you come in?”
“Just a few minutes ago,” Hazel smiled shallowly. “Because I was afraid to bother you, and I didn’t want to call you.”
“You can call me whenever you want.” Joshua sighed and said helplessly, “I will answer my phone for you any time of day or night.”
Hazel blushed and nodded.
“You come to see me, is it something urgent?” Joshua whispered.
“Yeah.” She told Joshua about the graduation thesis.
Joshua frowned, he had asked someone to hand it in, and he personally confirmed that it was submitted to her professor. The only explanation was that someone found her professor and wanted to cause trouble for her.
“Let me deal with it.” Joshua sighed.
“Then I just go home.” Hazel smiled shallowly. “And, you keep working?”
“Hey, don’t think about other things, leave it with me.” Joshua reached out and touched her hair gently.
Hazel nodded and left Joshua’s office. She walked to the bathroom, and after shutting the stall door, she heard two women talking, and they mentioned her name.
Chapter 393: Continue To Keep An Eye On Her
“Hazel or Mandy? Who will be real and who will be fake?”
“Mandy must be the true daughter. She is the one with evidence!”
“I think so, too. The president has no confidence.”
“I don’t think this is necessarily the president’s fault. I heard that Hazel was the secretary of the president before and later became an assistant. Now she is the president’s girlfriend. Don’t you think it is very strange?”
“I have been surprised for a long time! I think that it is possible that Hazel tried to seduce the president and felt that her identity was not qualified, so she forced the president to give her a noble identity!”
“Yeah, I think so too. You said, how can the president be ruined by that bitch.”
When Hazel heard them leave, Hazel opened the door and walked out. It made her unhappy that the entire Denmark Group was talking about her. Although she didn’t care much about gossip, she still felt uncomfortable when she thought of so many people talking about her.
It sounded like everyone was blaming her and didn’t know if it was better than she didn’t involve Joshua. She was contemplating going to talk to Joshua when her phone rang. Hazel saw Summer’s number show up, and she could feel the uncontrollable rage before she even said hello.
“Damn! Hazel, you will never guess what I just saw?” Summer said angrily. “I gave your paper to the professor personally! I had a bad feeling, so I went back to make sure that everything was okay. That is when I saw him put your paper in the shredder! Why would he do that?”
Hazel was furious. It wasn’t that Joshua didn’t submit the paper, it was that her professor was destroying her work. The four years she spent in college, she always had good grades, and her relationship with the teachers was always good. Now it seemed that her professor was purposely destroying her graduation thesis and ruining her chances of graduating, she needed to find out why.
“You wait there, I am going to school,” Hazel said.
“You, are you going to school?” Summer’s voice was somewhat flustered.
“Yeah.” Hazel nodded.
She had planned to let Joshua solve the problem, but it was apparent that she needed to find out for herself.
“Don’t…” Summer’s voice suddenly changed. She hurriedly said, “Why don’t you go to find Joshua? Let Sir Denmark handle it. Don’t worry, I will print your paper again and watch him this time!”
Hazel had a strange feeling, Summer was so angry, but she did not want her to go to school. She knew how important graduating was to Hazel, it just did not make sense for her to act like that. It was not only Summer, but Joshua also did not seem to want her to go to the school.
She wondered if something happened at school that they didn’t want her to know about. Deep down, she knew she had to go find out what happened. She didn’t say anything more to Summer, she hung up and ran toward the elevator.
As Hazel was running to the elevator, she hit someone coming around the corner. She apologized and was about to continue to the elevator until she saw that it was Jaxson.
Jaxson had been looking at a stack of information when he collided with Hazel, papers were scattered everywhere. Hazel bent down to help him, but he nervously said, “Miss Crowe, it’s okay, I can do it by myself.”
He took the papers out of Hazel’s hand but not before she clearly saw them. It was information related to Mandy and detailed her whereabouts. Hazel tried to hide her surprise, but she wondered why Jaxson had the information.
Is he tracking Mandy? No, it would be what Joshua asked him to do, but why did Joshua care about Mandy’s every move. If Joshua was so concerned about Mandy, did she have to worry about who was the daughter of the Denmark family?
Hazel glared at Jaxson as he sorted out the documents. He started digging in his pocket, pulled out a work permit, and handed it to her.
“Miss Crowe, the work permit is okay now.”
“Why wasn’t it working?” Hazel asked.
“It seems that there was something wrong in the personnel department. I don’t know why but they erased your information.” Jaxson explained, “It was done by a new employee that was inexperienced, and so he didn’t know what he had done.”
Hazel frowned and realized that it might have actually been a mistake, but if it was, why was it only her information that was erased.
Jaxson could see her dissatisfied look and quickly said, “Don’t worry, the company spoke with the employee about regulations.”
“I understand.” Hazel nodded, and since Jaxson tried to reassure her, she wouldn’t keep asking.
“Do you want to go home now? Do you need me to arrange for someone to take you back?” he continued.
“No, I will be fine to go on my own.” Hazel smiled, hoping that Jaxson wouldn’t suspect anything or he would stop her from going to the school.
He watched her walk to the elevator and then went to the President’s office.
“Mr. President, this is information you requested about Mandy’s whereabouts.” Jaxson handed over the stack of information.
Joshua looked over them quickly but paused on one page. He closed the folder, sat back, and thought for a moment before saying, “Mandy seems to be very concerned about Sunny.”
“Yes,” said Jaxson. “Mandy will often force encounters with Sunny and visit her house a lot. However, Sunny does not seem to be close to her.”
Not close? Joshua lifted his eyebrows. Although he was not well acquainted with Sunny, he heard a lot from his parents. If Sunny didn’t like someone, she would reject others’ proximity in a significant way.
It seemed that when it came to Mandy, Sunny was just deliberately alienating. There was something strange about it, and Joshua knew he needed to continue investigating.
“Continue to keep an eye on her.” Joshua put his hand on the information, “Where is Hazel?”
Chapter 394: University Chaos
“Miss Crowe has already left,” Jaxson said quietly.
Joshua started to feel worried, even though he did not know that Hazel had gone to the school to find her professor.
Hazel stood outside the professor’s office, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door.
“Hazel Crowe?” When the professor saw her, he looked rather surprised.
“Professor,” Hazel walked in. She endured the anger in her heart and said calmly, “I came to ask about my paper.”
“Your paper is here, I haven’t seen it yet,” the professor hurriedly said. “You can go home. If I have any questions or opinions, I will contact you.”
“If you have no opinion on my paper, how can you just throw it into the shredder?” Hazel’s eyes flashed, “Professor, whether it is to my paper, or me, if you have any opinions, you can express your dissatisfaction in other ways. But as a professor, you know how important a graduation thesis is to me. Why would you do this?”
“I…” The professor had a look of complete embarrassment. “Hazel, you misunderstood. Your paper is here, I didn’t…”
“I misunderstood?” Hazel sneered, this paper must have been the one Summer handed in, and the only reason it was still there was that Joshua began to investigate.
“Summer saw you throwing my paper into the shredder and recorded it. Professor, I am furious about this, if you cannot give me an explanation, I will post the video on the internet!”
Although Summer saw it with her own eyes, Hazel did not know if she had a video, but it wasn’t going to stop Hazel from taking advantage of the situation.
“Hazel,” the professor felt a little uncomfortable. He finally sighed and said, “I don’t have any opinion of you. Even if your classmates have been spreading rumors, I won’t judge you because of them. After all, it is your own personal business. However, I did deliberately withhold your paper. Although I have a reason, I am indeed risking your future. I am sorry.”
Hazel lifted her eyebrow as she wondered why her classmates were talking about her. She had no idea about it but realized that was probably why Joshua and Summer didn’t want her to go to the school. However, it was not the time to worry about the rumors.
“I really want to know the reason why you would do such a thing!” Hazel demanded. The professor looked even more hesitant, but he could see that Hazel would continue asking until he told her.
He spoke in almost a whisper, “Well, since you have come to me with this information, I should hide anything anymore. My son wants to go abroad to study, but his paperwork could not be completed. Some people threatened me and said that if I want my son to go abroad, the only way would be to remove your paper so that you cannot graduate.”
Hazel was very surprised; she had assumed that the professor was threatened, but it was someone with enough connections to stop someone from going abroad.
“Who is threatening you like this?” she asked.
“I don’t know this, the other party refuses to tell me his identity,” the professor sighed. “But my son called a little while ago and said that the paperwork was complete. Don’t worry, I will read your graduation thesis carefully.”
Hazel relaxed, it seemed that Joshua must have been involved.
The professor looked at her meaningfully. “Miss Crowe, if you have offended someone, you should resolve it as soon as possible.”
Hazel raised her eyebrows. In fact, he was giving her advice with no evil intention.
After leaving the professor’s office, Hazel was a little depressed. The professor didn’t know who was making trouble, but she could make an educated guess that it was Mandy. It seemed like a lot of effort to make her discouraged.
If it was Mandy, she had already asked the directors to force Joshua, spread rumors in the Denmark Group, and threatened her professor to prevent her from graduating. Her actions were getting more and more extreme.
Hazel frowned, she knew Mandy was just too much, and Joshua only encouraged her to stay at Denmark Residence, which prevented her from hearing everything. She knew he was only trying to protect her, but it made her angry, if she didn’t know better, she would think that Joshua was trying to control her and allow others to bully her.
Could it be that Mandy may be the daughter of the Denmark family, so Joshua is being kind hearted?
Hazel was in a daze, but she snapped out of it when she was hit with a rock.
She wasn’t prepared at all, she felt a dizzy and sharp pain when the rock hit her forehead. She touched her head, only to feel a warm liquid on her fingers.
She was in shock after being hit with the rock, but she was also bleeding. Hazel began to feel dizzier, but more and more rocks were being thrown at her before she could gather her thoughts. She quickly covered her head, but the rocks were coming down like rain.
“What are you doing? Stop!”
Suddenly, Hazel heard a familiar voice, and the rocks stopped hitting her. She looked up to see Summer and Ariel walking toward her.
A group of students from the university had them surrounded, they thought they were superior and wanted to cause trouble. The girl encouraging the group was Kyla, who framed Hazel before.
“You two aren’t involved in the situation!” Kyla’s eyes flashed with hatred, and she said evilly. “We just came to find this shameless woman, Hazel! The university should have kicked her out long ago!”
“Yes! Hazel, if you want to save any of your self-respect, just drop out of school! Don’t embarrass the school too. It doesn’t matter if you were notorious for a long time. It won’t make University Q like you!”
“Yes, do you want us to be embarrassed to mention what university we went to?”
As they yelled at her, Hazel smiled slightly and covered her wounded forehead. She didn’t want Ariel and Summer to see it and worry about her.
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?” Ariel was angry.
“Nonsense?” Kyla laughed even more proudly. “The whole school knows about Hazel and how this bitch got to be with Joshua! What, we can’t say what shameless things she has done?”
“I always wondered why Sir Denmark would fall in love with her! It turns out that she is the fake daughter of the Denmark family. She made it all up to deliberately get close to Joshua! This vicious woman must want the property belonging to Denmark’s. Only, his identity has been discredited. She got what she deserves!” Kyla smirked and laughed.
Chapter 395: It’s Not Worth It
Ariel was furious. She yelled, “I think the rumors that you spread were to smear Hazel! As for the school being embarrassed, who can compare with you? You are the woman who needed several men in one night, and there are pictures as proof. Remember when they spread throughout the school forum?”
“Ariel!” Kyla was furious and angry. “You are just a fool of Hazel’s! You flatter her so much, maybe you should get a new job!”
“You…!” Ariel couldn’t speak.
Kyla was overconfident. “They are together. Throw at all of them!”
Hazel’s dizziness had dissipated, and she looked coldly at Kyla when she heard her tell her gang to hurt Summer and Ariel as well. She suddenly stepped toward Kyla, who was not prepared, so Hazel was gripping her collar before she could even react.
There was still blood dripping down Hazel’s face, it made her look even more intimidating. Kyla was shocked and asked with a panicked voice, “Hazel, you, what do you want to…Ah!”
There was a hard slap across her face. Hazel lost all control, the anger she had been holding in couldn’t be suppressed. She was fed up with everything that had been happening to her, but she couldn’t hold back when people started involving her friends.
“You, you actually hit me?” Kyla looked at her with horror and fear. Even in the past, Hazel didn’t touch her, she just beat Derek.
“Apologize!” Hazel demanded coldly, and she slapped her again!
Kyla felt the burning pain on her cheeks. She was angry and glared at Hazel. “I won’t apologize! Hazel, I can see that you are guilty! Even if I apologize, plenty of other people know what you are doing. I don’t know…Ah, forget it, I am fighting with you!”
She was angry and wanted to fight back, but she didn’t know how to deal with Hazel. Before she could say or do anything, Hazel slapped her again.
Kyla looked at Hazel’s fierce appearance, everyone watched them see what would happen next.
“Apologize!” Hazel said coldly again.
Kyla was really afraid of being beaten badly, she could see how angry Hazel was, and she realized just how gentle she had been with her before.
“I, I apologize, sorry…” Kyla said in a panic.
“Not to me, apologize to them!” Hazel said in a deep voice and used her free hand to point at Ariel and Summer.
They were scared by Hazel’s anger, but when they heard her, they were surprised that she had done it for them.
“Ariel and Summer, I am sorry! I was wrong, I should not talk nonsense!” Kyla said in a hurry.
The anger in Hazel’s eyes was still obvious, but she let Kyla go. As Hazel let go, she pushed Kyla backward, she fell on the ground and stumbled into running and hiding behind her friends. She put her hand to her cheek, clenched her teeth, and said, “Help me beat her!”
They looked at Hazel with hesitation, the blood on her face was dry, and she looked cold and evil. They had watched Hazel beat Kyla, they didn’t want to dare hit her. The group of them thought for a moment, and then they all started protesting.
“We don’t want to do it!”
“We only took the money as payment to bully her, not beat her!”
“Yeah! It’s not worth it!”
The group of people with Kyla walked away, she was left standing there alone. Kyla yelled at them with annoyance, but nobody cared about they saw Hazel and her temper.
“Hazel!” Ariel and Summer rushed to her side. They were worried and asked,
“Are you okay?”
“It’s nothing.” Hazel shook her head.
“You are bleeding! You should get it checked!” Ariel said with concern. “We will go to the infirmary first.”
“Go to the hospital outside of the school.” Summer urged.
“Right, right,” Ariel immediately said, but she was afraid that Hazel would think more of it. She quickly explained, “The level of school doctors is not good, the hospital is more reliable.”
They quietly helped Hazel to walk out of the school area. Summer thought and said, “Hazel, you don’t have to worry about this. It was obvious that Kyla spent money to hire people to harass you. Although the students gossip, they are talking about the person causing so much trouble for you?”
“Yes,” Ariel said with a reconciliation. “You haven’t been at school, but I heard that Kyla had several lovers outside of school. Some of the photos were even posted online by one of them. It is a shame!”
Hazel just listened quietly as nothing happened. She saw a car pull up in front of them, the door opened, and a man with a mask on got out. Her heart started pounding, and she unconsciously stepped in front of Summer and Ariel.
They were surprised to see the man in front of them. Although he was wearing a mask, they could feel his evilness.
“Sir, Sir Denmark?” Ariel questioned with some uncertainty. When she first saw the man, she thought he looked like Joshua. However, when she looked at him carefully, she could see that his temperament was totally different than Joshua’s.
“That is not Sir Denmark.” Summer corrected and looked confused.
“These beautiful girls look excellent,” Simon smiled, then magically took out a rose and gave it to Summer. “Indeed, I am gentler, more handsome, and more considerate than Joshua.”
Looking at the rose in front of her and the smile on Simon’s face, Summer smiled and blushed.
“What do you want?” Hazel asked cautiously.
She had not forgotten the trauma she endured when Simon kidnapped her. Although his ship was blown up, he escaped, and Hazel had the impression he was not someone who would be easily killed. However, she never expected that he would appear at her university in Country Z.
Simon looked at her with disgust and snarled, “You are really ugly.”
Hazel clenched her fists and continued to be watchful of her surroundings.
“Get in the car; I will take you to the hospital.” Simon was acting like a gentleman.
“No, I will go by myself.” Hazel refused without hesitation.
“If you are worried, can you ask your friends to accompany you?” Simon smiled brilliantly with his perfect, white teeth, which left Hazel feeling captivated.
She couldn’t believe that he actually threatened her by using her friends. Hazel clenched her fists even tighter and said, “I will go with you.”
Chapter 396: You Don’t Want Revenge?
Hazel turned to look at Ariel and Summer.
“I can go by myself. You don’t have to accompany me. You can go back to the dorm.” She said as she squeezed Ariel’s wrist. She looked at Hazel strangely, but she had already got in the car. She only hoped that Ariel would find the mark she had left.
Simon was uncertain that he would be able to get her into the car, but she didn’t want to involve her friends. He got in the car and pulled away from University Q.
“What good is it to be with Joshua?” Simon looked at her with disgust. He took out a first aid kit from the dashboard of the car. “You were so eager to get back to him. I thought he loved you, but you are being bullied, isolated, and even beaten. Is that how he shows his love?”
“This has nothing to do with you!” Hazel said impatiently.
“I know, you like to be abused and not to be petted?” Simon smiled, he wanted to make her angry.
Hazel looked at him coldly and said nothing. She did want to say something, but she was still in shock. She couldn’t begin to understand how Simon was even in Country Z, never mind how or why he showed up out of nowhere at her school.
She was scared and fearful of Simon, she assumed that once she and Joshua returned home, she would not have to see him again. It hadn’t been very long since they arrived home, and Simon had already shown up.
Simon took out an alcohol swab and reached over to help Hazel wipe the blood off of her face, but before he had a chance, she grabbed his hand.
“I will do it by myself.” Hazel snapped at him.
“Sweetheart, can’t you give me a chance to be a gentleman?”
“Give you a chance to wipe the alcohol into my eyes?” Hazel said sarcastically.
If it had been anyone but Simon who tried to help her, she would have let them, but with him, she needed to be on constant alert. There was a mirror on the car’s sun visor that Hazel used to wipe off the blood.
“I have never helped anyone with a wound before,” Simon said with a smile.
“You are the first one, sweetheart, you should be honored.”
Hazel looked at him indifferently, she did not want to give him any sense of recognition. It was clear that the more he thought she cared, the happier he would be.
“Sweetheart, I don’t think you aren’t the daughter of the Denmark family. Instead of being bullied like this, you should be with me. I will help you to deal with the evil people who bully you!”
He saw that Hazel was ignoring him, Simon said, “Don’t you believe me? Sweetheart, then I will let you see that I can give you more.”
The car stopped at a corner near the school. Hazel was thinking about how she could escape, but she paused when she saw Kyla and her friends standing on the corner.
They looked terrified and panicked because Simon’s people were holding their arms tightly. Kyla wondered if it was Joshua who had sent someone after them but then realized it couldn’t have been, the person had said that Joshua has begun to hate Hazel and didn’t care if she died.
“Are those the ones who have been bullying you?” Simon put his hand on his chin. “You don’t want revenge?”
“They are a group of people who take money to do things. Why would I want revenge?” Hazel said coldly.
“Sweetheart,” Simon looked at her, somewhat dissatisfied. “When you faced me, you were not afraid of anything. Why have you become such a coward since you returned home?”
“The situation with them is my business. There is no reason for you to take care of it.” Hazel said impatiently.
“You don’t want me to handle it, but I still have to.” Simon smiled. “There is someone there who didn’t take the money and wants to harass you, correct deliberately? Just watch, I will make her pay the price!”
Outside the car, Simon’s men received a signal, they released all of the group except Kyla. By the expressions on the group’s faces, Hazel could see that Simon’s men had said something before they put down a basket of rocks. The people who were supposed to be Kyla’s friends picked up the rocks and threw them at her.
Kyla quickly covered her head, but the rocks still left a lot of cuts and bruises all over her body. One rock hit her hard on the forehead, and she became more terrified.
She looked over at the car that Hazel was in, she took a chance to run toward it and quickly knocked on the window.
“Joshua, I know it is my fault! I shouldn’t bully Hazel. I shouldn’t find people to bully her, but someone made me do it! I really am innocent! You may not know it, but Hazel is a slut. When she was at school, she was in a relationship with several men. She had so many boyfriends, and she lied to you about it!”
Simon was sitting in the car laughing, but he had a nasty expression on his face. He put the window down and gave Kyla a cold look. “Your words are convincing. If I were Joshua, I would probably let you go.”
Kyla was overjoyed, but she hadn’t had time to be happy. She saw the extravagant evil smile of Simon. “It’s a pity that I am not him, and I hate being mistaken for someone else!”
It was as if Kyla was on a roller coaster, she was on the downhill slope. She asked cautiously, “Who are you?”
“I?” Simon smiled happily. He reached out and put his hand on Hazel’s shoulder. “I am one of the sweetheart boyfriends.”
Kyla’s face suddenly became sadder, and she was anxious. “Hazel, you really…”
Before she could finish begging Hazel for help, Simon’s men pulled her away from the window and slapped her face.
“Do you dare to let me hear another sentence of you insulting my sweetheart?” Simon looked at her and radiated a dangerous aura.
Kyla’s eyes were full of horror. She was now convinced that a man who was so dangerous in front of her was not Joshua.
“Let her go,” Hazel said.
“Sweetheart, why are you so disappointed?” Simon was very dissatisfied. “I didn’t know, you were so kind.”
“I have said that I want her to be released,” Hazel gave him a look. “But, I have questions to ask her before she runs.”
Simon waved his hand, and his men let go of Kyla, even if she wanted to run, she couldn’t, she was too scared to move.
“Who made you trouble me?” Hazel asked quietly.
When Kyla made a claim before, Hazel was paying attention.
Chapter 397: What I am Saying Is Tru
“It was Mandy who approached me and offered me a large sum of money to put you on the spot!” Kyla said hastily.
“It was really her.” Hazel thought and squinted her eyes. She had suspected Mandy when her professor told her that he had been threatened. When she actually heard that it was Mandy, though, her heart filled with different emotions.
“Did you know my pumpkin had an ongoing feud with that woman? Maybe you are using her as a shield?” Simon asked with a smirk.
“What I am saying is true! Hazel has a special relationship with Joshua, after all….”
After looking at Simon in horror, Kyla changed the subject and continued, “I wouldn’t dare to offend Hazel, so when Mandy’s people found me, I refused at once. Then they told me that Joshua Denmark had abandoned Hazel, and he would never help her, so I made a move. And, to cover my ass, I recorded everything, including when they admitted they were Mandy’s men!” Kyla’s eyes lit up, and she quickly took out her phone and sent the recording to Hazel.
“Now… Can you let me off the hook?” Kyla asked nervously.
“Let her go,” Hazel spoke simply.
Simon waved his hands, and his men stepped away from Kyla, who quickly fled.
“Pumpkin, are you touched that I helped you so much?” Simon asked.
Hazel listened to the recording, and although the people who contacted Kyla admitted they worked for Kyla, the request wasn’t personally made by Mandy. Hence, Mandy would deny her involvement, meaning that the recording was of little use except to confirm Hazel’s suspicions.
“Why do you think I would feel touched?” She sneered. “Why didn’t you take me to the hospital when you clearly saw that I was injured?”
“I was just trying to help you by giving you an outlet to vent your anger.”
Simon immediately felt a little embarrassed. In his mind, the first thing to do when someone was bullied was obviously to get revenge, he didn’t worry about Hazel’s injury.
He immediately said, “I’ll take you to the hospital now!”
“Don’t bother,” she said indifferently. “I’ve stopped bleeding. Just let me out of the car.”
Simon’s first aid kit had a sufficient amount of supplies, and since she had medical experience, she managed to get the blood completely stopped.
“Pumpkin, you’re so good, how can I let you go back and let Joshua ruin you?” Simon said with a faint smile.
“He wouldn’t forget that I got hurt, and that’s the difference between the two of you.” Hazel retorted unkindly, but deep down, she was worried that Simon would not let her go. She had no choice but to act accordingly.
“At least I like you because of who you are, not because you are the daughter of the Denmark family.” He said with a meaningful smile.
She glared at him in anger.
“Don’t you believe that I can see the entire situation?” He laughed more freely. “Otherwise, he wouldn’t let Mandy bully you as she does? I don’t believe that he doesn’t know what happened at your school. If he knew about it, why didn’t he deal with it? I can’t stand watching you being bullied. When will you stop fooling yourself?”
“You’re very boisterous!” She looked a little impatient.
“All right.” He shrugged. “You’re the wounded, you’re the boss.”
***
At the university, Summer held the rose with loving eyes. “Ariel, that man was really handsome! What’s his relationship with Hazel…”
“Don’t be silly,” Ariel interrupted nervously. “I don’t think things are that simple for some reason.”
Summer said, “Is it because he didn’t praise you?”
“No, Hazel just squeezed my hand.” Ariel raised her wrist. Suddenly her face changed. “Look!”
There was a crooked number written in blood by Hazel inside the wrist.
“6? What does it mean?” Ariel asked blankly.
“It’s not 6,” Summer wasn’t smiling anymore, and her face became serious. “It’s 9. Help!”
Both of their expressions changed, they realized the man who took Hazel away was not a simple man.
“Contact Assistant Hunk and tell him that Hazel was taken away!” Ariel quickly yelled.
***
At the hospital, Simon kept admiring Hazel as they walked out. “Pumpkin, you’re amazing. The doctor praised your ability to dress a wound. When I get hurt, you can help me.”
Hazel taunted coldly. “I hope you get hurt every day.”
“So, Pumpkin, you care so much about me and want to see me every day?” He looked moved.
She just shook her head and ignored his comments. She took a deep breath and asked coldly, “When will you let me go?”
“Take it easy, my pumpkin,” he said with a profound smile. “I’d like you to watch the drama.”
“I’m not interested,” said she impatiently.
“Really?” He looked at her firmly. “Don’t you want to know whether or not Mandy is the daughter of the Denmark family?”
She stopped abruptly, her eyes shining with shock. “Do you have a way?”
“Of course, I do.” An evil smile curved his lips. “I’m sure Joshua does, too, but he may never use it. But I’m different because I’m bad.”
Her facial expression looked as if she had mixed emotions.
“Come on, I’ll take you to change clothes first. You look too dirty,” he said with a sigh of relief. It was clear he had put up with it for a long time and could not handle it any longer.
They went to buy Hazel a new outfit, and after she changed, Simon drove her to an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town.
He took her to a small room in the warehouse, which must have been the office of the former administrator. There was a window in the office that had a view of everything in the warehouse.
“Why do you bring me here?” She stared at him suspiciously.
“I said that I was a bad man, so I come to do bad things, of course,” he said proudly.
Hazel looked at him more cautiously.
“Don’t worry, I am not going to be bad to you.” His eyes narrowed. “Look!”
Through the window, Hazel saw a group of masked men approaching the warehouse with Mandy. She looked nervous and was struggling to get away.
“Rest assured, we can see them, but they can’t see us or even hear us,” Simon explained.
“You brought me here just to show me you committed a crime? After all, kidnapping is a crime.”
Hazel really doubted whether or not Simon was helping Mandy.
Chapter 398: I Can’t Help You
I just invited you to watch the drama.” Simon crossed his arms and motioned for her to keep watching.
As Hazel peeked through the window, she saw that the cloth used to cover Mandy’s eyes was removed.
“What, what are you doing? Who asked you to bring me here? Do you know who I am? How dare you kidnap me…” Mandy suddenly stopped as if she remembered something. The terror on her face turned to anger. “Are you working for Hazel? She wants to murder me?”
“Are you the daughter of the Denmark family?” One of the men asked.
“Of course, I am!” she said fiercely. “I’m the real one. Hazel is an impostor!”
“Then I found the right person!” the man taking the lead said coldly. “Back then, your parents ruined my family. Although your father and mother died, you can repay the debt. I will teach you a really good lesson and make you pay for your parents’ sins!”
“What, what did you say?” Mandy’s face immediately became livid. She thought it was Hazel who kidnapped her, but it never occurred to her that it was the enemy of the Denmark family.
Hazel looked at Simon in surprise. “Do you want your people to pretend to be the enemies of the Denmark family and then try to find out if Mandy is the real daughter of the Denmark family?”
“Who says they’re my people?” Simon laughed shamelessly. “They are the enemies of the Denmark family. I just helped them to catch Mandy. Maybe you didn’t realize that this woman is very concerned about her own safety.”
Hazel was shocked. Were these really the enemies of the Denmark family? She turned to Simon and asked, “Who are the enemies?”
Simon frowned. “What, Pumpkin? Do you really think of yourself as a member of the Denmark family? They refuse to admit your identity, but are you in a hurry to help them deal with their enemies?”
“At least, for now, there’s no way anyone can say I’m not the daughter of the Denmark family,” she said in a deep voice. “Is it wrong for me to care who took away the Denmark family’s daughter? After all, if it hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t be in trouble.”
Simon chuckled, he was apparently convinced that Hazel was fooling herself. He shook his head and said quietly, “This man has nothing to do with that incident. When he could no longer compete with the Denmark family, he lost his business. After that, his parents killed themselves because they couldn’t accept that they were suddenly poor. Therefore, he has a deep hate for the Denmark family. As for the enemy, who took the daughter of the Denmark family, Marcus Denmark dealt with him already. Do you really think the man, who trained a child-like Joshua, could be easily bullied?”
Hazel was very displeased. She turned to look towards the warehouse, where the masked men had begun to torture Mandy crudely. She frowned
over the situation because it wasn’t what she wanted to see.
“What’s the point of you trying to force her to admit that she’s not the Denmark family’s daughter? At most, she will confess when she is tortured. If I were her, I would deny the relationship too.”
“Wait and watch, maybe she’ll say something important,” his eyes sparkled. “And, I’d love to see who Joshua will save if you and Mandy go missing at the same time.”
She felt a bit nervous and wondered if Simon knew that she had left a mark on Ariel.
“I’m not oblivious to your little trick, but I don’t want to stop you.” An evil smile curved his lips. “Maybe I can make you see it with your own eyes, then you might admit who Joshua cares about, you or the Denmark family’s daughter.”
She clenched her fists tightly and shot Simon an angry look. The question of whether Joshua liked her or the Denmark family’s daughter was something she had been avoiding for a long time. She wanted to know the answer, but she didn’t dare push it.
Simon didn’t give her an option, he was forcing her to face it. Hazel thought that from Joshua’s point of view, who was more important. He would know that it was unlikely that she would be in any danger if she were kidnapped by Simon. However, if Mandy was kidnapped, it was more dangerous.
***
After Jaxson received the message from Ariel, he went directly to Joshua.
“Didn’t Hazel go back to Denmark Residence?” Joshua was shocked and angry. “Besides, weren’t their bodyguards who were secretly protecting her? Where’s she now? Why didn’t they do what they are paid to do?”
“Miss Crowe didn’t go back but went to Quantum University. Besides, she probably didn’t want us to know her whereabouts, so she purposely lost the bodyguards on the way.” Jaxson hurriedly explained, “When they arrived at Quantum University, Miss Crowe had already been. According to Ariel, the person who took Miss Crowe away wore a silver mask.”
Joshua’s pupils suddenly shrunk. Simon King… He was really disturbed.
“Go and look for her!” Joshua said in a deep voice. “Use all our power, even if you turn the imperial capital over, you must get Hazel back!”
Jaxson went to begin searching for her and almost immediately found a clue. Joshua left Denmark Group and went to search for her, but as he was getting into his car, Fred Cohen called.
He was not in the mood to deal with him but knew that he would only continue to call, so he answered it.
Fred was angrily yelling, “Joshua, how could you do this? Do you think you can prove that Hazel is the true daughter by making Mandy disappear? I will warn you that you should not even have thought about it. I will be sure to get to the bottom of it and never let you go, you are a murderer…”
“Director Cohen,” Joshua interrupted coldly. “I have something urgent, and I don’t have time to listen to all your crap!”
“What do you mean?” Fred was furious. “Didn’t you ask someone to kidnap Mandy?”
“Kidnap, Mandy?” Joshua frowned. “If I wanted to kidnap her, why should I have waited and leave it to you to discover?”
Fred was shocked but continued yelling, “Mandy was kidnapped. If you didn’t do it, you must help me find her to prove your innocence!”
“Director Cohen,” Joshua’s eyes narrowed, “if you want to find her, you can call the police. I’m not your personal policeman. I can’t help you!”
After that, he hung up and drove to the outskirts of town. Simon deliberately did not try to conceal his whereabouts.
In the warehouse, the masked men did not show Mandy any mercy. She was really frightened and believed that they were not thereby Hazel’s request, they really were the enemies of the Denmark family.
She wondered if she should deny being the Denmark family’s daughter. After all, they were only targeting the Denmark family, and if she were not the daughter, they would surely let her go and maybe even help her to kill Hazel.
Chapter 399: Who Says I Am Impostor?
“I don’t want to see that.” Hazel frowned, a little unhappy.
“Pumpkin, touch the bruise on your head. You remember how she bullied you, don’t you?” Simon smiled coldly. “She’s just getting what she deserves. You should be relieved after seeing this.”
“I am not sick and twisted, how can I feel relieved to see a group of men bullying a woman?” She said coldly, “Besides, it’s my business. I’ll handle it myself.”
“But I am sick and twisted. I like to see those who bully you pay for what they did.” His face wore an evil smile. “Pumpkin, you’d better keep watching. Or are you trying to escape reality again?”
She looked even colder, she knew Simon was right, she did want to escape reality in her heart. She didn’t want to know whether Joshua was nice to her because she was Hazel or the Denmark family’s daughter.
The masked men had stopped torturing Mandy for a few moments when a man came in and said, “Master, I heard a rumor that there is another woman, Hazel Crowe, claiming to be the daughter of the Denmark family. Since this woman has been so stubborn, could it be that Joshua uses this woman to hide the true daughter? Is it possible that Hazel Crowe is the real daughter of the Denmark family, and this one is an imposter?”
They hadn’t been talking quietly, so Mandy clearly heard the conversation. She intended to make Hazel a scapegoat, but she was furious when she heard them calling her an impostor.
“Who says I’m an impostor?” Mandy said fiercely, “I am the real daughter of the Denmark family! Hazel is the fake bitch! Obviously, she took everything away from me. The Denmark family should be mine, so should Denmark Group and Joshua. Why do you all believe her instead of me? Joshua doesn’t believe me, neither do you, kidnappers! I’m the real, real…”
The kidnappers were taken aback by Mandy’s roar. It wasn’t just the kidnappers who were surprised, Hazel and Simon were as well.
“Pumpkin, is this woman stupid?” Simon tutted, “She didn’t change her story, even under the circumstances. I kind of believe she’s the Denmark family’s daughter.”
Hazel was shocked, and her heart trembled a little. The kidnappers had begun to doubt Mandy’s identity, and she would be out of danger if she admitted she was not Denmark’s daughter. Instead, she would rather be
tortured by the kidnappers, than changed her story, insisting that she was the Denmark family’s daughter.
Hazel began to wonder what the chances were that she and Mandy had the exact same birthmark, which resulted in the misunderstanding.
“Is this woman a psycho?” said the man reporting, “I think she is questionable, master.”
“What’s questionable?” The master said coldly, “She’s competing with Hazel Crowe for the Denmark family. Do you think she’ll sacrifice herself to protect Hazel? I think she’s real. You guys, wait on her! If you are lucky, the daughter of the Denmark family may be able to be pregnant with your child.”
“What, what do you want?” Mandy’s face changed instantly, but the men didn’t answer her at all, they just tore off her clothes.
“Bastard! You bastards!” she cried in panic. “I am the daughter of the Denmark’s family, and the whole Denmark family is my backer! If you dare to touch me, I will not let you go….”
“Stop it.” Hazel was livid. She didn’t want to see such a scene at all.
“Pumpkin, this kind of woman is really not worth your kindness,” Simon sneered. “Don’t you remember she set up a trap to destroy your reputation?!”
“You know about that?” She was a little worried and insisted, “Even so, wouldn’t I be just as bad as her if I use the same methods?”
“Pumpkin, there’s something you are mistaken about.” He laughed. “It’s never you, but me who would use this kind of means.”
Hazel was utterly helpless because Simon was clearly not going to let Mandy go. Plus, the fact that he had brought her and forced her to watch Mandy being tortured.
Suddenly, the door of the warehouse burst open, and a crowd of people rushed in.
Simon’s pupils suddenly shrunk, and he snorted. “He’s so quick!”
Joshua’s men strode in with anger. After a chaotic fight, the masked men scattered and fled out of the back door.
Hazel could see everything and was about to shout Joshua’s name when she suddenly felt around muzzle against her waist.
“Pumpkin, even if you shout, he won’t hear you.” Simon chuckled in her ear. “Come on, since he’s coming, and it’s time for us to leave.”
She bit her lip hard. There was no way she was willing to leave with Simon, she could not predict what would happen. What if he took her out of the country? Was there any way she could leave Joshua a clue?
“Let’s go. Don’t dream about the impossible,” Simon said with a sly look in his eyes. “Can’t you see that Joshua came here to rescue Mandy?”
Joshua, who chased away the masked men, ran up behind Mandy and grabbed her wrist as if Simon was directing him.
Mandy turned around after Joshua released her hands from the restraints and immediately wrapped her arms tightly around Joshua, like a snake coiling around prey.
“Joshua, you finally came to save me. I knew you would!” She exclaimed.
Hazel didn’t know what to think, her heart was confused. She clenched her fists tightly and helplessly walked out with the gun at her back.
She was reluctant to leave and looked back. As she looked, she saw Joshua take off his coat and put it around Mandy. Simon put his arm around her waist and forced her to walk away.
Joshua pushed Mandy away in disgust. He had mistakenly thought that she was Hazel, he never expected to find Mandy there. He noticed that Mandy still wanted to throw her arms around him, he said coldly, “You guys, get her out of here! Take her home!”
“No, Joshua, I want you to go home with you. I’m scared…” Mandy looked pathetic. “What if the people who take me are bad people?”
“Do you think my people are bad?” His eyes were cold. “Then you can go home by yourself. Let’s go!”
Chapter 400: Chase The Kidnappers
“Wait! Joshua, you can’t leave me here alone!” Mandy looked very frightened. She didn’t know who would show up at the abandoned warehouse and wondered if the masked men would return.
Mandy knew if Joshua left her alone, she would be in danger. She could see that Joshua was ignoring her, and when his men started to leave, she was panic-stricken.
She cried hastily. “Please, arrange for two people to take me home, I really can’t do it alone.”
Joshua waved a little impatiently, and two bodyguards put Mandy directly into one of the cars. Before leaving, she looked in Joshua’s direction with some reluctance, but Joshua didn’t look at her at all. The next moment, the car sped away.
Outside the warehouse, Joshua had a scowl on his face. He didn’t understand how his intelligence advisors could be wrong. It was clear that Simon had been there with Hazel, but he couldn’t understand why they found Mandy.
Was it possible that Simon wasn’t there at all? No, absolutely not!
“Mr. President,” Jaxson whispered as he came to him. “We found Simon’s car, and he escaped in one of the kidnappers’ cars that were on the road behind the warehouse. The problem is that they are fleeing in two different directions.”
After Joshua saw that Mandy and not Hazel had been kidnapped, she didn’t bother to chase them when they ran away.
“Go after them!” Joshua’s face darkened, and he quickly opened his car door. He paused before getting in, he was pondering Simon’s motives.
With Simon’s IQ, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to expose himself for them to pursue. There was a great possibility he would use the car as a decoy and take Hazel away in another car.
However, Joshua knew that it was also possible that Simon had thought that Joshua would clue into his plan, so he actually left in the opposite direction.
In a flash, after running through everything in his head, Joshua came up with an idea.
“Jaxson, what are the kidnappers’ cars like? Are they particularly clean and comfortable?” he asked in a deep tone.
Jaxson paused, and he said after a while of thinking. “There seems to be one, which doesn’t fit in with the other cars.”
“Chase the kidnappers,” Joshua said in a deep voice.
Jaxson’s face was full of surprise, but he did not ask much and drove in the direction that the kidnappers were escaping.
Simon and Hazel were in the kidnappers’ car, which was the cleanest and most comfortable. Simon’s phone rang, and when he answered it, his expression became serious.
“Joshua is coming after us.” Hanging up, he didn’t hide it from Hazel.
Hazel was relieved because she thought she was going to be taken away by Simon.
“Why are you so happy? It’s not my car he’s after, it’s the kidnappers’ car.” He sneered. “It’s apparent that because Joshua Denmark felt it was not enough to save Mandy that he wanted to pursue the kidnappers and avenge her.”
“… That’s not true,” she said, looking pale.
“Not true?” He sneered. “Pumpkin, you really won’t cry until you see the truth. Is Joshua that good?”
“Of course, he is!” she said, unconvinced. “At least if he sees me get hurt, he’ll get me to the hospital first, he won’t point a gun at me or hold me as a prisoner. He’ll keep me from seeing the darkness and won’t force me to face it!”
“Why do you speak so loud? Are you trying to convince yourself or me?” His smile looked more casual, but the cold light in his eyes betrayed his true heart.
She snorted angrily and looked out the window.
Simon’s heart feels a little impatient. He played with the gun in his hand but didn’t point it at Hazel again.
“I can do those things, too,” he spoke.
“He has already done those things.” She sneered without hesitation.
“Is that the reason why you want to be the daughter of the Denmark family?” He said, his eyes flashing with a cold gleam, “Even if you’re bullied, abused, or trapped.”
She nibbled her lip, refusing to answer his questions.
He wanted to continue, but he saw Joshua’s car coming from a distance.
Joshua stared at the car Simon was sitting in. He remembered that Hazel had said that Simon was quite a neat freak and needed nice expensive cars. That information helped him assume that Simon would only choose to be in a clean and comfortable car, even if he was running.
Simon’s car suddenly went a different direction than the kidnappers’ cars.
“Speed up,” Joshua said in a low voice. “And, tell the three teams to start blocking the car.”
“Aye.” Jaxson hurried to agree.
Simon’s car was going very fast, but several cars managed to overtake it and sandwiched it in.
Simon was not in a good mood. Although he knew that imperial capital was Joshua’s land, he did not expect that Joshua could be so mighty. It seemed that he was caught off guard everywhere.
There were some things he needed to figure out before he got into a fight with Joshua. The cars had them surrounded, so he told the driver to pull over.
When Hazel got out of the car, Joshua looked pleased. “Hazel, come here…”
But Simon followed right behind her as she got out, Joshua could clearly see that he was holding a pistol against Hazel’s back.
“How dare you hurt her, Simon King!” Looking at Hazel’s scar on her forehead, Joshua’s eyes are full of killing intent!
“I didn’t hurt her, Joshua. Pumpkin’s wound was because of you.” Simon laughed arrogantly. “Well, let’s let Pumpkin choose to go with you or with me, okay?”
“Do you think Hazel can choose like that?” Joshua’s eyes were full of coldness. He glared at Simon’s gun.
“All right,” Simon said with a faint smile as he put away his gun. “I’m just afraid that my pumpkin will make a wrong choice on the spur of the moment.”
Hazel turned her head around, shot him a furious look, and ran in Joshua’s direction without hesitation.
“Pumpkin,” Simon grabbed her wrist quickly, his face a little awkward. “If you go so fast, I’ll lose everyone’s respect. Have you forgotten that he is not here to save you?”
Joshua’s face changed slightly. “Don’t listen to him, Hazel…”
“Simon, do you think your plot will work?” She angrily threw his hand away.
“Huh?” Simon looked at her with a surprised expression.