Ch. 621..630

Chapter 621: You’ve Got To Face The Reality

She had taken all sorts of evidence, but Hazel said only one word, ‘Fake’!

“Uncle King!” Cynthia looked at Ted, wounded.

“Joshua, what do you think of it?” Ted asked a subordinate to show the evidence to Joshua and said in a deep tone, “Look, the evidence doesn’t look fake.”

“Mr. King, what are you expecting?” Joshua simply flipped through the pages and dropped the folder on the coffee table with a poker face.

“Joshua,” said Ted, frowning. “You’ve got to face the reality.”

“Is it me or you who refuse to face reality?” A faint sneer crossed Joshua’s face. “Mr. King, do you dare tell me this is the first time you’ve seen the ‘evidence’?”

Ted’s heart sank. He couldn’t find the right words to say.

It was certainly not the first time he had seen it. Madeline had shown him most of the evidence before, so he wasn’t surprised when Cynthia said she had evidence.

“If you really wanted to know the truth, couldn’t you find out exactly who Hazel was by sending someone to Country Z to investigate?” There was a touch of coldness in Joshua’s eyes.

“But you never did that. Instead, you allow others to smear Hazel with this kind of completely fake dirt. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid to know that Hazel is a girl worth my life? Are you afraid to face the fact that you’ve been wrong all along?”

“Nonsense!” Ted’s face darkened. “I’m talking about Hazel Crowe!”

“And your decision?” Joshua asked quietly.

Ted was silent.

Neither he nor Cynthia expected that the so-called dirt and evidence would fail to work at all!

They had wanted Joshua to say the idea himself, but now it must be Ted who said it.

Ted said in a serious voice, “Joshua, I don’t have to believe the evidence, but Hazel has to get a paternity test to prove that the baby she’s carrying has the blood of the King family.”

A baby in the belly could also do the paternity test. Ted thought he was already very forgiving.

“We don’t need it,” said Joshua, his eyes full of coldness. “The baby belongs to the Denmark family, and of course, it has nothing to do with the King family!”

“Joshua Denmark!” Ted was very exasperated.

“Oh, you do know my last name,” said Joshua sarcastically.

“…” Ted’s face turned pale. He was clearly too angry to speak.

“Mr. King, I’d like to ask you a question,” Hazel said suddenly. “Please answer truthfully. I will also decide whether to do this paternity test according to your answer.”

“Hazel, don’t say yes,” whispered Joshua, frowning. The baby in Hazel’s belly was his. He would never doubt it and allow anyone to humiliate Hazel.

“I know what I shouldn’t do,” Hazel whispered.

“What do you want to ask?” Ted’s face was full of impatience.

“Over these days, the servants at the manor have been spreading rumors that the baby in my belly isn’t Joshua’s.” Hazel asked earnestly, looking calmly at Ted, “Have you been knowing that?”

After thinking for a while, Ted said, “Yes.”

He had heard the rumor when it began to spread. He didn’t add fuel to the fire, but he didn’t stop it either because he didn’t like Hazel. If there was a way to force Hazel to leave Joshua, Ted wouldn’t stop.

With a flash of disappointment in her eyes, Hazel calmly spoke, “Thank you for your honesty, Mr. King. I refuse the paternity test.”

“Huh?” Cynthia, who had been unable to cut in, was very excited. She began to taunt Hazel without any kindness. “I don’t think you dare do it, do you?”

Hazel ignored her sarcastic remarks.

“Mr. King,” she said lightly, “you never believe I’m pregnant with Joshua’s baby from the very beginning. So, even if I do take a paternity test, you would still think that Joshua and I deliberately fake the result, then why should we bother?”

It didn’t matter even if Ted hated her because Hazel never really cared about it. However, he actually doubted the baby in her belly, which made Hazel run out of patience.

“Hazel, you just don’t dare! You are clearly guilty!” Cynthia said eagerly.

Ted’s face hardened. He had to admit what Hazel had just said was exactly what he had been thinking. Now that Ted had doubts in his mind, even if Joshua did bring the results of the paternity test to Ted, Ted would still be a little incredulous.

However, he was embarrassed when Hazel spoke out his thoughts so bluntly. He was always a man of his word, but in the face of Joshua and Hazel, he always felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

“The paternity test must be done,” Ted said with displeasure. “If you don’t take it, you must leave!”

Cynthia’s eyes lit up. She was really looking forward to Hazel stubbornly saying no to Ted.

“… Alright,” Hazel heaved a sigh of relief. “We’ll pack up at once.”

Ted was slightly surprised. Was she actually ready to agree?

Cynthia was even happier. She stared eagerly at Joshua. “Master Denmark, do you hear that? The woman can’t defend herself at all, so she has no choice but to go away in dejection…”

“Isn’t that exactly what you want?” Joshua interrupted flatly.

“I just want you to know clearly who she is!” Cynthia said quickly.

“Don’t worry. I know her better than anyone else,” said Joshua coldly.

Cynthia was confused. What does Joshua mean?

She asked, putting out feelers, “Then… can I come here often?”

“Of course,” he said, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips. “You can even live here if you like.”

“Really?” Cynthia was so happy that her eyes brightened. She had lots of words to say to Joshua. Unfortunately, Joshua’s next word directly threw her straight into the abyss!

“Hazel and I are moving out anyway,” said Joshua lightly.

Hazel and Joshua had already planned to leave. It was the right timing at present.

In a flash, Cynthia’s smile froze! She couldn’t believe what she heard from Joshua.

 

Chapter 622: Your Mother Still Here

“What are you talking about?!” Ted looked at Joshua in shock. Only then did he think that Hazel had talked about ‘we’ instead of ‘me.’

“Mr. King, the Denmark Group, has done well in Country M over these years,” said Joshua lightly. “And I have properties here. Since my wife can’t have a happy life here, of course, I’ll take her home.”

Ted’s face kept changing. Joshua’s words sound normal, but he was Joshua’s father, and thus, this manor was Joshua’s home!

Joshua actually moved out of the manor for a woman. Wasn’t Joshua slapping him in the face by doing this?!

“Joshua, don’t go too far!” He controlled the urge to get angry. “What do you mean? Are you going to break up with me for this woman?”

“Mr. King, I’ve never admitted my relationship with you,” Joshua said in an indifferent manner as his eyes went slightly cold.

Even if he had had expectations for Ted King before, the expectations had been exhausted when Ted tried to make things difficult for Hazel again and again.

“Have all the things been packed up?” Joshua turned his head and asked.

“Yes,” replied the servant next to him.

Since Hazel agreed to leave, the servants had begun to help them pack up. There weren’t many items needing to be packed up because Joshua had been preparing for leaving for days, so everything had been ready in the villa that Joshua and Hazel were going to move into.

“Let’s go then.”

Joshua held Hazel by the slender waist and led her toward the door.

Ted’s face turned ashen. He thought Joshua was just threatening him, but in such a short period of time, they were actually able to pack up, which meant Joshua was serious.

Joshua really wanted to cut ties with him?!

Although Ted didn’t get along with Joshua for a long time, Ted was very aware of Joshua’s temper. Now that Joshua had made a decision, Joshua would never change it. If Ted did let Joshua leave, it would be harder for them to get any closer.

Ted had just found his first son, but they actually would become strangers again? Ted wouldn’t allow it!

“Your mother is still here!” Ted shouted, clenching his heart.

Joshua’s eyes became a little deep.

Sensing his chance, Hazel gently grabbed his finger. She sighed silently in her heart. Did Ted really want to cut their last affection?

If Ted didn’t mention Stacy, it would be fine because, at least in their minds, even if Ted was bad, he was at least kind to Stacy.

But Hazel and Joshua were really disappointed by what Ted had just said. Even Stacy could be used as a bargaining chip by Ted at a critical time. Then who would he care about?

“I’m sure Mr. King will take good care of her,” Joshua said with indifference.

Ted suddenly regretted it. His tough attitude could only push Joshua further away. However, Ted really couldn’t understand why.

When she saw that Ted could not stop Joshua, Cynthia was instantly worried and took out her phone. “Joshua, don’t trust that woman! I have more solid evidence. You’ll understand when you see it…”

“Ms. Bryant,” Joshua said, looking at her indifferently, “You’ve smoothly driven Hazel and me out of here. Why aren’t you satisfied?”

“No, it isn’t that….” Cynthia panickily held the phone, trying to explain, “I really have evidence!”

Someone anonymously sent her the dirt on Hazel, but Cynthia didn’t believe all of it and asked her brother to investigate it.

She had planned to come to Hazel after investigating clearly, but at this time, someone suddenly sent her a video.

Because of this video, Cynthia couldn’t wait and went straight to Hazel with the dirt.

She was confident that if Joshua saw the video, he would definitely fall out with Hazel!

Joshua gave her a cool look and calmly walked past her with Hazel.

Cynthia was even more worried. She rushed to Ted and handed over the phone. “Uncle King, I really have evidence….”

“Cynthia, I hope this situation can stop here,” said Ted, looking unhappy.

Ted thought deeply and judged it was because Cynthia took the initiative to provoke Hazel today that he was a little angry at Cynthia.

Watching Ted leave, Cynthia felt a little despair!

She stayed at the manor for Joshua. Now that Joshua was gone, wouldn’t she be a joke if she continued staying here?! Cynthia packed up the items in dejection and asked a servant to help her leave a message for Ted before driving to leave the manor.

Joshua said she forced Hazel and him to leave, but she was the worst loser! Cynthia had never expected that the end result was that she, too, would leave the manor in disgrace!

Hazel and Joshua were still in love at present. That little dirt was of no use except to make Joshua thoroughly hate her!

How could Cynthia possibly be willing to give up?!

Sitting in the car, Cynthia got angrier and angrier. She originally wanted to show the video to Joshua in private to save his face, but he was actually completely ungrateful. Then he mustn’t blame her later!

The next moment, she sent the video to her brother.

Daniel quickly called her back and asked incredulously, “Cynthia, is this video real?”

“Of course!” Cynthia said furiously, “Brother, you post it on the Internet, I want it to go viral on the Internet!”

“This is Country M, and it won’t be useful even if it goes viral,” Daniel analyzed. “Cynthia, even if we want to post online, we should post it in Country Z. But are you sure you don’t need to show it to Joshua first?”

“Damn!” Cynthia said crossly and began to grumble to Daniel about how badly she had been treated.

Soon, a video spread on the Internet in Country Z…

***

Joshua and Hazel moved into their new home. It was a high-end villa in City N. When she entered the house, Hazel was very surprised. It was very similar to the Denmark Residence, which made her feel like she was home and she felt much more comfortable.

“Joshua, have you prepared for this early on?” Hazel gave him a rewarding kiss on the cheek.

“Yes,” said Joshua, smiling. “We won’t be here long. Soon, we can go home together.”

“Good…” Hazel stopped smiling but nodded her head. If they went home, they would take Stacy with them. They had been thoroughly disappointed with Ted.

Suddenly, Joshua’s phone rang abruptly. It was Jaxson. Joshua calmly answered the phone.

“President, now there’s a video spreading on the Internet…” Jaxson was a little hesitant. “I’ve got the video under control, but I think you should watch it….”

 

Chapter 623: What Are You Watching?

“Send it to me,” Joshua spoke in a deep voice.

If it were just a simple video, Jaxson wouldn’t have specially called him. Moreover, it was supposed to be early in the morning in Country Z, but Jaxson got up so early. Hence, it must be very serious.

Jaxson was still a little worried. “Mr. President, I’ve had this video analyzed. This is definitely faked and can’t be true. When you watch the video, don’t get angry. I will have the results analyzed as soon as possible….”

“Jaxson, send me the video.” Joshua looked even more solemn.

Since it could make Jaxson so nervous, Joshua was more eager to know what on earth the video was about.

The video was quickly emailed. Joshua turned on his computer and clicked the email.

Hazel came close. “What are you watching?”

Joshua had clicked the video. Then the noise of a man and woman making love sounded on the computer.

In an instant, Joshua turned his head around, embarrassed. “Nothing…”

He had never expected that Jaxson would send him a video like this. Now Hazel had heard and seen it. Joshua felt it was very difficult for him to explain.

Joshua was about to turn it off when Hazel stopped him. “Wait!”

He paused. When he glanced at the computer screen, his face changed slightly.

The video did show a man and a woman making love, but at first glance, the woman looked almost exactly like Hazel.

It wasn’t just the face. When the camera swept over the woman’s chest, it could be clearly seen that there was also a five-petal plum blossom birthmark on her chest!

Hazel froze. She was pretty sure the woman wasn’t her! However, both the face and the birthmark on the chest looked exactly like hers, which made even Hazel unable to tell them apart!

“It’s not me!” Hazel exclaimed in amazement.

“I know.” Joshua’s eyes were glued to the screen. Then, suddenly, he pressed the pause button, and the woman’s face froze.

“It’s really not me…” “Hazel said weakly. The face on the screen was so similar to hers. Even though Hazel knew the woman was not her, she felt her words weren’t convincing somehow.

Joshua came to his senses and looked at Hazel, realizing that he might have made her misunderstand.

“Come here.” Joshua put his hand around her waist and held her in his arms. His mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners as he whispered in her ears, “Hazel, I know it’s not you. You have a better figure.”

Although he met Hazel when she was pregnant, no one knew more about Hazel’s body than Joshua, who knew how amazing Hazel’s body was.

Even if he didn’t fully remember their past, he did think of Hazel’s previous body the moment he touched her body.

Hazel beat his chest with shame and exasperation. “Do you pause just to watch her body?”

“No.” Joshua stopped smiling and said in a serious voice. “Look. Don’t you think she seems familiar?”

Hazel looked at the screen. How could she be unfamiliar with a face so similar to hers?

Suddenly, Hazel froze.

Although the face and hers were almost the same, they were not the same. Hazel found the contour of the two faces was different. Indeed, as Joshua said, she was also vaguely familiar.

“A person can’t make her face become so similar through a facelift in a short period of time.” Joshua mused, frowning. “Also, it doesn’t look like her birthmark was temporarily tattooed.”

“Birthmark?” Hazel stared at the screen in astonishment. Then a light flashed through her mind.

Birthmark instantly reminded her of a name.

“I think I know who she is,” Hazel said in a deep tone.

“Mandy Wilson?” Joshua asked, chin in hand.

“You think of it?” Hazel looked at him in surprise.

“Not all the past, but I have some impressions,” said Joshua, with a slight twinkle in his eye. “I thought of her in the first place when I was wondering who would pretend to be you like this. By the way, do you know anything about her current situation?”

Shaking her head, Hazel recalled, “Mandy Wilson killed one person. Later she went to jail, but I don’t know her specific situation.”

“I’ll ask Jaxson to investigate her.” Joshua took out his phone and dialed.

Jaxson answered the phone soon. On the other end, he said nervously, “Mr. President, the technology department is still analyzing….”

“No need, the video is real,” Joshua interrupted.

“It isn’t…” Jaxson, who was always calm, was worried. “The video must be fake. Mrs. Denmark wouldn’t do that…”

“… When did I say it was Hazel?” Joshua was speechless.

Jaxson froze. He asked in astonishment, “The woman in the video isn’t Mrs. Denmark? Then who is that?”

“It’s Mandy Wilson.” Joshua’s eyes went deep. “You check to see if she’s still in prison.”

“All right, I’ll go now!” Jaxson breathed a sigh of relief and hastily agreed.

When he saw the video, he was terrified as he was afraid that it would affect the relationship between Joshua and Hazel. But now, it seemed that he had thought too much. Even if Joshua lost his memory, Joshua was calmer than he was.

“Wait a minute,” Joshua said to him helplessly. “Check the source of the video, and control its spread.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. President,” Jaxson calmed down and said coolly. “I’ve arranged for someone to check the source. In addition, the video was posted in the early hours of the morning, so we controlled its spread very quickly, and few people have watched it.”

Joshua nodded and hung up.

***

Cynthia and Daniel also quickly received the message that the video had not been successfully spread.

“How is that possible?” Cynthia was very furious. “No, I must find more media….”

“Forget it, Cynthia.” Daniel opened his mouth.

“What do you mean?” Cynthia asked in anger.

“It’s obviously because the video has been controlled that it can’t spread, and in Country Z, only Denmark Group could do that. So even if you go to other media, it won’t help, “Daniel analyzed. “Our goal is just to let Joshua know that. He must have seen the video, so we should stop now.”

 

Chapter 624: What Are You They?

“If we make the incident too serious, he’ll find out it’s you who did it sooner or later. When the time comes, I’m afraid he’ll be angry with you. After all, men like us don’t like women who are too dishonest,” Daniel explained.

“Then what should we do?” Cynthia reluctantly accepted this.

“Wait and see what his attitude is,” Daniel said. He was not Cynthia and would not do something improperly impulsively because of affection. He did not want to offend Joshua at all but wanted to see Cynthia marry Joshua.

He was not like Ted. Ted always thought that Joshua should listen to him, so Ted underestimated Joshua’s strength because of his fatherhood. But Daniel didn’t look down on Joshua. Daniel was very ambitious, but he also knew about his own strength, so, if possible, he would make friends with Joshua and use Joshua’s strength to take over the Bryant family.

“Do you mean we should do nothing until he and Hazel fall out?” Cynthia frowned, unhappy. Somehow, remembering how Joshua treated Hazel when she made a scene at West House, she felt vaguely worried, “What if… I mean, what if Joshua doesn’t care?”

“Hazel cheated on Joshua. How could he not care?” Daniel was puzzled.

“Not necessarily. You’ve never met Hazel. She is quite capable. What if she coaxes Joshua into believing she is innocent?” Cynthia asked worriedly. “Besides, is it possible that Joshua hasn’t seen the video at all because Hazel found it first and kept it from him?”

Daniel frowned. Cynthia’s guess was not impossible. Hazel Crowe must not be a simple woman as she could always stay with Joshua.

“If that’s true,” Daniel thought for a moment, “then we’ll post this video on the Internet in Country M, and when it goes viral, we’ll post it in Country Z. When the time comes, Joshua won’t be able to stop it even if he wants to. I don’t believe if it brings disgrace on him, he can still be with Hazel Crowe.”

“Right! Then my chance will come!” Cynthia shouted happily, “The video should be sent to Ted too! How can he not listen to my explanation before?”

“Come on,” said Daniel crossly. “Haven’t you offended Ted at the manor enough? If you send it, you’ll never be with Joshua again!”

“So I can’t tell him anything?” Cynthia said with reluctance, “The father and the son can’t fall out unless he knows the incident. Nothing can prove that I didn’t lie unless….”

“Shut up!” Daniel interrupted her angrily. He had no idea that his own sister would be so naive. “Ted King has been overbearing. However, you actually want to point out his mistake in front of him. Are you trying to make him be bored with you? Of course, we need to let him know about something this big, but there are other ways.”

“What are they?” Cynthia asked urgently.

“Isn’t there a woman gossiping secrets around Ted?” Daniel sneered.

“Do you mean Madeline Carter? She is the most suitable person for the job indeed. She can definitely let Ted know about it in the first place.” Cynthia’s eyes brightened, and she scoffed, “That woman actually pretended to have a chance encounter with me and intentionally disclosed the information to me, and secretly sent me anonymous emails. But how could she possibly escape my brother’s notice?”

“Come on, stop sucking up to me,” Daniel said impatiently. “I don’t have to teach you how to do that, do I?”

“Absolutely not!” Cynthia said in an earnest voice.

***

Soon, Jaxson called Joshua, saying Mandy Wilson, who should have been in prison, died more than six months ago.

Jaxson and the others were so busy looking for Joshua, who fell off the cliff, that none noticed her situation.

Her ‘death’ was very strange as even her ‘body’ was cremated, so there was no trace of her death.

But now they could be quite sure the woman in the video was exactly Mandy Wilson!

She had been doing plastic surgery all her life according to Hazel’s mother’s image, and thus he had a face that looked very much like Hazel’s, so in a matter of months, she was able to get a face that looked exactly like Hazel’s.

But there were some unsolved questions: Who took Mandy Wilson? Where is Mandy now? And what is her purpose?

“And who is the person posting the video, and what was his purpose?” Hazel frowned and said. “I don’t think the person who posted the video is necessarily in the same team as Mandy.”

“You’re right.” Joshua nodded approvingly. “The person who posted the video doesn’t know the woman is another woman instead of you. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have posted it in the middle of the night.”

“Or maybe… they weren’t thinking about the time difference?” Hazel looked at Joshua in shock.

Joshua’s eyes darkened. They gave each other a look and instantly understood each other’s ideas.

“Cynthia Bryant.” There was a chill in Joshua’s eyes.

“It’s supposed to be her,” Hazel recalled. “When we left in the morning, she was so sure and insisted you should check her phone, saying she had evidence. I think it’s because you didn’t do that, so she got angry and decided to post it online.”

After they left the manor, Joshua accompanied Hazel for the prenatal exam while Cynthia prepared for the online revelations. Because Cynthia didn’t think about the time difference, she posted the video in the wee hours of the morning in Country Z, making it so easy for them to stop the video from spreading.

In this way, everything made sense.

“It looks like we have to think a little bit more carefully about what they’re going to do next.” Hazel frowned more tightly.

Now she and Joshua were kind of under siege. There was not only Ted ready to break them up any time but also Mandy and the people behind her and Cynthia and Daniel, who were pushed to the forefront.

“Cynthia Bryant and Daniel Bryant are not to be feared,” Joshua said lightly. “Daniel is not awesome or doesn’t have a powerful strength. At best, he can say a few words to incite Ted King or slightly stir up trouble online. But at least they’ll be quiet for a while, waiting for my attitude first.”

At this point, Daniel had no idea that in such a short period of time, Joshua and Hazel had already guessed it was they who posted the video and even anticipated what they would do!

Chapter 625: Lure The People Out

“But your father….” Hazel said with a wry smile, “won’t let it go.”

She and Joshua both knew that Ted hated her.

In the past, when he couldn’t find fault with her, Ted kept making things difficult for her.

Now Ted had the ‘evidence.’ Who knew what he might do?

Joshua wore a solemn expression. He was worried that Ted might take advantage of the evidence.

“Let’s find Mandy Wilson first. Then, when we find her, the truth will be revealed,” Joshua said in a serious voice.

Now the best thing to do was to find Mandy. Once he found her, he could solve the problem. As for Ted, Ted wouldn’t be kind to Hazel even without the video.

“But she must be hiding now. How shall we find her?” Hazel sighed helplessly.

“Don’t worry, she can’t sit still.” Joshua analyzed, “There should be more videos in her hand. The posted video should be just a starter. As long as she continues, we’ll find her!”

Now Mandy had such a good chance to discredit Hazel and humiliate Joshua, how could Mandy, who hated them so much, possibly make only one video? It was likely that there would be more videos that were even nastier.

“But…” Hazel furrowed her eyebrows. “How did Mandy find Cynthia Bryant?”

Joshua’s face became a little grave.

Even if Ted loved Cynthia, it was only a matter of days, but Mandy knew all about it and went straight to Cynthia.

That was to say, there were undercover agents around Hazel and Joshua, or around Ted! But even so, since when was Mandy so capable? If it wasn’t Mandy who was so capable, then it must be the people behind Mandy.

“I’ll find it out,” Joshua said, his hand resting on Hazel’s stomach and his eyes softening. “Hazel, you just need to have a healthy pregnancy and leave the rest to me.”

“Okay,” Hazel smiled and agreed.

She trusted no matter what happened, he could solve it because he was her husband, the man she loved. She was in a very special situation, so all she had to do was keep her spirits up and protect herself and the baby, which would be enough to make the women hiding in the dark furious.

Suddenly, Joshua’s phone rang. He looked at the name on the screen and raised his eyebrows in disgust, but then he answered the phone.

Simon’s voice sounded from the phone, “Joshua Denmark! I don’t believe that video! There’s definitely something wrong with that video. The woman can’t be Hazel!”

“I know,” Joshua interrupted him calmly. “You called too late.”

“Huh?” Simon was a little bewildered. “What’s the matter?”

“Don’t ask so many questions,” said Joshua, with deep eyes. “Come over here, and we’ll talk.”

Simon was still at the manor. Maybe Simon had the other party’s spy exactly around him. It would be easier and safer for Simon to talk with Joshua in his villa.

“Good,” Simon quickly agreed.

Hanging up the phone, Joshua’s eyes became deeper. This time, he had to make a good plan to lure Mandy to appear!

Simon arrived quickly, but he was stopped by several guards as soon as he entered the villa.

“What do you want to do?” Startled, Simon looked at Joshua and Hazel at a short distance.

“Cooperate with the guards,” said Joshua, frowning slightly. “Let them check if you have anything on you that you shouldn’t have.”

“Are you nuts?!” Simon glared at him. “How can I possibly bring anything I shouldn’t?”

“You wouldn’t carry it, but what if someone put it on you on purpose?” Joshua said in a serious tone.

Looking at his serious expression, Simon paled slightly. “Do you mean that there are perhaps spies around me?”

Joshua nodded.

After checking, Simon’s mobile phone was also checked. Again, there was no eavesdropping device on his body, so Joshua let him in.

“What’s going on?” Simon was at a loss.

Hazel and Joshua didn’t hide anything from Simon and told him about their guess.

Simon’s face was a little grim. Then, suddenly, he looked at Joshua and Hazel with a complicated look. “Do you believe me so much?”

They hid nothing from him, that was to say, they had not included him in the list of suspects from the very beginning. This kind of trust really touched him.

“You misunderstand,” Joshua said lightly. “You can’t hide anything from us, so it can’t be you who is behind this.”

Simon was so angry and amused that his touched feeling vanished without a trace.

“Come on, can’t you two have a good talk?” Hazel had to speak.

“Fine. Let’s stop speaking something fake,” Simon waved his hands, knowing Joshua had just been joking. “What are you going to do now?”

“Lure the people out.” Joshua’s eyes narrowed.

***

When Simon went back to the manor, Simon had a big fight with Ted.

After that, a rumor that there was a possible conflict between Joshua and Hazel quickly spread around the manor.

Ted King, who had already seen the video and originally planned to do something, went magically quiet, further confirming the rumor.

The news, of course, reached Cynthia. Cynthia was really exalted to hear this.

She rushed to share it with Daniel, but he wasn’t as optimistic as she was.

“Cynthia, don’t get excited too early,” Daniel said, frowning. “I’ve also heard that Joshua and Hazel haven’t really fallen out. It’s true that they had a conflict, but it should be settled by Hazel because Joshua doesn’t seem to want to dump Hazel…”

“What?” Cynthia was distraught. “With such a nasty video, can she still handle Joshua?”

“We can’t underestimate this woman,” Daniel said. “We’ll have to wait and see what Joshua’s attitude will be.”

“Daniel, where did your news come from?” Cynthia’s eyes lit up. “Have your men infiltrated Joshua’s villa?”

“You overestimate me!” Daniel said with a wry smile. “Joshua is very careful and cautious about people around him. My men can’t infiltrate the villa at all. I know this information because I got someone to hear it from his servants.”

“Then let’s wait,” Cynthia agreed with reluctance.

As the days passed, those who waited in secret became a little restless.

According to the news from Denmark’s family, Joshua and Hazel really seemed to be having problems these days. Some people said they slept in separate rooms. Others said they heard loud noises coming from their bedroom. There were all kinds of rumors, but Joshua doesn’t seem to have any intention of breaking up with Hazel.

 

Chapter 626: What Do You Call For Me?

That many upset people.

Cynthia didn’t contact Daniel but instead directly called Hazel.

“Hazel Crowe, it’s me,” Cynthia said in an overconfident manner.

“Who is it?” Hazel was a little puzzled.

“Don’t play dumb!” Cynthia was angry. “How could you possibly not know me?”

“If you don’t tell me, I’ll hang up,” Hazel said lightly.

“No!” Cynthia was anxious instantly. “I’m Cynthia Bryant!”

In fact, when Cynthia opened her mouth the second time, Hazel already knew it was her. However, since Hazel knew Cynthia called to make trouble, how could Hazel possibly behave as Cynthia wanted?

In fact, she had been waiting for Cynthia to contact her over these days, but she did not expect Cynthia would endure so far.

After all, Cynthia was a woman who couldn’t wait to come to West House to provoke Hazel immediately after she got the video at the manor. The reason why Cynthia didn’t contact her until now must be because her brother had stopped her.

“What do you call me for?” Hazel asked lightly.

“Come out to meet me. I want to talk to you,” Cynthia said arrogantly.

Hazel was really speechless. Why did Cynthia think she would agree to meet her?

Hazel refused without hesitation, “I won’t go.”

Cynthia sneered. “Hazel Crowe, you will come! Don’t you want to know how the video in which you did something nasty leaked out?”

Hazel cocked her eyebrows slightly. Sure enough, Cynthia lost her cool. If Daniel knew she’d made that call, he’d be pissed off.

“I didn’t do anything nasty, and I don’t want to know,” Hazel spoke lightly.

Hearing this, Cynthia thought Hazel was guilty.

“Hazel Crowe, I advise you to come out! I will tell you something. It’s me who posted that video!” Cynthia said complacently, “Think carefully. Do you think I have only that video as evidence?”

Hazel’s eyelids twitched. She was a little confused as to whether Cynthia was trying to bluff her or whether Cynthia really had other evidence in her hand.

“Do you mean you have other evidence in your hand?” Hazel asked.

“Are you afraid now?” Cynthia commanded, “Then come out!”

“It seems you have nothing. I won’t go,” Hazel spoke indifferently.

“You… Aren’t you afraid I’ll post another video or something that will utterly discredit you?” Cynthia clenched her teeth in anger.

“No, you can just do that,” Hazel replied lightly. “I want to see what you have.”

“Hazel Crowe! You, you…” Cynthia, who didn’t expect Hazel to be so tough, was so irritated that she didn’t know what to say.

Taking a deep breath, she said angrily. “If I do post, you will not only be thoroughly discredited, but Joshua will certainly dump you, a woman who is wanton and promiscuous!”

“Isn’t that exactly what you want?” Hazel opened her mouth peacefully. “If I don’t leave him, how can you be with him? Come on. If you’ve got any evidence, just show it and don’t waste our time.”

“…” Cynthia was completely unable to speak. She really didn’t understand why Hazel could still be so calm now as if nothing had happened. Besides, Hazel actually dared to say this to her in such an arrogant manner?

The anger in Cynthia’s heart flared up.

“Hazel Crowe, do you really think I don’t have evidence?” Cynthia broke out into curses, “You are such a woman who specializes in cheating others out of money and affection. After you have money, you actually keep a toy boy! Do you think you can keep it from Joshua forever? Sooner or later, he’ll find out what kind of person you really are…”

“Got it, I’ll wait for your evidence.” Hazel interrupted her impatiently and directly hung up.

Later, she did not hesitate to blocklist Cynthia on the phone because she did not need to answer Cynthia’s phone anymore.

In fact, Hazel deliberately asked Cynthia for evidence only to goad her. Whether or not Cynthia had any evidence, Cynthia would try her best to look for it now.

If Mandy did contact Cynthia and Daniel, that would give Joshua a chance to track down Mandy.

As soon as Hazel hung up the phone, two manly arms wrapped around her tenderly from behind.

“Honey, I’m sorry that you suffer,” Joshua whispered in her ear, his voice full of pity.

The rumor that they were at odds was, of course, false. He had carefully chosen most of the people Joshua kept here because he was afraid that the subordinates of Ted or someone else would sneak in.

“Why do you say that?” Hazel smiled. “Don’t worry, Joshua. After all, Cynthia is from a very large family, so even when she swore at me, she can’t say something too unpleasant.”

“What do you call me?” His eyes were slightly deep.

Hazel was somewhat helpless. Recently, Joshua seemed to remember more and more of the past, as if he had unlocked some seal.

Amused, she turned around and put her arms around his neck. The tip of her nose was full of the faint fresh aura of his body, which made her comfortable and relieved.

“Honey, my great husband!” Hazel smiled like a spoiled girl. All of a sudden, a hint of naughtiness flashed across her eyes.

She had not molested him for a long time.

After the reunion with Joshua, she did not take too much initiative in making love because she had been thinking about trying to help him get back his memory, and she was pregnant.

But now… Hazel’s playful eyes brightened. She suddenly put out a finger to caress Adam’s apple.

His pupils narrowed slightly, and he looked at her with surprise.

Her smile became brighter. Her fingers slid down and opened the buttons of his shirt.

“Hazel?” His eyes flickered with flame, and he spoke in a husky voice.

She shushed him with a forefinger to the lips, her other hand coming down and drawing a circle around his chest.

“… Stop that now.” He caught her finger with an intolerable feeling.

“You don’t like it?” She puckered her lips slightly as her eyes sparkled, looking both cute and seductive.

“Hazel,” His eyes were very deep. “You’ve been pregnant for seven months.”

“So?” She couldn’t figure out why he suddenly mentioned this.

“So…” Joshua leaned over a little, and the next moment, he picked her up around the waist.

Hazel exclaimed, hurried to put her arms around his neck. “You… what are you doing?”

“The doctor said you were in good health, so when the baby is seven months old, as long as we are gentle, it won’t hurt.” His mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners.

Chapter 627: How Silly You Are?

“If you want to make love, I can serve you,” he whispered.

In an instant, she blushed. She just wanted to tease Joshua. Why did he say she wanted to make love?

“No, no! I’m eight months pregnant!” she yelled quickly.

“I remember the time,” said he, with a bright smile on his lips. “There are five days before eight months.”

“I… hmm!”

Before she could defend herself, he kissed her on the lips.

He held her and walked to the bathroom. Then came the splash of water…

***

Elsewhere, Cynthia was not in a good mood after Hazel hung up the phone. Cynthia frantically called Hazel again, but of course, she couldn’t get through.

After that, she started calling Joshua, but she couldn’t get through either.

Cynthia was instantly outraged. She immediately contacted the hype team, asked them to hype up the video.

Then, because it was too late, Cynthia went straight to sleep at ease.

She thought that when she woke up, she would see Hazel’s video spread everywhere, and Joshua might even have to run to beg her to take it down so that he could save face.

Early in the morning, she, who had been dreaming all night, was awakened by the sound of a mobile phone.

Cynthia suddenly woke up. She looked at the screen with delight, but when she saw Daniel’s name on it, her smile instantly froze.

“It’s very early in the morning. Can’t you call me later?” Cynthia said impatiently.

“Cynthia!” Daniel roared at her directly.

Cynthia, who still felt sleepy, instantly quivered.

“Did you do something to annoy Ted King again?” Daniel shouted.

“No, I didn’t…” Cynthia opened her mouth, her face full of innocence. She had found last time that Ted didn’t seem very pleased with her. How could she possibly do something to annoy him again?

“Think again!” Daniel gnashed his teeth.

“I really don’t know.” Cynthia was still very bewildered.

She felt very wounded by Daniel’s roar, “Brother, what happened? Why are you so angry with me?”

“… Father called Ted King just now, saying he wanted to meet with him before the engagement. In fact, father intended to test Ted King’s attitude towards you,” Daniel helplessly said and sighed, “But Ted refused and said you were a good girl, but he invited you to his manor, just because he liked juniors like you, without other intentions.”

“What?!” Cynthia jumped straight out of bed in shock. Ted’s words meant she had no chance to be with Joshua at all!

All of a sudden, she thought of something.

“Daniel, wait…” Cynthia said, flustered. “I’ll check one thing first and get back to you later.”

With that, she hung up the phone and quickly turned on the computer.

Cynthia’s computer started up quickly, but now she felt every second was very long.

She anxiously waited for the computer to turn on, and then she quickly opened the web page to search for the video.

She searched all the web forums, but… found nothing.

It was like the video didn’t exist at all, and there weren’t people talking about it.

How was that possible?!

Cynthia felt her head muddled.

She quickly called the hype team she had contacted.

When the other side answered the phone, she angrily scolded him.

“How do you do things? I gave you so much money to make that video so popular that even the netizens in Country Z won’t know it, but I actually couldn’t find anything when I searched for the video. What do you want? Do you want to get my money but do nothing?”

“Lady, we also don’t expect that!” When she finished cursing, the other side hurried to say, “We’ve returned your money to your account, too. You take the money back. We can’t do the job. You’d better find someone else.”

“What do you mean?” Cynthia shivered with anger, feeling something was wrong with her heart.

The other side explained, “We went to hype this video on purpose as you said, but as soon as it got a little popular, it was targeted. No matter how we hyped it, the video and forum post we just posted were all gone. And it didn’t take us long to get a call threatening us not to post it again and asking who hired us…”

Hearing the last word, she was scared out of her wits. “You didn’t give me away, did you?”

“We have a work ethic,” the person on the other end of the phone sneered. “And even if we want to give you away, but you have never told us any information about you, what can we tell the other party?”

Cynthia was relieved. After all, she was the child of a big family, so she was not really a babe in the woods.

When she looked for the hype team, she deliberately bought a fake account and phone number. When she transferred money and made phone calls, she didn’t reveal herself. After all, she knew her image wouldn’t be good if people knew she was behind the scenes.

But why did she feel Ted had already known it was her?

The door was pushed open with a bang. Cynthia screamed and threw a pillow from the bed at the door. “Daniel! This is a girl’s room. Why do you break in like this?”

“Don’t tell me something like that!” Daniel’s face looked ashen. “Tell me what you’ve done!”

After she suddenly hung up the phone, Daniel felt something was wrong. He had been on his way to her bedroom when he called.

“I…” Knowing that only Daniel could help her, Cynthia dared not hide anything from him and told Daniel what she had done.

“How silly you are!” Daniel was so mad he wanted to slap her across the face.

She explained quickly, “I didn’t leave my information. I used fake information. No one would know it was me…”

“What kind of person do you think Ted King is?” He was pissed off. “If he didn’t know it was you who did it, how could he possibly change his attitude toward you?”

Cynthia’s whole heart was thoroughly cold, but she still didn’t want to admit the fact, “I don’t understand! Why would Ted help Joshua since the relationship between him and Joshua is so bad?!”

 

Chapter 628: Will It Be Seen By Others?

“No matter how bad their relationship is, Joshua is still his son. When you post this video to discredit Hazel Crowe, people would also make fun of her husband, Joshua.” He clenched his teeth angrily but still patiently explained, “At heart, Ted is a very conservative man. Do you think he is willing to watch you involve his son in this kind of scandal and watch others say Joshua is cuckolded?”

“I, I didn’t think that much…” Cynthia instantly freaked out, “but didn’t you say we could post it online?”

“We posted it online because we wanted to put pressure on Joshua,” said Daniel, who had a headache. Why did he have such a stupid sister? “Even if we want to post it, we should cover Hazel’s face so that we can save his face while putting pressure on him and won’t offend Ted!”

Cynthia was so remorseful that she asked quickly, “What now? Shall I apologize…?”

“You…” Daniel was so pissed off that he was about to vomit blood. “What’s the use of your apology except that it can make you confess to what you did?

“Neither this nor that can work. Shall I give up Joshua?” Cynthia was so wounded that she wanted to cry. Thinking that Joshua had saved her, she felt that it would be better for her to be stabbed by a knife than to give him up.

“Now, it’s not a question whether you’re going to give up on Joshua,” Daniel said, looking helplessly at his silly sister. “It’s a question whether Ted is going to get angry with us and punish us.”

Taken aback, Cynthia took two steps backward despite herself. She had no idea that her impulse would have such serious consequences. She was really scared and grabbed Daniel’s arm hastily. “Daniel, I know I made a mistake, but what’s done is done. How can I remedy the situation? You can just tell me. I’ll do anything I can!”

Daniel shook his head helplessly. “Now, we’ll have to wait and see if the person who sent you the video will send you any new videos.”

“Can there be other videos?” Cynthia’s eyes lit up. She just tried to bluff Hazel yesterday.

“There should be,” Daniel replied in a serious voice. “I think the people who sent the video to you haven’t got what they want, so they won’t give up easily.”

However, Daniel and Cynthia didn’t know they weren’t the only ones waiting for the email.

Joshua woke up early and was busy with his study.

When Hazel woke up, she found the bed empty, so she also got out of the bed.

Last night, Joshua’s gentle movements and her healthy body gave her a delightful evening, but Joshua was miserable. He took several cold showers before his fire of sexual desire vanished completely. Hazel offered to help him in other ways, but he turned her down because he didn’t want her to be tired.

When Hazel got up and washed up, she took two glasses of milk to the study.

Joshua was busy with something. Quietly, Hazel walked to him, placed the milk on his desk, and put her arms around his shoulder like a spoiled girl. “Stop your job. The servant said, you didn’t have breakfast. You drink the milk first.”

Joshua looked back at Hazel with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Because she was at her villa, Hazel dressed casually, wearing only a baggy maternity dress.

Although he couldn’t see her breasts from the neckline, he could see her naked skin.

The next moment, Joshua reached out and tightened her collar.

“I’m not cold,” she was a little puzzled.

“You’ll be seen,” he whispered, reminding her.

Will it be seen by others? She felt more puzzled. Only the two of them were in the study. How could anyone possibly see them?

“Enough, you two! I’ve been avoiding you, but you can also show me a public display of affection!”

An aggrieved roar came from the computer in front of Joshua.

Hazel was taken aback. When she looked back, she realized that Joshua was having a video chat with Simon!

Simon on the screen looked very sad. He was terrified to watch the public display of affection between the two of them, so he went to their villa as little as possible, but even in the video call, they could still have a public display of affection! What could he do?

“Why didn’t you remind me earlier?” Hazel blushed and hurried to tighten her collar.

“It’s my fault. I’ll be careful next time.” Joshua smiled. He made no excuses and simply took the blame himself.

“What are you doing?” She looked curiously at the screen.

She just cast a glance at Simon, so she could only see several computers behind him and several seemingly professional workers busy in front of them.

Joshua offered her his chair and then moved another one before sitting next to her.

“We’re monitoring the mailboxes of Cynthia and Daniel to track Mandy Wilson’s current location,” Simon explained.

“Mandy emailed again?” Hazel asked in surprise.

“No, but she’ll soon,” Joshua said in a deep tone.

“Did something happen?” She was thoughtful.

Joshua told her that Cynthia had posted the video online last night, but Ted removed the video.

“We don’t know what Mandy is going to do at the moment,” Joshua explained, “but at least she wants us to fall out with each other because of the video. Now her plan has failed, so she will naturally go on to do something.”

Hazel nodded in agreement.

“But the old man really loves you,” Simon sneered. “I didn’t expect him to help you suppress the incident. I thought he’d be waiting for you to beg him for help when you are afflicted and cannot handle it! It seems that he can’t stand having a son who is haunted by scandal.”

“That’s because he knows I can handle it,” Joshua spoke lightly, “so instead of having unrealistic dreams, he might as well do me a favor as soon as possible and show me he’s a good father.”

Simon couldn’t help laughing, clearly agreeing with him.

“I think you’ve overthought…” Hazel opened her mouth with resignation. Both Joshua and Simon had a hugely strong repulsion of Ted.

She thought for a moment and said seriously, “I think he might have that kind of thought, but he also did that just because he’s your father, and that’s what he should do.”

Joshua’s eyes were deep. He didn’t agree with Hazel, but he didn’t contradict her.

“Mail!” Simon cried out suddenly. The next moment, he turned around and came to the several workers whose hands were fast as lightning on the keyboards with a loud sound.

Chapter 629: Don’t Judge Too Soon

In an instant, the atmosphere got tense. Hazel was so caught up in the atmosphere that she could barely breathe.

Joshua picked up a glass of milk from the desk and handed it to her.

“Relax and have some milk,” he said quietly. “They’re both professionals, so it is no problem for them to finish the task.”

She nodded and sipped the milk.

“Joshua, I still think the problem should be analyzed dialectically,” she could not resist speaking at last. “Your father does hate me, but he really wants to be good to you.”

His eyes were deep before he said lightly, “Hazel, you’re right. It should be analyzed dialectically. If he wants to be good to me but does something that hurts me, that’s not really good.”

She was speechless. Well, she couldn’t convince Joshua. Besides, she didn’t really like Ted.

It was just that Stacy was still in Ted’s hands. Had it not been for this, Hazel and Joshua would not have stayed in Country M and would have returned home early on.

Joshua didn’t directly take Stacy away because he knew that Ted would use all his strength to keep Stacy. Hence, Joshua wouldn’t take Stacy away until he was absolutely sure he could make it.

Hazel started staring at the professionals’ computers through the screen. Although the computer screens were largely blocked, she could see the satellite map on it. After that, the map kept zooming in as if it was determining the specific location.

“Find it!”

At the sound of Simon’s scream, Joshua’s and Hazel’s spirits were lifted.

“We cannot lock the exact location but can find out the approximate location of the sender. However, Mandy might ask someone else to help her send the email, so it may depend on luck….” Simon was explaining when suddenly his voice vanished.

“What happened?” Joshua realized something was wrong.

Simon had a gloomy expression. After repeated confirmation, he said unhappily, “The sender is in Country M and in the same city as us. It looks like Mandy is very clever as she asked others to send the email.”

Although he had not been very hopeful from the start, the result made Simon particularly unhappy.

“Don’t judge too soon,” said Joshua, with a slight twinkle in his eye. “It could be possible that she’s also here herself.”

“Isn’t she too bold? We’re all here. She actually dares to hang around. Isn’t she afraid we’ll catch her?” Simon sneered. He clearly disagreed with Joshua’s view.

He waved his hands. “Forget it. Do you want me to hack the mail? I’m telling you, she sent several emails in a row. It looks like she can’t sit still now, so she wants to post something more shocking!”

Joshua spoke lightly, “What do you think I come to you for?”

“… Good. I shouldn’t have asked.” Simon was a little speechless. Joshua came to him for more than just trying to track the sender’s location. If they got the videos in the email first, Joshua and Simon would be able to find out more clues.

“Whatever the old man’s intentions are,” Simon shrugged, “at least with him around, we don’t have to worry that those fake videos would appear online.”

Joshua was noncommittal, with a slightly gloomy face.

Soon, Simon got the videos and sent a copy to Joshua.

Mandy sent Cynthia three videos this time. Of course, they were all videos of her pretending to be Hazel and having sex with other men. And, one of the videos showed that she was in a room with two men at the same time.

Mandy’s videos didn’t show any of the men’s faces but showed clearly her own as if she was afraid that others could not find her face in the camera was similar to Hazel’s.

Although the men did not show their faces from their bodies, it could be clearly seen that they weren’t the same, and those men should all be good-looking toy boys.

“Mandy really went to great lengths to discredit Hazel!” Simon tsked. “Especially in the last video, she actually had sex with two men… tsk!”

He and Joshua cut off the video, but they were still on the phone.

“They were not necessarily two men,” Hazel suddenly said.

“There was a third man?” Simon was puzzled. He saw only two men from beginning to end.

“There’s a photographer,” Hazel spoke. “The camera moved midway, so it couldn’t be the camera secretly shooting, but someone was following while shooting.”

“…” Simon was silent for a moment.

Suddenly, he said with somewhat frustration, “I am sincerely convinced! Joshua, you actually allow Hazel to watch these videos! I thought… forget it, Hazel, you can actually watch it with interest and analyze whether it was a candid photograph…”

Simon was really shocked. When he found it out, he was already furious, but both Joshua and Hazel acted as if they had nothing to do with the incident! He didn’t know whether to say they were freaks or too calm!

“Because we don’t have as many dirty thoughts as you do,” Joshua spoke lightly. “Only when you calm down can you find more clues. For example, you didn’t realize there was another person in the video, did you?”

“Yes, yes, yes, whatever you say is right,” Simon was speechless.

He felt that he was really becoming less and less like himself. His behavior used to be very unrestrained. He did things willfully, doing what he wanted to do, and he never had to worry too much. His nickname as the little devil was by no means a bluff. But now? He was about to be trained into an obedient little brother by Joshua and his wife.

“No, it isn’t ‘train.’ It is ‘exploit’!” Simon thought bitterly. After dealing with the matters related to Ted, Simon would never be with Joshua and Hazel again. He would go on living his free, easy life!

While they were analyzing the videos, Cynthia was delighted when she got the videos!

“Daniel, there are really new videos!” Cynthia gleefully clicked on the videos, her eyes flashing with defiance. “I never expected Hazel would be such a shameless woman! Isn’t it true that Country Z has strict requirements for female chastity? How bold she is! If Joshua sees these videos, what will he say? I don’t believe he will still defend Hazel, who cheated on him again and again!”

“What do you want?” Hearing something wrong in her tone, Daniel hurried to ask her. He was terrified that his sister would do something wrong again.

“Didn’t you, you said these videos couldn’t be posted online?” Cynthia was a little guilty. “I thought I should at least let Joshua know about them. Am I right?”

 

Chapter 630: Did You Find Anything?

“So you’re going to send these to Joshua Denmark?” He asked with a gloomy face.

“If I don’t send, how can he know Hazel cheats on him again?” She was not convinced.

He was exasperated and helpless. He had to explain it to her patiently. “You can think carefully. If you send them to Joshua, then he will think you’ve known many scandals that he doesn’t want others to know, what will he think of you? He may think you’re threatening him with these videos. Aren’t you afraid he’ll kill you to silence you?!”

“But I, I’m the daughter of the Bryant family!” Her face flushed with fear.

“Do you think he will be afraid of your identity?” He sighed helplessly. “Cynthia, don’t be so naive. I know you perhaps take a fancy to Joshua, but for a man, love doesn’t matter at all.”

“Then what should you do?” She was angry and flustered. “Shall we let Hazel go for nothing?”

“Of course not,” he answered, his face darkening. “These videos can’t be sent to Joshua but can be sent to Ted. Ted will definitely give the videos to Joshua and force him to break up with Hazel!”

“Really?” Her eyes brightened.

But soon, she said worriedly, “But, didn’t you say Ted has already hated me? If I send him the videos, won’t he hate me more?”

“No,” He explained with much patience. “Ted has already guessed it is you who posted the last video. If you send him the new videos, it shows that you are a good, sensible kid who knows to care about Joshua’ face, and he will certainly change his opinion of you. Maybe he’ll think about the engagement again.”

“Good, I’ll send it now!” Her eyes lit up, and she sent an email with the videos to Ted.

Daniel heaved a sigh of relief. Although Cynthia had many shortcomings, she at least listened to him, which was the reason why he would coax her so patiently. After all, Cynthia was, in a way, the only person who was really willing to help him.

Of course, Daniel and Cynthia didn’t know that Joshua had already had the videos they sent to Ted.

“Did you find anything?” Simon asked thoughtfully. He always thought there was something wrong with these videos.

“They were supposed to be in the same room,” Hazel replied, lost in thought.

The backgrounds of these videos looked different, as there was a sofa or a bed or a bathroom. However, there were some similar backgrounds when the scene was cut from one room to another.

Hazel pointed out places with similar backgrounds.

According to her words, Simon’s professionals took screenshots and sent Hazel a copy.

“Hazel is amazing,” Simon said with a wry smile. “I could only find there should be no too long interval between these videos, but I didn’t expect she was physically healthy and had such stamina.”

Hazel’s lips twitched. Simon was really a famous playboy.

Suddenly, Joshua looked a little solemn. He circled the bottom right corner of a screenshot in red and sent it directly to Simon.

“Simon, look!” he said in a deep tone.

Simon got serious and looked at the picture on the computer.

The place circled by Joshua was a small table on which sat a small object.

“Is this… an electronic alarm clock?” Simon frowned.

“Yes,” Joshua replied with a grim look. “I remember this alarm clock can show the calendar as well as the time!”

“That means we’ll know when the videos were made if we can see clearly the time on it!” Simon felt it was a pleasant surprise.

Mandy was rescued, but she needed at least a few months to get plastic surgery. These videos could only be photographed after her plastic surgery, even recently.

As long as they could prove the videos were made recently, they could prove Hazel’s innocence because Hazel had a big belly now, and even if Mandy’s face was identical with Hazel’s, Mandy couldn’t fake a belly like Hazel’s!

Unfortunately, the clock was so far away from the camera and so small in the picture that it was tough to see what date it showed.

“Be quick, be quick!” Simon urged the professionals. “Show me clearly what year, month, and the day is on the alarm clock of this picture.”

In an instant, those professionals became busy.

Hazel stared at the alarm clock and said with curiosity, “The clock looks very pretty. It has a nice clean line. I’ve never seen it before.”

“Why are your concerns so strange?” Although the situation was tense, Simon could not help feeling amused.

Joshua stared at the alarm clock, and soon his face became serious. “Hazel, you made contributions.”

“Oh?” She looked at him, puzzled.

“What’s the matter? What happened?” Simon was even more puzzled than she was, and he wondered if he was missing something wonderful.

“This type of clock is scarce. It’s something that’s not on the market. Only a few international chain hotels have it in their hotel rooms,” Joshua whispered.

Simon froze for a moment. Then he couldn’t help cursing. “Oh, damn! You two are simply freaks! You can actually find so many clues from such a humble alarm clock! If Mandy Wilson knew that an alarm clock had ruined all her elaborate plans, she would probably jump off the building angrily!”

“Come on, don’t be a chatterbox.” Joshua frowned as he found the list of the hotels and told Simon the names. “Take your people to check the first three hotels and leave the rest to me. Search carefully and make sure you find out which hotel she is in!”

Hazel didn’t expect her causal sentence would make them have such a big discovery. Besides, she was surprised that Mandy’s videos were filmed in a hotel room.

It looked like Mandy really feared nothing this time. Mandy must have thought that after this kind of video spread, Hazel and Joshua would definitely have a conflict and wouldn’t check if these videos were true.

Unfortunately, Mandy did not expect her videos to affect their relationship but give her identity away!

Joshua and Simon quickly asked their subordinates to search. After that, Joshua was about to go to lunch with Hazel when his phone rang.

It was Ted King. Joshua stared at the screen with a gloomy face. He didn’t answer the phone until Hazel nudged his arm.