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Chapter 631: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up

“Mr. King,” Joshua spoke quietly, indifferent and distant.

Ted just felt very restless. He suppressed his anger and said, “Joshua, let’s meet.”

“No need.” Joshua calmly refused. He had roughly guessed what Ted would talk with him about.

“Can’t you have a good talk with me?” There was both anger and frustration in Ted’s voice. “You don’t want to recognize me as your dad, but I’m still your father. Do you want to never see me again?”

Looking at Hazel next to him, Joshua raised his eyebrow slightly. “Mr. King, do you really want to talk to me?”

“Of course,” Ted said in a serious tone.

“Alright then, let’s give each other one last chance,” Joshua opened his mouth quietly.

Since Ted helped him out last night and accepted Ted’s kindness, he would try to communicate with Ted one last time. If they could communicate successfully, he would try to change Ted slowly. But if Ted were willful in doing things, Joshua wouldn’t be polite.

Hanging up, Joshua sighed. “Hazel, I’m going to meet Ted.”

“Go ahead,” Hazel nodded, making clear her attitude. “When you go there, have a good talk with him. Don’t let him find you are reluctant. Whatever his attitude is, we just need to do what we should do and don’t have to give in to him too much.”

“Huh?” He looked at her in surprise. He stroked her hair with a smile. “Why do you change your mind?”

“I’ve been standing firm on your side!” she said seriously. Ted gave her a hard time, but she didn’t care about it even if she was a little wounded. After all, she did all that for Joshua. But she wouldn’t put Joshua in a dilemma in order to please Ted.

Joshua’s heart was warmed. Of course, he knew what Hazel was thinking. It was just…

“Hazel,” he sighed slightly, “Don’t get your hopes up. People like Ted are used to being overweening. He won’t listen to others. Even if I go to meet him today, our conversation wouldn’t be able to end up with anything good.”

“I understand.” She nodded. “Bring a few guards with you.”

“No, let them stay and protect you.” He frowned.

“I’m sure Ted wouldn’t hate me enough to attack me, who is a pregnant woman,” she said earnestly, shaking her head. “I’m just a little worried about you. I’m afraid he may directly detain you and take you away.”

She had really considered the possibility that Ted would do that. Ted wouldn’t do anything to her, but he could really do things like taking Joshua away. In addition, she knew that even no matter how good Joshua’s attitude was today, Ted wouldn’t be satisfied.

If Cynthia were smart, she would directly send the videos to Ted after getting them. How could Ted possibly think his attitude toward their relationship was wrong after watching all the videos? He would only think that Joshua was puzzled by her.

“Don’t worry,” said Joshua with a smile, stroking her hair. “He can’t stop me if I want to come home.”

Hazel didn’t say anything else; she stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips. “Go ahead, come home as early as possible. I’ll wait for you.”

“Good,” Joshua replied.

After that, he went to the appointed meeting place to meet Ted.

Ted had intended to meet with Joshua at the manor, but of course, Joshua wouldn’t agree.

As Hazel said, if he went to the manor and Ted directly locked him up, then it would be hard for him to escape.

So they agreed to meet at one of Ted’s casinos. When he arrived, a waiter led him to the VIP room.

When Joshua entered the room, he found Ted waiting there. All the other people went out and closed the door for them.

“Would you like to play dice?” Ted shook the dice in his hands.

“No. I’m not interested in it,” Joshua said lightly. “I don’t believe in luck. I believe in strength.”

“Luck is also part of strength,” Ted spoke quietly.

“But when you have strength, it would be very stupid if you pray for luck,” said Joshua coldly. “I won’t gamble, and I won’t bet on anything you want.”

Ted sighed with regret.

If Joshua agreed to gamble with him, Ted would really like to use gamble to force Joshua to break up with Hazel. But it seemed Joshua would never give him such a chance.

“I asked you to come here today to show you something.” Ted’s face darkened. He gave up trying this kind of method like a gamble and was ready to go straight to the point.

Then he picked up the remote and turned on the TV hanging on the wall.

The three videos that Joshua had already seen began to play on the television screen.

Cynthia received the email and sent it directly to Ted. When Ted saw the content of these videos, he was so angry that he almost asked his men to kill Hazel.

But he knew clearly that if he did that, Joshua would definitely fall out with him, so he asked Joshua out and wanted to talk to him in private.

Ted looked at Joshua with a gloomy face. He believed that Joshua would have an emotional reaction after seeing this!

But the next moment, what Ted saw let him down.

Joshua looked at the screen calmly, his face unruffled.

“You asked me to come here just to show me these pictures?” Joshua spoke lightly.

Ted looked stunned, and he was even a little overwhelmed. Was Joshua actually… not pissed off at all?

Ted even looked back at the TV screen in astonishment to make sure the face of the woman was Hazel indeed. Could it be possible… that Joshua was too furious to react?

Ted persuaded in a deep tone. “Joshua, I know you’re bad….”

“Why should I feel bad?” Joshua interrupted him coldly.

Ted almost didn’t know what to say. He had considered many kinds of reactions that Joshua would have, but Joshua did not respond at all, which was beyond his expectation.

After thinking for quite a while, Ted didn’t know exactly what Joshua was thinking, so he said something as a feeler. “Joshua, the woman named Hazel Crowe betrayed you….”

“Hazel didn’t betray me.” Joshua interrupted him again.

Ted felt a surge of anger. He had thought he’d misunderstood, but he didn’t expect that even in the face of a video like this, Joshua still defended Hazel, as if he had been bewitched.

“Joshua, what’s the matter with you?” Ted was irritated. “The video makes it clear that this woman is Hazel Crowe. How could she possibly not betray you? Do you want to say you’re the man in the video? Do you have a doppelganger?”

“The men on it aren’t me indeed,” Joshua said lightly. “But is the woman really Hazel?”

Chapter 632: Stacy Has An Accident

“What kind of spell has that woman cast on you to make you believe her so stubbornly?” Ted was furious. He really didn’t expect in the face of the solid evidence, Joshua would still refuse to face reality!

“Mr. King,” said Joshua, looking at him indifferently, “I didn’t come today to hear your lecture. I just want to have a good talk with you the last time. I want to ask you a question. Do you really not think there’s something wrong with this video?”

Joshua pointed to the screen. “Even if the face of the woman in it looks exactly like Hazel’s, normally a person wouldn’t specially ask someone else to videotape the scene while making love and look in the direction of the camera every now and then. Was the woman afraid that others couldn’t see her face? It was a very obvious frame-up. Are you really unable to find it?”

Ted thought Joshua’s remarks were very ridiculous. He had been misunderstanding Hazel, so the first time he saw the videos, he firmly believed the woman in the videos was Hazel! How could he possibly change his opinion of her because of a few words from Joshua?

“Maybe this kind of woman like her has some peculiarity! Maybe she videotaped the scenes to enjoy them for herself, but they ended up in someone else’s hands. She deserves it!” Ted said in anger. “Joshua, there are so many good women out there, why do you have to only like a woman like Hazel?”

“When you mention good women, do you mean Madeline Carter, who is scheming, or Cynthia, who is naive and stupid?” Joshua spoke sarcastically.

Ted was a little awkward. It was true that Madeline and Cynthia weren’t really good. He coughed. “There are other women besides them.”

“Do other women have anything to do with me? They’re not Hazel.” Joshua looked at him with deep eyes. “Just like you. Since there are so many women in the world, why are you only with my mother?”

If it weren’t for Simon’s statement that there had never been any other women around Ted over these years, Joshua would not have tolerated Ted’s behavior again and again.

“How can she be compared with Stacy?” Ted said with disdain.

Joshua’ eyes were cold. Since Ted said that, it would be useless for Joshua to say anything morenoveldrama

But Ted wasn’t willing to give up. He sighed and persuaded Joshua in a rarely gentle voice, “Joshua, wake up. This woman is not a nice person. You’d better break up with her at once. These videos were probably made right after you have an accident. The child in her belly may not be yours.”

“Please behave yourself, Mr. King.” Joshua’ eyes turned cold. He said coldly, “No one is allowed to say any insulting remarks about my wife or my child in front of me!”

“You…!” Ted thought Joshua was really crazy. He spoke incredulously. “What’s wrong with you? How could you be so befuddled because of a woman?”

“Mr. King, you’re the one who’s befuddled, not me. We have nothing to talk about. I’m leaving.” Joshua opened his mouth calmly, not wanting to talk to Ted anymore.

Ted was the kind of person who would never believe he had done something wrong unless he suffered a lot.

“Stop!” Ted shivered with anger.

“Mr. King,” said Joshua, turning around slowly, “I suggest you should not keep me forcibly. Do you think I would come here without any preparation?”

Ted looked at him with mixed emotions. He really didn’t expect that even the videos would not be enough to restore their relationship.

“How on earth can you believe me?” Ted suppressed his anger.

Joshua thought for a while before his eyes fell on the screen. “It’s not hard. If you can find the men in the videos and get them to confront you.”

The men in the videos didn’t show their faces, but he could still find them with Ted’s ability if he wanted to.

Ted would know the woman filming on these videos couldn’t be Hazel as long as Ted found the men in the videos. Besides, if Ted found them, it was unlikely that Ted would say Hazel and Joshua deliberately faked it.

“Good! I’ll find them and let you give up hope!” Ted agreed angrily.

“Mm,” Joshua said coldly and walked away.

After he left, the butler of the manor came in.

“Why do you just let Master Joshua go like that, master?” asked the butler with regret.

“What if I don’t let him go?” Ted looked very unhappy. “Keeping him would only make the relationship between us worse!”

“And what are you going to do?” asked the butler respectfully. “Will you let this incident go?”

“How can I possibly let it go?” Ted looked more unhappy. “At least, for now, we have to figure something out!”

***

Ted didn’t call Joshua after the meeting. Joshua thought Ted was looking for the men in the videos, so Joshua didn’t pay much attention to Ted because he and Simon were busy looking for Mandy.

One day, Simon suddenly called anxiously. “Joshua, bring some guards here! I’ve got a clue to Mandy Wilson’s hiding place!”

“Okay, I’ll be right there!” Joshua quickly agreed.

Then, with some of his men, he went to join Simon.

Hazel stayed home, waiting for him to go home.

Somehow, her eyelids keep twitching, and she thought something bad was going to happen.

Suddenly, her phone rang. The abrupt sound startled her.

There was an unknown number on the screen. When she answered the phone, Cynthia’s exasperated voice came out. “Hazel Crowe, why are you unwilling to go out to meet me?”

“I won’t want to meet with you.” Without hesitation, Hazel hung up the phone and blocklisted the number.

Over the past few days, Cynthia had been harassing Hazel by calling her with different phone numbers and forcing her to meet up, but how could Hazel possibly agree? Upon hearing Cynthia’s voice, Hazel hung up.

However, hardly had she backlisted this number when her phone unexpectedly rang again.

She answered the phone impatiently. “I said, ‘I won’t meet with you.’ Am I clear?”

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and then Ted’s voice sounded. “Hazel Crowe, it’s me.”

Hazel froze.

Ted actually called her. This really surprised her. She had thought Ted would hate her guts after watching all the videos, and it was for Joshua’s sake that Ted didn’t have her killed.

“Mr. King, what can I do for you?” Hazel spoke lightly.

“Stacy has an accident.” There was a touch of nervousness in Ted’s voice.

 

Chapter 633: Used Stacy As Bait To Lure Her

“What happened to mom?” She asked anxiously.

She didn’t like Ted, but that didn’t affect her affection for Stacy.

Stacy had led a very miserable life. Hazel didn’t want her to suffer anymore.

“I don’t know why. She suddenly went crazy…” Ted said in a deep tone. “No one can make her quiet now, but she likes you. Can you come to accompany her?”

Hazel wanted to go, but she didn’t think it was that simple.

She was sure that if she went to the manor now, it would be a question of whether she would be able to walk out of the manor alive and well because Ted hated her so much.

She did care about Stacy, but she would not be stupid enough to put herself in a trap until she confirmed what Ted said was true.

“Didn’t you send for a doctor to see her?” Hazel asked. “I think doctors should be more professional than I am.”

“How come I didn’t send for a doctor,” Ted sighed. “I took Stacy to the hospital. All the doctors couldn’t calm her down, so they sedated her first. But they said it was because Stacy lacked a sense of security that made her react so badly and told me to ask someone she knew and trusted to accompany her.”

Hazel understood his meaning. It looked like Ted had been driven into a corner, so he thought of her. In his opinion, she was perhaps only useful at such a time.

“Do you mean mom is at the hospital?” Hazel wanted to confirm it.

“Yes, if you’d like to come, please come to the hospital and spend some time with Stacy.” There was a hint of reluctance in Ted’s words.

Hazel’s furrowed brows relaxed slightly. For now, at least Ted should be telling the truth, and he wouldn’t use Stacy to tell a lie. Hazel was afraid Stacy really had an accident.

“I’ll be right there.” After thinking for a while, Hazel agreed.

Hanging up the phone, she headed to the hospital with her bodyguards.

Although she didn’t think Ted would use Stacy as an excuse to cheat her, she should always bring some guards just in case.

When she arrived at the private hospital which Ted had told her about, Hazel, who was ready to walk into the hospital, found her eyelids were twitching and her heart was pounding.

“Wait.” She thought for a moment before talking to the bodyguards. “A few of you stay here. If no one comes out in ten minutes to say I’m safe, you must rush in to save me.”

The person she was going to meet was Ted. Anyway, it was right to be careful.

After that, Hazel still felt uneasy. She took out her phone and edited a text message about the address of the hospital. The addressee was Joshua. But she didn’t send it. She couldn’t confirm whether it was a trap, so she prepared it, just in case. If it were a trap, she would immediately send the text message to Joshua asking for help.

After getting ready, Hazel took a few guards to Stacy’s ward.

Hazel saw several people guarding outside the ward, and the butler of the manor she had met before was waiting anxiously outside.

“Mrs. Denmark, you’ve arrived at long last!” Seeing her, the butler rushed up to her quickly, as if he had seen his family member.

“Just call me Miss Crowe.” “Hazel said lightly, calmly avoiding the butler’s approach.

She remembered that on the first day she came to the manor, the butler didn’t like her very much. His sudden enthusiasm made her uncomfortable.

“Please forgive me. I wasn’t sensible at that time…” The butler was embarrassed and apologized.

He sighed and said, “I only hope you will go and visit madam as soon as possible. There is something wrong with her.”

“Mm.” Hazel nodded and followed him to the door.

The butler pushed the door open, but suddenly he held out his hands to stop Hazel’s bodyguards.

“What do you want?” Hazel stopped walking and watched him warily. Her finger had slipped to the message’s send button.

“Don’t get me wrong, Mrs. Denmark,” the butler explained quickly. “Madam is not well now. If there are too many strangers, I’m afraid it will irritate her.”

Hazel gave him a suspicious look. His explanation sounded perfect, but somehow, she felt there was something fishy.

“Who’s in the ward?” she asked in a deep tone.

“Only madam, master, and a doctor are in there,” replied the butler. “Madam is in a bad state, and the master dares not allow too many people to enter the ward.”

Hazel didn’t want to walk anymore.

“I’ll bring two bodyguards in,” she said lightly. “You may rest assured that they will not irritate the patient.”

The butler looked a little hesitant. Suddenly, a woman’s scream came out of the ward!

Hazel paled and hurried to push open the door!

Before she could make a sound, a cold pistol was directly pressed against her forehead. The door behind her was closed, and her bodyguards could not get in. Then there was a fight outside the door.

Hazel looked at everything in front of her as her eyes were slightly cold.

In this ward, there was a group of doctors on standby. Ted stood right in the middle of the doctors, and his men had surrounded her.

Hazel felt a surge of anger. As expected, she had overestimated Ted King. Ted was really unscrupulous! She had thought Stacy would be the softest existence in his heart, but now Ted used Stacy as bait to lure her out!

She moved her fingers slightly to send the message secretly.

“Miss Crowe,” Ted spoke coldly. “I don’t want to meet you like that, either. But I must figure something out.”

“Oh?” She looked at him and asked in an indifferent manner, “Mr. King, what are you trying to figure out?”

“I just want to know if the baby in your belly is Joshua’s.” He cast a glance at Hazel’s belly as there was a flash of disgust in his eyes.

“I want to know what if it isn’t Joshua’s?” She looked at him sarcastically.

“If it isn’t Joshua’s baby, Joshua won’t want you even if I do nothing,” he explained with rare patience. “If it is his baby indeed. The baby will be raised by the King family after birth. As for you who is a lewd woman, you won’t be eligible to be its mother.”

“How will you verify the baby in my belly isn’t Joshua’s?” she looked at him coldly. “You won’t believe me even if I tell you the truth, will you?”

“Of course I won’t believe you,” he said, with a stern look on his face. “That’s why I want to meet you at the hospital today.”

 

Chapter 634: A Force DNA Test

There was uncontrollable anger in her heart!

She had never been so angry. She had thought Ted was unscrupulous before, but now she thought he was a lunatic!

Ted used Stacy as bait to lure her out just to take DNA paternity testing with her baby!

“Don’t you know that if a pregnant woman has a DNA test at this time, she will be at risk of miscarrying?” Hazel looked at Ted angrily. She had never hated a person like that before!

She didn’t agree to take a paternity test because she was afraid of this kind of accident, apart from the fact that Ted wouldn’t trust her anyway. This was the baby of her and Joshua, and she didn’t want the baby to be tortured like this before it was even born!

“The doctors here are very professional,” Ted spoke coldly.

Hazel’s heart was cold. Ted’s words meant he didn’t care about the baby in her belly at all. He didn’t care even if the child was his grandson!

Taking a deep breath, Hazel forced herself to calm down.

Her current situation was worse than ever, but she couldn’t just wait passively!

“I advise you not to touch me!” she said coldly. “Unless you want Joshua to cut ties with you completely!”

There was a crook on his cold face, but the next moment, there was a little disdain in his eyes. “Hazel Crowe, you think too highly of yourself. Do you think Joshua is going to break completely with me because of a woman?”

“Didn’t you also break completely with your own father because of a woman?” she said sarcastically.

Hazel had heard a lot about Ted and Stacy from Simon. When Ted took over the organization, he treated his father ruthlessly because of what had happened to Stacy, leaving his father to suffer and die of depression.

“Can you be compared with Stacy?” There was a flash of anger in Ted’s cold eyes.

“I am no match for mom in your eyes,” she said, looking at him coldly, “but I am sure Joshua isn’t worse than you in this respect. Mr. King, do you really think that Joshua came to Country M because he still cared about the father-son relationship with you? Or do you really think there is such a thing as affection between you?”

There was more anger in his eyes. “Hazel Crowe, are you deliberately provoking me?”

“What’s the use of my deliberately provoking you at a time like this?” she said in a serious voice. “Let me tell you something. Joshua agreed to your condition and come to Country M only because it is my requirement. And it wasn’t because I wanted to please you that I was willing to come. You perhaps don’t know, at first my parents didn’t like Joshua and were very opposed to our romantic relationship.”

“How could they do that?!” Ted looked a little unhappy, but Hazel was quietly relieved. No matter if he believed it or not, at least he was interested in listening to her words.

“Mr. King, maybe you think I’m bad, but in the eyes of my parents, I am the best in their hearts! And, as parents, their concern will always be whether I can live well with Joshua and be happy!”

Taking a deep breath, she continued, “Although my parents didn’t like Joshua, he didn’t use his power to force them. Instead, he is just like an ordinary guy, accepting my parents’ conditions, tolerating my parents’ making things difficult for him, and striving for their recognition. That’s why I advised him to come to Country M. I did all that for him!”

If Joshua could do so much for her just to get her parents to accept him, why couldn’t Hazel want to do the same for him?

But now, Hazel had been aware of something. The biggest difference between Ted and her parents was that her parents were reasonable while Ted wasn’t.

“… He doesn’t remember the past.” Ted was silent for a while and finally said.

“Yes, he doesn’t remember, but he doesn’t forget how he felt.” She continued, “There is one more thing. Mr. King, do you really think that Joshua accompanied me to Country M because he hoped you would finally accept me?”

Ted’s heart sank. Joshua had asked him the same question, but Ted didn’t care about his answer then. He even felt that Joshua deliberately said that to piss him off.

“He didn’t have high hopes for you,” Hazel said indifferently. “He just wanted to disappoint me completely. If I change my words, he will take me back to Country Z at once and disown you once and for all. Not just him, but Simon.”

For the first time, Ted hesitated.

Joshua and Hazel had said the same thing. This forced Ted to re-examine Hazel’s position in Joshua’s heart.

Suddenly, the door of the ward was pushed open, and the butler came in.

Hazel was helpless. She came here in such a hurry that she didn’t take many bodyguards with her. Ted was clearly well-prepared, and her bodyguards were certainly no match for his subordinates.

The butler looked at the scene in the ward, surprised. He gave Ted a look and guessed why Ted was hesitant.

“Don’t worry, master,” the butler whispered to Ted. “Master Joshua may lose his mind for a while, but as an elder, you can’t watch him make mistakes. Miss Crowe is deliberately buying time. If she buys time like this, Master Joshua will be here soon.”

Ted’s hesitant heart suddenly became hardened.

A chill of despair came over Hazel! She said so much to buy time for Joshua to save her. However, it was likely that Joshua wouldn’t be able to make it in time!

“If you don’t want Master Joshua to blame it on you in the future, leave it to me, master,” continued the butler.

Ted nodded and walked toward the door.

Suddenly, Hazel grabbed the pistol pressed against her forehead and rushed quickly to the door!

But soon, she felt pain in her leg. The next moment, her legs went weak, and she went straight down on her knees. In order to protect the baby, she unconsciously pressed her hands against the ground.

Then two men seized her by the arms and lifted her from the ground.

Ted walked out of the ward as if he hadn’t seen anything at all.

“Let me go!” Hazel fumed.

The butler waved his hand, and a doctor came up to her with a long needle.

“Stop struggling, Miss Crowe,” the butler said with a malicious smile. “To do a DNA test for a fetus, we need to use this puncture needle to stab your stomach and draw out the amniotic fluid. What if you move, and thus the doctor’s hands tremble and stab the baby?”

 

Chapter 635: I’m Not Buying That

The doctor came towards her. The long needle drew nearer and nearer to her.

The cold needle made her hair stand on end!

The baby moved slightly as if it could sense her fear.

“Stop it! My stomach hurts!” she cried anxiously.

“Miss Crowe, don’t struggle.” The smile on the butler’s face was even crueler. “Your trick doesn’t work on me. I’m telling you, I really don’t care about the baby in your belly. It can even be said that… I think it’s better than it’s dead!”

“It’s really Joshua’s kid,” she snapped with a serious expression. “Aren’t you afraid that your master will punish you if something happens to it!”

“There’s nothing to be afraid of,” he said, his eyes glinting maliciously. “The kid given birth by a woman like you will only taint the blood of the King family. It’s better if it is dead! The world is full of women. You’re not the only woman who can get pregnant! Enough, Miss Crowe, stop stalling. I’m not buying that.”

The butler waved his hand before the doctor came to Hazel, but he was a little hesitant.

“Sir, are we really going to do this?” The doctor asked.

“Do it quickly,” said the butler disapprovingly.

“But she’s seven months pregnant, and if we give her an oxytocin injection, it will perhaps be difficult for the baby to survive,” said the doctor, who couldn’t bear to make a move.

“What do you want?” Hazel struggled hard, glaring at them!

This group of brutes!

It fell out that they didn’t just want to do a DNA test, they also wanted to give her an oxytocin injection and make her have premature labor!

“Why do you talk so much?” The butler’s face paled, and he grabbed a pistol from a subordinate’s hand and pointed it at the doctor. “Do you want to die? Remember, we didn’t make the baby have a premature birth, but she gave premature birth to the baby after the DNA test because she was emotionally unstable! It’s normal for premature birth to cause massive bleeding and even cause the pregnant woman and the baby to die, isn’t it?”

“Yes, yes…” The doctor nodded hastily. He grabbed the needle and pointed it at Hazel’s belly, but his fingers trembled slightly.

“You brute! You deliberately hurt my child, didn’t you?” Hazel swore in exasperation. Her heart was completely cold with despair.

She wanted to struggle, but she was afraid that if she struggled too hard, she might hurt the baby. However, if she didn’t struggle, they’d give her an oxytocin injection after penetrating the amniotic fluid. Worse still, the butler’s purpose was to kill her baby!

“You talk too much!” said the butler impatiently, and he began to urge the doctor. “Hurry up!”

CRASH!

With a crisp sound, the ward’s glass suddenly broke.

All the people’s faces changed, and they turned their heads to look toward the window.

BANG!

The door of the ward was pushed open suddenly!

Then guns went off!

“Ah!!” The butler cried with pain. He was shot in the arm, and his pistol fell to the ground.

The doctor was so frightened that he dropped the needle and hid in the corner with his head covered.

Hazel felt the grip on her arms were loosened. The next moment, she fell into a warm, familiar embrace. She looked up and saw Joshua’s icy face. She felt as if she were dreaming. Joshua came in time! He saved her and their child.

The gunshots kept sounding.

After a moment of confusion, Joshua’s subordinates completely subdued the doctor and Ted’s men in the ward, and the butler was captured and brought to Joshua and Hazel.

“Master Denmark, what should we do with this man?” One of the bodyguards asked.

As Joshua scanned the chaotic room, he knew what Ted had been up to. His heart was filled with unquenchable anger!

The next moment, he suddenly picked up the puncture needle on the ground and stabbed the butler in the stomach!

In an instant, the butler’s face contorted with pain, but before he could cry, Joshua kicked him in the stomach as if he wanted to make the whole needle enter his body! The butler’s face contorted with extreme pain, and he could hardly give out a scream of pain.

“Kill him!” said Joshua coldly. He had never hated a man for a moment!

“Wait!” Hazel came to her senses and quietly pressed her phone a few times. “Let me ask him some questions first.”

Joshua raised his hand with reluctance.

“Was it your idea to give me an oxytocin injection, or was it Mr. King’s?” she asked coldly.

Oxytocin injection?

Joshua became more furious. He was desperate to kill the butler on the spot!

The butler recovered from the pain, and his eyes flashed with a hint of venomous hatred.

“… Do you think… I have the nerve… to do that myself?” he stammered.

He stole a glance at Joshua. Seeing there was more and more hatred on Joshua’s face, he was happier in the heart somehow.

“Answer my question directly!” Hazel snapped. “It’s you, or Mr. King!”

There was a touch of hesitation on the butler’s face as if he were considering how he should answer.

She said coldly. “In return for the oxytocin injection you were going to give me, how do you feel about me asking the doctor to give you a few injections of estrogen or something?”

Hazel’s heart was filled with hatred at the thought of the butler trying to kill her baby!

The butler’s face paled, and he took a deep breath. “It’s, of course, the master who told me to do that.”

“Was it your idea or Mr. King’s idea to give me an oxytocin injection and kill my baby, and then say it was because I was emotionally unstable that I gave premature birth to my baby and got my baby and me killed?” Hazel shook with anger. Thinking that they treated her so wickedly, she was dying to kill the murderers in front of her!

“Say it!” Joshua instantly kicked the butler to the ground!

He was both angry and scared to think that Hazel had just been in such danger! He really didn’t know if anything happened to Hazel, what he would do!

The butler coughed twice and spat out a mouthful of blood. He recovered himself and said, “It was the master’s idea too… I just did as he told me….”

“Take him, and we’ll confront Ted.” Hazel held Joshua’s hand tightly, forcing herself not to collapse.

She must seek justice for herself and her baby!

“Okay.” Joshua held her in his arms, letting her put all her weight on him.

But before they could go out, there was a noise outside.

“Master Denmark, Mr. King is here. He wants to see you,” said the bodyguards at the door.

There was so much noise here, and Ted didn’t get far, so he heard it, and he hurried to come over.

“Let him in!” Joshua’ eyes were icy.

 

Chapter 636: Do You Expect Me To Believe You?

Ted came in. When he saw the scene in the room, there was a touch of anger on his face. “How dare you kick up a row for a woman?”

“Kick up a row?” Joshua’s face was dreadfully cold. “No matter how badly I kick up a row, can my behavior be compared with your regarding human life as a trifling matter?”

Ted looked slightly surprised. He had never seen Joshua’s reaction like that. Joshua had been cold and distant to Ted before, but he had never been like that. Joshua’s eyes were filled with rage and hatred, and his whole body emitted cold, bloodthirsty killing intent.

Ted, who had wanted to show his dignity as a father, also sensed something was wrong. He frowned. “What’s going on?”

“Mr. King,” Hazel said, holding back her anger as she looked at Ted, “whether the baby in my belly is Joshua’s or not. Why did you tell your butler to give me an oxytocin injection to make me have a premature birth and even try to kill my baby and me?”

There was a flash of surprise in Ted’s eyes.

He wanted to test if Hazel’s baby was their King family’s because he didn’t want the King family’s baby to have anything to do with a woman like her. If this weren’t a child of the King family, Ted wouldn’t do anything to Hazel even if he wanted to show Joshua what kind of person she really was!

In that case, how could he possibly kill Hazel and her baby? If he did, Joshua would definitely fall out with him. How could he possibly do that?

“Hazel Crowe, don’t try to drive a wedge between Joshua and me!” Ted shouted in anger. Of course, he thought Hazel was just bullshitting.

“I drive a wedge?” Hazel said sarcastically with a sneer. “Your butler said that himself!”

“Master… I didn’t… help me.” The butler looked piteously at Ted and, denying it.

“Hazel, don’t go too far!” Ted said in a deep tone. “Joshua, don’t believe this woman’s nonsense!”

“Oh? I heard him say it myself,” said Joshua coldly.

“You actually confuse truth and falsehood to defend this woman?” Ted was furious.

Hazel looked at Ted coldly. The next moment, she took out her phone and pressed ‘Play.’

Before questioning the butler, she quietly took out the phone to record in case he denied it. Ted might have been really capable when he was young, but now he was just a headstrong old fool!

Hazel’s questions and the butler’s answers sounded clearly throughout the room. The butler’s face was white as a sheet, while Ted’s face turned gloomy.

“Do you still want to say that we forced him to confess to false charges by torturing him?” Joshua gave a sneer, and his face was full of sarcasm. “Oh, right, Mr. King, you are brilliant. The people around you are all loyal to you. How can you possibly be fooled like a fool by a butler?”

Ted wanted to get angry, but Joshua’s words were like ice water thrown at him.

It was clear to everyone around him that he didn’t like Hazel, so he turned a blind eye to anyone trying to say something insulting to Hazel, but he had never expected that even the butler would dare to do such a thing behind his back!

He who was not muddleheaded thought clearly. Presumably, the butler had betrayed him and was in league with others!

“I’ll take this man away,” Joshua said coldly. “Mr. King, I have nothing to do with you after that! I’m going to want you to pay back for what Hazel has suffered today!”

In a flash, Ted’s face turned a little pale. Joshua actually wanted to break up with him? He actually wanted to fall out with his father for a woman completely?

Every word Joshua uttered was like a hammer, hitting hard at Ted’s heart. Ted could tell Joshua was not joking. Why did this matter go to this point?

“Hazel, let’s go,” Joshua whispered. He hugged Hazel and headed for the door.

Ted was flustered. He had a feeling that if he let Joshua go now, there would be no possibility of reconciliation between them.

“Joshua!” Ted stopped him. “I was disdainful to explain originally, but I didn’t ask the butler to give Hazel an oxytocin injection. I just wanted to do a DNA test for her baby!”

Joshua’s heart was cold. Despite what Ted said, in Joshua’ opinion, Ted’s attempt to force a DNA test on his baby without Hazel’s consent was equally abhorrent!

Noticing that they didn’t want to stay here, Ted gritted his teeth. “How on earth can you change your mind?”

Joshua did not seem to hear him. He had no intention of staying. Ted’s heart was cold. It was the first time he had given in to others, but Joshua’s resolution let him down.

Suddenly, Hazel’s body went limp.

“Hazel, what’s wrong with you?” asked Joshua nervously.

Hazel looked terribly pale. She bit her lips tightly, her hands consciously resting on her stomach.

“It hurts…” she whispered as her eyes were full of fear.

This sudden change made Joshua’ face pale too. He picked up Hazel around the waist and comforted her in panic, “Don’t be afraid! I’ll take you to the doctor now! You’ll be okay. You’ll definitely be alright….”

“No…” Hazel grabbed his shirt tightly and shook her head.

She didn’t like this hospital. What if the doctors here were all related to Ted? What if Ted did something else to her?

“Okay, I’ll take you to leave here!” Being aware of what she was worried about, Joshua agreed in a deep tone. The next moment, he shouted to his bodyguards, “Hurry to drive!”

“Joshua, wait!” Ted hurried to stop him.

“Get lost!” Joshua’s eyes were both bloody as he saw Ted, who wanted to make trouble at such a time. “Ted King, I don’t care if you’re my father. If anything happens to Hazel, I’ll kill you!”

Ted was dumbstruck. He had never seen Joshua like this. Even though Joshua had hated him before, he had never been as mad as a wounded beast. It seemed that no matter who stood in his way, he would tear them to pieces!

Taking a deep breath, Ted calmed himself down.

He said with a grave face, “Joshua, calm down! With Hazel’s situation, she won’t make it to another hospital! There are doctors here, too. It’ll be the right choice to hand her to the doctors here….”

“Do you expect me to believe you?” Joshua interrupted him in a cold voice.

 

Chapter 637: How Can You Make Such An Offer?

Ted’s heart was filled with bitterness, but it would be strange if Joshua could trust him when things got to this point.

“Joshua, you can think about it carefully, I have no reason to kill Hazel, whether she’s pregnant with your baby or not,” Ted said in an earnest tone. “Besides, I can assure you with my life that the doctors here aren’t mine, and I didn’t tell them to do anything!”

He didn’t care about Hazel’s life, but he must care about Joshua. He could see that if anything happened to Hazel, Joshua would completely go crazy.

“Joshua…” Hazel called his name with all her strength and nodded gently. If they left the hospital now, she and the baby would be even more dangerous, regardless of whether what Ted said was true or false.

Looking at Hazel’s pale face, Joshua made a prompt decision, “Lead the way!”

Soon, Hazel was sent to the operating room. Joshua waited outside with a gloomy face.

Ted, who stood next to him, also had a gloomy face. Now, Hazel had more influence on Joshua than he had thought, whether he admitted it or not,

Joshua felt that every second was so long. After a long time, the doctor finally came out.

“How is she, doctor?” asked Joshua nervously.

“Don’t worry, Sir. Although the pregnant woman had signs of miscarriage because of the timely treatment, her situation has been stable. She just needs to pay attention to miscarriage prevention after going home.” The doctor took off his mask and said with relief, “Are you the husband of the pregnant woman?”

“Yes,” Joshua replied in a deep tone.

“I must scold you. As a husband, don’t you know that a pregnant woman needs to be in a good mood during pregnancy? The woman was stimulated this time, so she almost had a miscarriage,” the doctor said disapprovingly. “Do you know how dangerous it was? You’re lucky this time because the pregnant woman happened to be in the hospital. If she came a little later, the baby wouldn’t have been safe!”

Joshua kept nodding, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Ted. Ted paled, but he didn’t say anything.

Hazel was transferred to a normal ward and Joshua was about to follow her when Ted suddenly stopped him.

“Joshua,” there was a pause before Ted said, “I don’t think I did anything wrong today. With all those videos, how can I possibly believe Hazel is innocent? How can I possibly trust a woman like that to stay with you? Joshua, I really don’t understand why you’re obsessed with her.”

Joshua looked at him coldly. If it weren’t for Hazel being safe now, he wouldn’t tolerate listening to Ted, who blamed Hazel for everything!

It was just that even though Ted was the reason why Hazel nearly had a miscarriage, he helped save the baby in the end.

After a moment of thinking, he said coldly, “Mr. King, let’s make a bet.”

Ted was a little surprised. “What is it?”

“In three days, if I can’t prove Hazel’s innocence,” Joshua said lightly, “I’ll break up with Hazel and be your obedient son and never disobey you again!”

“Good!” Ted’s eyes lit up, and he said yes almost without hesitation.

“Don’t worry, I haven’t finished yet,” Joshua continued. “If I can prove Hazel’s innocence, please apologize to Hazel! Besides, I’ll take my mother away. Please don’t disturb our family again!”

“How can you make such an offer!” Ted looked at Joshua in shock and felt sadness in his heart.

Our family… so from the very beginning, Joshua had never considered him a family member. Apologizing to Hazel was enough to make him hesitate, but Joshua even wanted to take Stacy away? In that case, wouldn’t he be alone?

“How? Mr. King, do you start to think that you’re wrong and that you’ll definitely lose?” A sarcastic smile played on Joshua’s lips.

There was a hint of anger in Ted’s eyes. He had no idea how Joshua was going to whitewash Hazel’s misdeed in three days! How could he possibly lose?

“Fine! I’ll bet!” Ted said in a deep tone. “But if you want to take Stacy away, don’t even think about it!”

Joshua’s eyes were cold. Whether Ted said yes or no, he would take Stacy away.

He was willing to bet Ted because he wanted Ted to make an apology to Hazel. He couldn’t tolerate Ted’s repeatedly slandering Hazel, and at least, if Ted didn’t want to face reality, Joshua wanted to prove Ted was wrong all the time!

“See you in three days,” said Joshua coldly. After that, he turned around and headed to Hazel’s ward.

Looking at his figure, Ted felt bad.

Joshua completely fell out with him now. He didn’t ask Ted to accept Hazel if she was innocent because both Joshua and Ted knew that Ted wouldn’t accept Hazel staying with him, regardless of whether she was innocent or not.

Hence, Joshua didn’t say this condition, which meant he didn’t hesitate to choose Hazel instead of Ted, his father.

How could it be possible that Ted had never doubted those videos? But he had had Hazel’s videos authenticated before and found out none of them were fake, so he didn’t think Joshua could prove Hazel’s innocence at all. With that in mind, Ted left the hospital.

***

Joshua entered the ward and found Hazel lying quietly in her hospital bed.

Sensing his arrival, she opened her eyes. “Joshua, our baby…”

“Don’t worry, the baby is ok. He’s good and strong,” he whispered.

She was relieved and struggled hard to sit up.

He quickly helped her up and put two pillows behind her to make her more comfortable.

She felt her belly gently, feeling the life inside. A gentle smile played on her lips. “The baby is fine.”

“Hazel, I’m sorry,” he said guiltily as he hugged her. “I’m the one who made you suffer….”

“It wasn’t your fault,” she hurried to interrupt him. “I’m glad you made it in time. Joshua, you saved the baby and me! By the way, how did you get there so fast?”

For fear that the topic would be too dull, she began to change it.

Besides, she was also very curious. Even if she had texted him, Joshua arrived too soon. After all, he had gone to look for Mandy with Simon.

 

Chapter 638: What Exactly Is Going On?

“I knew it when you left the villa alone.” He sighed helplessly. “At that time, Simon and I went in different directions. He continued to look for clues while I came to you. Hazel, you won’t blame me for installing a locator on your phone, will you?”

“Of course not!” she said quickly. “How can I possibly blame you?”

He would not have been able to find her so quickly had it not been for the locator, even if he received her text message.

She took his hand and motioned for him to sit beside her. He sat down, and she leaned lightly on his shoulder. He put his arms around her. They cuddled up together and felt like they had survived a disaster.

They didn’t want to speak with this kind of warm and reassuring feeling for fear of breaking the quiet, beautiful atmosphere.

But suddenly, there was a sharp knock at the door. Joshua frowned in displeasure.

Hazel didn’t like to be interrupted, but it looked like there should be something urgent.

“Let them come in. Let’s ask what happened,” she whispered.

“Good.” He got up and sat up straight. He said to the door in a deep tone, “Come in!”

The door of the ward opened. No one came in, except for Simon, who walked in with a solemn face.

“What are you doing here?” Joshua looked at him with surprise.

“I heard Hazel had an accident, so I came,” Simon said in a deep voice, with a solemn face. “Before I came, I went to visit the butler at the manor. He’s… dead.”

“Dead?!” Both Joshua and Hazel were very shocked.

Because he was worried with Hazel, Joshua had the butler detained for questioning. But the butler actually died so soon?

Simon nodded with an unhappy face. Had it not been for this incident, he would not need to disturb them at such a time.

“What exactly is going on?” Joshua asked in a deep tone.

“Someone pretended to be a hospital nurse and gave the butler an injection that made him suffer from shock,” Simon sat down on a chair in the ward and said with an air of dejection. “I get the monitor video. The nurse has a strong ability to counter detect. She’s already gone.”

Joshua frowned tightly. It seemed there must be someone else who colluded with the butler. After the butler failed, the other party was afraid the butler would reveal something, so he took advantage of the chaos to kill and silence the butler.

He didn’t expect the butler, who was supposed to give Hazel an oxytocin injection and even try to kill her and her husband, would be actually killed by her partner’s injection.

“You’d better think carefully what you will explain it to the old man,” Simon said, frowning. “I’m afraid he’ll think we kill the butler to silence him on purpose.”

“We don’t need to explain it,” Joshua said. “I have a bet with him. Three days later, I’ll talk to him.”

“What bet?” Simon asked in surprise. He had heard the incident that had happened at the hospital from Joshua’s subordinates, but he really didn’t know about Joshua’ bet with Ted.

Even Hazel looked at Joshua curiously.

Joshua calmly explained the bet to them. Hazel’s eyes flashed with sadness as she felt sorry for Joshua. It was really not Joshua’s fault that Joshua and Ted had such a bad relationship. Joshua had tried, but Ted was too stubborn. She sensed that Joshua himself did not want it to go to this point.

“Wouldn’t three days be too rushed?” asked Simon, frowning. “There’s still no clue to Mandy.”

“There are enough clues,” Joshua said coldly. “At least, we have already known which hotel she is perhaps in, haven’t we?”

“But the hotels said they hadn’t seen anyone like Mandy.” Simon sighed helplessly. He really tried his best in this matter.

“There are two kinds of possibilities,” said Joshua, with a twinkle in his eye. “First, we’re looking in the wrong direction. Mandy doesn’t stay at those hotels. Second… someone is hiding her whereabouts for her.”

“Huh?” Simon was surprised. “Mandy has such power?”

“No, but there are always those who cooperate and shelter her for their own goals. Don’t you think so?” asked Joshua lightly.

“I think of something!” Simon’s eyes lit up. “There’s a hotel that belongs to the Bryant family! And the Bryant family gave the hotel directly to Daniel, Cynthia’s brother!”

Joshua’s eyelids twitched. “Why didn’t you tell us something so important earlier?”

“You also did not prompt me to think in this direction?” said Simon shamefacedly.

“Enough, stop arguing.” Hazel was a little helpless.”Now that we’ve confirmed where Mandy is, the next step is to find her. If you go to catch her publicly, you will surely alert her and the people behind her. The safest way is to lure her out. I want to…”

“Don’t!” Joshua’s face darkened.

“I haven’t said anything yet!” Hazel looked at him, speechless.

“I know what you think even if you don’t tell me.” Joshua’s eyes were deep.

“Can you stop keeping me guessing and showing me the public display of affection,” Simon collapsed. “Can’t you take care of me, who is still single?!”

“Hazel wants to use herself as bait to lure Mandy out,” said Joshua with a sigh.

“You’re crazy!” Simon looks at Hazel in surprise. “Hasn’t what happened today taught you a lesson? Do you actually want to risk it again? You feel your belly, and ask your baby if it can agree!”

“I didn’t think that much just now,” Hazel said with embarrassment. “I just think if we’re going to lure Mandy out, we should show her someone she hates very much, and I think I’m the one she hates the most in her whole life. Who but I can lure her out?”

Mandy had been living in the shadow of Hazel her whole life. In the beginning, Sunny denied Mandy for her private ends but asked Mandy to have plastic surgery by copying Cate’s face, trying to pass her identity as the daughter of the Denmark family. However, Hazel’s appearance disrupted their plan. Then Sunny set herself on fire, and Mandy, who couldn’t be admitted by the Denmark family, lost her birth mother and was even imprisoned. How could Mandy not hate Hazel?

“Me,” said Joshua lightly.

Hazel was dumbstruck. “What, what are you talking about?”

“Let me lure her out.” He said in a serious tone, “If you are the one who Mandy hates most in the world, then I must be her second most hated. I’ll lure her out.”

 

Chapter 639: That’s A Hot Idea

“You don’t mean seduction, do you?” She looked vigilant.

“… How can you think I’ll do something so foolish?” He was amused and helpless.

“You can’t blame me for that,” she said, pursing her lips in displeasure. “In fact, Mandy likes you very much and is dying to marry you. Hasn’t she seduced you before?”

“Is that true?!” Simon said as if he understood instantly. He added fuel to the fire, without psychological burden, “I see, Joshua, you want to have that kind of experience again!”

“Shut up!” said Joshua crossly.

After that, he hurried to comfort Hazel. “Hazel, you thought too much. Since she has such a deep grudge against us, how can she possibly like me? It’s very likely that she wants to take a chance to avenge herself on us…”

“Wait! I actually think seduction can work,” said Simon suddenly.

“Simon King!” Joshua’s face darkened, thinking Simon was deliberately trying to make trouble.

“Don’t be unkind to me, I mean business,” Simon said with a wicked smile. “Joshua, at least you should admit that you don’t understand women as well as I do.”

Joshua’s face darkened slightly, but Hazel was a little interested. “You go on.”

“According to my understanding of women like Mandy, if she cannot get a man, she won’t be satisfied until she wins his heart,” Simon said with a hint of sarcasm on his face. “So when we deal with women like Mandy, it’ll be better to seduce them than make them hate you. As long as they think they can have a slim chance to make love with you, they can abandon all their reason and choose to climb into your bed!”

“I don’t agree!” Joshua said in a righteous voice.

“I think…” Hazel mused.”That’s a hot idea!”

“Huh? !!” Joshua looked at her in surprise. The next moment, he looked at Hazel with a sad look in his eyes. “Honey, are you trying to sell your husband?”

“Joshua, you…” Simon’s face turned as black as a pot, and he got goosebumps all over. He was still here, okay? Why was Joshua so fond of giving him a public display of affection!

Hazel felt her whole heart melt, but the next moment, she said firmly, “Honey, I’m sure you can protect your virginity! Seduction is safer than revenge!”

Just like Joshua, who worried about her safety, she also worried about his. Although seduction sounded a little uncomfortable at first, what could be more important than Joshua’s safety? She did not want Joshua to be in any danger.

“… Okay,” Joshua nodded with reluctance.

“Enough…” Simon was about to spit out blood. “Your public display of affection is going to blind me!”

“Well, I’ll leave it to you.” Joshua frown with displeasure. “Didn’t you say you were an expert at it?”

“Of course!” Simon’s eyes sparkled. “You just wait and see how I play with those women!”

“Mm,” Joshua nodded, “My virginity is up to you.”

“Don’t say something that can make a person misunderstand easily!” Simon was angry.

So things were decided. Soon, Joshua went through the discharge formalities for Hazel. However, after Hazel and Joshua came back to the villa, the rumor that the contradiction between them got bigger and bigger leaked out. Regrettably, it was hard to tell if that was true.

The next day, Daniel suddenly received a phone call from Simon, asking him to help book a presidential suite and requesting him to keep a low profile and not to let anyone else know.

Daniel did as Simon requested, but there were doubts in his heart. Why did Simon need a room like this for? So Daniel asked the staff at the hotel to keep an eye on the suite.

God knew the news he heard then greatly surprised him!

He then rushed to Cynthia.

“Cynthia, good news!” said Daniel cheerfully.

“What’s it?” Cynthia, who was annoyed, asked.

She didn’t know the details of the conflict between Ted and Joshua at the hospital, but she did know the general situation. It was said that while Joshua and Hazel were in the hospital, they fell out over Hazel. Thinking that Joshua was actually so kind to Hazel, Cynthia clenched her teeth.

“Joshua has secretly gotten a presidential suite at Nord Hotel under my name with a lot of laundry. It looks like he plans to stay here for a while!” said Daniel excitedly.

“Why does he live in a hotel instead of living at home?” Cynthia was puzzled.

“He doesn’t live at home, of course, because it’s uncomfortable!” Daniel replied with a sneer. “You don’t know there is news from the Denmark family that Joshua and Hazel have a new conflict. If Joshua doesn’t have a happy life there, of course, he wants to move out!”

Cynthia was not happy. She said, puzzled.”Not right! Hasn’t Joshua directly fallen out with Ted over Hazel before? Their relationship should be very good. Why did he suddenly move out and go into your hotel?”

It was rare that Cynthia was smart this time, but Daniel’s intelligence was his downfall this time.

Daniel frowned and spoke, “Cynthia, you don’t understand men. Some men are stubborn animals. Even if he really knew he had chosen the wrong person, he would stubbornly defend himself and make others think he was right.

“My guess is that Joshua and Hazel have been estranged from each other for quite some time. Joshua does many things for Hazel now, just because he’s trying to save face. Therefore, he secretly gets a hotel room through Simon. After all, he doesn’t want others to think he lives an unhappy life.”

“I see!” Cynthia’s eyes lit up, and she was completely convinced by Daniel.

She said excitedly. “Does that mean this is my chance? Brother, what am I supposed to do? Should I dress up and go to meet him?”

“We can’t adopt such a slow method anymore,” said Daniel, gritting his teeth. “We only have one chance now, and we must be bolder! The best thing you can do is… have sex with Joshua. If you can get pregnant with his child, that’ll be better!”

“Brother, is this method really good?” Cynthia froze. “I’m looking forward to something with Joshua, but…”

“No buts,” Daniel interrupted her. “Cynthia, you don’t know the men of Country Z. As soon as you have sex, Joshua will think you’re his woman, and you’ll get totally entangled with him!”

 

Chapter 640: Be On Guard

“If you can get pregnant with his baby and try hard to win his heart, it’ll be easy for us to force him to marry you!” he said with certainty.

Her eyes lit up. “Brother, what should I do?”

“Rest assured, I’ll arrange for you, you can just listen to me.”He gave her a solemn promise.

****

Joshua had moved into the presidential suite at Nord Hotel. Now he was sitting in front of a computer screen, looking worried.

“Hazel, be careful,” he said nervously. “Don’t go so fast! If you want to do anything, you can leave it to the servants…”

“Joshua,” Hazel said, looking back at the camera as she didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, “I’m just going to get a glass of water. It’s only two or three steps. I don’t need servants…”

It seemed Joshua liked to make a fuss whenever it came to anything related to her and wanted her to become a disabled person in bed. Hazel was really moved and helpless.

“You are still very weak now. You should take care of yourself and do not be too tired,” said Joshua with a serious face.

Although he moved to Nord Hotel, Joshua still had a video chat with Hazel, watching her every move. He had had the hotel room checked to make sure there was no monitoring. After that, he couldn’t wait to get in touch with Hazel.

Suddenly, his phone rang. He frowned.

“Answer the phone.” Hazel urged.

“Fine,” Joshua gently agreed and answered the phone.

“Joshua,” said Simon on the other end of the phone, “I heard Daniel has arranged for Cynthia to sneak into your room and have an affair with you. Be on your guard.”

“Simon, is that really a good idea?” Joshua’s face darkened.

“Yes! Of course!” Simon chuckled. “You don’t understand women. If you are the only one who shows up suddenly, Mandy will inevitably be on guard and may not show up until a few days later. But things are different now. When she sees that another love rival might steal her chance, she won’t consider much and will only try every means to make love with you.”

“That makes sense!” Hazel echoed.

“What’s the matter?” said Simon, surprised. “What? You take Hazel with you?”

“No.” Joshua explained, “Hazel and I are just talking on video.”

“…” Simon instantly burst into laughter. Alright, Joshua and Hazel had only been apart for a while, but they couldn’t wait to make a video call. He sensed their public is a play of affection again.

“Anyway, you must be careful not to be really groped by those women!” Simon enjoined casually, ready to hang up.

“Wait!” Joshua suddenly stopped him, “I’ve just had a good idea to protect my virginity perfectly.”

“What idea?” Hazel asked curiously.

Joshua whispered something, but Simon shouted immediately after listening to his words, “Impossible! I don’t agree!”

“I think that’s a good idea!” Hazel couldn’t help giggling.

“Two to one, that’s settled,” Joshua said firmly.

“You…” Simon was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. “You’re bullying me for I lack helpers!”

“Then you can also find yourself a girlfriend who can vote for you,” said Joshua lightly.

“I’ll find one right now!” Simon was enraged by them.

“It won’t be helpful even if you do find one. After a period of time, we’ll have three votes!” Hazel chuckled.

Simon was furious. After a period of time, Hazel would give birth to a baby. Then wouldn’t there be three votes? He couldn’t help but secretly ridicule. No way. After these messy things were completely over, he would be far away from these two people so as not to be bullied by them.

“All right, all right, I agree,” Simon reluctantly agreed.

***

In the evening, Cynthia snuck into the hotel and reached the door of Joshua’s room.

But she did not know that around the corner, a woman was hiding in the dark, staring at her unblinkingly.

Cynthia secretly opened the door and slipped in.

Daniel had already told her that he had asked someone to add something that could arouse sex interest to Joshua’s dinner and that if she went into Joshua’s room, she would definitely succeed. Now it would be up to her pregnancy rate.

The room was dark. Cynthia tried hard not to make a sound herself. She listened quietly and heard a man’s ambiguous heavy breathing in the room.

In an instant, Cynthia was overjoyed. It looked like Daniel’s drug that could arouse sex interest worked! She groped her way to the bedside and saw a figure lying on it. According to the figure, it seemed to be Joshua.

She whispered, “Joshua?”

She got an answer with a dull groan.

She didn’t care about anything else anymore. She jumped right at the man in the bed!

The man in the bed seemed startled, but after a moment’s stiffness, he suddenly pushed her away!

Cynthia was anxious instantly. She said urgently as she wrapped herself around the man’s body, “I know you’re not feeling well, so don’t put up with it! Joshua, let me help you…”

The man seemed to hesitate for a moment, but the next moment, he firmly pushed her away and even pushed her out of the room.

“I can help you. Let me in….” Cynthia struggled, but she was pushed directly out of the door by the man who slammed the door in front of her.

“You…!” Cynthia stood outside the door, her face covered with disgrace.

She was, after all, the daughter of the Bryant family. Now she came to Joshua’s room herself, but Joshua directly pushed her out of the room. How could she possibly be willing to give up?

She had her own pride and dignity. Thinking of her, she kicked on the door with hatred and reluctantly left.

Soon after she left, the woman hiding in the dark privately made a phone call.

There was no movement in front of the door for a long time.

In the darkroom, two men’s voices suddenly rang out.

“Are you sure it can work? It’s been so long, but the fish hasn’t taken the bait yet.”

“Can you be a little patient? You need to give time for the fish’s partner to tell the fish before the fish comes to take the bait.”

“I was afraid the fish might find something fishy and outcome.”

“Wait in peace, my judgment will not be wrong. Besides, even if the fish really takes the bait, it won’t be able to grope you!”

There was a chuckle in the room, and then silence returned.

After quite a while, a whisper suddenly sounded in the silence.”She’s coming!”

Outside the door, a stealthy figure appeared. She looked around warily, then took out a room card, opened the door, and slipped in.