Ch. 641..650
Chapter 641: You’re Too Slow
The room was in total darkness.
Mandy, who had sneaked into the room, had a little guilty conscience. For some reason, she felt something was wrong because things went too well.
But… since things had gone to this point, she had no room for regret. She must seize today’s opportunity!
She held out her hand to turn on the light but suddenly stopped; it was so dark here that it was very convenient for her.
Then she groped her way to the bedside. Looking at the figure of the man on the bed, she stood with mixed feelings.
But the next moment, she did not hesitate to take off her clothes, then lifted the quilt on the bed and slipped into it.
“Pa!” All the lights in the room lit up in an instant. Mandy felt her arm was ripped! The sudden brightness dazzled her. Startled, she tried to free herself, but in the blink of an eye, she was wrapped in a blanket from head to toe.
Then she heard a loud, happy laugh.
“I won, Joshua!” Simon smirked and held many down with great force.
“Alright, I’ll give you the key to the sports car right now,” Joshua’s patient voice sounded.
“I told you I was better at dealing with women than you!” Simon scoffed. “Women like Mandy are always ambitious. Faced with the chance to be alone with you, how could she possibly choose revenge?”
Mandy, wrapped in the blanket, felt furious. This, this was actually really a trap?! Besides, wasn’t Joshua in bed? It was Simon.
Worse still, they actually bet on her? Do they bet whether she would choose to take her revenge or crawl into the bed?
Thinking of this, Mandy was really about to spit blood.
But then the thin carpet was removed from her face, and several men seized her and tied her to a chair.
“It has been a long time since we last met, Miss Wilson.” Simon looked at her with a half-smile. “Thanks for helping me win a sports car.”
“You…” Mandy looked at Simon. She was almost despairing. It was not that she hadn’t thought that this might be a trap, but after she learned that Cynthia also wanted to get entangled with Joshua, Mandy couldn’t care too much.
In addition, the person she arranged took the picture while Cynthia was pushed out of the room. When Mandy saw the figure of the man in the photo, she confirmed that it was Joshua undoubtedly!
But now she realized that she had been completely deceived! The man was Simon instead of Joshua. They were so similar in shape that the ordinary people couldn’t tell them apart at all. Besides, the people photographing didn’t take a clear picture of the man’s face.
But why did Simon call her Miss Wilson? How did he recognize her?!
“Who is Miss Wilson… I don’t know what you’re talking about…” Mandy gritted her teeth. No matter what happened now, she wouldn’t admit it!
Simon was about to speak when the door creaked open. Joshua came in. Simon had stayed in the room instead of him. In fact, Joshua hadn’t been far away. He waited for next door in disguise in order to cooperate with Simon from outside, setting Mandy an easy target to catch. Even when Joshua waited, he and Simon had been on the phone.
Mandy looked at Joshua with endless hatred in her eyes!
“You’re too slow,” Simon said with displeasure.
Joshua reached out and threw him a car key. “Here you are.”
Simon answered with a chuckle and put the car key in his pocket.
Joshua was more or less amused. Since childhood, Simon had been living an extravagant life and had driven more sports cars than Joshua. However, Simon was actually so happy because he beat Joshua once.
“What are you going to do with this woman?” Simon pointed to Mandy.
“I, I’m not…” Mandy opened her mouth, wanting to explain.
“Leave her here and send her to the old man tomorrow,” said Joshua with an indifferent air.
Mandy’s whole face contorted because her words were ignored. “I’m not the Mandy Wilson that you’re talking about. I just ran into the wrong room. Why did you arrest me?”
Simon looked back at her mockingly. “Miss Wilson, when did we say you were Mandy?”
Mandy felt a basin of icy water pouring down her head, and she was despairing instantly.
Simon had only called her Miss Wilson before and had never called her first name at all! She, who they had ignored, was so angry that she confessed without torture!
“Enough, keep an eye on her tonight,” Joshua said to Simon. “I’ll go home.”
“Why me again!” Simon retorted with a grievance.
“Hazel needs me to take care of her,” Joshua spoke lightly.
“Okay, enough, you can leave.” Simon waved his hand.
“Joshua!” Mandy stopped him, unwilling to give up. “When you saw those videos, didn’t you doubt her at all?”
She was really unwilling to admit her defeat and was completely confused. Now she was caught, and they knew who she was early on; that meant Joshua didn’t believe the videos from the very beginning! She had done so much, sleeping with so many men, but it actually didn’t work at all?! How could she possibly accept it?
“Why should I doubt?” Joshua looked at Mandy coldly. It was the first time he had looked at Mandy in her eyes after entering.
The next moment, he frowned. “You’re so ugly. How can you possibly be comparable to my Hazel?”
“You…” Mandy almost cried with anger.
Simon tried hard not to burst into laughter. Mandy’s plastic surgery was a great success, and now her face looked almost exactly like Hazel’s. However, Joshua could still genuinely think Mandy’s face was ugly and couldn’t be compared with Hazel’s at all. It was the power of love expected.
“Let me walk you to the door.” Simon cheerfully went to see Joshua off.
At the door, they had eye contact.
“Be careful at night,” Joshua whispered.
“I know that,” Simon said, his eyes flashing with a touch of coldness. “I’m really looking forward to seeing them come to save her.”
Joshua patted him on the shoulder, saying nothing more.
He drove back to the villa. Back in the bedroom, he found Hazel sleeping peacefully.
As he approached the bed, she opened her eyes.
“You’re back!” she asked, bleary-eyed.
“I’ve woken you up?” He spoke guiltily.
“No… I’ve been up all night because you’re not around,” she whispered. “Have you caught her?”
“Yes.” He kissed her on the forehead. “Go to sleep. I’ll take a bath.”
She nodded, but when he came out of the bathroom, he saw that she was still waiting for him.
He lay beside her, gently holding her in his arms. “What are you worried about?”
Chapter 642: You’ve Got Something To Deal With It
“Why are you back?” She pushed him with some rebuke and asked, “You didn’t leave Mandy at the hotel, did you?”
She was sleepy just now, but she was awake now, so she had questions to ask.
“It doesn’t matter. Simon is watching,” he explained.
She frowned. “What if the man behind the scenes comes to save Mandy?”
“If so, it would be better,” he replied as his eyes were deep. “But I don’t think anyone will save her.”
She looked at him blankly. Suddenly she seemed to think of something. “Do you mean… Mandy has been abandoned?”
“Mm,” he nodded and said, “She’s been abandoned since she was caught. Presumably, the people behind her know that too, so they’re not coming to save her.” but Joshua and Simon hoped someone would come to save Mindy so that they could catch the people behind her.
But neither of them really had much hope.
“Come on, go to sleep,” Joshua whispered softly in Hazel’s ear. “I have work to do tomorrow.”
“Can you let me go to the manor tomorrow?” Her eyes were sparkling. What Joshua would do was to confront Ted, of course. Hazel thought Joshua wouldn’t let her go.
“Go to sleep, and I’ll take you there,” Joshua whispered. He didn’t want Hazel to go, but if he didn’t allow her to go, her imagination would run wild. He might as well allow her to follow him and thus reassure her.
“I’m asleep!” Hazel hurried to close her eyes.
Joshua, who was amused, gave a kiss on her lips and held her to sleep.
As they had guessed, no one came to save Mandy during the whole night.
Simon took the opportunity to interrogate Mandy, but she didn’t confess anything at all, so he didn’t waste much time on her.
After waking up, Joshua and Hazel had breakfast and headed straight to the manor.
Arriving at the manor, they went unimpeded to the main hall. Somehow, Hazel found that there was something special in the eyes of the servants she met as if it was vaguely sympathy.
Joshua also noticed that. He stopped one of the servants and asked, “Who else came to the manor today?”
“Master Bryant has just arrived,” the servant said, giving Hazel a pitying look. “It seems she comes for Miss Cynthia. Master Joshua, shall I take Mrs. Denmark somewhere else first?”
“No need,” Joshua spoke indifferently.
The servant looked at Hazel again, with more sympathy in her eyes.
Hazel was somewhat speechless. Did Daniel’s arrival have anything to do with her? In the servant’s opinion, she still needed to avoid it?
But there was no time for her to ask. The servant had led them into the main hall.
Hardly had they entered the hall when Daniel’s voice sounded.”Uncle King, you must do something for Cynthia! Although she grew up in Country M., she is very conservative….”
Ted looked toward the door, and then his face paled slightly.
Daniel, who sensed something was wrong, looked back just in time to see Joshua walk in with Hazel. Daniel’s face turned pale, and the next moment, he walked quickly toward Joshua.
“Joshua, you have to give an explanation to the Bryant family today!” Daniel growled at Joshua.
“You can represent the whole Bryant family?” Joshua spoke lightly.
Instantly, Daniel was speechless. He was not favored at home. His previous remark was sort of bravado indeed.
Joshua ignored him completely and calmly took Hazel to walk past him. Then Joshua nodded at Ted and helped Hazel down on the couch.
Both Ted and Daniel watched their intimacy, with mixed feelings.
“Joshua,” said Ted, putting down the glass in his hand as his eyes that swept over Hazel became deep, “Daniel really has something very urgent to tell you. Were you and Cynthia together all night yesterday?”
“No.” Joshua calmly denied.
Ted froze. Neither Ted nor Daniel expected Joshua to deny so simply.
“Joshua Denmark!” Daniel came to him in exasperation. “My sister came to meet you last night, and I saw her come into your bedroom! But she didn’t go home all night! Where did you hide her?!”
Hasn’t Cynthia returned home? Hazel was a little surprised. No wonder Daniel showed up so early in the morning.
Joshua opened his mouth lightly. “Daniel, if your sister is missing, you should call the police. Can I help you?”
“You…” Anger choked Daniel’s words.
Cynthia hadn’t come home. He believed that Joshua and Cynthia had slept together last night, so he came to the manor early in the morning to expose the matter to Ted as an elder brother who wanted to help his sister uphold justice and then obtain the best interest.
It was because of this identity that he dared behave so boldly in front of Joshua. Anyway, he used to curry favor with Joshua whenever he saw Joshua.
Daniel had thought that Joshua would be definitely guilty, but Joshua didn’t react as he had expected at all, making him feel as if what he did was in vain!
“Joshua, don’t get angry,” said Ted, his face hardening. “You should handle it in the right way. Even if it was an accident, you shouldn’t run from it. In fact, young people are very open now, and it is common for young people to be impulsive….”
Daniel was anxious. He said quickly, “Uncle King, you can’t say that. My sister is well educated, and she is more of a conservative person in Country Z. She has always been very conservative in sex! Now, she suddenly lost her virginity. What if she takes it to heart? After all, she’s the apple of our Bryant family’s eye!”
Ted was more unhappy. He didn’t help Daniel force Joshua because he didn’t like the things Daniel did behind his back. But how dared Daniel threaten him with the Bryant family?
“What do you want to do?” asked Joshua suddenly.
Noticing the opportunity appeared, Daniel said without hesitation, “Since Cynthia has been sleeping at your place all night, she is your woman, and you must be responsible for her marriage! She is the daughter of the Bryant family, so she can’t follow you without a proper identity. You’ve got to do something to deal with it!”
Hazel was dumbfounded. Did Daniel want Joshua to divorce her and marry Cynthia?
Chapter 643: How Dare He
How dare he!
Hazel was a bit speechless.
Although she didn’t know exactly why Cynthia did not go home, she was sure that Joshua did not stay with Cynthia last night.
“Do you mean the person who had sex with your younger sister last night must marry her?” Joshua asked directly.
“Of course. This was her first time to make love!” said Daniel confidently.
Joshua nodded calmly. “May you find your brother-in-law soon.”
Hardly had he finished speaking when the living room fell into an eerie silence.
“Joshua Denmark! Even if you have power, you can’t bully the daughter of our Bryant family like this!” Daniel snapped. Of course, he didn’t think much of Joshua’s words; he thought Joshua deliberately insulted him and his sister.
“What happened? Why do I hear you shouting?”
A cynical voice sounded from outside the door. Everyone’s eyes followed the sound as they saw Simon come in with a playful smile. “Why do you glare at each other? Tell me about it.”
“Master Simon, say something for me!” Daniel said, with a look of great distress. Then he told Simon what had happened.
“I see…” Simon looked at Daniel sympathetically. “But that man seems to be scum. Will your sister be willing to marry him?”
Daniel froze. Although there were rumors that Joshua and Simon didn’t get along with each other, he who had met them both didn’t believe the rumors.
But now Simon actually swore at Joshua, saying he was a scum? But whatever the reason, it was always in Daniel’s favor.
“It has happened, and my sister has no choice but to accept it even if she doesn’t want to,” said Daniel with a grave expression.
“But he seems to have a wife….” Simon continued.
“Even if he has a wife, he’d have to work it out, and at most just need to get a divorce,” Daniel insisted. “Anyway, as the daughter of the Bryant family, Cynthia must be his wife.”
“I see.” Simon nodded. “Your brother-in-law is really lucky. I happened to investigate his contact information. I’ll give you a copy.”
“Master Simon, what do you mean? I have…” Daniel was a little confused. How could he possibly not have Joshua’s contact information?
“Do you have?” Simon put his phone away and said suddenly, as if he understood instantly, “That’s right. Your sister’s affair spread like wildfire online. Almost the whole world knows about it, how can you possibly know nothing?”
“Online?” Daniel was even more dazed, but he was overjoyed in his heart. If the affair spread on the Internet, it would only put pressure on Joshua!
Simon did not ignore the smirk in Daniel’s eyes. He took out his phone, searched the web, and showed it directly to Daniel. “Look.”
Daniel took the phone without hesitation, but the next moment, his eyes widened, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood!
“That’s impossible!” Daniel yelled, subconsciously throwing the phone away!
“That’s my custom-made phone!” Simon said gloomily.
Ted realized there was something wrong, so he asked a servant to bring him a phone. When he saw the contents on the Internet, his face paled a little despite himself.
Hazel had also found the news about it. She now understood why Simon had said those words and why Daniel had reacted like that.
The news had a hot headline: Cynthia Bryant, the daughter of the Bryant family, slept with a married man!
Besides, this was news with narration and pictures that basically said Cynthia went out to get drunk last night, fell in love with a man at first sight, and had one-night sex with him.
It wasn’t a big deal, but the point was that the man had been married. His wife, who came to look for him, happened to catch them in bed. Then the three people got into a fight. Some onlookers recognized Cynthia and took a picture of them before posting all the pictures online.
In these photos, Cynthia’s face was clearly photographed. Furthermore, someone happened to know the man, so his profile was also disclosed. He was a playboy hanging out in that bar, and he had a terrible reputation as an alcoholic gambler.
The affair wouldn’t have been so hot, to begin with, but the woman’s status was too impressive. This sort of scandal about big families was always the most welcome. As Simon said, this time, almost the whole world knew about it.
“This man is fortunate. If he marries the daughter of the Bryant family, he’ll be able to pay off all his gambling debts,” said Joshua, calmly picking up Simon’s phone and handing it back to him. “You’re unlucky as you lost a phone.”
“Master Simon, I’ll pay for the phone,” Daniel replied.
Faced with such a heavy blow, he stammered, “Uncle King, Master Denmark, there, there must be some misunderstanding….”
“Photos are with high definition. What’s the misunderstanding about?” Simon sneered. “Congratulations. Remember to send us your sister’s wedding invitation card.”
“This… My sister just acted on impulse….” Daniel defended his sister, powerless.
“Isn’t she conservative? How could she possibly be impulsive?” Joshua undermined his words lightly.
Daniel’s face turned even paler, and he continued to make excuses. “She must have been forced….”
“What else can she do?” Joshua continued, “This is her first time to make love. The two of them had slept together. She must marry him even if she doesn’t want to.”
“But that man is already married!” Daniel shouted anxiously.
“He just needs to get a divorce,” said Joshua, with a half-smile. “Isn’t that what you said?”
“I, I…” Hearing Joshua retorts him with his own words, Daniel looked very dejected. Now he couldn’t wait to find Cynthia and ask her what she had done!
How could he possibly not understand now that it was not that simple? Even if he stayed on, he would only be making a fool of himself! With this scandal, Cynthia would have no chance to marry Joshua anymore!
“Uncle King, I’d like to leave and find my sister,” Daniel spoke, looking very pale. “I’m sorry, but I’m worried about her. I’m leaving.”
Ted was about to say yes, but Simon had opened his mouth.”Wait a minute.”
The next moment, Simon snapped his fingers. Two of his subordinates came straight in with a woman.
Seeing that woman, Ted and Daniel both turned pale!
However, Daniel’s face looked not only shocked but also confused and guilty! Why did Simon ask him to wait? Did they find something?
Chapter 644: Do You Know Her?
The woman brought in was none other than Mandy!
“Do you know her?” Simon’s smile vanished, and he looked at Daniel with sharp eyes.
“This guy looks quite familiar,” Daniel replied and chuckled before casting a glance at Hazel. “She looks really like Mrs. Denmark!”
Hazel looked at him lightly,” I’m sorry, but sir, this is the first time we’ve met, isn’t it?”
“Huh? Yes…” Daniel was a little puzzled.
“Since this is the first time that we’ve met, why do you say she looks quite familiar?” Hazel spoke calmly.
Daniel’s face darkened somehow.
It was his first time to meet Hazel indeed. Even though Hazel always stayed with Joshua, Daniel almost saw her as a backdrop.
Besides, Hazel seldom spoke. Even though she and Joshua did whisper a few words, she really was like a backdrop.
But Daniel had never expected that when Hazel spoke to him, her words would be so terrifying!
Daniel became tense in the heart. He thought he didn’t belittle Hazel from the very beginning, but not until now did he realize that he hadn’t taken her seriously enough. He just saw Hazel as a woman who could rely on Joshua to live and tried every means to win over his favor, but it now appeared that this was not the case at all!
“So, Daniel, you know this woman, so even if you knew that Joshua and I were looking for her, you still deliberately sheltered her?” Simon sneered.
“No, no…” Daniel panicked and spoke. “I didn’t know her, and I didn’t shelter her.”
“She’s a guest at your hotel,” Joshua spoke quietly.
“This… There are so many guests at the hotel that I can’t know every one of them, can I?” said Daniel, suppressing his guilt.
Simon scoffed at his words. Joshua kept silent. It was clear that he did not agree with this reason.
“Well… I am really worried about Cynthia. Can I leave first?” Daniel spoke, somewhat flustered.
He was worried about Cynthia because he hadn’t figured out yet why Cynthia ended up sleeping with a gambler after she went to Joshua’s room?
He was even more afraid that if he stayed, Joshua and Simon would keep pressing him.
Joshua waved his hand calmly. Daniel fled as if he had been granted amnesty.
“You actually let him go?” Simon said with somewhat displeasure. He wanted to play a little longer.
“That’s enough,” Hazel said lightly. “Even if we don’t ask Daniel, Mr. King should have understood the whole story.”
Ted looked extremely pale. How could he possibly not understand what Hazel meant?
He trusted his butler, but the latter secretly gave Hazel an oxytocin injection, trying to drive a wedge between him and Joshua.
He introduced Cynthia to Joshua, but Cynthia only tried to bond with Joshua by sleeping with Joshua.
He trusted Daniel, but Daniel, who was well aware that the videos were fake, sheltered Mandy in private and didn’t even tell him about her existence.
He always thought he knew everything, but in the end, he realized it was just a joke! Everyone was fooling and deceiving him, but he didn’t know anything!
Joshua looked at Ted calmly. He could probably guess how hard it had hit Ted.
“Come on, let’s get down to business,” Joshua said as he waved his hand, and the two men walked forward with Mandy. “Mr. King, you must have understood it when you saw her, right? The videos are fake.”
Ted looked very pale. How could he possibly not understand the story inside when he saw the face that looked exactly like Hazel’s? However, if he did accept his defeat, it would represent the end of his father-son relationship with Joshua!
“Here’s the medical record of her plastic surgery,” Simon said, throwing the medical record right in front of Ted. “She did have plastic surgery based on Hazel’s face.”
“Who are you?” Ted took a deep breath. Instead of reading the medical record, he looked at Mandy and asked angrily.
Mandy’s face kept changing, and suddenly she said, “My name is Mandy Carter… I confess! I confess! In fact, it’s Hazel Denmark who orders me to do that!”
“!!!” Startled, all the people present looked at Mandy.
“It’s either Hazel Denmark or me! After Joshua disappeared, she had sex with other men and took a video as a souvenir!” Mandy continued quickly. “But soon, Joshua came back. She was afraid that the affair would be exposed, so she went straight to me! Because I looked like hers, she asked me to have plastic surgery so that my face would look exactly like hers, and I could take the blame for her!”
“How can you take nonsense like that?” said Simon with exasperation.
Hazel was very shocked, too. She really didn’t expect Mandy to shift the blame onto her in this situation!
“Simon King, even if you threaten me, I’m going to tell you the truth,” Mandy said viciously. “Hazel Denmark is not that kind of pure, innocent woman that you think she is. She’s just a dissolute shameless slut… Ahh!”
Joshua picked up the medical record and directly hit it in Mandy’s face. The paper brushed past her face, leaving several red marks now on it.
Mandy only felt her face was scorching. She wanted to say something, but Simon had had her mouth shut.
However, when Joshua and Simon looked at Ted, they found he looked a lot more relaxed.
“Why don’t you let her go on?” Ted asked.
“So, you believe the woman’s nonsense?” Simon snapped.
After hesitating for a while, Ted responded by asking, “How can I not believe her words since it’s you who brought the witness?”
Joshua sighed softly. He looked at Hazel and calmly spoke, “Have you seen that? With his intelligence, how could he not be deceived?”
In an instant, Ted’s face turned pale as he certainly heard the sarcasm in Joshua’s words!
“No,” Hazel corrected his words. “He just believes what he wants to hear.”
“So many people could easily fool him,” Joshua agreed.
Ted was furious. But despite his displeasure, he knew Joshua and Hazel were right.
He did not want to cut ties with Joshua, so he chose to deceive himself and the others even though he had guessed the truth.
“Joshua! You’re the one who said you wanted to prove Hazel’s innocence, but these are not pieces of evidence at all. How can you make me believe her?” Ted becomes angry from embarrassment.
“Mr. King,” said Joshua, looking at him coldly, “In that case, I have to tell you something: I have solid evidence.”
Chapter 645: The Audacity Of This Woman Is Beyond Imagination
Ted felt there was something wrong. He knew how capable his son was. Since Joshua had said so, he had sheer proof.
Sure enough, Joshua clapped his hands, and several men were brought in. Mandy instantly turned pale at the sight of them.
The men were none other than the people who slept with her in the video!
Joshua actually found them?
Mandy felt cold and despairing in her heart. She waited all night, but no one came to save her. She knew she had been abandoned, but she didn’t forget how much she hated Hazel, so she thought all night carefully and came up with the idea of shifting the blame onto Hazel.
But Joshua took the men to confront! Wouldn’t her lies be exposed if they confronted her face-to-face?
The men saw Mandy, too. They wanted to say hello to her, but the situation didn’t seem proper, so they just looked at Mandy and didn’t dare say a word.
“Take off your clothes,” Joshua said to these men.
Strange though his request might sound, the men only murmured a few complaints and then obediently took off their clothes.
After that, Joshua took out some photos and put them in front of Ted.
“These are some screenshots of the men in the video, and I made the photos,” Joshua said, pointing to a man and one of the photos. “This man has a tattoo here. Compared to the tattoo in the photo, it can prove that he is the man in the video.”
Later, Joshua pointed out several similar features to prove the identities of other men.
“… Enough. I knew they were the people in the video,” Ted interrupted Joshua, helpless.
“Come over here.” Simon beckoned his subordinates to bring the men over. Mandy was also taken near Hazel.
Simon directly asked, “Take a closer look. Who did you have sex with?”
The few men look at Hazel and Mandy. They were surprised to see two women who looked so alike. But when they saw Hazel’s big belly, they looked away without hesitation.
Although the two women looked alike at first glance, when they stood together, their differences became instantly obvious.
After getting pregnant, Hazel was so quiet and elegant that no men dared to do anything dirty to her because they were afraid that they would curse her. As for Mandy on the side, even though she had the same face, she gave people a sense of cheapness from the inside out, making them despise her from the heart.
Ted’s eyelids twitched despite himself. He could tell the woman in the video was absolutely not Hazel now, even if there wasn’t other evidence. Having said that, he must continue insisting that he wasn’t wrong!
“It’s her.” The few men pointed to Mandy.
Mandy clenched her teeth angrily. When she found these men, she gave them a large sum of money, but she didn’t expect them to be unreliable and directly betray her!
“Are you sure?” Simon asked.
“Yes!” The several men nodded and added, “Though they look alike, this lady is prettier, and besides, her eyes are very clean, so we can’t mistake her.”
“They work with her!” Mandy shrilled. “Hazel gave them the money so that they could frame me up when they were found!”
“You’re really stubborn as you refuse to be convinced until faced with grim reality!” Simon was very furious. The impudence of this woman was beyond his imagination!
“Simon,” Ted’s face darkened as he said in a sullen voice, “Are you going to force her to admit something she didn’t do? What she says makes sense.”
“Are you a dotard!” Simon scoffed impolitely. “Even a blind man can understand what’s going on, but you still refuse to accept it!”
“Shut up!” Ted was angry and awkward. Of course, he couldn’t accept it. Wouldn’t he lose his eldest son if he accepted it?
Joshua stopped Simon. “Simon, don’t say anything. Since he wants proof, we’ll give him proof.”
Simon snorted and stopped talking.
“What proof do you have?” Hazel asked in a low voice.
Now Ted even didn’t believe these people’s testimony. She had great faith in Joshua indeed. Now that he came to Ted, that meant he had found enough evidence. However, no matter what kind of evidence he had, it wouldn’t be useful if Ted acted shamelessly and kept denying it, so Hazel was worried.
“Don’t worry.” Joshua patted her hand lightly. He pointed to Mandy and asked the few men, “When did you have sex with her?”
The few men spoke one after another.
“It was a few days ago… let me think. Right! The 18th of this month!”
“I also did that on the 20th of this month.”
Their specific time was all a few days ago, right after Joshua and Hazel arrived in Country M.
Joshua looked at Ted lightly. “Mr. King, Hazel is eight months pregnant. If it were really her, how could her big belly become small during the past few days?”
Ted looked very pale. Mandy, on the side, already discovered their conflict. She hurried to say, “The videos weren’t made a few days ago! They were made long ago. They lied!”
“She has a point,” Ted said at once.
Joshua looked at him calmly, with a flash of sarcasm in his eyes.
“Oh?” Then Joshua looked at Mandy faintly and asked her as if he wasn’t angry. “Tell me when these videos were made?”
“It was five months ago… No, six months ago!” Mandy froze for a while and cocked up the time.
“Are you sure it was six months ago?” asked Joshua lightly.
“Yes, I am sure!” Mandy said with confidence.
“What do you think, Mr. King?” Joshua cast a quiet glance at Ted.
“… She has a point.” Ted paused before insisting. It seemed it was the only word he was able to say now.
Joshua calmly took out a file and pushed it to Ted. “This is the records of entry and exit in Country M and Country Z six months ago. Neither Hazel nor these men have a history of going abroad.”
“Then it was five months ago!” Mandy paled and corrected herself.
“This is the information from five months ago,” Joshua opened the file. “There is still no record of their going abroad.”
“That, that was four months ago!” Mandy cried, almost in despair.
“Four months ago, I didn’t go abroad either,” Hazel said peacefully.”I’ve been paying attention to miscarriage prevention and have seldom gone out since I got pregnant. Even if I had to go on a business trip, I arranged for someone else to go. Besides, this is, in fact, my first time going abroad. I got my passport last month.”
Chapter 646: It’s No Use Yelling At Me
“What else do you want to say?” asked Joshua lightly.
Mandy’s face kept changing. She really didn’t know what other excuses she could make.
How could Hazel possibly have sex with these men when she was never abroad?
“Mr. King, I don’t think I have to say anything more, do I?” Joshua looked at Ted with deep eyes.
Ted was silent. Now he had to admit defeat. If he continued to insist that he wasn’t wrong, he would only feel more humiliated.
“It’s, in fact, it’s effortless to find out these facts. The men in the videos didn’t show their faces, but their skin color and body shapes show that they aren’t from Country Z. If you have checked Hazel’s movement records, you would have known the woman in the videos isn’t Hazel,” Simon said with a sarcastic smile. “But you weren’t willing to do that at all and had to force Joshua to cut ties with you. Why do you have to do that?”
“Stop it!” Ted yelled at him in exasperation.
Simon spread his hands. “It’s no use yelling at me. I’ve never obeyed you every time you yell at me since I was a kid. But let me remind you of your bet with Joshua. From now on, both of you have nothing to do with each other.”
He said it calmly, but it hit Ted like a heavy hammer in the heart.
Joshua carefully helped Hazel up; they were ready to leave. Now they weren’t willing to even say goodbye to Ted.
“Joshua, you are actually serious?” Ted looked at Joshua in disbelief. For a moment, he looked a few years older.
He had been avoiding cutting ties with Joshua, but in the end, they still inevitably fell out completely.
Hearing this, Joshua paused.
The next moment, he stopped and looked back at Ted.
“If I lose this bet, will you be serious?”
There were no ripples in his quiet words, but it was enough to leave Ted speechless.
Indeed, if Joshua lost the bet, Ted would be serious and insist Joshua keep the promise. It seemed Ted had really thought too highly of himself. Perhaps, what he had always thought wasn’t that he could win, but that whatever he did, Joshua should obey him because he was Joshua’s father.
Looking at Ted, who looked dazed, Joshua walked away with Hazel without saying anything else.
As for Mandy, she was naturally taken away by him. He had not yet found out who was behind Mandy, so of course, he didn’t want to let her go simply.
Ted watched them leave and didn’t say a word to keep them.
Simon watched the scene meaningfully. After they left, he suddenly said, “Old man, you know what, Joshua actually has given you a chance today.”
“What do you mean?” Ted looked back at him in disbelief.
“They originally thought that as long as you didn’t stubbornly refuse the evidence today, that would mean you are a reasonable person that they can communicate with, and they wouldn’t thoroughly cut ties with you and would try to get along with you.” Simon said sarcastically, “But congratulations, you’ve completely let them down.”
Ted’s face went pale again. It turned out that he had subconsciously made so many mistakes.
He looked at Simon angrily. “Do you say this now to annoy me?”
“Yes,” said Simon, getting up and gloating. “Of course, I meant to annoy you!”
“Get lost!” Ted growled with a gloomy face.
“I’ll also go even if you don’t say that.” Simon’s smile vanished as he said coldly, “Don’t you think you’ve done something wrong yet?”
“… It’s you who don’t understand my heart,” Ted said in a deep tone.
Simon was only amused. Ted might have regrets, but he still didn’t think it was his fault.
“Your biggest mistake is that you never consider Joshua and me to be sons!” Simon’s voice grew colder. “Don’t feel wounded. You figure out for yourself whether you want us to be your sons or your subordinates? Your subordinates obey you in order to get benefits from you, but Joshua and I are independent and free. Why should we let you decide our life?”
Ted felt shocked in the heart because these were things he had never thought about. Come to think of it, he did treat them more like his own subordinates than his own sons. Perhaps it was also because he had no idea how to be a father himself.
After a long time, he said unwillingly, “I can also give you enough benefits…”
“But Joshua nor I need it. We even look down upon it,” Simon said in an indifferent manner, “because we believe that our future success will be definitely better than yours. Moreover… Do you really think Joshua is not as strong as you are?”
Ted’s face was even gloomier because he knew Simon was right.
But he had never really thought about these things. Simon’s words came as a blow to him.
Looking at Ted, who doubted his behaviors, Simon stopped talking and directly left.
After walking out of the hall, he took out his phone and called Joshua.
“I told him everything that you told me to say.” Simon sighed helplessly.
“How did he react?” asked Joshua lightly.
“His reaction was remarkable, if you ask me,” Simon sneered. “I think his values have already been refreshed by now. When I saw the old man look dejected, my heart was a little softened.”
“Then don’t keep your heart softened,” Joshua said in a serious voice with deep eyes. “This kind of blow isn’t enough to make him really wake up and change.”
“I know,” said Simon as his smile vanished with a gloomy face. “At his age, he’s prone to be paranoid, unwilling to admit his mistake. He’s a dotard. By the way, what are you going to do with that woman? Would you like to take her to me? I have a hundred ways to get her to tell the truth.”
“I know you’re very free, so I’ve had her taken to your place,” Joshua said quietly. “I’m leaving this matter to you. Don’t show tenderness toward her.”
Simon was speechless. He just mentioned it casually, but Joshua really left it to him. Joshua really didn’t treat him as an outsider!
Compared to their success, Daniel was deeply troubled.
He found Cynthia at a house under her name. She was drunk and fell unconscious on the floor.
Daniel was so angry that he poured cold water on her.
Chapter 647: Did You Find Out Who Is Behind The Scene?
“Who?” She woke up from the state of being drunk and then found herself dripping wet. It was a long time before she came to her senses.
“Daniel, what are you doing?” she asked angrily.
“What are you doing?” He was furious. “I saw you enter Joshua’s room with my own eyes! I thought there would be no problem, so I trusted you with everything! But what was wrong with you? Why did you sleep with another man and cause such a big scandal?”
Even if he knew that the person in the room was Simon, Daniel thought that even if Cynthia couldn’t make love with Joshua, she could make love with Simon so that they wouldn’t suffer because Simon was also Ted’s son. But it… actually ended up like this!
Besides, he always felt it was because of Joshua’s efforts that Cynthia’s affair spread so quickly on the Internet because Joshua wanted to avenge their discrediting Hazel.
Daniel knew he and Cynthia had suffered a double loss.
“Do you think I want to do that?” Cynthia yelled at Daniel, “I did enter his room, but when I got naked and pounced on him, he put his clothes on me! No matter how I seduced him, he wasn’t moved and directly threw me out of the room! What else could I do?
“Am I not beautiful? Am I out of shape? Am I not feminine enough? Had it not been for his manner, I shouldn’t have doubted my own attraction and been to try my charm on some random man?”
“You, you…” He was really going to faint because of her statement.
He had been wondering if he could help whitewash her reputation, but it turned out that Cynthia had taken the initiative to seduce a man. How could he whitewash her reputation? Besides, none of the King family members was easy to fool!
Looking at Cynthia, who was still drunk, she was so exasperated that he was despairing. “Didn’t you say you liked Joshua? Why did you have sex with another man?”
“Brother, what’s the matter with you?” She struggled to stand up and complained, “I do like him, but he doesn’t accept my love. Why should I keep my chastity for him? Besides, I’m not without other men. As long as he doesn’t know about these things, wouldn’t it be good?”
“Do you think he doesn’t know?” He gritted his teeth. “Now the whole world knows!”
Hearing his words, Cynthia, who took off her wet coat and prepared to take a shower in the bathroom, stopped instantly and asked, pale with fright, “What did you say? Joshua did know? How could he possibly know!”
“Read it for yourself!” He threw the phone at her.
Hit by the phone, she couldn’t help but scream, but she ignored the pain and hurried to pick it up from the floor.
Reading the news on it, she shouted in panic, “How is that possible?”
“Can you tell me why it ends up with such a situation?” he growled at her. “Cynthia Bryant, you’re done for. Now you’re completely done for. Do you understand? There is no longer any possibility between you and Joshua! You idiot!”
“You actually call me names?!” She looked at him in surprise. The next moment, she threw the phone at him in anger. “Daniel Bryant! Do you think I’m really stupid and I don’t know what you’re up to? Are you really angry because I can’t be with Joshua? You’re mad at me because you can’t get help from the King family!”
“You….” There was a flash of gloom in his eyes. He did not expect that Cynthia, who used to be silly, suddenly became smart! Or Cynthia was not as simple as he had thought!
Most crucially, he had thoroughly offended the King family, especially Joshua, because he privately hid Mandy. Now he wasn’t in the mood to fight over the family property. It was enough to worry him, who was afraid that the King family would get even with him.
“What? Get out of here! Get lost!” Cynthia frantically threw the things nearby at him. Seeing that she was roaring drunk and unable to communicate, Daniel had to dodge and leave.
After his departure, Cynthia vented her anger after smashing everything in the house for a long time before she was sober and completely calmed down.
Suddenly, her phone rang out. She impatiently answered the phone. “Who?”
The person on the other end froze for a while. “Miss Bryant, it’s me. We met at the manor before. Do you remember? By the way, Master Joshua came to the manor today.”
Madeline Carter? Cynthia instantly thought of her name and asked hastily, “What did Joshua do at the manor?”
Madeline hastily told him what happened at the manor. Of course, she exaggerated the whole story.
After hearing this, Cynthia sobered up completely. Her heart was cold inside.
She had had hope before, but now she knew full well that there was no longer any possibility for her to be with Joshua! At the thought of it, she went mad! She had never even confessed her feelings to Joshua!
“Miss Bryant, what are you going to do?” Madeline asked. “I didn’t expect Master Joshua to be so nice to his wife. I’m afraid Master Joshua will never see you in his eyes as long as his wife is around. After all, he is such a responsible person, and Hazel is pregnant with his child. He’ll never like another woman in his life.”
“What are you trying to say? Don’t beat around the bush!” Cynthia was extremely angry.
“Miss Bryant, I just feel sorry for you,” Madeline said hypocritically. “What do you think it would be like if there were no Hazel in the world? Then Master Joshua might be able to find you are very excellent…”
Suppose there were no Hazel’s in the world! Upon hearing this, Cynthia suddenly opened her eyes wide!
She knew Madeline was using her to kill Hazel, but so what? Joshua would never see her as long as Hazel was around! She could even get rid of Madeline, by the way!
At the thought of these, Cynthia suddenly had hope again!
“What nonsense!” Cynthia scolded Madeline, pretending she didn’t agree and hung up the phone. But the next moment, she took out the address book, found a number, and made a call without hesitation.
***
Simon was cruel to Mandy. After all, he grew up in the organization. After only one night, Mandy couldn’t stand it and confessed everything.
He hurried to Joshua’s villa early in the morning. When he arrived, he found Joshua preparing Hazel’s breakfast in the kitchen.
In an instant, Simon felt very speechless. He said helplessly, “My dear brother, can’t you just stop showing your public display of affection?”
“Hazel and I love each other very much, so we don’t have to show our public display of affection,” said Joshua calmly. “Did you find out who is behind the scene?”
Chapter 648: Who Do You Think This Is?
“No.” Speaking of this, Simon instantly went a little pale.
He said in a deep tone, “The man didn’t show up. He has been asking others to handle affairs like saving Mandy from prison, paying for her plastic surgery, or helping make the videos to frame Hazel up. He just asks others to contact her.”
Joshua frowned slightly. “She hasn’t tried to understand who’s behind it?”
“How can a woman like her allow herself to be controlled?” Simon said, “Of course she tried to find out who was using him, but the person has warned her several times. Besides, she couldn’t find anything, so she gave up.”
“Looks like this person is very cautious,” Joshua said in a deep tone, frowning more tightly.
“Who do you think this is? Why does he keep an eye on Hazel so early?” said Simon angrily. “Joshua, do you have any idea? Would it be the old man? Since he took you away, he’s been trying to use Mandy to ruin your relationship with Hazel?”
“You think too much,” Joshua disagreed directly. “If it had been him, would he have let you catch Mandy so easily?”
They were able to lure Mandy out so easily, partly because Mandy could not keep calm herself and partly because the person behind this didn’t keep a close eye on Mandy so that she could run out like that.
If Ted had been behind the scenes, he would have locked Mandy up and would not allow her to sabotage his own plan.
“Fair enough. But if it wasn’t him, who would it be?” Simon nodded and said with a complaint, “Do you have so many enemies?”
“I have a few enemies, but not many.”Joshua said suddenly, “… I have a guess.”
“Who?”
Joshua gave Simon a deep look. “Nothing, just a guess. I’ll tell you when I’ve confirmed it.”
“Why are you so mysterious about it?” Simon said with a snort. He looked back and then asked in a low voice, “What are you going to do with Mandy?’
Joshua narrowed his eyes. Thinking Mandy had a face that was similar to Hazel’s, he emitted coldness.
“Keep her,” Joshua whispered.
“Why?” Simon was puzzled. “You’re not going to relent because of her face, are you? How can you keep this woman?”
“Yesterday, the spies at the manor told me something,” said Joshua, his eyes slightly deep. “Madeline contacted Cynthia.”
“Really?” Simon was dumbstruck. “Can’t these women stop making trouble?! What do they want?”
“I don’t know clearly what they talked about,” said Joshua, his eyes narrowing, “but yesterday Cynthia contacted the gang called GBL.”
“What?!” Simon was greatly surprised and then was very furious. “She actually contacted the GBL? The notorious gang that deals in drugs and people? What does she want? This woman goes mad!”
No wonder Simon was so shocked. The GBL was a large international criminal organization that had emerged in recent years, dealing in drugs and human trafficking. They often kidnapped women from all over the world and took them to poor areas, and then used drugs to control them to prostitute themselves.
Cynthia contacted the people of the GBL. How could Simon not guess what she wanted to do? That was why he was so angry! He had expected Cynthia to at least restrain herself at this point, but she was actually so vicious that she even thought of such an evil idea!
“Whatever she wants, she won’t get it,” said Joshua slightly.
“Do you have a plan?” Simon’s eyes lit up. “I see. Is it…”
“What are you talking about?”
Suddenly, a clear voice sounded. They looked back and saw Hazel coming through the door.
Joshua put down what he was holding, quickly walked to Hazel, and said gently, “You’re up? Why didn’t you ring the bell?”
“I’m not good-for-nothing.” Hazel didn’t know whether to cry or laugh and said as she looked at Simon, “You’re here so early. Why don’t you join us in having breakfast?”
Simon covered his eyes, for he felt their public display of affection had blinded him. He spoke helplessly, “I really don’t want to eat….”
He had a bad feeling that if he stayed, he might be killed by their public as a play of affection.
“Stay. There’s breakfast for you,” said Joshua lightly.
“Since it’s you who made it, I’d like to try it.” Simon was a little interested.
“You’ve thought too much,” Joshua said, giving him a quiet look. “I’ve only made breakfast for Hazel. Yours is made by the servant.”
In an instant, Simon felt stifled. What was the brotherhood about?
But he and Joshua hadn’t thought of ways to deal with Cynthia, so of course, he needed to stay.
Hardly had the three of them sat down at the table when Hazel’s phone rang.
The screen showed an unfamiliar number. Hazel looked blankly at it.
Joshua cast a glance at the screen, and then his eyes grew deep.
“Answer the phone,” he whispered.
Hazel nodded and answered the phone.
“Hazel Crowe, it’s me.” Cynthia’s voice came out of the phone, but the three people present were not surprised.
“What do you want?” Hazel asked lightly.
“Let’s meet. I have something to tell you,” Cynthia said.
“We don’t seem to have much to say to each other, do we?” Hazel frowned slightly.
“Don’t you want to know what exactly has happened between Joshua and me?” Cynthia grit her teeth. “I can choose a husband from many men, and some of them are not necessarily worse than Joshua. I have just met with Joshua several times, and he showed no interest in me, but I’m so determined to marry him. Aren’t you curious?”
“No,” Hazel replied flatly.
On the other end of the phone, Cynthia was unable to speak.
Simon almost laughed. He suppressed a smile when he saw Joshua glared at him.
It was likely that only Hazel couldn’t follow the script.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up,” Hazel continued.
“Wait!” Cynthia came to her senses, holding back her anger. “I must marry Joshua because we got to know each other a few years ago!”
“Huh?” Hazel looked at Joshua in surprise.
Joshua looked innocent. He looked blankly at Hazel because he remembered many things, but he really had no memory of it.
Cynthia thought Hazel was interested, so she continued, “If you want to know more details, come out to meet me!”
“I don’t want to know.” Hazel refused without hesitation. “Who knows if you’re making up a story to trick me out of my house?”
Chapter 649: Agree To Her Proposal
“You…” Cynthia was so irritated that she clenched her teeth. She was the one who contacted GBL, but she knew very well that even GBL wouldn’t dare do anything to Joshua’s woman.
So, the people she looked for yesterday were some primary-level newcomers who were not very familiar with the situation of different forces. Not only did she pay them enough money, but she also agreed to help ask Hazel out so they could kidnap her.
So, today she had to convince Hazel! She’d deceive Hazel into leaving her house even if… she had to tell Hazel all those memories that she had hidden deep in her heart!
“Joshua and I met two years ago in March,” Cynthia suddenly said.
Hazel looked jealousy at Joshua. Two years ago, so they met before she met Joshua?
Joshua gently held Hazel’s hand to console her, but Hazel shook off his hand in anger.
“The location is one of Denmark Group’s hotels in Country M. Given your current position, you can find out that I stayed in Room 6208 for five days in a row, using the pseudonym ‘Alice,’ and at the time, Joshua was also staying in the hotel. That’s when we met.” Cynthia said, “Now you must believe that I am not lying, right?”
Hazel looked at Joshua in shock. What Cynthia said was so specific and so sure. It was clear that she was not just talking nonsense. Besides, she even asked Hazel to find it out for herself. It seemed Cynthia didn’t lie tall.
Joshua still looked innocent. He had no idea why things would turn out to be like this.
“Agree to her proposal,” he said quietly.
Hazel gave him a resentful look and then said lightly, “I need to check before I believe you.”
“Okay!” Cynthia secretly heaved a sigh of relief. As long as Hazel believed it, she would definitely be curious about what happened between her and Joshua. When the time came, it would be easy for her to trick Hazel into walking out of the villa.
“Then what happened to both of you?” Hazel asked.
“Want to know?” Cynthia laughed scornfully. “Then come to meet me! But you must come alone!”
Joshua suddenly took out his phone and shook it in front of Hazel.
Hazel looked up and saw the words ‘Madeline Carter’ written on it.
“… I can meet you,” Hazel spoke, “but you have to bring Madeline Carter with you!”
“If you want to see her, why do you insist on taking her?” Cynthia was suddenly somewhat alarmed.
“Do you need me to make it clearer?” Hazel sneered. “Don’t you have contact? Did the data you brought out at the manor to discredit me fall from the sky?”
Cynthia was speechless before asking irritably, “Why do you want to see that woman?”
She suddenly discovered that Hazel, whom she had been looking down upon, was never easy to deal with. Hazel had been behaving herself; that was only because Joshua had done everything that he could for her, but that didn’t mean Hazel didn’t know anything.
“Nothing,” Hazel said lightly. “Since we’ll have a frank, straight talk, then let all the three of us put our cards on the table so that I don’t have to be set up by either of you anymore, right? Remember, I won’t show up without seeing her.”
“Yes, I agree!” Cynthia gritted her teeth.
It looked like she would have to trick Madeline into going out to deceive Hazel either way, it was great because she could get rid of Madeline, who was coveting Joshua. In this way, she would have one less love rival.
With that, Cynthia hung up the phone with displeasure.
Simon surprisedly gave Hazel a look and then looked at Joshua. He saw Joshua’s little moves and knew what he wanted to do, but Hazel, who was supposed to know nothing, got Cynthia to agree with her proposal in a few words without any puzzle.
Was the tacit understanding between her and Joshua already so strong? They didn’t have to say anything, but they could still understand each other.
Putting the phone away, Hazel looked quietly at Joshua. “Don’t you have anything to tell me?”
“Hazel, you don’t have to go in a few days. I’ll handle it,” Joshua said as his eyes flickered.
This time he decided not to show any mercy to Cynthia. Since she dared get in touch with the people at GBL and ask them to sell Hazel, he must get her to become the victim of her own evil deeds!
“Who said I wanted to ask you this question?” Hazel pursed her lips and looked at him unhappily.
“Huh?” Joshua raised his eyebrows, his eyelids twitching.
“Ha ha ha…” Simon could not help laughing, gloating. He had been watching them show their love for each other. Now he could saw them have a fight at long last, which made him very comfortable.
“Why are you laughing?” Joshua’s face darkened.
“Nothing, I just think the breakfast is really delicious!” Simon said with a grin.
Joshua helplessly gave him an unhappy glare and gently grabbed Hazel’s hand. “Hazel, you know my heart, I won’t hide anything from you.”
“What is the relationship between you and Cynthia?” Hazel, who felt wounded, said, “Since you two know each other, why did you pretend that she was a stranger to you? If you told the truth, I wouldn’t be angry…”
“I really don’t know her,” Joshua, who didn’t know whether to laugh and cry, said. It turned out Hazel was actually jealous. “I don’t remember much of the past, but nothing could have happened between her and me.”
“Why?” She looked at him in surprise. “Maybe you don’t remember, but it cannot prove nothing happened between both of you.”
Slowly shaking his head, Joshua whispered, “Hazel, do you know why I decided to kidnap you the first time I saw you since I lost my memory?”
Hazel shook her head blankly. Come to think of it now, Joshua was really abnormal at that time. It was his first time to meet her after he lost his memory, but he directly had her kidnapped.
He knew clearly that she was pregnant, but he still wanted to be with her. He knew she had a husband, but he still forced her to divorce. She didn’t want to divorce, but he was even willing to have an illicit relationship with her.
This kind of pestering was really not something Joshua would do with his personality.
“It was because of you that I woke up,” said Joshua quietly.
“Huh?” Hazel looked at him in shock. There was a hint of sadness in her heart, “Nonsense, I was not with you.”
“But I knew you were waiting for me, so I struggled to wake up and recover at a speed that even made the doctors very amazed.” Joshua gently grabbed her hand. This time, Hazel didn’t shake his hand off.
Chapter 650: I Won’t Play Tricks
“The moment I saw you, I understood what was the most important thing my world lacked,” he said as his eyes became deeper. “So, whatever the cost, I must stay with you. Hazel, there are only two kinds of people in my world. One is you while one is someone else. I only have good feelings for you. My heart doesn’t feel anything for anyone else.”
Hazel felt her heart pound in her chest. Joshua looked so grave. She sensed that he was serious and that he was not lying.
“I believe you…” she whispered, blushing.
In fact, she didn’t believe what Cynthia said, but she felt a little jealous anyway. However, she didn’t expect that Joshua would confess his feelings to her so seriously. She felt a little happy in her heart somehow.
“Cough cough,” Simon said awkwardly, after coughing feebly twice, “Have you forgotten me….”
He shouldn’t have stayed! If he didn’t stay, he wouldn’t see their public display of affection again.
“Why are you still here?” Joshua raised his eyebrows disapprovingly. Simon wasn’t really sensible.
“All right, all right, go on, you go on.” Simon picked up his breakfast wisely and left the room for them.
To reassure Hazel, Joshua asked Jaxson to get to the bottom of what happened two years ago.
Two years ago, Joshua did come to Country M for a business trip, and Cynthia stayed in the same hotel.
It was just that Jaxson was with him at that time. Jaxson did have some impression of it. He vaguely remembered that Joshua once rescued a female guest who had fallen into the water, and that female guest seemed to be Cynthia.
Later on, the two people had never encountered each other again.
Knowing this, Hazel was completely speechless. “It doesn’t seem to be an affair. Why is she still hiding it, as if something shady has happened between you and her?”
“If she doesn’t say so, then how can she lure you into walking out?” Joshua said quietly.
“What should I do now?” she asked.
She didn’t know Joshua’s plans, but she knew he must have a card up his sleeve.
“Contact her and agree on a meeting place and time,” he said quietly.
“Okay, what should I do after that?” she asked.
“Then leave it to me. You don’t have to worry about little things like that,” he whispered.
She nodded. Whatever Joshua had to do, all she had to do was trust him.
Soon, Hazel contacted Cynthia, and they agreed on a meeting place and time.
The place they appointed was a lakeside villa in the suburbs. The owner of the villa had not lived there for so long that it had become a gathering place for wanderers and drug addicts. Of course, Cynthia had driven those people out ahead of time.
But the first person to arrive was Madeline. She was extremely excited.
Cynthia called her the other day, saying that she was going to attack Hazel and asking Madeline if she’d be interested in knowing what would happen to Hazel. Cynthia even kept a special seat for her.
Madeline certainly didn’t want to miss the opportunity. Moreover, she had already figured out how to secretly record the whole process of Cynthia’s revenge on Hazel. After Hazel disappeared from the world, as long as she gave the video to Joshua, how could Joshua possibly let Cynthia go? After she got rid of these two love rivals who were the most threatening, Joshua would be hers!
Madeline couldn’t hold back her excitement at the thought of this! She hastily hid in the room Cynthia had mentioned. Then she looked out the window toward the lake, ready to watch the good drama that would emerge.
Not far from the lake, a car came slowly. It came behind the villa.
Simon sat in the car together with Mandy, who wore a frightened face.
“Will you really let me go as long as I go to the villa to meet with that woman?” Mandy asked incredulously.
“Of course,” Simon answered with a half-smile.
Mandy was still a little incredulous. After being tortured for a few days, she confessed everything. Then Simon actually relented and said he could let her go! But before that, she must come here and meet someone for Hazel.
Mandy didn’t believe him, but she couldn’t believe it. Whether it was a trap or not, she couldn’t give up the chance to leave.
Mandy took a deep breath and got ready to get out.
“Wait a minute,” Simon stopped her suddenly. “You have one last injection today.”
Two men who seemed doctors came forward to give her an injection.
“Wait…” Mandy hesitated. “Is this really an injection for beautifying?”
“Of course,” Simon replied, his eyes resting on her face. “You were also treated with this kind of injection the other day, weren’t you? Isn’t it because you can recover so quickly?”
Mandy’s doubts were instantly dispelled. She said, “Go ahead.”
When the doctors began to give her an injection, Simon looked at her with meaningful eyes.
A few months later, Mandy would know what the injection she was treated with today. It would restore her face, but how could Joshua allow a woman like Mandy to keep a face that was similar to Hazel’s?
Within three months, these potions would slowly erode all the places of Mandy’s face that had been changed, including the bridge of her nose, her forehead, and her chin, and they would spread all over Mandy’s face making it extremely difficult to remove them.
As for what Mandy’s face would look like in the future, he didn’t want to know, but he knew that it would be absolutely impossible for Mandy to get a face that looked like Hazel again through plastic surgery.
It was because many had a similar face that she could frame Hazel over and over again. Now, Joshua solved the problem directly from the root. How despairing would Mandy be without that face?
Simon could not help but exclaim with emotions in his heart. Joshua’s behavior really impressed him.
“May I go now?” Mandy asked nervously after the injection.
Simon looked at the watch and nodded. “Just go.”
Mandy opened the door at once.
“Don’t play tricks,” said Simon coldly. “Or I’ll detonate the bomb on your bully at any moment!”
Not trusting Mandy to be obedient, he strapped a remote-controlled bomb to her stomach in place of Hazel’s big belly. The bomb was locked, but Simon had put the key in the villa. In this way, he didn’t have to worry at all that Mandy would disobey him.
Mandy hastily agreed, “I won’t play tricks. Absolutely not!”