The interior decoration of the villa was a typical European style. There was no one around, though, not a servant or even the "young master" who wanted to see her.
There was a strange feeling in the air.
"You guys, where is your young master?" Hazel turned back and asked.
"Just go ahead, the young master is waiting for you in the room!" The man behind her impatiently urged.
Hazel was scared and anxious, why would she meet him in a room?
The two men continued to urge her, she slowly climbed the stairs. The further up she went, the more she could sense danger.
Her head was spinning with thoughts from past events. When she got to the appointed room, the door felt like a black hole, ready to swallow her.
Hazel suddenly stopped and sighed, "Susan, did you ask them to come to me? Come out, I know you are here!"
The two men suddenly stopped and looked at each other surprised as Hazel crossed her arms in front of her c.h.e.s.t and looked around.
With the sound of a few footsteps, Susan came out from the corner of the corridor and coldly said, "Hazel, I really underestimated you! You guessed it is me?"
Hazel glanced at the two men behind her. "Are you sure you want to discuss this with me in front of them?"
Susan's face was a bit gloomy. She waved at the two. "You can go!"
"How did you know it was me?" Susan asked, not so pleased.
"Actually, I didn't guess you at first." Hazel said faintly, "I thought it was Richard. No one except him had been harassing me. However, I think he would not want to see me at this time, so I thought of you. After all, you are good friends."
"You already knew that I am friends with Richard?" Susan was shocked.
"When he first came to me, Joshua had already investigated him." Hazel looked at her with deep dark eyes and said, "I could guess it's you, so could Joshua. Susan, I advise you to let me go as soon as possible before things are out of control."
Susan was shocked and angry. It turned out that Hazel and Joshua knew everything from the beginning but let her and Richard still perform in front of them like fools.
"You threatening me?" Susan glared at her, "Hazel, why do you think I brought you here? I don't think Joshua knows the truth about you. I can make him change his mind and give up on you!"
She quickly slammed open the door in front of her, grabbed Hazel's wrist, and tried to push her into the room. Hazel was attentive and grabbed Susan's arm and pushed her into the room instead.
Susan screamed. Suddenly, a figure rushed up and hugged her tightly. She struggled to escape, but Hazel closed the door without hesitation.
"Hazel, you bitch! Let me go out..." Susan screamed inside the door, but then her voice turned into a panic. "Richard, let me go! You see, it's me..."
The sounds from inside the room became unsettling, Susan was swearing and yelling, Richard was groaning. Hazel heard what was happening but did not open the door.
Hazel knew very well that Susan had planned to let her fall into a trap.
Hazel glanced at the door, and she knew that she had been drugged by Susan, or else he would never have treated her like that.
She assumed that Susan's original plan was for Richard to take all the blame and let Joshua think that Richard stole her away and took her v.i.r.g.i.n.i.t.y. Susan had no respect for Richard if she was willing to set him up like that.
When she guessed that Susan was behind the kidnapping, Hazel knew that she was egotistical enough that she would not want to miss the drama, so she would be at the villa. It was also because of her arrogance that Susan thought the villa was secure, giving her the confidence to face Hazel.
"Susan, your biggest drawback is that you are too conceited." After taking a deep breath, Hazel said coldly.
Even though she knew who held her captive, she was scared and needed to figure out how to escape. The two men would likely still be waiting outside of the villa.
Hazel lifted her eyebrows and quickly found a room to hide in. She heard a commotion and listened carefully, and there were footsteps coming up the stairs, so she hid behind an armchair.
When Hazel had been taken away, Joshua immediately left to find her. He was just hoping it was not too late. He rushed up the stairs and heard groaning from a nearby room. He became pale and could not think, he rushed to the door and slammed up against it with his shoulder.
"Hazel!" he screamed as the door flew open.
In the room, Richard and Susan were ferociously entangled on the bed. Looking at their faces, Joshua let out a sigh of relief.
Susan saw Joshua and cried, "Joshua, please save me, save me..."
"Where is Hazel?" Joshua asked as if he didn't see what they were doing.
Susan was struck with another plan when she heard Joshua say Hazel's name. She was annoyed and shouted, "Joshua, Hazel set me up! This was a trap, you must save me..."
Disregarding Susan's desperate cry for help, Joshua rolled his eyes coldly, turned, and walked out of the door.
"Hazel!" He exclaimed.
Hazel heard Joshua calling her name and ran open the door, he was standing in the hallway right outside the door.
"You are here!" Hazel threw herself into his arms.
Joshua embraced her and asked with concern, "Have you been injured or bullied?"
"No, no." Hazel hurriedly shook her head. "Let's go."
"Wait a second." Joshua put on a poker face. Although Hazel did not suffer any harm, he was going to leave things without being settled.
Susan was full of regret, she should not have given Richard such a large dose of the drug. She closed her eyes and passed out.
Susan suddenly felt ice water on her face, she shuddered and woke up. She had been dressed, and Joshua was sitting in front of her. His expression was dark and horrific.