"..." She was almost defeated by him. Joshua was so eager to go to the reunion of her class? Even if the two events collided, he still wanted to find time to attend the reunion.
Now that he had said that, how could she say no?
Since he wanted to attend it so much, then she would just go with him. After all, as he said, although the reunion was scheduled for 10 o'clock, a group of classmates would just have dinner and brag together. It would be okay for Hazel and Joshua to get there at noon.
"All right." She nodded in agreement.
On the day of the reunion, Hazel and Joshua went to the hotel of Denmark Group for the meeting.
After reaching the hotel, Hazel went to the bathroom first. Joshua wasn't relieved and kept walking her to the bathroom.
Hardly had Hazel entered the bathroom when she met an acquaintance, the wife of director Wilson in Denmark Group. Mrs. Wilson often went in and out of Denmark Group together with Director Wilson and was particularly "persistent."
"Ah, Hazel, are you here?" Mrs. Wilson was washing her hands. As soon as she saw Hazel, her face was all smiling.
Hazel gave her a slight nod. Now she had been used to seeing others whose eyes were like those of a hungry wolf staring at fat meat.
Hazel didn't say much to her, but directly walked into one of the cubicles. When she came out, she saw Mrs. Wilson waiting for her.
Hazel's lips twitched slightly, but she calmly reached the sink and turned on the tap.
"Hazel, looks like the baby in your belly must be more than five months old?" Mrs. Wilson's eyes gleamed with greed, but she pretended to be caring.
"Yes." Hazel nodded softly and squeezed out some hand sanitizer.
"Women must be more careful while getting pregnant…." Mrs. Wilson began to talk to Hazel as a person who had had the experience.
Hazel would definitely be grateful if someone told her this during normal times. Unfortunately, Hazel was well aware that Mrs. Wilson's intentions were not pure, so Hazel couldn't appreciate it at all.
"But, well, no matter how careful a woman is, it's more reliable when she has a man around," Mrs. Wilson said meaningfully, "Hazel, don't blame me for speaking plainly. Although Mr. President is a very good person, one has to move on. Don't you think so? After giving birth to the baby, you will be a single mother. How inconvenient will it be for you to take care of a baby?"
"Mmm, you're right." Hazel gave her a rare response. She went to the hand dryer and allowed the warm wind to dry her hands.
In a flash, Mrs. Wilson was very delighted. She had persuaded Hazel many times, but every time she only saw Hazel's extreme indifference. Although she had scolded Hazel violently in her heart, she always looked like an elder who cared for her.
She actually convinced Hazel at present? Instantly, Mrs. Wilson seemed to see that Hazel would end up in their Wilson family's hands.
"Hazel, I think you should meet some people," Mrs. Wilson said hurriedly, knowing "now or never." "My son will come back from abroad this weekend. He is now a graduate student at the best university in the world! He is only three years older than you. I don't want to boast, but my son looks very handsome and looks especially like me. He is as good-looking as the President! Besides, he is very considerate. He has been looking for a girl like you. You're both young people. Why don't you get together and have a good talk?"
The water on Hazel's hand had been dried. Hazel looked at her with a smile. "Thanks for your kindness, Mrs. Wilson, but I've already selected a man."
"What?!" Mrs. Wilson was worried instantly. She just talked Hazel into accepting new men, but Hazel actually had had a date? The bird had flown. How could she allow that to happen?
"Hazel, you are a little dishonest," Mrs. Wilson could no longer suppress the agitation in her heart and kept scolding Hazel. "It has not been a long time after Mr. President was in distress. How can you date another man so quickly? You didn't love Mr. President at all, did you?"
"Didn't you suggest that I look ahead?" Then, with a hint of sarcasm in her smile, Hazel ignored Mrs. Wilson and headed for the bathroom door.
"You should look ahead indeed," said Mrs. Wilson, still rebuking her, "but if you do choose a man, you should choose our son ... our people from the Denmark Group! How do you know if the guys who fawn on you come for Denmark Group? You are such a little girl who has never seen the bad side of the world and is easily cheated by men's sweet words! Who did you choose? Whoever you choose, you must ask for our permission." All of a sudden, it seemed Mrs. Wilson was being strangled. Her mouth was wide open, and she couldn't make a sound.
She was surprised to see the man waiting outside the bathroom. Her face turned extremely pale as if she had seen a ghost!
She looked incredulous. The next moment, she looked at Hazel, panic-stricken. "Hazel, do, do, you, see…."
"What's it?" Hazel's eyes gleamed with amus.e.m.e.nt, but she pretended to look at Mrs. Wilson, puzzled.
"Ghost, ghost!" Mrs. Wilson screamed, turned, and ran away quickly.
"Am I terrifying?" Joshua held out his hand to touch his handsome face with a flash of amus.e.m.e.nt in his eyes.
"Absolutely not!" Hazel took him by his arm, laughing. "Someone has an ulterior motive in his heart."
He was back, but very few people knew about it.
In addition, he had been busy searching for his memory with Hazel and explaining the incident to Hazel's parents.
Samuel thought he should give them time to be alone, so he kept the news from the others.
Hence, none of the directors in Denmark Group knew about Joshua's return.
Although Joshua was missing, a few months had passed. They decided he was dead, so they dared to plot against Hazel.
Mrs. Wilson was one of them. When she saw Joshua, she thought she had done something wrong, so she ran into Joshua's "ghost."
Mrs. Wilson ran back to the meeting room, her face still pale.
"What's the matter with you?" Director Wilson looked at her angrily.
"I, I just saw..."
Mrs. Wilson was about to say that she had seen Joshua's ghost when a pang of doubt came over her heart.
Even if she had seen Joshua's ghost, it wouldn't change anything even if she told her husband, would it?
Moreover, that was not the really important point right now.,
Mrs. Wilson gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "I just met Hazel. She's dating another man!"