“Even if you were to tell me, why did you insist on my coming to you?” she whispered. “Let’s wait until Joshua comes….”
“It involves my mother, and I don’t want anyone to know about it, especially Joshua,” he said in a deep tone. “Hazel, I’m just trying to convince you one last time. Even if I lied to you before, do you suspect I’d hurt you?”
Looking at his wounded face, she could not help freezing a little. Indeed, Simon had done some outrageous things before, but at least he had never intended to hurt her. She was really a little ruthless by being so wary of him.
“Good.” she opened her mouth. “If you can’t convince me, stay.”
His eyes flashed, and he finally nod
“Joshua…” She called his name with somewhat impatience.We can’t let Simon go. She felt that something would happen if they let him go. It was very strange; she seemed to be on the verge of figuring out something important, but now she still could not figure it out.“Hazel, what are you thinking about?” Even on such a tense occasion, Simon was rarely amused by her. He couldn’t help speaking, “You actually expect Joshua to risk your life just to keep me? Joshua, will you do that?”“What do you think?” Joshua spoke coldly.The people around Simon were scattering, which was his answer.“That’s right!&rdq
Hazel Crowe frowned because of the deafening music in the surroundings.She passed through the crowd under the dim light and glanced around at the faces of the men and women who were indulging themselves on the dance floor, and quickly looked away."Hi cutie, come to have a drink. It's on me." A drunken man said as he got in Hazel’s way."Go away!" Hazel said coldly, her voice full of impatience.The drunken man was very disgruntled. He reached out one of his arms to stop her.Seeing his arm in front of her, Hazel suddenly grabbed his wrist and strongly twisted it."Ouch!" The man yelled, but his voice quickly disappeared in the loud music.
Hazel arrogantly walked out of the men's room, but when the door shut, Hazel felt beaten. Her beautiful face was full of anger and frustration.Hazel clenched her fists as she had never come across such a big loss before!She went there to rescue her roommate, but her first kiss had been stolen. She had to play a small trick to get out of the situation and use a few threats which could prove nothing.Hazel really wanted to head back inside and beat Joshua, but...she was no match for him in terms of power!Hazel was still very aware of the situation. She had to swallow the less-than-perfect victory. All in all, Summer was fine.Hazel hurried out of the bar to see Ariel holding the drunken Summer on the nearby corner.
"Photographs?" Hazel frowned."Of course! Otherwise, how can my Prince Charming know what his candidates look like?""Can we just provide our photos?""Do you have any idea about technology these days? Photos provided by participants can be altered! Relax, my Prince Charming isn’t going to do anything with photos shot by his staff."Hazel still did not show any interest in it. She quickly shook her head and said, "I’d rather not. What if I got selected...""Hazel, you are such a bold girl. You are just one step away from my list of rivals!" Ariel stared at her with a stunned look, "Do you know how many people have signed up for this preliminary selection? It is said that there are nearly 100,000 people! One out of
Joshua opened a drawer in his study and took out a thick book.After flipping through a few pages, he stopped, his eyes were fixed on a photo hidden in the book pages. Looking at the photo silently, Joshua was somewhat depressed."Is she...still alive?"The door of the study suddenly came pushed open. Joshua closed the book and looked up, displeased.When he clearly saw the intruder, Joshua said with some reluctance, "Isaac Anderson, when will you learn to knock before opening the door?""OK." Isaac's hands were shoved in his pockets. His amorous eyes were half-shut. He said with a cynical smile, "When you have a girlfriend, I will learn to knock."Regardless of his ridicule, Josh
Ariel woke up at four in the morning and managed to drag Hazel out of bed too. They had to leave early to go to the Transcendence Plaza.The interviews were being held in a large local photo studio. Outside the door, there were already many employees trying to arrange the interviews in an orderly manner."Do I need to participate?" Hazel frowned, thinking of her vulnerability."Hey Hazel, come on, you don’t quit anything!" Ariel persuaded her, "With you here, I feel more assured.""I can still be on your side even if I don't participate!" Hazel was struggling."Stop that already!" Ariel pulled her body and said, "Alone, I will have an odd of one in 100,000. With you, our chance is one in 50,000!"
Derek had chased after Hazel for a while, but she didn’t want anything to do with him. However, Derek told everyone that Hazel was his girlfriend, making up a convincing story.Hazel clarified several times, but Derek was very mischievous. More and more people believed they were together and thought Hazel was lying.Hazel was mad at Derek. One day she took Derek directly into a groove...and beat the hell out of him!Since then, Derek did not dare say anything about Hazel. She thought things were settled.But, after Derek and Kyla got together, she told others Derek dumped Hazel and chose her.For a long time after that, everyone looked at Hazel with sympathy, as if they were looking at an abandoned woman.
The entire studio grew instantly quiet, as this was the first time they encountered this type of incident.Hazel was feeling so embarrassed. Her mind went blank. How could this be?Suddenly, a figure rushed onto the stage, took off his coat, and put it around her.Hazel gratefully looked up but saw a man in front of her staring at her chest, and... this person looked familiar.Her face turned red immediately. She still didn’t realize that this gentleman, who just helped her out, was the same pervert she met the other day!Hazel quickly closed the coat to cover her chest.Joshua was a little disappointed. He reached out to Hazel's chest and said, "Let go of your hands, I have