Chapter 71: I Believe You
Joshua smiled, any doubt he had was gone, and he felt completely relieved. Hazel was not hiding anything from him, which meant nothing was going on between her and Ivan.
“Mmm. Try to go back to school as early as possible, it’s cold,” he said.
“Don’t you want to ask me what we talked about?” She was curious.
“Hazel, I trust you,” he said in a low voice. “You can handle these things.”
She felt happy that he trusted her. Joshua did not continue asking her what had happened but gave her space to deal with it herself.
“It’s done.” She asked playfully, “What about you? Is there any relationship that you need to deal with?”
“No,” he replied softly.
He had never had an affair, and he had never had any interest in anyone else. Even Vanessa, who liked him, definitely said she had given up. He didn’t think there was any relationship that he had to deal with.
“I believe you.” She smiled.
The three days passed in the blink of an eye. The time Joshua was away given Hazel plenty of time to work on making her chocolates. There was a lot of chocolate wasted, and even though she was not very satisfied with the end result, Ariel and Summer spoke very highly of them.
They had eaten so much chocolate in those three days that they were nauseated by the sight of chocolate and were thankful when Hazel wrapped the chocolates in a box before she put her shoes on.
“Hazel, where are you going?” Summer asked.
“The airport,” Hazel said happily.
She had privately asked Jaxson yesterday when Joshua would be arriving at the airport. She was going to pick him up and give him an unexpected surprise.
Hazel’s heart danced with joy on the way to the airport. The taxi was not going extremely slow but
to her, it was not going fast enough, she could not wait to get there.
“Can you drive any faster, sir?” Hazel asked as she looked out the window anxiously.
“Miss, you have urged me several times.” The driver was a little helpless. “Are you in a hurry to meet your boyfriend?”
“... No.” Hazel blushed with shyness.
“Haha, I also used to be young, I understand.” The driver laughed.
She was feeling shy and embarrassed to ask him to speed up again.
Suddenly, her phone rang, she did not recognize the number but answered it with a confused tone.
“Who is this?”
“Hazel, it’s me,” said Vanessa coldly.
Hazel became even more confused. “And, you are?”
“I’m Vanessa! Joshua’s friend!” Vanessa’s voice sounded like she was a little annoyed.
Hazel thought she was not close to Vanessa, why should she recognize her voice? Plus, she had been busy making Joshua a gift the last few days and had forgotten all about her.
“Oh, it’s you,” Hazel understood. “What’s the matter?”
“Hazel, leave Joshua.” Vanessa didn’t beat around the bush.
“Oh?” Hazel was in a daze. Then she asked in astonishment. “What did you say?”
Vanessa cried irritably. “I’m his woman!”
Hazel was stunned for quite a long time, she never expected Vanessa to say that.
“Isn’t he on a business trip? Did you go with him?” Hazel asked in surprise after coming to her senses.
“It was before his business trip, the night we met,” Vanessa said.
Hazel recalled back that night and frowned. “It’s impossible. Joshua clearly took me home that night. And, wasn’t it Kenny who took you home? Are you mistaken...”
“Hazel, face it!” Vanessa interrupted angrily.
She was furious. Other women would at least get excited or angry when they heard this, but Hazel actually questioned her, and even her doubts seemed to confirm that she was lying!
“I went to Denmark Residence, and Joshua took me home! Then I expressed my love for him, and he accepted me, and we made love… So please leave Joshua. He’s only with you to make me angry.”
Hazel still didn’t believe her even when she heard that.
“Well, in that case, you let Joshua speak to me in person,” Hazel said coldly. “As long as he breaks up with me, I’ll agree.”
Vanessa was furious! She never thought that Hazel would be so tough! Hazel’s reaction made her words seem futile — Hazel didn’t believe her at all!
“If you don’t believe it, you can ask Joshua for proof!” Vanessa sneered. “Hazel, do you think I would lie about this?”
Hazel was somewhat uneasy with the way Vanessa was speaking to her, she came across as if she was confident there was confirmation of her and Joshua making love.
Was there really something happening between them?
“Oh, I will,” Hazel said calmly and hung up immediately.
“You...” Vanessa looked at her phone angrily and almost threw it against the wall.
After hanging up, Hazel was feeling very unsure about her relationship with Joshua.
She began to tremble as she was searching through her phone to call Joshua.
Hazel was not expecting him to answer, so she was startled when he answered on the first ring.
“Did you get off the plane?” Hazel asked in surprise.
“Yes, I just got off,” Joshua said in a low voice. “What’s the matter?”
“I wanted to pick you up…” she looked out the window of the car, seeing the airport in the distance.
She was interrupted by Joshua before she could say she was close.
“No, Hazel,” Joshua whispered, “you go to Denmark Residence and wait for me. Kenny has come to pick me up. I may have something else to deal with.”
“Alright...” she said, a little disappointed.
She could not add to his troubles since he had something to do.
“By the way, did Vanessa contact you before you went on your business trip?” she directly asked after hesitating for a moment.
It was better to ask him directly than to ask him nothing and to let her presumptions get the best of her.
“Mmm, she got drunk and came to my house to look for me. I took her back to her apartment,” he replied softly.
It turned out to be true…
No wonder Vanessa wasn’t afraid that she might talk to Joshua about it. The more questions Hazel asked, the anxious she became, but she needed to know.
“And then?” she continued asking.
“What then?” He raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Then I went straight on a business trip. What happened, Hazel?”
“No, I am just asking,” she said in a low voice. “Come home quickly. I’ll meet you at your house.”
“Okay.” He smiled. He didn’t think much of the conversation and hung up the phone.
Hazel had arrived at the airport, but she was supposed to meet Joshua at home. She was uncertain about what she should do, she decided to go see Joshua first, then she would go to Denmark Residence.
At the very least, she wanted to let him know she was there to pick him up and had prepared a Thanksgiving Day present for him.
But as she approached the baggage claim area, she caught sight of Vanessa and Joshua hugging.