Chapter 85: It Was Her
It really was her!
Victoria sighed, she was grateful for the help, and she thought they could be friends, may she even take Hazel out for lunch. However, after finding out who Hazel was, that would not be possible.
Hazel was not a person she could be friends with; she did not want others to misunderstand and believe that she was nice to Hazel for any reason other than being her friend. She had to find an opportunity in the future to return the favor.
The alcohol had made Hazel tired, and she fell asleep in the lounge of Joshua’s office. Fortunately, the fruit wine was not that strong, and she woke up at lunch, just in time to eat with Joshua.
Noticing that Hazel was not so happy, Joshua asked her, “Are you still uncomfortable?”
“I did not work this morning; will they deduct my salary?” Hazel was depressed. Joshua chuckled.
“All right. It is reasonable." Hazel continued before Joshua could open his mouth. She sighed, "It is my fault. I undeniably did something wrong."
Joshua blinked his eyes and said, “Or what about if you are just here today to be familiar with the environment? Tomorrow will be the first day of you starting work.”
“That’s perfect!” Hazel nodded her head in agreement.
At noon, Hazel went downstairs to the secretary's office. She did not know until she arrived there that Joshua had a five-person secretarial team, and each was responsible for different work.
Janet used to be one of the team, but even with her gone, there was not much of a disruption in work, the other four could handle things.
Hazel felt so ashamed, Joshua tricked her into coming to the office, he did not need her there.
Luckily for Hazel, the four secretaries working there appeared to be nice and not like Janet, Hazel was relieved for a few moments.
Even though she knew that Vanessa would not let her get away with what happened in Joshua’s office, she did not expect that payback would happen so quickly.
Hazel had only been in the secretary’s office for a short time when Vanessa walked in, joined by a man with gray hair and black-rimmed glasses. He looked like a college professor.
The secretaries obviously all knew Vanessa and greeted her politely, but Hazel saw some annoyance in their expressions.
“Professor Watson,” Vanessa introduced him directly to Hazel, "This is Hazel.”
“Oh, Really?” The professor was puzzled, “she looks very young.”
“Yes, she hasn’t graduated from college yet,” Vanessa said with a forced smile.
Regardless of Vanessa’s unkind purpose, Hazel smiled at them, “What can I do for you, sir?” After all, she was the secretary of Joshua now.
"Let me introduce myself first.” Professor Watson replied with a smile. "My surname is Watson, the tutor of Joshua when he was in university. We have not seen each other in a very long time, and today I was passing by, so I stopped to visit him.”
“Do you have an appointment?” One of the secretaries said.
"He is the university professor that Joshua most respects!” Vanessa sneered. "Why can you be flexible and call Joshua to ask if he has the time?
She was unbearably arrogant and bossy, making them all uncomfortable.
“Vanessa, don’t be so impolite, they have rules they need to follow. They have done nothing wrong.” Professor Watson said to her.
“Let me make the phone call.” Hazel proposed.
She picked up the phone and called Joshua, she chose to break the rules.
“Sure enough, Hazel has away." Vanessa smiled.
Hazel knew she was creating conflicts between her and her colleagues, but she did not think too much of it and just wanted Vanessa to leave as quickly as possible.
Hazel explained the situation to Joshua. He replied, "Let them come up."
“Okay.” Hazel agreed.
“Hazel, well done. You are somewhat like my secretary now." Joshua smiled and suddenly praised her.
Hazel paused for a second upon hearing his praise and then immediately hung upon him.
She took a deep breath and said to Vanessa, “The President invited you to go up.”
“Don’t you need to lead the way for us?” Vanessa provoked.
“Please follow me.” Hazel looked at her and replied.
Hazel took the lead in front of them.
“Thank you, Vanessa.” Professor Watson smiled and said, “I may not have been able to get in if I did not have you with me.”
“Don’t mention it. Professor.” Vanessa smiled, “You took care of me when I was in university. I am happy to offer help today.”
Professor Watson smiled heartily. "You often came to my class when I tutored Joshua and told me that in the future, you would study the major I was teaching. I thought you were joking, I never thought you really meant it until you actually became my student. I even thought that you would eventually marry Joshua.”
“Don’t make fun of me, Professor. That happened years ago.” Vanessa was shy.
Professor Watson suddenly coughed. He was a little embarrassed and told Hazel, "Hazel, I just thought of things from the past. Please do not mind me."
Hazel was puzzled. Why would he have explained to her? Had Vanessa told him her relationship with Joshua?
Or else, why did Vanessa go to the secretary's office to see her? She could contact Joshua herself.
Hazel was speechless. Was she showing off her past with Joshua?
“Please be assured, Professor.” Hazel smiled, “I am not worried about what has happened with Joshua in the past.”
Vanessa was stunned. Why did she not care?
“That’s fine.” Professor Watson sighed in relief.
When they reached the office, Hazel knocked at the door. Joshua opened the door and invited them in.
“Sir, I will be going back to work then,” Hazel said to Joshua politely.
Professor said to Hazel before Joshua replied, “You can stay, Hazel. There are no outsiders.”
Joshua looked at the professor surprisingly.
"Hazel is your girlfriend, right?” Professor Watson said to Joshua with a smile.
"Vanessa told me that. Did you plan to tell me if she had not?”
“No. I did not.” Joshua smiled slightly and looked at Hazel gently, “Hazel is behaved and does not want to seek any personal privileges while working or do anything improper.”