Chapter 297: Aren’t You Afraid?
Chapter 297: Aren’t You Afraid?
Hazel did hear Joshua mention James. She remembered it well, he had mentioned there was a child who had grown up with him, had misunderstood him, and they had a bad relationship.
When Joshua told her, Hazel joked that it must have been the other person’s fault, but she clearly remembered the regret and sadness in his eyes when he mentioned it. He was a reserved person, and if someone could make him have such an expression, that person would definitely be very important to him.
James looked a little colder, and apparently, Hazel’s words didn’t make him change his attitude towards Joshua.
Suddenly, several cars emerged and stopped in the middle of the road ahead.
James became very nervous. “Get down!”
She swiftly ducked down in her seat as gunshots rang out, and the car jolted. She assumed that James had driven the car into the ditch and detoured around them, but the cars chasing them were only getting closer.
She raised her eyes before her pupils suddenly contracted. “You are hurt?”
There was already a bullet hole in James’s arm, and the blood was pouring out of it.
“Nothing,” said James, unperturbed.
She opened the car's trunk, found something to stop the bleeding, and simply bandaged him.
James looked at her in surprise because she wasn’t afraid of such a situation but was calm enough to stop his bleeding skillfully.
“Aren’t you afraid?” he asked in surprise.
“No, I’m scared to death,” she said truthfully, her voice a little shaky. “I know I can't help, so I thought I could do something useful to distract myself. You still need to get the bullet out in the hospital as soon as possible.”
He was even more surprised that Hazel had a different temperament from what he had imagined. However, with her personality, she could deal with anything she encountered more calmly.
“Let’s get rid of them,” said James in a deep voice.
The car behind them was getting closer and closer to them.
As they started to get closer, her heart became tenser. She knew very well that these men were only planning to take her alive, and if they could not, they would turn their guns on her.
How could she not be afraid in a situation where she might be killed, even if she appeared calm?
Suddenly, she heard a strange hum. She looked out the window in astonishment as a helicopter was hovering above them, whirring.
“That’s quite quick. He really cares about you.” He snorted.
“What?” she asked blankly.
Then she realized what James meant. The door of the helicopter opened, and Joshua stood in the doorway, looking anxiously in her direction.
A number of cars drove up ahead, shielding their car in the middle of the group. The cars that were originally chasing them saw their disadvantage in the situation and then turned around in succession. However, there were cars still racing up behind them.
“It’s safe.” James was relieved and pulled over to the side of the road.
Hazel opened the door and got out. The helicopter had been so low that the wind from its wing blew her hair behind. She watched Joshua leaping from above and run up to her with a worried face. He grabbed her and held her tightly.
“Hazel, are you okay?” he asked, his voice full of remorse.
“I’m okay.” She shook her head and looked back at James. “But he is injured…”
Before she could finish, James slammed on the gas, and the car sped away.
Watching the car disappear in the distance, she was completely astonished. How much did James hate Joshua to not even speak to him?
“It was James Howard who saved your life?” Joshua frowned a little.
“Yeah.” She asked curiously, “What has happened between you?”
“We will go home and talk,” he said quietly.
“But his wound...” She was more or less worried.
“Don’t worry, he is very capable and will take good care of himself,” he whispered.
She was a bit upset because what she would say was pointless now that he was gone.
Following Joshua into the helicopter, she told him all about her distress.
“Joshua, I shouldn’t have run out of Denmark Residence without saying a word,” she said, her head lowered, as she sat awkwardly. “I was too careless this time. I should have told you in advance.”
He sighed before he reached out weakly and rubbed her hair. Even if it was her fault, he didn’t want to scold her in the least.
“I will apologize to your parents and tell them that I didn’t protect you well enough.”
She looked at him in surprise. “No, no, my parents have been dissatisfied with you, and they’ll definitely make a fuss. Joshua, let’s keep it from them!”
“Keep it from them?” He frowned.
She nodded hastily. “My parents don’t know I was in trouble, do they? Besides, I’m not hurt. If we don’t tell them, they won’t know!”
He had a look of unhappiness, but he understood what she was saying.
“That’s it!” she said. “I don’t want to tell them, and you mustn’t either. Listen to me!”
She looked very authoritative, but Joshua knew that she was just trying to protect him. His heart was warmed, and he thought she was extraordinarily cute.
“Hazel…” He said her name.
“Joshua, you haven’t told me why James hates you,” she asked curiously.
He looked a little stiff and then let out a small sigh.
“Because of Jughead,” he whispered. “When he fell into the water, James wasn’t with us. He stayed at the orphanage, but he didn’t expect to hear of Jughead's death. He has been blaming me for not taking good care of him, and then the Denmark couple adopted me…”
She understood suddenly.
She didn’t have much contact with James, but she could see his temper. In the eyes of James, Joshua was the biggest beneficiary of all, so he naturally thought Jughead’s death was Joshua’s fault. Worse still, he even had a bolder thought of suspecting that Joshua was responsible for her parents’ death.
“And what sort of man is he?” she asked curiously.
He felt very uncomfortable before he looked at her resentfully. “Hazel, are you asking me about other men, huh?”
“He saved me! Can't I get to know my savior?” said she unkindly. Joshua was not a bad man, but he was too jealous.
“It’s me who saved you.” He rarely argues with her. “If I didn’t arrive, you would have both been in danger.”
