Chapter 457: Put Me Down

Joshua slightly relaxed his grip as he felt a little helpless somehow.

The little girl was sure he had no resistance to her, so she… licked his fingers at such a time?

He paused for just a moment, and Hazel freed herself from him and pushed his hand away.

This was a tricky situation. As long as Joshua was around, he wouldn’t give Grandpa Sloane any face, so now she must take him away to prevent him from saying anything hurtful to Grandpa Sloane.

“Joshua, this is a misunderstanding,” she said, grabbing his wrist and taking him straight out the door. “Let’s go home. Let’s go, go! I’m fine.”

Joshua’s eyes turned a little deeper, but she eventually took him away.

At the door, she thought of something and turned her head. “Don’t worry, Mr. Sloane. In fact, Joshua isn’t like that... Ah!”

Before she could finish the sentence, she was picked up by Joshua around the waist.

“Put me down!” she said shyly.

“Aren’t you in a hurry?” Joshua cocked an eyebrow slightly.

He understood her thoughts, so he allowed her to take him away. But he wouldn’t allow her to continue being kind to the Sloane family. This was all about him and the Sloane family, and he didn’t want her to be wounded because of them.

Hazel was helpless, but she had to let him carry her out of the hospital.

Watching them leave, Grandpa Sloane felt very complicated in the heart.

He saw Joshua’s distant attitude toward him. This was what he wanted, and he should have been glad to see that, but he still felt a dull ache in his heart.

Besides, even if he couldn’t recognize him as his grandson, Grandpa Sloane still wanted to be nice to him.

Back in the car, Joshua held Hazel tightly in his arms, refusing to let her go. Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, the driver wisely lowered the bulkhead between them.

Looking at Joshua’s dark face, Hazel hurried to fawn on him. “Honey... This is a real coincidence... When I was at the exhibition, I just wanted to come out and buy something, and I didn’t pay attention to the car...”

Hazel had a headache.

It was really hard for her to lie through her teeth like that. And she really couldn’t convince Joshua with such a fake excuse.

She believed that Joshua had guessed her thoughts and knew that she had done that deliberately to get close to Grandpa Sloane.

Even so, she could not admit it.

The cold in him now almost froze her. If she involved the Sloane family in it, Joshua would blame them for everything.

“Mmm,” Joshua whispered.

“Oh?” She looked at him, feeling it was weird. What did Joshua’s reply mean? Did he believe her?

His eyes grew a little deeper as he watched her surprised expression. “I would believe whatever you say.”

Even if she deliberately approached the Sloane family, it was for him. He wouldn’t be mad at her because she cared about him.

Hazel’s eyes softened, and she intimately wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned against him.

“Actually…” After a moment’s hesitation, she finally said, “I think Mr. Sloa...”

Joshua’s eyes twinkled slightly. The next moment, he pinched her chin and kissed her hard on the lips.

He didn’t release her until she was out of breath.

“Let’s forget what happened today,” he said, his eyes dark. “Don’t mention it again. Honey, whatever you misunderstand, I want you to understand that you are all I need.”

She was complicated in the heart. Joshua was making it very clear that he didn’t want to be entangled with the Sloane family. If she mentioned it again, Joshua would really get angry.

But… was Joshua really not caring about the Sloane family at all? She didn’t think so.

Her eyes darkened slightly, but she decided to steady Joshua first and figured out why the Sloane family didn’t want to reunite with him. And even if it was just her guess before, when Grandpa Sloane faced Joshua, she was absolutely sure that he didn’t have any aversion to Joshua.

She kissed his lips of her own accord and said earnestly, “I see. Joshua, I will always be there for you.”

Joshua’s eyes flickered. Hazel was avoiding his questions. Her answers did not amount to a yes. Was this girl so eager to want the Sloane family to reunite with him?

She was so stubborn that she wouldn’t give up. She would definitely do something else. Since he couldn’t stop her, he would have to stop the Sloane family from contacting her. Of course, he couldn’t allow Hazel to continue at will.

“Honey, we have an important meeting in the Denmark Group tomorrow. Why don’t you come with me?” he said quietly.

Hazel looked at him with hidden resentment. “Can I not go? I’m also very busy with Joshua-Hazel Pictures.”

“You’ve got Sharon at Joshua-Hazel Pictures.” He said seriously, “Now that you are on shaky ground in the Denmark Group, you need to show up more and let the directors know you are not a pushover.”

He turned on his computer and opened some files. “These are some files of the directors’ information. You’ve met them before, but it’s always good to know more about them.”

“I have you…” Her eyes became more unhappy. Was Joshua trying to make her a workaholic?

“Denmark Group is yours,” he said earnestly. “Hazel, there’s no telling what’s going to happen in the future. If I am around you, you can at least deal with it yourself without being panic-stricken.”

“Alright...” She reluctantly agreed. She had always been unable to refute his reasons.

The next day, Joshua really took Hazel to a meeting at Denmark Group.

Hazel reluctantly went there. Before they entered Denmark Group’s hall, a woman abruptly rushed over.

Before she could approach, the building’s security guards, who had been well, surrounded her and stopped her. Obviously, they were very experienced in dealing with such situations.

Hazel was shocked. She took a closer look and was speechless momentarily. It was no other than her old acquaintance. It was Katie Shawn, whom she had met twice.

She looked embarrassed to be stopped so easily. But when she saw that the person standing next to Joshua was Hazel, who had made her suffer twice, her eyes were filled with anger.

The next moment, ignoring her embarrassment at being stopped, she shouted, “Master Denmark, please give me five minutes. I want to talk to you about the joint project of Denmark Group and the Shawn family.”

Joshua walked Hazel straight into the hall as if he didn’t hear her.