Chapter 617: Someone Had Ulterior Motive

“Lost his memory?” Cynthia was even more shocked. She didn’t expect the King family to have so many inside stories!

“Yes,” said Madeline with a hint of a sneer in her eyes, “Master Joshua went to Country Z after losing memory, where he met the woman who claimed to be his wife.

“It is said that his wife comes from an average family. Shortly after they were married, Master Joshua gave her everything he had, and then he had an accident. Master Joshua is such a responsible person. Whether he remembers the past or not, when he hears he has a wife, and she is pregnant, how can he not pay attention to her?”

Cynthia was both shocked and angry.

“Do you mean,” she said incredulously, “that this woman climbed into Master Joshua’s bed, tricked him out of his money, and probably even planned to kill him? And now she’s pregnant with another man’s baby, and she’s trying to trick Master Joshua into keeping it for her?!”

“I, I didn’t say that...” Madeline looked terrified but was very complacent in the heart. It seemed that Cynthia was not too stupid. Madeline’s words weren’t very direct and clear, but Cynthia understood what Madeline wanted to express.

“Enough, I won’t tell anyone it’s you who tells me!” Cynthia waved her hand impatiently. “You can leave now!”

Madeline said yes in a hurry, but she wasn’t very satisfied. Her eyes went cold, and she continued, “Miss Cynthia, you are so pretty and sweet. If you can be Master Joshua’s wife in the future, that would be great! We all think that Master Joshua is responsible enough to stay with Hazel Crowe. If she’s not pregnant, how can Master Joshua possibly care about her?”

“I see.” Cynthia nodded.

Madeline was a little disappointed. She said this to provoke Cynthia into making Hazel have a miscarriage, but Madeline could not tell from Cynthia’s current look what Cynthia was thinking.

Madeline had no reason to stay anymore, so she had no choice but to walk outside slowly.

Upon arriving at the door, she heard Cynthia call her brother, “Hello, Daniel? Help me investigate someone...”

Madeline was delighted. Cynthia wanted to investigate Hazel? Wasn’t that easy? Madeline had a bunch of dirt on Hazel. It was all fake, of course, but someone had used it to smear Hazel previously.

Madeline kept the data about the dirt. Having said that, she also had the information about the refutation of rumors.

Because the dirt was well-documented when she showed Ted the data dirt on Hazel, Ted, who had originally disliked Hazel, was even more prejudiced against her. This time, Madeline was more familiar with the use of the dirt.

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Cynthia asked Daniel to investigate Hazel. Because it was related to Joshua, Daniel didn’t take it lightly.

Soon, Cynthia received an anonymous email.

The email contained all kinds of dirt on Hazel; it was complete and detailed.

Her family had coddled Cynthia, but she was not an unsophisticated woman. She could see that someone with an ulterior motive specially sent it.

It didn’t matter if the data was true or false. The point was that she needed to make Joshua believe that Hazel’s dirt was true.

Cynthia knew that the servant she met had been encouraging her to attack the baby in Hazel’s belly, but Cynthia also knew that if she did something to the baby, Joshua wouldn’t let her go!

Cynthia wouldn’t consider hurting Hazel’s baby until the last minute. Besides, she was not immediately convinced by the data. She planned to wait for two days. After her brother Daniel finished investigating, she would tell Joshua the truth with more solid evidence.

Hence, over these two days, Cynthia living in the manor was very well-behaved and obeyed Ted’s arrangement. Even if she could not meet Joshua, she did not nurse a grievance. She behaved in a generous manner.

However, a rumor had been quietly spread in the manor. Some servants unconsciously cast a glance at Hazel’s belly when they encountered her.

Hazel was not slow. When the third person looked at her belly, she knew there was something wrong.

But she didn’t lose her temper.

One day, she was ready to have a prenatal exam. Joshua had agreed to go with her, but he had to go to Simon’s room first, so he asked her to wait for him.

While she was waiting, a servant came in. “Mrs. Denmark, the master asks you to go to madam’s room.”

Hazel had been staying with Stacy these days. Even Ted could see that Stacy was getting much better with Hazel around, so he often got some servants to invite Hazel over.

“I’m going to have a prenatal exam today, and I’ll come to mom later,” Hazel said.

“But....” the servant looked displeased, “It's the master's order!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll let Joshua explain to him,” Hazel spoke lightly.

The servant looked more displeased. She looked at Hazel’s belly with undisguised disdain.

“You’d better tell me why you’re looking at me like that!”

Panic flashed across the servant’s face. “Mrs. Denmark, you misunderstood. I, I didn’t...”

“I advise you to make it clear right now,” Hazel said, her eyes flashing with coldness. “Or... It’ll be my husband who orders you to say the reason! You can imagine what he would do to you, right?”

Hazel looked coldly at the servant in front of her. She had never put on any airs since she came to the manor, for she knew very well that no one here liked her. They addressed her, Mrs. Denmark, but they didn’t think much of her.

She didn’t care. But she would not allow anyone to look at her belly with disdain because she knew very well that the servant’s malice was directed at her baby!

The servant bowed her head in shock, and fear ran through her heart.

How did Hazel suddenly become so difficult to deal with?

It was because Hazel usually seemed a very tender pushover that they dared to look at her with unbridled eyes. But the servant didn’t expect Hazel to threaten her with Joshua! If she fell into Master Joshua’s hands... Thinking of this, the servant shivered despite herself.

“Mrs. Denmark, you really think too much. I didn’t look...” The servant was unwilling to admit it. If she really told Hazel the reason, she would be tortured miserably by Joshua! But if she said nothing, Hazel might just be bluffing and wouldn’t do anything.

Hazel’s eyes grew colder as she said flatly, “Great! Stay here until Joshua comes back!”