He held all the food and drinks in one hand and used the free hand to answer the phone, "Hello? Who
is it?"
"Your sister!"
The voice was very bossy.
"Hey! What's up? What make someone as busy as you call me today?"
The woman on the other side sighed helplessly before complaining, "Bradley, you're such a stubborn
child. If you don't want to come home, we can allow you to live outside by yourself. But how could you
miss the blind date we set up for you? Do you know that Miss Tess and her family were waiting for you
last night all the time? If you will miss the date, you should tell me in advance. Now they are very angry
and accused the Hughes family of having no manner. You just won't give me a break."
Bradley stunned for a moment and said, "Sorry. It's all my fault. I forgot it."
"What? You forgot? How can you be as busy as a policeman that you forgot to go on a blind date?"
"Don't be so mad. I've been a little occupied these few days."
He was indeed busy taking care of Hazel...
"How about this? To save you some worries, why don't you just give me up? Let me be a bachelor for
the rest of my life as a punishment."
"Bradley! You are the only successor of the Hughes family. Are you saying this on purpose to see me
get mad?" The person on the other end of the phone apparently gasped.
"Alright. I will get married. I promise, okay? I'll have you meet my girlfriend someday."
"A girlfriend? Didn't you hate chatting with women for they are troublesome?" Bradley's words made
the other party very surprised.
"But there are women who aren't so troublesome. I'm very busy here. I can't talk too long. Catch you up
next time. Bye."
Bradley was somewhat delighted and amused.
Because he had just talked as if Hazel was his girlfriend.
It was true that Bradley didn't like to start a relationship with girls because all those girls acted so weak
and delicate in front of him, constantly complaining to him about any discomfort and winning to him. He
hated such behaviors.
...
However, Hazel was nothing like them.
Hazel never pretended to be weak. She was so strong and independent, which was quite amusing to
look at.
Her character was like that of a boy so Bradley felt pity for her at the same time.
The blind date last night? Bradley deliberately stooped that girl up!
Nothing was as important as taking care of Hazel.
Bradley whistled happily and continued to walk towards the hospital.
He was quite contended if his entire life would be like this.
At this moment, Bradley suddenly stopped and quickly returned to the newsstand. He opened his eyes
wide in disbelief and looked at the most eye-catching newspaper.
"Young CEO of the Lee Group Spend a Crazy Night With a Star".
Bradley took a deep breath when looking at the title.
The CEO of Lee Group ... could it be that Lucas?
His potential love rival?
Bradley's heart skipped a beat.
He didn't feel any delight for he found out his rival's scandal. Instead, he was in panic.
The first thing he thought of was:
When Hazel saw this, she must be very sad.
Bradley signed as he didn't imagined that he loved her to such an extent.
When Bradley returned to the ward, Hazel had almost recovered. She was sitting on the bed playing
tarot cards. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Hazel frowned and shouted.
"Where have you been? Why did you come so late? You are starving me to death!"
Bradley revealed a doting smile on his face and said, "Because I spent some time buying rice ball that
you want to eat."
"Did you get it?"
Hazel immediately looked at Bradley with a pair of eyes shining with expectation like a child.
"Of course. How could Mr. Hughes not get glutinous rice balls. Actually, the pedlar didn't work today, so
I put the gun on his head and forced him to do it for you! Isn't that amazing?"
"Bullshit! Hurry up and bring it over!"
Hazel rolled her eyes and grinned. Then she opened her hands with palm up, waiting for the food.
Bradley handed over the meal and sat beside it, watching Hazel wolfing down the food.
Suddenly Bradley was stunned.
He felt sorry for Hazel.
Standing beside the bed, Bradley couldn't help but reach out his hand and landed on Hazel's head,
gently stroking it.
...
"Back off! Don't treat me like one of your pets. I am in the middle of my meal!"
Hazel roared fiercely while enjoying her food.
Bradley grinned, his eyes filled with doting emotions.
Glen suddenly raised his head and looked at the vice president in surprise, "What did you say just
now? They terminated the cooperation with us?"
The vice president wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and nodded fiercely, "Mr. Glen, that's
right! The Oriental insists on canceling the contract and will not cooperate with us anymore."
Now Glen realized the seriousness of the situation and frowned. He leaned back in his chair and
rubbed his nose with his fingers. Then he said, "It's not their call. We have already signed the contract.
If they want to break the contract, they will pay us a large sum of penalty. Didn't you tell them about
this?"
"I did. But they didn't change their mind. They said that they would rather pay us the money than
cooperate with us."
"Why is that? I can't figure this out. Why did they suddenly change their mind? We are very
cooperative."
Glen scratched his head and was a little confused, "Well, I know. I'll go home and report to my father
immediately."
Although Glen was currently in charge of most businesses of the Wilson family, he was not a business
talent and always at loss at making big decisions. He would consult with his father Aaron Wilson first
with everything.
Today, Glen rushed back to the Wilson's mansion at noon and reported the matter to Aaron.
Because of this, the retired Aaron could only signed for his good-for-nothing son now and then. He
wondered why Glen was not even half competent as Mark.
If it were Mark, he dealt things with a quick and accurate mind. It would not take Mark much time and
effort to think of a right solution.
Before Glen could have a chance of discussing the matter of The Oriental with his father, news came
that many companies refused to cooperate with them.
The Wilson family lost so many partners in a day!
Now, the Wilsons felt that something was wrong.
Those companies who had been on good terms with the Wilson family all chose to end the cooperation
together.
...
With some many penalties in the way, the Wilsons still could not be happy.
"This is not coincidence! Someone is behind this!"
Aaron was so angry that he hit his cane to the ground hard.
Glen was still at a loss as he stood in the room with a wrinkled face, sighing.
Aaron walked around a few circles in the room and looked at Glen who was useless right now. He
sighed hard and said, "Go to fetch your brother back!"
"You mean Mark?"
"Then who else do I mean? I can't count on you and Dean. Only Mark could help me on this. Ask Mark
to go home as soon as possible!"
Glen shrunk his neck, his face shrunk as being scolded by his father. Then he quickly made a phone
call.
After a while, Glen said in frustration, "Dad ... I can't get through the phone."
"What!"
"He turned off the phone."
"This brat! I'm so pissed off!"
Aaron almost fainted because of anger.
"Mark, why did you turn off the phone?"
Patrick asked Mark curiously.
Mark raised his head from the book and looked at the fallen leaves outside the window. His voice was
deep, "I was afraid that Elaine would suddenly change her mind and don't want to go to dinner with me.
I turned off the phone so that she has no other way."
"I see. Mark, are you serious this time?"
"Yes, I am. I'll go downstairs to block her later."
Patrick smiled sinisterly. "She is very innocent. You must restrain yourself tonight. Don't frighten her."
Mark was amused and hit Patrick while refuting, "Brat, who do you think I am? I am a gentleman."
"No man is a gentleman when in front of the girl he likes."
Mark pursed his lips and lowered his head with a smile.
What Patrick said was true. Every time he saw that Elaine, he always failed to control his emotions,
although he tried.
Sometimes he couldn't help but look into her eyes, her lips for a long time and had the idea of going
over to kiss her passionately.
But Elaine would just run away from things like that.
...
"I'd better not have dinner with Mark. We are not in a relationship. Why would I have dinner with him?
It's strange."
Elaine supported her cheeks with her hand and thought. The more she thought about the dinner, the
more depressed she became.
"If Mark is looking for me, tell him that I have a stomachache and already went back to rest."
Elaine wrote a note and pushed it to Jennet.
Jennet narrowed her eyes and read the note. Then she replied.
"How can you? Mark is a big figure in the school. You can't stand him up."
Elaine was stunned for a moment, but she was still afraid for the coming dinner. So she escaped
through the back door with her books before class was over.
All the corridors in the teaching building were so quiet.
"You came out so early today?"
A figure flashed out from the pillar.
"What?" Elaine was shocked. When she saw who the person was, her face blushed immediately out of
embarrassment.
This was indeed a situation of 'Speak of the devil'.
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