Hazel almost threw the phone out!

Even Madeline was able to reach Hazel on her phone, so it wasn’t surprising that Ted knew Hazel’s number.

Having said that, Hazel had never expected Ted to call her. Hazel could still feel that Ted disliked her. No, “dislike” sounded too polite. “Detest” was more proper.

Otherwise, Ted wouldn’t have spirited Joshua away and made Joshua and her separated for so long. Now Joshua returned to Country Z, Ted actually dispatched a woman like Madeline to stay by Joshua’s side.

Because of all that Ted had done, Hazel didn’t like him, either.

Taking a deep breath, Hazel was neither humble nor arrogant, “Hello,...