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Sebastian looked at Hazel with tenderness, guilt, and regret in his eyes. He walked towards her with firm steps. 

Noticing that he was abnormal Hazel asked in a a low voice, “What happened?” 

Before her words had even fallen, Sebastian tightly embraced her, and a faint scent of men’s perfume invaded her nostrils. 

Hazel opened her eyes wide and stared blankly at the light above, her body instantly stiffened. Gabriel, who was coming, happened to witness this scene. 

He coldly asked, “What were you doing?” 

Hazel felt somewhat awkward when she was seen being held by Sebastian. 

And the man was her ex–husband, which was worse. 

She pushed Sebastian’s shoulder, reminding him to let go first. 

Sebastian was a very gentle and polite person. Even when faced with business competitors, his methods were very mild, and he would not resort to ruthless tactics. He was a true gentleman, especially towards ladies. 

However, at this moment. 

He held onto Hazel tightly and was unwilling to let go. 

Gabriel walked towards the terrace with a cold face and casually closed the door of the terrace, blocking the view of anyone who might pass by. 

“Sebastian, let her go.” 

Gabriel knew that he had no position to come and separate the two of them, so he spoke up as reminder. But when he saw Sebastian not only not letting go, but instead holding on tighter, his hand couldn’t help but clench into a fist. 

Hazel was surrounded by two vibes. 

On one side, there was a sense of oppression coming from Gabriel, while on the other side, Sebastian’s arms were trembling with excitement. 

She calmly patted Sebastian and said, “Calm down. Let go of me.” 

This time. 

Sebastian let go of her. 

His 

gaze followed her eyes closely, staring at her beautiful face. 

He could confirm that his feelings towards her during their high school were pure friendship. But with her sudden departure, the once–planned college life in his mind became lonely. And the memories in that foreign land made her an indelible obsession in his heart. When he tried to find answers for her departure, Hazel’s figure constantly lingered in his mind. Even when there were many other women around him, he would subconsciously compare them to Hazel. 

Later, he traveled back and forth between Seattle and abroad multiple times. 

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All his holidays were almost spent on going to Seattle to see her. 

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He saw her attend classes. He saw her constantly work part–time. He saw her cleverly avoid harassment from customers at the bar… 

He wanted to rush up and help him at that time, but he was stopped by his friend. His friend told him that since Hazel would rather choose to sell alcohol in a bar than ask for help from old friends, she was still proud, and his presence would only embarrass her. Sebastian was persuaded by those words. 

And later, his gaze could no longer leave her. 

Hazel didn’t know… 

Half of the expensive wine she sold during her six–month part–time job at the bar was stored in the underground wine cellar of Sebastian’s residence in Seattle. 

Sebastian had no intention of telling her. 

Back then, Sebastian never could have imagined that the person who pushed Hazel to a corner was actually his own family! 

He took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his emotions, and returned to his usual gentle state. Sebastian pushed his gold–framed glasses on the bridge of his nose and spoke with a hint of apology, “I’m sorry. I was rude just now.” 

Gabriel saw through his disguise at a glance, with one hand in his pocket, comparing Sebastian’s attitude to his attitude yesterday. 

He knew that the information specially sent to Roy had already been given to Sebastian. 

And Sebastian had already known it. 

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have immediately shown a look as if he owed her the whole world as soon as he saw Hazel. 

Sorting out his thoughts in his mind, Sebastian felt that he couldn’t scare Hazel. A moment later, he spoke up and said, “Haze, I just had a dream, where….you were bullied by my mother and grandmother because of me.” 

Hazel’s throat was dry, her eyes never leaving Sebastian’s blue pupils. She felt inexplicably that his words were hinting at something. 

Did he already know about the things Abbie and his mom did? 

But even if he knew, what could he do? 

Sebastian was their family. 

Would he really harm his own family just because of an outsider? 

Hazel immediately discarded such unrealistic ideas as soon as they crossed her mind. 

She said lightly,“Dreams and reality are opposite.” 

Even without speaking, Gabriel was eye–catching. 

Meeting her gaze, Gabriel smirked, feeling no remorse for using their two sons as an excuse to come see her. 

“Jaxon and Joshua wanted to 

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Speaking of this, Hazel suddenly remembered that she and her daughter hadn’t said goodbye yet. She picked up her phone and saw Leila pulling Ethan’s hand covering her eyes and peeking with her curious eyes through the gaps between his fingers. 

Seeing Hazel looking at herself, Leila immediately tugged on Ethan’s finger and softly said, “Ethan, let go.” 

Ethan heard Gabriel and Sebastian’s conversation and teasingly winked at Hazel on the other end of the phone. 

He intentionally raised his voice and said to Gabriel, “Leila, let’s not disturb Mom’s date.” 

He wished Gabriel would be so angered! 

Ethan thought, “Poker face, you gotta be suffering!” 

Leila exclaimed in confusion, “Huh?” She asked Hazel, “Mom, what is a date?” 

Hazel was speechless. 

Sebastian glanced at Gabriel, who had a dark face beside him, and his mouth slightly curved upwards due to Leila’s question. 

He walked behind Hazel and greeted Leila. 

Unlike the sarcasm and rejection towards Gabriel, Ethan greeted Sebastian mildly, clearly indicating that they had known each other. 

Gabriel’s already unpleasant mood became even worse when he heard Leila call Sebastian “handsome“. 

Ethan continued to provoke him, “Leila, maybe you’ll have a handsome dad soon.” 

Leila blinked her eyes with doubt. 

However, she had a dad. Now she was going to have another handsome dad? So she had one. more dad than her two brothers? 

Hazel’s mouth twitched slightly as she heard Ethan’s nonsense. 

“Ethan, you are not allowed to mislead my daughter!” 

Ethan touched his nose and said, “Who says I was talking nonsense? It might come true in the future, right, Basty?” 

Hazel rolled her eyes. 

After saying goodbye to her daughter, she immediately hung up the phone. Hazel had just thought of changing the subject when she heard Sebastian’s meaningful words, “Haze, I think Ethan’s proposal was quite good.” 

She turned around in surprise and saw the seriousness in his eyes. For a moment, she didn’t react, and silence fell on the terrace. 

Gabriel’s eyes darkened with a cold smile, and he made a video call to his eldest son directly. With a greeting from Jaxon, Gabriel wrapped his arm around Hazel’s shoulder and pulled her 

into his embrace. 

He held up his phone and said, “Jaxon, Dad found your mom. Didn’t you say you had something to tell her?” 

Hazel didn’t want to slap Gabriel in front of Jaxon. Her lips curled up as she gently asked Jaxon 

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While smiling at her son, she forcefully pulled Gabriel’s hand off her shoulder and stomped on his leather shoes with her high heels. However, she accidentally missed her step and stumbled backward. 

Having learned a lesson, Gabriel quickly moved half a step away when her high heels stepped on. 

Last time, Hazel mercilessly kicked him, and his toe directly got bruised. It took him a long time to heal. 

Gabriel held her arm and smirked, saying, “Be careful.” 

Hazel didn’t know what to say. 

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