Chapter172.
“Ms. Morris, do you know you’re coming off as unnatural?”
In the quiet corridor late at night, Hazel’s voice was soft and faint, with a hint of amusement in her eyes and sarcasm in her tone as she saw through her.
Emma’s expression froze after she heard Hazel’s words.
She flicked her wet hair on one side of her cheek and pretended not to understand, “I don’t understand what you mean. Why am I being unnatural?”
Although Hazel was much younger than Emma, she was much taller than Emma.
When Hazel didn’t smile, her aura resembled that of Gabriel.
The sound of water came from the bedroom as if someone was taking a shower, but it was not possible to see if anyone was inside from the doorway.
It was too deliberate.
Hazel saw through the pretense of the room’s disarray at a glance.
If Emma hadn’t made the room so messy, Hazel might have believed Gabriel would cross the line with someone close.
Looking at Emma’s forced calm expression, Hazel smiled and asked her ambiguously, “What … do you think?”
Unable to discern the meaning behind Hazel’s smile, Emma could only act on instinct. She asked, “Ms. Robinson, is there something you need to talk to Mr. Campbell since you’re here so late? He’s taking a shower, but I can relay the message for you.”
Emma was determined to make Hazel misunderstand that she had an affair with Gabriel, bu Hazel appeared too calm and indifferent, which made her feel confused.
Wasn’t it said that Hazel loved Gabriel very much?
How could she be so composed?
“The person isn’t even in the room. Who are you going to relay the message to, a ghost?” Hazel directly exposed the lie Emma had set up, but Emma stared straight into her eyes, trying to find sadness in them, but found nothing.
Watching Hazel turn around and go back into her room, Emma, filled with anger, without thinking, “I slept with Mr. Campbell!”
blurted out
Hazel didn’t even turn her head and waved her hand at Emma, saying, “I wish you a pleasant night.”
Emma thought, “Is this woman crazy?”
With a beep, the sound of the room card opening the door resounded. Hazel had entered the room while Emma was still staring at Hazel’s room door.
Emma returned to the room and called room service, requesting the hotel to immediately send someone to clean the room. She also changed back into her clothes and destroyed all possible evidence that could expose what had just happened.
When Emma was handling the box on the sofa, her
eyes dimmed.
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To make everything look more realistic, Emma intentionally tore two of them and threw the wrapping paper on the ground.
Emma was convinced in her heart that Hazel was pretending!
When Gabriel and Gianna had a meal together back then, Hazel got so angry that she divorced. him. How could she not be angry when she found Emma “had slept with Gabriel“? So Hazel must be pretending!
Inside the room across the hall.
Hazel rubbed her slightly sore neck. Since Emma had the energy to prepare for this, Gabriel must not have had any trouble.
She sent Jaxon a voice message to reassure him.
After dealing with everything, Hazel pondered about Emma’s actions. From the heroic rescue in the banquet hall to the messy room just now, Emma seemed eager for her to be angry.
Hazel searched her memory and found no recollection of any conflict events with Emma.
Or was it that every woman who fell in love with Gabriel, by default, developed a habitual resentment toward his ex–wife, who divorced him two years ago?
Hazel was a bit confused, but it didn’t prevent her from having a good night’s sleep.
It was just an ex–husband.
If it weren’t for the existence of her two sons, Jaxon and Joshua, the best end for her ex–husband would be to disappear from her world entirely.
When Emma came out of Gabriel’s room, the hotel staff had already cleaned every corner of the room, ensuring no trace was left.
She angrily glanced at the opposite door and left, walking in high heels.
Gabriel, who was secretly meeting with Jasper in the neighboring city, was unaware of the incident that had occurred in his room.
Because of Jasper’s special identity, combined with the sensitive nature of the discussion, all participants in this meeting turned off their phones, and all communication devices were collected in the password–protected cabinet outside in advance.
In a closed room, Gabriel sat alone, while across from him sat the heir of the Scott family in Northfield.
Both men were strong individuals who did not lag behind each other in terms of family background, abilities, or appearance. Even their personalities were similarly cold and indifferent. “These people have already reached their hands abroad.”
Jasper’s deep voice, carrying the wisdom of a high–ranking individual, and his wise between the two young and promising men opposite him.
gaze shifted
Over the past six months, a company called “Capital Securities” had been laundering money for certain special occupations in the country through the establishment of a charitable foundation and secretly transferring all these funds abroad.
Jasper hoped Gabriel and the Scott family would join forces to investigate the network behind “Capital Securities” and, if possible, obtain the internal list.
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Gabriel, however, said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Sterling”
Over the years, Gabriel had provided Jasper with a lot of financial support in secret Jasper provided power in return for money, but no matter how they cooperated privately, they would not make their connection public.
Nor would they involve others.
Even someone as powerful as Jasper didn’t have full confidence in the matter, which showed how extensive the scope involved was.
If Gabriel were unmarried and without children, he would have nothing to fear.
But he had two sons and a daughter who had been publicly acknowledged, and Hazel With this in mind, Gabriel’s eyes darkened. Once he got into trouble, the children and she would be in trouble as well.
Jasper looked at another man inside the room, whose meaning was the same as Gabriel’s. He didn’t want to get involved in this matter either.
“The Scott family has just found their daughter, who had been missing for over twenty years. She is not in good health, and at the moment, I simply do not have the energy to think about anything else.”
Jasper heard the words and smiled.
“Okay. I understand, but if you want to get involved later, you can contact Theodore at any time.” There was no need to continue the matter any further, so Jasper exchanged a few pleasantries and had his secretary escort them out.
Gabriel and the heir of the Scott family departed in different directions in separate cars.
One went to the airport, and the other went to Akron.
It took three hours to drive from here to Akron, and Gabriel saw missed calls from Jaxon and Joshua as soon as he turned on his phone.
It was already late. Gabriel contacted Byron and confirmed his two sons had already gone to bed. So he did not call them back.
“Mr. Campbell, when Mr. Jaxon and Mr. Joshua couldn’t reach you, they called Ms. Robinson. She said you were fine and busy. They believed her.”
“Okay, I got it.”
After hanging up the phone, Gabriel glanced at the phone records and did not see any missed calls from Hazel.
Thinking that she would rather lie to the children than contact him, he forced a sarcastic smile. Closing his
eyes, Gabriel began to ponder Jasper’s purpose this time.
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