Joshua smiled, any doubt he had was gone, and he felt completely relieved. Hazel was not hiding anything from him, which meant nothing was going on between her and Ivan.

“Mmm. Try to go back to school as early as possible, it’s cold,” he said.

“Don’t you want to ask me what we talked about?” She was curious.

“Hazel, I trust you,” he said in a low voice. “You can handle these things.”

She felt happy that he trusted her. Joshua did not continue asking her what had happened but ...