“No,” said Joshua lightly.

“What have you done to her?” Hazel asked curiously.

She didn’t know Cynthia was missing. Joshua didn’t tell her that Cynthia had contacted a human trafficker and wanted to sell her. On the one hand, he could handle it himself. But, on the other hand, he didn’t want to make Hazel angry. After all, Hazel needed to keep in a good mood right now.

Hazel had thought that Joshua just taught Cynthia a lesson so that she dared not make trouble anymore.

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