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Eddie clenched his fist and took a step forward, but Hazel stopped him.
It was no surprise that Delilah had probably already told Damon about this. Now, she was clearly trying to use this opportunity to play the victim in front of him, wasn’t she?
Hazel wasn’t going to let Delilah get away with it.
“You’re already pregnant, and yet Damon doesn’t care enough to keep you at home, letting you run around like this?”
Before Delilah could respond, Hazel continued, “Damon didn’t marry you because he was with me. Now that we’ve divorced, why hasn’t he married you yet?”
With just two sentences, she left Delilah speechless, her face turning red as she stomped her
feet in frustration.
The nanny behind Delilah, worried about her belly, quickly stepped in front of her to block
Hazel.
“Mr. Price marrying Miss Hasani is only a matter of time, but you-you’re just a discarded shoe now. You’ve fallen so low, serving so many men. How can you still stand there acting so high and mighty?”
Though the maids weren’t on Delilah’s side, they had to obey the family’s orders. Since Hazel had been kicked out and Delilah had been welcomed in, it was clear who they would
defend.
“You people really do love to ask for trouble.”
Hazel raised an eyebrow and moved to leave, but Delilah blocked her path, her belly sticking
out as she stood firm.
“Damon is coming to pick me up soon. Don’t you want to see him?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Damon’s car roared up, slamming on the brakes and
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Seeing who was standing opposite Delilah, Damon couldn’t wait to get out of the car. His gaze was immediately fixed on Hazel.
Hazel was wearing a slightly fitted casual outfit that subtly highlighted her curves. Her high ponytail and sharp features gave her a bold and graceful look.
When Delilah saw Damon approaching, she immediately changed her attitude.
“Hazel, Damon has really been looking for you. Even if you don’t believe it, you can’t call him trash, can you? I was wrong before. Wouldn’t it be enough for me to apologize?”
Damon was close enough to hear Delilah’s words, and his expression immediately
darkened.
Hazel actually called him trash, again?!
Even if she really was the eldest daughter of the Queen family, that attitude was too
arrogant!
“What’s the point of apologizing to someone who lies through their teeth? Hazel, after being with you for three years, I didn’t even know you were the eldest daughter of the Queen family.”
The eldest daughter of the Queen family?! Delilah’s face turned pale with fear. She frowned
and stared at Hazel.
The reason Damon had divorced Hazel was that Delilah had manipulated him, convincing
him that Hazel married him for money. 1
But if Hazel was the true eldest daughter of the Queen family, didn’t that mean this whole misunderstanding would be resolved on its own?
Hazel chuckled lightly, the sunlight catching her bright face, making her look radiant and
beautiful.
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“What’s there to talk about with trash? Besides, you didn’t even ask, did you? Were you too busy out there trying to make something of yourself?” She glanced subtly at Delilah’s belly as she spoke.
The meaning in her eyes was obvious.
Seeing her like this, Damon didn’t get angry. Instead, he smiled.
Her hostility toward Delilah only meant one thing-she still had feelings for him. Why else would she be so jealous?
“Come here, I need to talk to you.”
After saying that, Damon turned and started walking away, only to realize Hazel wasn’t following. He reached out to grab her.
But Hazel wasn’t gentle. She seized his wrist and performed a beautiful shoulder throw, sending him sprawling to the ground.
Damon was completely unprepared as Hazel threw him to the ground. His shoulder and back collided violently with the floor, and the pain twisted his face in agony.
After dealing with Damon, Hazel turned without hesitation and got into the car, with Eddie eagerly driving off, leaving behind a stunned Delilah and the pained Damon lying on the ground.
“This woman… she really dares!” Damon lay there for a long while before he could recover.
He couldn’t believe that Hazel had actually dared to lay a hand on him, and he couldn’t
believe this woman, who had been by his side day and night, was so skilled.
From how smoothly she had taken him down just now, it was clear her skills were not to be
underestimated! 1
In the car, Eddie was still savoring the scene of Hazel’s boldness.
“Boss, I have to say, you looked really badass just now. That was Damon! The president of
Price Corp! You just threw him like that! I admire you so much.”
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“Heh,” Hazel sneered. Not only did she throw him, but she also intended to return the
favor!
“That footage from the gym’s security cameras should have caught it, right?”
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“It did. It’s not far from the entrance of the gym.” Eddie answered, then suddenly seemed to remember something. He glanced at the boss in the rearview mirror.
A provocative smile spread across Hazel’s face. With her light makeup, it gave her a seductive, almost enchanting look.
Looks like the boss really had a natural charm.
“Boss, you don’t mean to-“|
“That’s right. Let the gym d******d the footage and upload it online. Then we’ll have our guys push it to trending.”
This was nothing to them-The Prices’ trash wasn’t even worth their attention.
Eddie was so excited his blood was boiling, and he nearly lost grip of the steering wheel.
The boss didn’t make a move often, but when she did, she did it with such flair. He was completely in love with her!
The next morning, the topic ‘President Damon Price in Tangle with Ex-Wife, Who Tossed Him Over Her Shoulder’ was the number one trending topic.
With video evidence, the impact was far greater than the previously circulating photos and
text from Price Corp.
“What’s going on? Is President Price having a fight with his ex-wife?”
“Just based on this, his ex-wife could totally take him down! I’m rooting for her!”
“No way! You mean President Price’s ex-wife is actually Hazel Queen, the eldest daughter of the Queen family, and now the president of Queen Corp? She’s my new goddess!”
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“What?!”
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It wasn’t a secret that Hazel was the president of Queen Corp, but Jonah had suppressed this
news, so most people were unaware.
Now, thanks to the viral shoulder throw incident, this secret had been exposed, catching
Jonah and his family completely off guard.
“Mom! What’s going on with Hazel?! How did she come back and stir up all this trouble for our family?”
At the Queen Mansion, Bailey angrily scrolled through her phone, throwing half-eaten apples on the floor.
Since Hazel’s return, she had been relegated to a small storage room on the first floor. She had planned to invite friends over for her birthday, but with things now in chaos, that was
clearly out of the question.
Her birthday was just a few days away, and friends had already asked if they could stay at the mansion. To save face, she had agreed without thinking. Now, the thought of it made
her even more despondent.
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Bailey was determined to make Hazel agree to let her invite friends over, even if it meant risking her life.
“I don’t care! I already told my friends I’d invite them to my house for my birthday. If they can’t come, how will I ever face them again? I’ll just die!” Bailey threw herself onto Adele,
pouting.
Adele only had this one daughter, whom she had pampered and protected all her life— treating her as if she were fragile. Now, Bailey was making demands that Adele couldn’t
refuse.
Adele grabbed her daughter’s phone and started scrolling through the news about Hazel,
when she suddenly came across a comment that revealed Hazel had been Damon’s ex-wife.
“That’s why there’s been no news about Hazel all these years. She must’ve married into the Price family.”
With the Price family’s influence, it was easy to protect their daughter-in-law’s identity.
“What do you mean?”
Bailey snatched the phone away, noticing the comments below and was shocked to learn
that Hazel had been married to Damon Price for three years.
“Hmph, how lucky is she? Damon is exactly the type of man I dreamed of!”
“Though… since they’re divorced, I suppose that means I have a chance now, right?”
A sudden idea flashed through Adele’s mind. If her daughter could marry into the Price family, wouldn’t it mean the Queen family’s power would be secure?
Just as she was thinking this, Jonah walked in, and Adele immediately shared her idea with
him.
“Isn’t Queen Corp planning to collaborate with Price Corp? You should take this
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opportunity to find out more about Damon’s relationship status.”
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“We’ll wait until the online buzz dies down. Right now, though, there’s something off about it all. It feels like Damon is being overshadowed by Hazel.”
No sooner had he spoken, than Hazel came downstairs. She was wearing a nightgown, looking freshly awake and less intimidating than usual.
Seeing the group gathered in the living room, she could tell immediately that they weren’t discussing anything good.
After her return, she had sent Bailey to a small guest room downstairs, while Jonah and Adele were staying in a larger room upstairs.
Having lost control of the villa and the company, how could Jonah’s family not harbor
resentment?
“So, what’s the family plotting now?” Hazel asked, pouring herself a glass of water, her sharp gaze still on them.
Bailey, fuming, marched over to Hazel with her phone in hand. “How dare you lay a hand on the president of Price Corp? You must be tired of living! If you want to die, don’t drag us
into it!”
“Bailey! Come here,” Adele called out.
At this point, only Adele had yet to openly clash with Hazel. She was the most calculating of
them all. In fact, Adele might have been the mastermind behind the fire that had caused so
much trouble for the family.
Back then, Jonah would never have had the brains or the guts to commit arson or murder.
Without Adele’s manipulation, he wouldn’t have dared to do something so heinous.
As for Bailey, she was just a brainless girl who could ruin herself without anyone’s help.
“Hazel is your sister. How can you speak to her like that? Apologize!” Adele scolded, her
tone and expression stern.
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Bailey immediately looked aggrieved. Even such light scolding was enough to make her
burst into tears.
“I’m not apologizing to that tramp! Everything was fine before she came back. Why did she have to return?!”
Fine? Sure, their family had been doing just fine.
But her parents were gone, leaving her alone in this world.
The people who had a hand in their deaths now occupied her family’s company and house. And now that she was back, it wouldn’t be long before Adele and Jonah began to feel the
pressure.
“If you’re ignorant of the law, I don’t mind explaining it to you,” Hazel said coldly. “My parents’ assets naturally belong to me after their passing. And don’t forget—they left a will years ago.”
“Not only the company but this villa and all their properties and savings rightfully belong to me.”
Bailey’s face turned red with rage. She was supposed to be the Queen family’s precious daughter, the one showered with love and affection. How could Hazel, a parentless outsider, have the audacity to claim everything as her own?
She had to take it all back-everything that was meant to be hers! 1
Crying, Bailey ran out, and Jonah hurried after her. Left in the living room were just Hazel
and Adele.
“Hazel, Bailey was spoiled by us growing up. I apologize on her behalf. As her elder sister, I hope you won’t hold it against her,” Adele said, her tone laced with feigned remorse.
What a clever use of moral blackmail-making the older one responsible for forgiving the younger. If you didn’t think about it carefully, you might even fall for it.
Hazel smiled faintly and took a few steps toward Adele. Though she was still in her pajamas,
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her tall stature and naturally cold demeanor were enough to make Adele’s legs feel weak.
Fortunately, years of mingling in high society had trained Adele to maintain a composed facade. She pretended to remain unbothered.
“Auntie, until I gather solid evidence about what happened back then, you might still have some room to breathe. But that’s all it is-breathing room. Recently, my people seem to have found some surveillance footage. Let’s hope you’ll still be able to say these righteous words when the time comes.”
With that, Hazel turned and headed upstairs to catch up on sleep.
Meanwhile, in the Price Corp building, Damon was on the verge of losing it.
No matter how many times they tried to delete the leaked videos, they kept resurfacing from different angles and on various platforms.
The situation had spiraled into a full-blown internet sensation.
Kin stood in Damon’s office, not daring to make a sound.
“Do the technicians we’ve trained eat for free? They can’t even fix this minor issue! Connect
with Carlos and get him to handle it remotely!” Damon barked.
“Yes, sir!”
Damon had no desire to look at the online comments anymore. Years of carefully crafted public persona-destroyed in an instant.
Hazel had shown no mercy. It seemed it was time to teach her a lesson.
He pulled out his phone and made a call. “Take over every single project under Queen Corp’s name. Corner them until they can’t even catch their breath!”
There was no way that Hazel, an inexperienced CEO who had just stepped into the role, could command the board’s loyalty.
