From Secret Wife to Queen of Her World

Chapter 2 Joshua's Apology

Finally, Hazel couldn't help but soften her heart.

She let them in and quickly gave Joshua emergency treatment to bring down his fever.

During the treatment, Gabriel's sharp gaze had never shifted away from Hazel. After taking care of Joshua, Hazel gave Gabriel and Ezra a few instructions and then went. upstairs.

But later, just as Gabriel finished cleaning the vomit on Joshua, he discovered that Jaxon was also running a low fever.

As a result, in order to take care of the two children, Gabriel hardly slept that night.

And in the past two years, after Hazel left, he had to take care of the children all by himself.

The next morning....

Hazel woke up in Leila's kisses.

She changed Leila's diaper, dressed her in a light pink dress, and then carried her downstairs. Hazel's fever-reducing medicine was quite effective. Overnight, Jaxon's and Joshua's fevers were all gone.

At this moment, the two boys sat on one side, staring at Hazel and Leila with curiosity and confusion in their eyes.

Jaxon whispered to Joshua, "This woman looks like our mom."

Joshua, on the other hand, was a bit angry.

He pouted, "What's going on with that little girl? Plus, Mom has already left us. She ditched us! She's a bad woman!"

Leila sat on the children's chair, drinking milk while curiously looking at the few strangers at the dining table.

After finishing the milk, she casually handed the bottle to Gabriel beside her. She was only over one year old and had just started to learn to speak. She could only say one or two words at once, but her meaning was expressed very clearly.

Leila uttered, "Put."

When Hazel was about to take the baby's bottle, Gabriel had already reached out his hald Their hands touched each other on the milk bottle, but Hazel quickly withdrew her hand first. Leila thought that they were playing with her, so she reached out and grabbed Gabriel's fingers, placing her little hand on top of his big hand.

Gabriel's gaze moved between the faces of Hazel and Leila. He found that Leila's lively eyes exactly the same as Hazel's.

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Leila was still a baby and would be easily distracted. After letting go of Gabriel's hand, she waved towards Joshua and Jaxon, who were sitting across from her.

She sweetly smiled, "Let's play."

But Hazel picked up Leila and kissed her fair cheek, her gaze gentle. "Leila, my good girl. I'll play with you, OK?"

Everyone at the table saw how intimate Hazel was to Leila.

Jaxon felt a mixture of envy and disappointment, while Joshua deliberately turned his head away, refusing to look at them.

When Gabriel noticed the disappointment on Jaxon's face, his gaze on Hazel carried a hint of coldness.

After having breakfast, Gabriel and Ezra went out to find a way to leave this place.

Knowing that they would leave today, Hazel didn't intend to let the two children stay a little longer.

It had been several years since they last met. Even if the two boys didn't love her, they were still her own flesh and blood.

However..

Looking at the continuous storm outside, Hazel furrowed her brows and somehow had a bad feeling.

When she was brewing coffee, Jaxon cautiously stuck his head out of the room, holding his favorite toy car, and slowly moved towards Leila.

At this time, Leila, sitting in the cradle, waved her chubby little hand.

“Hi. Hi.

Hazel immediately turned her head, only to find that Jaxon stood stiffly beside the cradle.

Meeting Hazel's gaze, Jaxon awkwardly lowered his head and spoke hesitantly, "This is a new toy Dad bought for me, and I want to give it to her."

Seeing that Hazel didn't stop him, Jaxon handed the toy car to Leila.

"Here you are."

Leila had already stood up and got to the edge of the cradle. She happily reached out to hold Jaxon's hand, wanting him to come in and play with her.

But Joshua shouted, "Jaxon, don't give it to her!"

As soon as Gabriel came back, he heard Joshua crying.

His face immediately turned cold, and his lips pressed into a thin line while he strode to the crying Joshua.

Leila held the toy car and quietly nestled in Hazel's arms, wondering why Joshua was crying so loudly. Meanwhile, when Jaxon saw Joshua crying, he immediately came over to comfort him. But he was pushed away by Joshua and fell to the ground.

Joshua shouted at Jaxon, "I hate you! You go and play with that bad woman and her daughter!" Gabriel picked up Jaxon, who had fallen to the ground, and turned to look at Joshua, scolding in a deep voice, "Joshua! She's your mother! Apologize! Also, apologize to your brother." But Joshua screamed loudly and shouted, "No! She is not my mother! She doesn't love me! Dad, I Want Gianna. Can you take me to find Gianna? Jaxon likes that bad woman's daughter. He's a

Gabriel looked at Joshua with a serious face. When he was about to continue reprimanding, Hazel spoke up.

"Gabriel, he is right. I don't deserve to be his mother.

"It's dawn. You guys should go now."

Obviously, Hazel was asking them to leave her house.

However, the rain outside didn't stop, and it was even heavier than the rain last night. It was very dangerous to drive under such circumstances.

Gabriel didn't expect Hazel to be so heartless, and his mood fell down to the extreme, making the atmosphere tense.

He was the heir of the Campbell family, the most prestigious one in the country. He was destined. to enjoy the world's top resources from birth.

The young prodigy and business legend were both his labels. So far, apart from his marriage with Hazel, he had never experienced any failures.

Their marriage only existed for five years.

Gabriel looked at Hazel, his eyes cold. "Hazel, they're your biological sons. You gave birth to them after ten months of pregnancy! It's raining heavily outside. Can you bear to let them go out

now?"

His voice was filled with irritation, and he tugged at his shirt collar irritably when pausing.

"Hazel, Jaxon and Joshua had just got better from a fever. Besides, Joshua's words were unintentional. Do you really want to argue with a six-year-old boy?"

Jaxon explained on the side, "Dad, the car I gave to her was the one you bought for me. Joshua's toy car

is at home. He probably thought that I gave his car to her, which is why he got so angry.

Gabriel had never refused the two boys' request to buy toys. However, when he found out that Joshua had caused such commotion over a toy car, his eyes turned cold.

He said to Joshua, "Joshua, your brother can decide who to give his toys to. Your crying is unreasonable."

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Leila, nestled in Hazel's arms, couldn't understand what the adults were saying. However, her she heard the words "toy car", she climbed down from Hazel's embrace and walked over to Joshua, holding the toy

car.

Then, she handed the toy car to Joshua and said, "Play."

She thought that

that if she gave the toy to Joshua, Joshua would stop crying. Unexpectedly, Joshua turned his face away and cried even harder.

Every time Leila cried, Hazel would hold her and pat her back gently. Now, Leila placed the toy car on the coffee table and walked over to embrace Joshua, her chubby little hand gently patting his back. "There, there."

Joshua had never been coaxed by a younger child before, so he shyly nestled in Gabriel's arms muttered, "But why do you do this?"

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remembered that even Hazel, his mother, didn't come to comfort him when he was crying Leila looked at Gabriel in confusion, not understanding what Joshua meant. Seemingly thinking of something, she turned around, picked up her candy jar, and went to Hazel.

"Mom. Candy."

Hazel patted Leila's head and handed her a candy. But just as she was about to carry Leila upstairs, Leila ran away and handed the candy to Jaxon.

"Here. Candy. Eat," she said to Jaxon.

Leila loved to eat candies the most. But Hazel only gave her one candy every day. So to her, candy was the most delicious thing in the world.

When Hazel saw Leila handing the candy to Jaxon, she was stunned for a moment. She emembered that Leila had never been so close to other children so quickly before. Leila noticed Joshua was peeking at her and thought that he also wanted candy. So, as a generous little girl, she gave Joshua candy.

However, Joshua angrily slapped away the candy and coldly snorted, "I won't eat the candy bought by that bad woman!"

Seeing Joshua's unreasonable behavior, Gabriel frowned in annoyance and scolded, "Joshua! It's very impolite of you to act this way. What do you say when someone gives you candy?" Joshua clenched his hands, glanced at Leila, and then looked at Hazel, who had a cold face. In the end, he pouted but still said to Leila, "Thank you."

Leila had a good personality. She giggled, picked up the candy jar, and then handed it over to Jaxon. "All of them! Yours now!"

She preferred Jaxon more as he had just played toy cars with her!

Jaxon didn't expect that Leila would give him the whole jar of candies. He stared at her blankly while holding the candy jar..

Leila tugged at his clothes, pointing at Hazel while saying to Jaxon, "Say. Mom!" Looking at Hazel, Jaxon felt a bit awkward and a little shy.

He hesitated and didn't speak, which made Leila a little anxious.

From what she remembered, every time she had to call Hazel "Mom" in order to get candy. If Jaxon didn't call Hazel "Mom", how could he eat candy then?

Leila took Jaxon's hand and led him to walk in front of Hazel. She then pointed at the candy and then Hazel, saying again, "Mom."

This time, Jaxon blushed and hesitated for a long time before softly calling out "Mom".

Upon hearing it, Hazel could no longer hold back her emotions, and her eyes suddenly turned red. She looked up, trying to hold back her tears. Then, she nodded at Jaxon.

Seeing this, Leila revealed a bright smile.

She didn't understand the tension between the adults and the two boys. She only knew that candy was sweet and that eating it could make her happy.

Saping that Jaxon had a jar of candies while he only had one, Joshua felt a bit unbalanced in his heart. He couldn't help but steal a glance at Hazel, thinking, "If I call her Mom, will I also get a big jar of candies?"

Meanwhile, Jason took out a lollipop from the candy jar, peeled off the wrapper, and handed it to Leila.

He then took another one for himself and put the jar back on the coffee table. Giving the lollipop to Joshua, Jaxon said, "Joshua, here you are."

When Gabriel was with his children, he would always appear tender. He touched Jaxon's head and said, "Jaxon, since this little girl gave the candy to you, it's yours now. Joshua has his candy." In the Campbell family, there was never a rule where the older brother had to give the younger. one something. Everything that the two children received was always divided equally.. Seila had already returned to Hazel's embrace. At this time, Gabriel asked Joshua to apologize.

Joshua first apologized to Jaxon quickly.

But when it came to apologizing to Hazel, Joshua felt very awkward. His voice was small, and he didn't even dare to look up at Hazel.

"I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said that you're a bad woman."

Still, Joshua didn't call Hazel "Mom" as he felt too embarrassed to do so. After finishing his apology, he

stole a glance at Hazel, hoping that she would come and hold him, comfort him, just like before. But nothing happened.

When Joshua realized that Hazel only cared about Leila, the grievances in his heart grew. stronger.