Before Baron was finished, Dave snatched the phone and asked about Hazel’s parents in detail, not caring about Baron’s expression at all.
“Hazel, don’t worry. Mr. Floyd can deal with it. He can cover the medical expenses and find good doctors.”
Dave said firmly. He was very confident in Baron.
On the other side of the line, Hazel smiled bitterly. If there had been other choices, she wouldn’t have asked Baron for help. She knew that everything had a price. There was no such thing as a free lunch.
And even if she had enough money and that her parents could later recover, she was afraid that she could not find the best doctor for her parents.
Therefore, she could only remain silent and shamelessly accept it.
Baron closed his eyes and took a rest for a moment. Listening to Dave talking endlessly, Baron suddenly snatched the phone without warning.
“You don’t have to worry. There are no strings attached.”
Hearing Baron’s brief words, Dave’s eyes shone with curiosity.
No. He would ask Hazel in private what had happened between her and Baron. There were no strings attached. It was not like Baron.
“OK.”
Hazel realized that Baron was talking about that night when he asked her to be his woman.
She couldn’t figure out why Baron would take a fancy to an ordinary woman like her.
She was ordinary in every way. To pursue her dream in City J, she had worked very hard to earn a living. She was poor and humble.
They seemed to have reached an unspoken agreement and neither of them mentioned that night.
Hazel packed her luggage and lost sleep the entire night. She looked at the ceiling and waited for dawn to arrive.
At five in the morning, the phone rang. The driver came to drive her to the private airport in the suburbs. Baron’s private plane was parked there.
After she got on the plane and saw Baron sitting in the first row with his eyes closed, Hazel stiffened for a second.
Didn’t he go out? Had he returned?
Dave yawned, his eyes red.
After Hazel hung up the phone, Baron gave an order to return. Dave was not sleepy at all after a busy night. At down, Dave started to doze off.
It would take about twenty hours to travel by train. And it only took two hours by plane.
On the way to the People’s Hospital in the county, Hazel, Baron, and Dave received much attraction from the passersby.
“Are you a big star? Can I have your autograph?”
A little girl in a hospital gown blinked her eyes and handed a pen and notebook to Baron.
Baron was in a light gray suit, tall and straight. With his deep eyes, he looked cold and unapproachable. There were women around him trying to get closer to him, but they gave up because of his cold look.
Baron walked around the little girl with a straight face, holding Hazel’s hand. Then he strode forward.
“You are a badass!”
Hazel was worried about her parents. She was not in a mood to care about a child’s emotions.
Dave took out two lollipops from his pocket and cheered the little girl up. Then he wiped his forehead. It was not just a rumor that Baron could scare a child to tears with his cold face.
So Dave carried all kinds of candy with him and was quite skilled at cleaning up the mess.
Baron took Hazel to pay the surgery fees first and then see the doctor. They asked the doctor about Hazel’s parents.
The surgery was arranged overnight. Both of them were still unconscious and not out of danger.
The perpetrator had already escaped after the accident, which was also the main reason why Hazel’s parents almost didn’t survive.
Hazel’s house was in an old residential area. The lighting facilities downstairs were not good.
After the perpetrator escaped, it took a long time for them to be discovered by the pedestrians passing by.
The pedestrians immediately called the police and sent them to the hospital. Her father’s heart stopped beating for a moment.
The medical staff was racing to save him and finally, he survived, but the situation was still not good.
Hazel went to the police station to ask about the perpetrator who escaped. That night, there was a fruit stall that was open until very late. The owner only provided some vague clues.
According to the owner, it was a white car.
After the white car knocked them down, there were obvious bloodstains on it. Recently, it might be in a repair shop for maintenance. The police were investigating suspicious vehicles.
After returning from the police station, Hazel sat on a bench in the hospital corridor. Her mind was blank.
She didn’t know what sadness was as if all of this was a dream. When she woke up, she would receive a call from her parents.
At night, the corridor of the hospital was very quiet.
Dave carried a plastic bag and sat down next to Hazel. He yawned and then comforted, “Hazel, hurry up and eat. If your parents were conscious, they wouldn’t want you to be like this.”
In the past, Dave also envied actors and thought that they were well-dressed and well-paid. They lived in mansions and had luxury cars to pick them up.
In fact, that was not the case except for a very small part of the people in the entertainment industry.
Hazel’s parents were still in a critical condition, but she had to rush back to City J before dawn because her role was an important one. If she was not there, the whole crew would be affected.
If she was a big star, she could ask them to put off her work and do Sally’s part first. But Hazel had no say in it. And Sally did not get along with her. So Sally would definitely find any possible excuses to refuse.
“Thank you, I’m not hungry.”
Hazel looked up blankly. When she saw Dave’s concerned expression, she suddenly felt warm in her heart.
Baron had just finished a video conference. He had already mobilized a professional medical team in the United States and ordered the private planes of the Floyd Group to be on standby.
Hazel’s parents were not in a good condition and more advanced medical equipment was needed. The People’s Hospital here was not that well-equipped.
Unfortunately, the patients were not out of danger and could not move for the time being.
“Mr. Floyd, why do you make such a fuss?”
Dave didn’t understand it. He had been working for Baron for a long time. Dave was used to seeing Baron being ruthless and cold-blooded. He had a keen observation with no sympathy.
Baron was so perceptive that he could see through any lie.
“Are you the boss or am I the boss?”
Baron never explained his decision. Hazel was already an exception. Baron would do whatever he wanted. He gave no reason.
Dave nodded wildly, realizing that he had just broken another taboo.
On the first day Dave worked for the Floyd Group, the assistant made it very clear that he had to do what Baron said. As long as he was not asked to commit murder or arson, he had to obey absolutely.
Otherwise, he had to endure some mean comments from Baron.
Dave remembered that he once saw Roger bragging in the office. Roger talked about how many girlfriends he had as backups and that he could introduce some to Baron.
Baron still kept a straight face and directly said, “Is that so? I always thought that you changed girlfriends so frequently just to cover for the fact that you were impotent.”
It was deeply imprinted in Dave’s mind, so much so that every time Dave saw Roger, Dave’s face changed. He would stare at Roger’s crotch for a few seconds.
Dave really wanted to know if Roger was really impotent or not.
Baron was a cold man. But he treated Hazel differently. As a bystander, Dave could clearly see that Anna had no chance. It was better to leave a good impression on Baron’s future wife!
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