Crashing into an Old Flame
Chapter 296: Marry me

Chapter 296: Marry me

Her guards were raised and Hazel tightened her grasp on her phone. But before her finger could press on the dial, slender fingers slid down her wrist, curling around it and the phone in her hand disappeared.

Hazel looked at the towering figure in front of her. The sudden proximity caused a manly scent to invade her senses, making her dizzy.

She backed away almost immediately, ’’What do you think you are doing?"

’’You...’’

When Hazel moved to gaze at the manager, she realized that the man was fleeing away from the terrace with his staff members.

Her eyes widened in disbelief, ’’What...’’

’’Shhh,’’ the man removed his hold from her wrist and hurled her phone backward such that it landed on the chair in the distance, ’’It’s me.’’

’’What me? Don’t act familiar with me. Are you my stalker or something?" With Diana being an avid reader, she kept telling Hazel about tropes and stories everytime they met. And Hazel did remember something about the stalker trope.

She glanced at the man warily, ’’Look. I might not look like it but I can fight,’’ she whispered, putting her hands up in a stance as she kept backing away, ’’It will be brutal.’’

’’I am scared,’’ the man nodded.

’’So, you better not try something with me,’’ Hazel took another step back.

’’I know you can fight,’’ the man reached out to remove his cap.

Hazel’s jaw dropped when she saw the strands of silver hair slithering down in the black mane.

’’But you do it better when I am drunk and barely conscious,’’ Qin Zehan removed the mask from his face as he looked at the woman aloofly, ’’Am I right, Miss Warner?"

Hazel’s jaws dropped. This man...

Not only did he find her, he even brought the authentic staff members from a Chanel store just to dupe her. Who exactly was he?

She gulped.

It took Hazel a long moment to compose herself. As the gears in her head turned, she immediately squared her shoulders and stood straight.

’’What Miss?" Hazel calmly looked at the man, ’’I am a married woman. Are you trying to be disrespectful to my husband?

’’Is it?’’ Qin Zehan’s jaws ticked as he looked at the woman.

’’Yes. Since you know what you did wrong, you better apologize and get going,’’ Hazel gained some confidence when she saw his reaction. He was obviously intimidated by the mention of her non-existent husband.

’’Where is the husband?"

’’What?" Hazel’s jaw dropped, ’’What do you want?"

’’Kill him. Make him your late husband. Settles most of the things conveniently.’’

Hazel was about to laugh, considering it a joke but when her gaze did a once-over of the man, she found herself pursing her lips.

Dressed in an all-black Armani, the man looked nothing less than a mafia member in the first place and his dead serious expression told her that it was not just his dark humor that he flaunted in order to impress her. He meant every word he said.

’’Look, violence is not the way to go about it.’’

’’Oh? Why don’t I remember you preaching non-violence that night when you tied me up and kept beating me till I was black and blue everywhere?"

Hazel closed her eyes. I knew it. I knew he was here to settle old grudges.

’’That night has passed a long time ago. Between you and me, it was just an affair of a night. Good things happened and so did the bad ones. Even if you are obsessed with me because of what I did, you better not hold any grudges. I have a family and so do you, I presume. Forget the past grudges and move on. How does that sound?"

Qin Zehan threw the cap and mask to the side and stepped towards her.

Hazel stepped back till the back of her knee hit something and she ended up falling on the swing.

’’What if I don’t want to forget?" Qin Zehan tucked his fist under her chin, tilting it up till she was looking right into his eyes, ’’What if I refuse to forget it, Miss Warner?"

’’You... Then..’’

’’Qin Zehan. That’s the name.’’

’’I won’t apologize for what I did,’’ Hazel gulped, ’’But if you find it hard to drop the grudges, then...’’

’’Then what?"

You jerk!

Hazel closed her eyes, clenching her lips tightly for a moment before she loosened them to speak, ’’Then hit me once.’’

’’What?" Qin Zehan raised a brow.

’’I said what I said, Mr. Qin. I hit you back then, now you hit me back and the grudges between us will be settled. I will keep feminism and abuse out of the picture for once only. Use all your strength,’’ Be gentle, you brute or I will pass out before I get to officially see my son’s wedding.

Hazel believed that if this man’s ego was hurt, then this would more or less soothe his bruised ego for the time being and save herself from the mess for now.

While Hazel was in her la-la land, she felt the fist under her chin disappearing.

She opened her eyes only to see Qin Zehan stepping back.

The man stepped to the side and sat on the swing, swiftly occupying the spot beside her.

His presence suddenly made the huge swing look so small.

Hazel inched to the side, slightly away from him ’’What do you want?’’

When Qin Zehan did not say anything, Hazel inhaled a deep breath and spoke up again, ’’What in the world do you want from me?"

’’Marry me.’’

’’As long as you drop the grudges and stop haunting me after that, sure,’’ Hazel nodded.

’’That was easy,’’ Qin Zehan adjusted his suit jacket as he stood up, ’’A healthy cooperation.’’

Hazel continued nodding, ’’So, marry... Wait, what?!’’ her eyes widened in disbelief as she glanced at him.

’’Marriage.’’

’’You and me?" What healthy? This man was unhealthier than the devil. So corrupted. So...

’’Us.’’

’’Where did you get that confidence from?" Hazel shot up from the swing, ’’I...’’

’’Don’t pretend to be a married lady, Miss Warner. I have done my investigation right before coming here,’’ the man stated casually, ’’And even if you were married, a divorce comes easy when the right amount of money is offered to a poor man and a death threat to the rich one.’’

Hazel felt the bile rising in her throat and she realized that she had never hated someone to this extent in her life, not even her cheating ex-boyfriend during her youth, ’’And what if I refuse? Am I going to be offered money or a death threat?"

’’Do you think you have a say?"’

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