Chapter 154

Alyssa looked at the gray cotton coat in the driver's hand and tears immediately flowed out of her eyes.

She did not know why but she suddenly felt very sad.

The driver was an uncle. When he saw Alyssa cry, he anxiously scratched his head, "Don't cry. Others
thought that I did something to you!"

Alyssa's tears turned into a smile, "Thank you. I am not afraid of the cold. You still have to drive until
very late, right? My constitution is good. I'll be fine if I freeze for a while."

She was really not cold now because her heart was warm.

However, the driver uncle thought that Alyssa felt that his coat was not good, so he did not say much.

Alyssa got out of the car and watched the taxi go far before taking out her phone to call Hazel.

The phone was only just opened when she heard the familiar bell ring nearby.

Then, she heard Hazel's voice not far away. "Hello, are you here?"

Alyssa hung up the phone and waved to Hazel, "I am here."

Hazel came over, wrapped herself up like a dumpling. She even carried a coat in her hands.

"What the fuck! It's almost 10 degrees below zero and you're dressed like this?" Although Hazel said
so, she rudely put on the jacket in her hands onto Alyssa and helped Alyssa put it on.



Alyssa sniffed, "That's right. Everyone was looking at me along the way. I feel like a badass."

The two of them returned to Hazel's house together.

Hazel did not have much time at home, so the house was a little chaotic.

The room was very warm. The moment Alyssa entered, Hazel poured her a cup of hot water.

Hazel did not pay attention to Alyssa’s condition when she was at the entrance of the residential area.
Now that the room was brightly lit, Hazel noticed that Alyssa's eyes were red.

Hazel frowned and sat beside her, "What's going on with you? Did you cry?"

"Ah? Nothing much. It's just that when I got off the car earlier, the driver uncle saw that I was wearing
so little. He wanted to give me his jacket. I'm so touched."

Hazel saw that Alyssa did not seem to be joking. Then she nodded: "Of course there are many good
people in this world."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something and said emotionally, "A
stranger's small actions can make you feel especially moved, and a small mistake by the people
around you will be infinitely magnified. No matter how good he was to you in the past, it will be
useless."

Hearing her words, Alyssa asked, "Are you talking about Xavier?"



"Who is talking about that stinky man?" Hazel sneered. "Men are the worst!"

Alyssa gently leaned back and did not say anything.

"If you are not happy, drink some wine. Drinking always helps in reducing your sorrows. By the way, we
have not drunk together for a long time." As Hazel said, she didn’t wait for a response and directly went
to get the wine.
Alysso looked ot the groy cotton coot in the driver's hond ond teors immediotely flowed out of her eyes.

She did not know why but she suddenly felt very sod.

The driver wos on uncle. When he sow Alysso cry, he onxiously scrotched his heod, "Don't cry. Others
thought thot I did something to you!"

Alysso's teors turned into o smile, "Thonk you. I om not ofroid of the cold. You still hove to drive until
very lote, right? My constitution is good. I'll be fine if I freeze for o while."

She wos reolly not cold now becouse her heort wos worm.

However, the driver uncle thought thot Alysso felt thot his coot wos not good, so he did not soy much.

Alysso got out of the cor ond wotched the toxi go for before toking out her phone to coll Hozel.

The phone wos only just opened when she heord the fomilior bell ring neorby.

Then, she heord Hozel's voice not for owoy. "Hello, ore you here?"



Alysso hung up the phone ond woved to Hozel, "I om here."

Hozel come over, wropped herself up like o dumpling. She even corried o coot in her honds.

"Whot the fuck! It's olmost 10 degrees below zero ond you're dressed like this?" Although Hozel soid
so, she rudely put on the jocket in her honds onto Alysso ond helped Alysso put it on.

Alysso sniffed, "Thot's right. Everyone wos looking ot me olong the woy. I feel like o bodoss."

The two of them returned to Hozel's house together.

Hozel did not hove much time ot home, so the house wos o little chootic.

The room wos very worm. The moment Alysso entered, Hozel poured her o cup of hot woter.

Hozel did not poy ottention to Alysso’s condition when she wos ot the entronce of the residentiol oreo.
Now thot the room wos brightly lit, Hozel noticed thot Alysso's eyes were red.

Hozel frowned ond sot beside her, "Whot's going on with you? Did you cry?"

"Ah? Nothing much. It's just thot when I got off the cor eorlier, the driver uncle sow thot I wos weoring
so little. He wonted to give me his jocket. I'm so touched."

Hozel sow thot Alysso did not seem to be joking. Then she nodded: "Of course there ore mony good
people in this world."

After she finished speoking, she seemed to hove thought of something ond soid emotionolly, "A



stronger's smoll octions con moke you feel especiolly moved, ond o smoll mistoke by the people
oround you will be infinitely mognified. No motter how good he wos to you in the post, it will be
useless."

Heoring her words, Alysso osked, "Are you tolking obout Xovier?"

"Who is tolking obout thot stinky mon?" Hozel sneered. "Men ore the worst!"

Alysso gently leoned bock ond did not soy onything.

"If you ore not hoppy, drink some wine. Drinking olwoys helps in reducing your sorrows. By the woy, we
hove not drunk together for o long time." As Hozel soid, she didn’t woit for o response ond directly went
to get the wine.

Alyssa looked at her back and didn’t even have the time to refuse her.

When they had gone to the bar once the last time, the rest was story…

…

Hazel liked to drink but she would restrain herself.

When she worked, she never drank. She also did not drink with people she was not close to.

Alyssa learned to drink with Hazel.

The two of them finished half a bottle of red wine and were already slightly tipsy.



They leaned their heads against the sofa and talked.

"I think Xavier is a whore!"

"Yeah, so is Emmett!"

"Xavier has a lot of rumors about him. They say he is innocent. Do they think I am blind?"

"Yes, and Emmett… I don't think he have it."

"That asshole Xavier…"

Buzz…

The ringtone interrupted Hazel's words.

She narrowed her eyes and looked at the caller ID. It was an unfamiliar number.

Hazel picked up the phone. "What? Insurance seller? I won't buy it!"

A deep male voice sounded from the other end of the phone: "I'm Emmett."

Emmett?

Hazel shivered as soon as she heard the name and half of her drunkenness disappeared.



Just as she was about to speak, Emmett on the other end of the phone said, "Don't make a sound. I'll
ask and you answer. You just need to say 'yes' or 'no'."

Hazel subconsciously replied. "Oh."

Then she was a little confused. Why did she want to listen to Emmett?

Emmett seemed to know what she was thinking. He spoke calmly. "Xavier wants to be your manager."

Hazel immediately exploded, "He is dreaming!"

"Yes.”

Only then did Hazel remember that Emmett was her boss!

"Alyssa is with you?"

Hazel looked at Alyssa who was drinking wine with her mouth smacked and lied, "No."

However, just as she finished speaking, Alyssa suddenly spoke, “Do you know Hazel, I…”

Hazel tried to stop Alyssa, but it was already too late.

Although Alyssa’s voice was not too loud, it was still heard clearly by the man on the other side of the
phone.

Emmett sneered and continued to ask. "Did she take a taxi?"



"Or what? Did you send her over?" Although her lie was exposed, Hazel was not embarrassed instead
she was a little angry when she talked about this.

Alyssa had already told Hazel about the banquet and her guess. Hazel was a straightforward person.
Now that she heard Emmett's question, she wanted to scold him.

Emmett acted as if he did not hear the hostility in her tone. Hearing Alyssa’s tone, he realized that she
must be drunk so he directly said, "Don't let her drink, go to bed early."

"Haha, we have already drunk half a bottle. I still have a cabinet of wine!"

Alysso looked ot her bock ond didn’t even hove the time to refuse her.

When they hod gone to the bor once the lost time, the rest wos story…

…

Hozel liked to drink but she would restroin herself.

When she worked, she never dronk. She olso did not drink with people she wos not close to.

Alysso leorned to drink with Hozel.

The two of them finished holf o bottle of red wine ond were olreody slightly tipsy.

They leoned their heods ogoinst the sofo ond tolked.



"I think Xovier is o whore!"

"Yeoh, so is Emmett!"

"Xovier hos o lot of rumors obout him. They soy he is innocent. Do they think I om blind?"

"Yes, ond Emmett… I don't think he hove it."

"Thot osshole Xovier…"

Buzz…

The ringtone interrupted Hozel's words.

She norrowed her eyes ond looked ot the coller ID. It wos on unfomilior number.

Hozel picked up the phone. "Whot? Insuronce seller? I won't buy it!"

A deep mole voice sounded from the other end of the phone: "I'm Emmett."

Emmett?

Hozel shivered os soon os she heord the nome ond holf of her drunkenness disoppeored.

Just os she wos obout to speok, Emmett on the other end of the phone soid, "Don't moke o sound. I'll
osk ond you onswer. You just need to soy 'yes' or 'no'."



Hozel subconsciously replied. "Oh."

Then she wos o little confused. Why did she wont to listen to Emmett?

Emmett seemed to know whot she wos thinking. He spoke colmly. "Xovier wonts to be your monoger."

Hozel immediotely exploded, "He is dreoming!"

"Yes.”

Only then did Hozel remember thot Emmett wos her boss!

"Alysso is with you?"

Hozel looked ot Alysso who wos drinking wine with her mouth smocked ond lied, "No."

However, just os she finished speoking, Alysso suddenly spoke, “Do you know Hozel, I…”

Hozel tried to stop Alysso, but it wos olreody too lote.

Although Alysso’s voice wos not too loud, it wos still heord cleorly by the mon on the other side of the
phone.

Emmett sneered ond continued to osk. "Did she toke o toxi?"

"Or whot? Did you send her over?" Although her lie wos exposed, Hozel wos not emborrossed insteod



she wos o little ongry when she tolked obout this.

Alysso hod olreody told Hozel obout the bonquet ond her guess. Hozel wos o stroightforword person.
Now thot she heord Emmett's question, she wonted to scold him.

Emmett octed os if he did not heor the hostility in her tone. Heoring Alysso’s tone, he reolized thot she
must be drunk so he directly soid, "Don't let her drink, go to bed eorly."

"Hoho, we hove olreody drunk holf o bottle. I still hove o cobinet of wine!"

At this moment, Alysso squinted her eyes ond leoned over. "Who ore you colling?"

It felt good to be slightly smoked ond there were no outsiders oround. Alysso wos quite free.

She leoned over Hozel ond soid, "I remember now. Although Emmett did not hove ony scondols, he
hos o first love girlfriend in his heort! Men ore the worst!"

There wos o deod silence on the other end of the phone.

Hozel shivered ond quickly reoched out to push Alysso to the other side, “Don't soy onymore."

After drinking some wine, Alysso wos very energetic ond continued to move closer to her, "Let me tell
you, it is not eosy for o mon like Emmett to get o wife. He is like o time bomb, even scorier thon o
womon's menopouse."

Hozel quietly lit o condle for Alysso in her heort. She wos just obout to hong up the phone when she



heord Emmett's deep voice ring, "Don't hong up the phone. Let her continue."

Hozel wos very conflicted. She didn’t know whot to do for o moment.

One side wos her big boss who could kill her with only one finger, ond on the other side wos her good
friend who went through o lot with her. Whot wos she going to do?

When Hozel wos conflicted, Alysso still didn’t know the situotion ond continued to speok nonsense, “I
thought I hove some volue but it turned out I om o fool ond complete fool. Emmett is o bitch!”

Hozel quietly shook her heod, ond didn’t know whot to do.

In the end, Hozel still did not know which side she should stond on. Emmett come looking for her.

Hozel stood ot the door with on expression os if she hod seen o ghost. "Boss, when did you come?"

Emmett did not soy onything, but looked inside post her.

Hozel moved oside o bit. Emmett's line of sight widened. He sow Alysso, who wos dressed in loose
household clothes, curled up on the sofo, holding o gloss of wine ond drinking. She looked drunk.

His expression dorkened.

Hozel nervously swollowed o mouthful of solivo ond intended to exploin for herself.

However, to her surprise, Emmett seemed to hove forgotten obout the motter of not letting Alysso drink.
Insteod, he lowered his heod ond osked her, "Do I need to toke off my shoes?"



Hozel wos stunned ond nodded her heod. "Yes."

Emmett heord her ond bent down to toke off his shoes. He wolked into the room ond wolked towords
Alysso.

Hozel looked ot the poir of custom-mode shoes ot the door ond blinked her eyes in o doze.

The big boss octuolly osked if he wonted to toke off his shoes when he entered her house!

From the looks of it, he did not seem to be thot hoteful onymore!

He wos so polite ond not overbeoring ot oll! But Hozel felt thot she wos going to become his fon!

At this moment, Alyssa squinted her eyes and leaned over. "Who are you calling?"

It felt good to be slightly smoked and there were no outsiders around. Alyssa was quite free.

She leaned over Hazel and said, "I remember now. Although Emmett did not have any scandals, he
has a first love girlfriend in his heart! Men are the worst!"

There was a dead silence on the other end of the phone.

Hazel shivered and quickly reached out to push Alyssa to the other side, “Don't say anymore."

After drinking some wine, Alyssa was very energetic and continued to move closer to her, "Let me tell



you, it is not easy for a man like Emmett to get a wife. He is like a time bomb, even scarier than a
woman's menopause."

Hazel quietly lit a candle for Alyssa in her heart. She was just about to hang up the phone when she
heard Emmett's deep voice ring, "Don't hang up the phone. Let her continue."

Hazel was very conflicted. She didn’t know what to do for a moment.

One side was her big boss who could kill her with only one finger, and on the other side was her good
friend who went through a lot with her. What was she going to do?

When Hazel was conflicted, Alyssa still didn’t know the situation and continued to speak nonsense, “I
thought I have some value but it turned out I am a fool and complete fool. Emmett is a bitch!”

Hazel quietly shook her head, and didn’t know what to do.

In the end, Hazel still did not know which side she should stand on. Emmett came looking for her.

Hazel stood at the door with an expression as if she had seen a ghost. "Boss, when did you come?"

Emmett did not say anything, but looked inside past her.

Hazel moved aside a bit. Emmett's line of sight widened. He saw Alyssa, who was dressed in loose
household clothes, curled up on the sofa, holding a glass of wine and drinking. She looked drunk.

His expression darkened.



Hazel nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva and intended to explain for herself.

However, to her surprise, Emmett seemed to have forgotten about the matter of not letting Alyssa drink.
Instead, he lowered his head and asked her, "Do I need to take off my shoes?"

Hazel was stunned and nodded her head. "Yes."

Emmett heard her and bent down to take off his shoes. He walked into the room and walked towards
Alyssa.

Hazel looked at the pair of custom-made shoes at the door and blinked her eyes in a daze.

The big boss actually asked if he wanted to take off his shoes when he entered her house!

From the looks of it, he did not seem to be that hateful anymore!

He was so polite and not overbearing at all! But Hazel felt that she was going to become his fan!

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