"Do you have to do that?" Hazel asked helplessly, biting her lip.
They had not even said anything. Simon didn't have a small talk with them nor beat about the bush; he didn't give the two of them any chance to make a proposal. He just offered Joshua two clear options.
Simon looked at her quietly. His heart only could not be hardened at all when he faced Hazel.
Joshua cocked an eyebrow slightly. He didn't like the way Simon stared at Hazel. It seemed that although he misunderstood Simon's relationship with Hazel, his intuition did not lead him to misunderstand Simon's feelings for Hazel.
"Or you can take the third way," said Simon in a deep tone. "You can leave the old man alone and me. Two of you stay away from anything of it. I'll handle it by myself."
"How can that work?" Hazel frowned.