MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

When Hazel heard what Simon said, she bit her lip. She thought that the attackers were looking for Joshua and never suspected that their target was her. She wished she would have thought of it soon, and then things would have been different.

Simon approached her and reached out to lift her chin. However, when he looked at Hazel's painted face, he frowned and pulled his hand back.

"Sweetheart, I tell you all this because I want you to understand, I am better than Joshua. If you have been expecting him to save you, you can forget it." 

Simon looked at her in a condescending manner. "I don't mind the past between you and Joshua. However, since you are with me now, please forget him. You have two choices now, be with me happily, or be with me reluctantly. You are smart. I believe you know the best choice."

Hazel glared at him, Simon looked at her again and said, "You have half an hour to clean yourself, then I will come back to you. Rest assured, I will show you a great night."

After telling Hazel her options, Simon immediately left. Looking at the empty room, Hazel gradually calmed down.

Simon was holding her captive, and self-blame would not help her in any way. She had to figure out how she could turn the situation around. Simon had captured her because he was interested in her and presumably because he also wanted to take revenge on Joshua for the encounter between them. 

Did Joshua really have no way to save her?

Hazel took a deep breath and began to think about everything thoroughly. After Simon kidnapped her, he took her directly to the ship, and according to him, they were leaving Country F by way of ship. It only made sense that if he took her to the ship immediately and they did not hesitate to leave that he really was afraid of Joshua.

If that were the case, Joshua would definitely find a way to come after them when he found out she was missing. Of course, that was only based on the premise that Joshua knew where she was, so she had to find a way to contact Joshua and protect herself.

But what could she do? Hazel looked all around and suddenly had an idea. 

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Simon was not in a good mood after his undercover man was discovered and Joshua found out where he was. Joshua had a lot of people searching the water for them. Even though he hadn't confronted Joshua personally, he knew that he was a bad-ass opponent.

He may have kidnapped Hazel, but Joshua was coming after them, and he could not even guess what was lying ahead. He smiled as he thought of Hazel, he decided it was time to go back to her.

The door of her room has cracked opened. When Simon saw that she left her door open for him, he smirked and twitched his lips. Joshua may have been resourceful, but he had won in regards to Hazel, she presumably left it open because she was ready to accept him.

A warm feeling swept over him when he thought of the fact that he had taken away Joshua's love. Simon stepped forward and pushed open the door without hesitation.

"Sweetheart…"

Before he could finish his words, something fell on his head. Simon quickly jumped out of the way, but it was too late. There was some kind of liquid all over his body.

"What is this?" Simon demanded through his clenched teeth. He was totally caught off guard.

How could he forget that Hazel was not an ordinary woman?

"It's nothing." Hazel's face put on a naughty smile. She explained it very kindly, "I just put all the cosmetics in the water and made a bucket of some strange solution."

Simon looked down at his clothes, which were dyed with the colorful cosmetics, and became angrier. He knew that Hazel had pulled the prank to avoid him approaching her.

He sneered and strode in. "Sweetheart, do you think that this will stop me?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you…" Hazel said as she watched Simon walking toward her with lust in his eyes. Hazel blinked and, with no fear at all in her voice, said, "The water that the cosmetics were mixed in was taken out of the toilet."

Simon froze and went pale. Hazel was a bad-ass opponent. She found a way to disgust him and used his germaphobia against him again.

"Just you wait!" Simon snarled his teeth and then rushed out like he was being chased.

Hazel let out a deep sigh of relief. She had bought herself some more time. Simon would need to take at least one shower and spend a long time cleaning himself. She was temporarily safe but still didn't stay in the room.

No matter how many fairy tales she heard as a child, Hazel never understands why the princess would wait to be rescued. She was not going to wait for the prince to save her. She was going to find a way to save herself.

Her reflection in the mirror showed that her body was dirty, but she refused to clean the cosmetics off. She opened the closet and put on a white dress before she left the room.

Chester and his men were blocking the door. As he saw Hazel coming out, he hurriedly stopped her, "Miss Crowe, please go back to the room."

"I just want to look around and get something to eat." Hazel looked at him with amazement, "Isn't that okay? Or have I been imprisoned?"

Chester looked a bit embarrassed. Hazel went on, "I won't run. If you don't believe me, you can arrange for someone to follow me."

Chester thought about it and finally agreed.

Someone took Hazel to the restaurant, and the chef immediately prepared a lot of food for her.

"Your name is Chester, right?" Hazel looked up at him. "Do you know where we are now?"

"At sea," Chester replied.

Hazel was speechless, she was hoping that Chester would have given her more information, but he was very cautious. She was afraid that she wouldn't get anything useful from him. She quietly asked, "Can I go out to the deck for a while?"

"You are unable to do that." Chester immediately refused.