MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

"I wouldn't mind taking care of you if I need to," Hazel said helplessly. "But don't try to change the subject… By the way, did Aunt Sunny... change her opinion?"

Joshua looked into Hazel's sad eyes, he gently touched her cheek.

"Sunny Joseph has never changed sides," said he, his eyes a little deeper. "She has always been on Mandy's side, pretending to be neutral. After all, it would be more convincing if a neutral character defected." 

He lowered his head and quietly said, "If it was not for me accidentally rescuing Mandy and giving them the wrong idea, she would not have come to me so quickly. She assumed that I had changed my attitude towards Mandy, so she took the opportunity to approach me."

"Is that so?" Her face was a bit troubled.

Because Sunny was the adopted daughter of the Joseph family, Hazel always had conflicted feelings toward her. Although she knew it was more like a wish that Sunny would accept her, she found it hard to accept the truth when she heard it. 

Joshua's eyes were a bit deeper because he knew that Hazel had little hope for Sunny. He looked back and thought he should have told her from the beginning about Sunny.

He calmly opened his mouth and explained, "I arranged some people to keep an eye on Sunny 24 hours a day. They watched her every move, and she never had any contact with Fred. They met at Denmark Residence today, but she had suddenly identified the necklace. When do you think she identified it?"

Hazel's eyes dimmed. If Sunny hadn't identified the necklace before she arrived at Denmark Residence, it was more likely that she had arranged it with Fred in advance. But, why did Sunny's faint affection feel real?

"What are you going to do tomorrow?" asked Hazel worriedly.

"Tomorrow is, in fact, not the best timing," Joshua said quietly. "But since they are so eager, I should do as they wish. Hazel, please go with me tomorrow, you can watch the drama for yourself."

"You want me to go?" She was a bit surprised.

"Of course, this drama cannot be wonderful without you." A smile curved his lips.

She blinked. Joshua had an air of confidence, it was clear that he planned to be well-prepared. She was really looking forward to it.

"By the way," Joshua whispered, his eyes dimming. "What did Katherine Sanchez want to talk to you about?"

"Why don't you call her General Sanchez?!" Hazel corrected him seriously, "She's mine and my mother's idol. You need to respect her!"

"All right," he said with some resignation, "What did you talk about?"

"Nothing." She said with a smirk, "She wants me to join the army."

Joshua's eyes twitched, and his face darkened instantly. He didn't know much about Katherine Sanchez. He had heard that she was an undercover agent in the organization, who single-handedly destroyed its forces in Country Z and made great achievements before getting promoted to her current position. She was known to be an amazing woman, and she was taking a fancy to Hazel?

"Did she want you to be an undercover agent?" said Joshua in almost a whisper, he had become a pale and weak feeling.

"Yeah," Hazel said with a smile. "I was really, really excited, but I said no."

"Huh?" He raised his eyebrows in surprise, his color returned a bit. He could tell that Hazel liked Katherine very much, so he didn't understand why she didn't say yes.

"Because I don't think I would be good at it," she said with a chuckle. "Besides, you stole my heart, and I can't do anything if I leave you."

"Hazel..." A gentle smile curved his lips, and he held out his arms to pull her close to him. "Then…Can we continue?"

Her face flushed, and she escaped from under his arm. She stuck her tongue out her tongue at him. "Continue what? Scoundrel!"

"So, are you teasing me again?" He was helpless.

"No!" With a little shyness on her face, she suddenly chuckled. "I was going to sacrifice myself, but if I did, you'd think I don't have any confidence in you and just want to have a good night with you. So, forget it, we will wait until my graduation. It's only a few days away anyway. You need to deal with it!"

There was hidden resentment in his eyes, but Hazel had already run out of the study. She had run back to her room and fell down on her bed with her mind spinning. 

In fact, when she was in the study with Joshua, she really intended to make love to him, but she calmed down and suppressed the idea. However, as graduation approached, she felt she should do something to surprise Joshua and not just as a surprise but apologize for not believing him.

She knew she had to plan it well, she jumped out of bed and turned on her computer. She was determined to plan something grand and romantic as a surprise for Joshua.

***

The next day, Joshua and Hazel went to Denmark Group together. When they arrived, they were told that the directors were angry and already waiting in the meeting room. The secretary said they were talking about threatening to force Joshua to surrender. 

Joshua acted as if he didn't hear her, took Hazel's hand, and walked past the directors to the head of the table.

Mandy dug her nails into her palms with anger, her heart was filled with fury.

After being saved by Joshua, she immediately asked Fred to take her to Denmark Residence and tried to approach Joshua with the excuse of thanking him. She only thought that it was the perfect opportunity and that she could possibly repay him with her body.

Mandy suddenly remembered that it had all been ruined by Hazel, everything had been ruined by Hazel. She got angrier when she looked around the room, they wouldn't be in that situation and questioning her identity if it hadn't been for Hazel. Everything Hazel had was supposed to be hers, but it was all taken away by the fake bitch! 

Sunny's face was a bit sour as she glanced at Mandy, whose face was full of hatred, and thought about something.

Hazel's eyes swept across their faces, then she looked away as if nothing had happened. Since Joshua asked her to be there just to see the drama, she just wanted to sit back to watch and not disturb him quietly.

When everyone quieted down, Fred got up and said with a serious face, "I'm not going to say anything polite. I asked you to come here today for nothing else other than the daughter of Marcus and Cate. This matter should be over today."

Everyone looked at Joshua, but both he and Hazel looked very calm.

Fred didn't even acknowledge them, he pulled out a box with the necklace inside. He took it out of the box and also pulled out a picture, with a grave expression, he said, "Everyone, this is the necklace that Mandy has been carrying with her since she was a child. Director Sunny Joseph has confirmed that it really does belong to the daughter of Marcus and Cate!"