MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

She pushed the answer button and heard, "Do you want to do it?"

It was Fred who had escaped from custody. 

"Joshua is personally accompanying her everywhere. Do you think you can succeed?!" Sunny whispered.

"That's it?" Fred's voice was full of reluctance. He was hiding, and his life was becoming unbearable. If he hadn't had his connections in Imperial City for so many years, he probably would have been caught by Joshua.

"Keep an eye out for her whereabouts, then find the opportunity," Sunny said with a low voice.

***

Hazel had no idea that having Joshua go to Joseph Residence with her helped her to dodge an attack. She and Joshua returned to Denmark Residence, and she finally asked, "Joshua, have you found anything useful?"

Before they went to see Sunny, they had discussed what they should do. Her mission was to stall Sunny, while Joshua said he was going to the garden but was really looking for clues that could be considered suspicious.

Sunny's concern over Joseph Residence actually surprised him. Joshua had been to the house a few times when Cate was alive, but he was always just a guest and didn't stay too long. He could not believe that after so many years, it looked exactly the same. In order to maintain the original look, Sunny hadn't even installed surveillance cameras, which made it a lot easier to sneak around.

"Yes." Joshua said faintly, "I went to the room you said."

He was referring to the bedroom of Sunny and Cate.

"What did you find inside?" Hazel hurriedly asked.

"I found our mother's diary in Sunny's cupboard," Joshua whispered.

"Really? Where is it?" Hazel's eyes lit up.

Joshua took it out his phone and handed it to Hazel. If he took the diary, it would have been discovered, so he took photos to give them more time. Hazel looked at some of the pictures, she felt very strange. She knew it was Cate's diary, but the content was just ordinary everyday information, she mentioned events that she and Sunny experienced together but nothing helpful. It was apparent that the two sisters got along really well.

"This... what can this explain?" Hazel asked blankly.

"This can explain a lot of problems." Joshua's eyes became a bit darker. "It is also a solution to some doubts that I have in my heart."

"What doubts?" Hazel was even more baffled, "Joshua, can you give me some hints here, please?"

"Why was Mother's diary in Sunny's cabinet?" Joshua said, "And the content of this diary is all related to Sunny."

"Isn't this only going to show that they were close?" Hazel frowned, "I still don't see anything. Am I missing something?" 

"It's not your fault." Joshua whispered, "Some people's thoughts are too deep. Look at the date."

"Look at the date?" Hazel looked through it, and then her expression became serious, the dates of the diary were jumping around. She thought it was because Joshua skipped some pages while he took the photos, but she realized that he hadn't skipped anything when she looked at them again.

The diary only contained parts related to Sunny, there were some pages with blank lines at the top or bottom, but someone erased the writing on the blank spaces.

Hazel's face became distressed and unreasonable thoughts came to her. 

"No, it's impossible..."

"Hazel, I also investigated and found out something about Mother." Joshua blinked, it was the time that he told Hazel. In fact, if it hadn't been for her insistence to investigate her parents' past, he wouldn't have found out a lot of hidden information.

"What?" Hazel asked.

"Mother and Sunny had a very good relationship. Sunny always looked after Mother until Father appeared." Joshua said quietly, "Father chased Mother, Sunny repeatedly tried to damage their relationship. She confessed her love to Father before Mother did, they became involved in a love triangle. However, many people said that when they started, they thought Sunny hated Father just because she was afraid that he might take her sister away from her."

Hazel's mouth and eyes were both wide open. She couldn't accept it and said, "What, what the hell? Did you mean that Sunny had special feelings toward mother?"

"And there is something else you should know," Joshua continued as if he hadn't heard Hazel. He went on to say, "Fred used to pursue Sunny, but nobody knows what happened between them. He just changed his mind and decided to chase Cate instead. He wanted to sabotage the relationship between Mother and Father."

Hazel sat silently. People said that Fred was a friend of her parents, but she wasn't aware that he had chased Cate and then supported Mandy so confidently that it didn't seem to matter to him about the friendship with her parents. If he had said that he never cared about Cate and was always in love with Sunny, it would make more sense that he would do what she asked. However, Hazel felt the entire situation was inconceivable.

"No, how could any of this even be possible?" Hazel shook her head in disbelief. "This is ridiculous!"

"The necklace was designed by Mother personally, and Sunny found someone to make it," Joshua said quietly. "And, you said that she has never looked straight into your eyes. I think it might be because your eyes are the same as Mother's."

Hazel was worried. As long as there were doubts in everyone's mind, it was a fact that more and more evidence would slowly come to light.

Hazel suddenly thought of what Susan had said. She mentioned that in order to please Sunny, Mandy used the stage name Luna, which meant moon. It was a name that Sunny had created, plus Mandy's appearance resembled Cate, and Sunny was leaving all of her property to her. 

Then she realized that Sunny hadn't changed anything in the house, it showed how important Cate was to Sunny, but it didn't make it any easier to accept.

"It doesn't necessarily mean that it was that kind of relationship," Joshua explained. "Sunny had memories when she arrived at Joseph Residence. She had been in an orphanage, and sometimes children from orphanages are more sensitive and have no sense of security. Mother treated her sister with love, and I think Sunny may have regarded her as her private property. She may have been possessive over her, and it was only when Cate was there that she would feel safe."