MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

Callie was on the phone; she looked like she was having a problem.

When she looked up, she saw Hazel coming. She hesitated for a moment, then whispered something on the phone and quickly hung up.

The next moment, she walked over to Hazel.

"Miss Crowe..." Callie glanced hesitantly at Joshua, who was following Hazel.

"You talk first," Joshua whispered in Hazel's ear. "I'll get you a drink."

"Fine." Hazel nodded. She could tell that Callie wanted to say something to her.

After they sat down in the rest area, Hazel asked, "Miss Shawn, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Callie was hesitant. Apparently, she didn't know how to speak for a moment.

Hazel and Callie met only once, and it was a hurried meeting. In fact, they didn't really know each other. Hazel's impression of her was pretty good, though. After all, Joshua always used her to scare Isaac, but Hazel had never seen her pester him.

"Is this about the Shawn family?" Hazel asked of her own accord.

Callie looked more hesitant. She sighed helplessly. "Miss Crowe, I'm so sorry about what happened today…."

"It's none of your business. You don't have to apologize," Hazel said blandly.

Callie looked a little more miserable.

Hazel was powerless. Callie was obviously a girl with a very good personality. She had something on her mind, but she was unwilling to speak it up just because she didn't want to bother others.

"Is your family pressuring you?" Hazel asked.

"... Yes." Callie wore a wry smile. Hazel had already guessed all this, and if she denied it, she would be a bit affected. She mused before speaking, "Well, my grandmother is hoping to see you later, and she'll take Katie here to apologize..."

Hazel frowned slightly. She certainly didn't have any desire to meet Katie. However, she did learn a little about Callie, who didn't have a good time in the Shawn family. The Shawn family probably had put a lot of pressure on Callie to force her to say that to her.

Looking at Hazel, Callie was relieved. "Miss Crowe, don't worry about it. After all, it's Katie's fault this time. Normally, you won't meet her…."

"Did your grandmother say she wanted me to meet them, or she wanted you to persuade me to forgive them?" Hazel asked suddenly.

Callie was slightly shocked. She recalled. "She said as long as I can persuade you to meet them."

"Then I'll meet them." Hazel shrugged nonchalantly.

"Miss Crowe?" Callie looked at her with a complicated look. In fact, she had already been ready to be rejected. Grandma Shawn threatened her with someone she cared about that she had no choice but to ask Hazel to do that.

"It's a mere meeting," Hazel said with a sly gleam in her eye. "You've persuaded me. I promise to meet them, but that doesn't mean I'm going to forgive them."

"Thank you, Miss Crowe…." Callie's heart was full of gratitude. She knew that Hazel was doing it for her.

"Let's go." Hazel smiled. "Let's meet them now."

Callie called Grandma Shawn and then left the party quietly with Hazel.

Joshua was in the corner, discussing something with Jaxson in a low voice.

"Mr. President…" Jaxson pointed in the direction Hazel left in astonishment.

Joshua frowned a little. He sighed quietly. "Looks like the other party has already made a move. This wench is too soft-hearted."

Jaxson said quickly, "I'll ask someone to stop them..."

"No need," Joshua said, waving his hand. "That woman can't set Hazel up yet. Hazel's more awesome than you think. Let her have a good time."

Jaxson was dumbfounded. He asked blankly, "What should we do then?"

"Adjust the plan," Joshua said with a slight coldness in his eyes. "Since they team up to plot against Hazel, they'll have to pay the corresponding price even though they can't afford it."

***

"How can it be in a hotel room upstairs?" Hazel frowned slightly.

"My grandmother said Master Joshua wouldn't let them go near the banquet hall for fear of disturbing you, so they could only appoint a room upstairs," Callie explained apologetically.

Hazel nodded. They took the elevator to the floor where Katie had appointed to meet them.

Hardly had they reached the door when the hotel door was opened. Grandma Shawn stood apologetically in the doorway with Katie.

"Miss Crowe, you come?" Grandma Shawn looked almost humble.

Hazel gave her a cool look and walked in with Callie.

"Miss Callie kept begging me to give you a chance, and I was so touched by her that I wanted to listen to what you wanted to say." Hazel went to the sofa and sat down indifferently.

"Katie!" Grandma Shawn said quickly.

Katie, with a pitiful expression, whispered, "Grandma, take sister out of here first. I want to apologize to Hazel alone."

"What? Are you afraid of being seen?" Hazel asked with a half-smile.

"No," Katie said tearfully. "It's my fault this time. It has nothing to do with my grandma or my sister, and I don't want them to get in trouble because of me."

Hazel looked at Katie in surprise. She didn't think it was the real excuse for her to send Grandma Shawn and Callie away.

Nonetheless, since Katie wanted to play, she would play with her. Hazel really wanted to see what Katie was up to.

She nodded, and then Grandma Shawn was ready to take Callie out.

"Miss Crowe…" Callie spoke, worried. She knew Katie's personality better than anyone else. Previously, she had thought Katie wanted to apologize, but now it seemed that she, in fact, just had some kind of plot.

"Just go out." Hazel gave her a reassuring look.

Callie had no choice but to leave with Grandma Shawn.

"What are you trying to say?" Hazel asked coldly.

Katie walked up to Hazel, tears in her eyes as she placed a cup of tea in front of Hazel.

"I'm really sorry, Miss Crowe," Katie said, looking sincere. "I got you wrong before. I didn't know you were the Denmark family's lost daughter…."

"Oh?" Hazel looked at her with a half-smile. "Do you mean, if I weren't the Denmark family's daughter, you'd be free to bully me? So you think you were wrong because you mistook my identity, but not because you did something wrong?"