MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

Now he wasn't even eligible to go to the ward to accompany Stacy.

Joshua's heart ached somehow at the thought of Stacy's crazy look when she saw him last time.

He knew that it was not him who drove Stacy crazy, but his face was similar to Ted's.

How deep could the hatred and despair be that it made Stacy appear so ferocious?

Taking a deep breath, Joshua suppressed the roiling anger in his heart.

He looked into the ward in which Hazel was watching a movie with Stacy.

Because Stacy had been sick for more than twenty years, Hazel's movies were released when Stacy was young. Hazel had asked Grandpa Sloane about Stacy's preferences, so she chose some old movies that Stacy used to like, hoping to awaken some of Stacy's memories.

Of course, Hazel didn't really have much hope, but whatever the approach would end up with, she thought she should try it.

Joshua's eyes softened a little.

"Josh, Joshua..."

Suddenly, a shocked voice sounded behind him. Joshua looked back and saw Katherine, who looked very surprised.

After all, Joshua's talk with Grandpa Sloane was the Sloane family's private affair. The Sloane family had a good relationship with Katherine, but there was no need to inform Katherine of this private affair.

Katherine didn't know he had talked to Grandpa Sloane, so she was really surprised. She came to visit Katherine, but she didn't expect to see Joshua here. But in the twinkling of an eye, Katherine, who did not understand what had happened, at least could tell that Joshua's relationship with the Sloane family had been improved.

"Ms. Sanchez," Joshua said lightly, "it's Grandpa Sloane who told me the address."

"You kid, I don't doubt that you…." Katherine sighed. How sharp her eyes were! Just from Joshua's words, she already knew Joshua's attitude.

His willingness to visit Stacy meant that he had decided to reunite with his mother, Stacy. But "Grandpa Sloane" undoubtedly indicated he had no intention of reuniting with Grandpa Sloane.

"You're still at odds with the Sloane family," she said in a low voice.

"It's not that." He pursed his lips and didn't want to say anything more. His feelings for the Sloane family were not deep, let alone after he had known the incidents that year.

Stacy suffered a lot, and the Sloane family also had added her sufferings. It could even be said that in her most desperate time, Stacy's loved ones not only did not help but even stabbed her in the heart.

Although the Sloane family did take care of Stacy for so many years, whether or not to forgive them should be decided by Stacy. If Stacy got better and she forgave them, he would reunite with the Sloane family.

Katherine looked into the ward, but Joshua suddenly stopped her. "Ms. Sanchez, let's talk."

He was reassured to have Hazel, who was accompanying Stacy. Since he met Katherine, maybe he could hear from her something the Sloane family didn't know.

Katherine looked at him quietly and finally nodded.

They went to the garden and sat down on the chairs.

"I have a good relationship with your mother," she spoke quietly. "You can call me Aunt Katherine."

He asked as if he had not heard her last sentence, "Ms. Sanchez, you and my mother, got to know each other in the organization?"

Her body stiffened slightly. Her eyes turned deep. "You want to know the past?"

"Yes." He nodded.

Katherine sighed. She marshaled her thoughts a little and then said, "There seems to be nothing that can be hidden from you. Your mother and I did meet in the organization."

His expression was calm. Apparently, he wasn't surprised at it.

"When I was undercover in the organization, I almost got punished for my mistakes. That's when I happened to meet your mother, and she saved me. And it wasn't long before she found I was good at fighting and asked Ted to get me to be her bodyguard."

"Then you used her?" A sharp look flashed across Joshua's eyes!

"You think too much," Katherine explained. "At first, I also thought it was a good method, but later I found that though your mother was very popular, Ted King never mentioned anything about the organization in front of her."

There was a little more anger in Joshua's eyes. He believed Katherine's statement. She didn't need to lie about such things. So the man was actually always on guard against his mother? How scheming he was!

Katherine gave Joshua a look before she continued, "And that is why your mother soon knew that my heart was somewhere else, so she took an opportunity to help me and assign me to another position. After that, I found a lot of very important intelligence in the organization. I think Stacy has guessed who I was though I didn't tell her."

Joshua furrowed slightly. Even Stacy knew something was wrong with Katherine, and there was no reason the wily Ted couldn't perceive it.

Katherine continued as if she could guess what he was thinking, "Of course, Ted also guessed my identity, but Stacy stopped him from killing me at the time. And that's why I could leave the organization alive. I owe her my life."

"Can my mother stop him?" Joshua had a look of doubt on his face. After all, it was because of the information she had that the military could uproot the whole organization from Country Z so smoothly.

He was a little skeptical that Ted would let such a danger go for a woman.

"Your mother was pregnant with you at that time," Katherine spoke in a deep voice. "Your arrival greatly surprised Stacy and Ted. Ted was really looking forward to having a child of his own, and he wanted to groom you to be his heir. But Stacy's first instinct was to have the baby aborted."

After that, Katherine subconsciously looked at him and quickly explained, "Don't misunderstand. It's not that Stacy doesn't want you. She just doesn't want her kid growing up in the darkest corners watching the dirtiest things."

Joshua was silent. He could understand Stacy's heart. At the very least, given a choice, he didn't want to live in a dark rat hole, just as Stacy said. Even if the organization was very powerful, it was still shady.

"So due to that reason, Ted King compromised?" Joshua asked in a low voice.

"How can people like him compromise?" Katherine sneered. "From beginning to end, that scum was just trying to trick Stacy into giving birth to the baby!"