MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

"Yes, yes," agreed Mrs. Wilson. "I'm afraid our son is not qualified..."

"Cough, cough." Director Wilson stopped Mrs. Wilson by giving her a good kick under the table. He just didn't want his son to go to Country R, but he didn't want to belittle his own son. If she said their son wasn't excellent, how could they help their son get a job in Denmark Group in the future?

"My son has just graduated. Although he is not qualified for the job in the branch office right now, if he can be trained, he will be very competent," Director Wilson said.

Mrs. Wilson nodded like a chicken pecking at rice instantly.

"So Director Wilson is very confident in your son's ability?" "Joshua asked flatly.

"Yes!" Director Wilson gritted his teeth.

"You don't want him to go to Country R just because your parents are worried about him?" Joshua's mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners. His smile was clearly so warm, but in the eyes of others, it seemed a little frightening.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Director Wilson said hurriedly. After he said this reason, he did not believe that Joshua could force his son to go abroad.

"Poor parents," Joshua sighed. But then, he suddenly changed his voice. "In that case, you two should accompany him to Country R. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds if he could have you around to take care of him and display his talent at the same time?"

Director Wilson and his wife opened their mouths wide in surprise. It never occurred to them that, instead of making their son stay in Country Z, they were both dispatched to Country R! if the two of them went to Country R, where they were strangers, they would not be able to help their son, but would hinder him!

Mrs. Wilson was extremely remorseful now. She knew clearly that Joshua was punishing their family as a warning to the other directors because she wanted to introduce her son to Hazel in the bathroom.

She looked at Hazel as if she had caught the last straw. She begged, "Hazel, please help me! I know I said something wrong in the bathroom, but I really meant no harm…."

Hazel didn't expect Mrs. Wilson to say that. Hazel looked at her blankly, her eyebrows slightly raised. "Bathroom? What are you talking about, Mrs. Wilson? You told me about pregnancy and life, and I expressed my gratitude to you at that time."

Mrs. Wilson suddenly turned pale. It was true that she and Hazel had an ambiguous conversation, and Hazel gave her an ambiguous answer, which was why she ran into the conference room to make trouble. If she did mention the conversation, she would only annoy Joshua. Her whole family would never be able to return to Country Z for the rest of their lives.

"That's settled," Joshua spoke coldly.

Mrs. Wilson fell back into her chair, driven to distraction. Now that Joshua had said that, there must have been no turning back.

The meeting was still going on, but the incident with Director Wilson directly sounded the alarm to the other directors and scared them so much that they dared not retort. Instead, they jittered, afraid Joshua would get even with them.

The meeting went on without a hitch. At about eleven o'clock, the meeting was almost over.

"That's all for today's meeting," Joshua said with a dignified face as he scanned the directors. "Directors, you are adults. I hope you will not believe or spread rumors in the future. It is better to be down-to-earth. Dismissed!"

These few meaningful words made the directors more obedient. They knew Joshua was warning them!

Hearing 'dismissed,' they all heaved a sigh of relief and ran to the door of the conference room.

Joshua's warning and criticism really scared them. It was very likely that if he was missing again, no one would try to plot against Hazel again. Even if they had this kind of thought, they would worry if Joshua was setting them up again.

The directors knew that, and so did Hazel. Hence, she didn't say much during the meeting, leaving everything to Joshua.

Hazel's heart was very warm when she thought he was doing all this for her. When none of the directors noticed her as they hurried away, she could not help but kiss Joshua on the cheek as a reward and whispered, "Joshua, you are so kind to me..."

"Hazel, I'm not kind enough." Joshua gave a wry smile. If it hadn't been for his disappearance, Hazel wouldn't have to face the wolves by herself. In the end, it was his fault.

"Joshua..." Guessing what he was thinking, Hazel tried to persuade him when she heard a noise outside the door.

"What's going on?" Hazel asked, puzzled.

There was a gleam in his eye.

Outside, a group of reporters came and happened to meet those directors who came out of the conference room.

"There have been rumors that Joshua Denmark, President of Denmark Group, was killed. Is it true or not?"

"I heard that Hazel Denmark, the current President of Denmark Group, has married another man. Is it true?"

***

Listening to the reporters' sharp questions, the directors' faces turned paler and paler.

"Didn't I tell you not to let those reporters come?" Director Wilson whispered angrily to Mrs. Wilson.

Before the meeting, Director Wilson was eager for these reporters to come and ruin Hazel's reputation. But Hazel's man was Joshua, which would only make Hazel and Joshua more welcome and popular. How could Director Wilson be willing to help Joshua? So he immediately told Mrs. Wilson to stop the reporters at that time.

"I didn't ask them to come!" Mrs. Wilson was also panicky. "It must be other people who asked the reporter to come, isn't it?"

"He's set us up again..." Director Wilson gritted his teeth as if he thought of something. If a reporter knew the location of the meeting of Denmark Group, it must be a people knowing about the meeting which informed the reporter. The reporters arrived at the end of the meeting. They were so 'considerate,' so it should be Joshua who had informed the reporters.

Unfortunately, no one thought Joshua did it. Almost everyone thought it was the directors who wanted Hazel to make a fool of herself who invited the reporter.

"Stop it, stop it!" Outside the door, the directors all shouted angrily at the reporters. "How can you photograph Denmark Group's meeting? Leave now!"

But the reporters kept asking sharp questions.

"Make way."

A cold voice sounded, and the directors froze. The next moment, they all made their own accords.