MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

"Even if you were to tell me, why did you insist on my coming to you?" she whispered. "Let's wait until Joshua comes…."

"It involves my mother, and I don't want anyone to know about it, especially Joshua," he said in a deep tone. "Hazel, I'm just trying to convince you one last time. Even if I lied to you before, do you suspect I'd hurt you?"

Looking at his wounded face, she could not help freezing a little. Indeed, Simon had done some outrageous things before, but at least he had never intended to hurt her. She was really a little ruthless by being so wary of him.

"Good." she opened her mouth. "If you can't convince me, stay."

His eyes flashed, and he finally nodded.

"Madam…" Jaxson stopped her in a hurry.

Her lips twitched, and she said, in a voice, only both of them could hear, "Jaxson, I'll try to stay away from him. As soon as you see, he has any unusual movement, give orders to shoot at him!"

Of course, she didn't think Simon would hurt her, but he had stunned her before. God knew what he might do. Hazel had never been a pedantic person.

Jaxson had no choice but to agree and watch Hazel walk toward Simon.

Standing about a foot away from Simon, Hazel asked, "What are you trying to say?"

"Look at that." He opened the watch and showed her the watch.

She stretched out her hand to reach for it, but he rejected it.

She could only look into the pocket watch. There was a group photo inside. There was a beautiful young woman and a woman in a nurse's hat. They looked close, and it seemed they had a great relationship.

"This is…" Hazel looked at him suspiciously.

"This is my mother. The woman next to her took care of her when she was in labor." Simon's face was cold. "This pocket watch was specially made by my mother and given to the nurse as a gift."

Hazel's heart sank. Simon always said there was something wrong with his mother's death. Presumably, he had pursued the matter, but he could only make speculations as he had no material evidence.

After all, if it had been Ted who killed his mother, he must have destroyed all the evidence.

But the nurse who took care of his mother for so long must know a lot that no one else did. Besides, Hazel had always felt that Simon's mother's death wasn't that simple.

After all, no matter what Ted said to her, it shouldn't make her so desperate that she bled heavily and couldn't be saved. Unless her body was unhealthy, to begin with, or Ted had done something bad to her while upsetting her.

No matter what Ted had done, the nurse who had been taking care of Simon's mother must know more than anyone else. So now that the pocket watch popped up suddenly, did that mean Ian Flores had found the nurse?

No wonder Simon was in such a hurry to meet Ian. It must have been Simon's knot in his mind.

"It's just a pocket watch," Hazel bit her lip. "That doesn't mean your uncle has found the nurse. Maybe it's just a trap to lure you, Simon..."

Suddenly Simon took a step further and grabbed her wrist!

He moved so fast that the other people failed to anticipate his movements, although they had been wary.

By the time they tried to shoot, Simon had already stood behind Hazel!

They were afraid that they would shoot at Hazel.

Simon swiftly put Hazel's wrist behind her back. He raised his voice. "Freeze, all of you... ouch!"

He was fast, but Hazel was faster!

When she noticed Simon approaching, she had no time to escape, so she directly stepped on his foot! Taking advantage of Simon's distraction, she twisted her body and was about to break free from his grip!

But in a blink of an eye, Simon came to his senses, and he increased his grip!

He had been too careless. He had forgotten that the little girl was a little good at fighting, and she almost defeated him.

Hazel looked pale. Her belly was not big enough to affect her movements, but she was afraid that the baby would get hurt when she and Simon started fighting.

But this time, Simon seemed to have made up his mind and had no intention of letting it go!

Hazel got a little angry.

She raised her hand and slapped Simon hard in the face!

The slap did not directly hit him in the face, but it deflected the mask he had been wearing to reveal his delicate face.

Hazel was in a trance.

She had been curious about Simon's appearance. Because he often wore a mask, she could only vaguely see that he looked like Joshua when he smiled. But she never knew what he really looked like.

She had wondered what he looked like before, but Simon refused to take off his mask, and thus she got used to it. She even unconsciously thought… Simon's face was just a mask.

No one would expect that she would see Simon's face under such circumstances.

He looked very handsome. Although she could see at a glance that he and Joshua were brothers, he looked more fragile than Joshua. Or, to be more precise, Joshua's face looked handsome with enchanting charm, while Simon's face had fascinating beauty.

When Hazel saw the face, her first impression was that he was really beautiful.

She was only in a trace for a moment, but he had caught her without hesitation.

It was just a momentary lapse, and Simon didn't hesitate to catch her.

"Make way!" He said quietly, putting on his mask.

Seeing Hazel become a hostage, other people could only make way slowly with reluctance.

Hazel still hadn't come to her senses.

She was distracted. It was not because of his appearance but because of something that seemed to be hiding in her mind. For some reason, she felt as if she knew something and the answer seemed obvious, but there seemed to be a thick fog, and she could not see it clearly.

"Simon King, let Hazel go," said Joshua, in a voice full of anger that could not be suppressed.

No sooner had he arrived than he saw the scene.

"Joshua, you're a little late." Simon's mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners, but there was no smile on his face.

Joshua's eyes went dark. He waved, and the people around Simon scattered helplessly. The cars that had been surrounding Simon's car all moved.