MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

"You were more worried than I am." She looked at him speechless.

She knew Joshua, so she could see his worry and guilt for Simon. She clearly felt Joshua was relieved when he heard the doctor say Simon was all right.

Hazel's heart was warm. She suddenly felt how great it was.

Now Joshua found his biological parents and a younger brother who had a relatively good relationship with him.

"I wasn't," said Joshua awkwardly.

Hazel chuckled. She didn't want to argue with him over this issue. All of a sudden, she frowned and asked with a puzzle, "How did your father do it?"

The facts were clear now, but the story was so absurd that Ian had never suspected it before.

"Ted never had sex with Elise Flores, Ian Flores's sister," Joshua explained. "At that time, Elise Flores used the influence of the Flores family to drive a wedge between Ted's father and my mom, so Ted's father took advantage of Ted's absence and drove my mom out of the organization and took me away who was still a baby in the name of Ted.

"Afterwards, my mom and I went missing. After Ted found out the truth, he didn't do anything. Later, the organization forced him to produce offspring. Many women were willing to get pregnant with Ted's kids, and Elise Flores was one of them. Ted chose her, but privately negotiated with her, saying that he would not marry her, nor make love with her, and would only make her get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization."

Hazel understood suddenly. If so, everything made sense. She guessed. "So Ted changed the egg Elise Flores had provided?"

"Mm." Joshua nodded. "My mom almost had an accident while giving birth to me, so Ted took her to have her eggs frozen. He had planned to ask a surrogate mother for help even if they wanted kids. He didn't want her to suffer anymore. It so happened Elise Flores came to him of her own accord, so he changed eggs.

"For Ted, this is the best way to take vengeance on the Flores family. After Elise gave birth to Simon, he told her the truth, and she couldn't stand the shock and died immediately.

"As for the Flores family who had helped Elise, Ted didn't let them go either. Only Ian didn't know about his sister's actions, and he was on an important mission. That was why Ted spared his life. Later on, Ian had been treating Simon as his own son, so Ted didn't kill him because Ted thought Simon needed a loyal helper."

That was what Ted told Joshua. Since Hazel wanted to know about the whole story, Joshua didn't want to keep it from her. His eyes swept lightly over the bed, and he actually guessed another intention of her.

After hearing this, Hazel was filled with mixed emotions.

Elise had such an ending; it could only be said she asked for it herself. Stacy and Joshua wouldn't have suffered so much if Elise hadn't driven a wedge.

Besides, if she hadn't held on to the idea that if she could give birth to Ted's baby, she would definitely win Ted's heart over, she wouldn't have been used by Ted.

It was just that Simon was too pitiful. He was innocent from beginning to end. He didn't even have the right to choose for himself. He was born by Elise and had always been indebted to and even brainwashed by Ian. But all of a sudden, Simon was told that his enemies were his family, while his family was his enemies. It was likely no one could accept this kind of thing.

Hazel sighed. "I just hope Simon won't have too much pressure or dislike you..."

Joshua raised his eyebrows slightly, and he spoke awkwardly. "We have been on bad terms, to begin with…."

"Haven't you been on good terms, to begin with?" Hazel interrupted with a smile. Joshua worked with Simon for other reasons before he lost his memory, but they were able to work together, at least because they accepted each other in some way. Additionally, Hazel could feel they appreciated each other.

Now, although Joshua could not remember, she could see that he really cared about Simon as a family member.

"No." Joshua continued speaking uncomfortably.

"Really?" Hazel teased him with a smile.

"It's so noisy." Simon opened his eyes helplessly in the hospital bed.

In fact, he was already awake when they came in. He just didn't know how to face them.

After all, he had a grudge against Joshua. However, Joshua suddenly became his brother, who shared the same parents with him. Thinking that he would have to address Joshua "brother," Simon could not help feeling that he had better pretend to be asleep himself.

He also knew Hazel and Joshua should have guessed he was pretending to sleep. Hazel asked Joshua in the ward on purpose so that Simon could listen and know about the whole story.

But it was not because of this that he was determined to wake up. It was because he couldn't stand Joshua and Hazel's public display of affection in his ward.

"Are you awake?" Hazel looked at Simon in the bed in surprise. In fact, she thought he would pretend to be asleep to the end.

"Wait…" Simon struggled to sit up in bed. He could not help feeling his own face, which was covered with seriousness.

He froze for half a second, and then he shouted angrily, "Mirror!"

Hazel gave him a sympathetic look. While she was hesitant whether she should give him a mirror, Joshua handed Simon a small mirror in the ward.

"Joshua..." She tugged at Joshua's sleeve, worried.

"Don't worry." Joshua patted her hand lightly. If Simon was a man who would break his heart for his looks, then he really didn't deserve to be his brother.

Simon took the mirror. Looking at the figure being wrapped up tightly like a mummy inside, he roared despite himself, "Who the fuck wrapped me up like that!! I'm not a fucking woman. I don't need plastic surgery. Take it away!"

"..." Hazel was speechless. It turned out Simon just misunderstood that the hospital was going to give him plastic surgery, so he got angry. Well, she had thought too much. After all, Simon had such a fascinating face, but he could wear a mask all day without any psychological burden to hide his own beauty. How could he be sad because of the few scars on his face?

Watching Simon press the bedside bell to call the doctor in to remove his bandages, Hazel finally couldn't stand it.

"Can't you behave yourself?" she asked in exasperation. "Don't you know how badly you are injured? The doctor put bandages on your face because of the wound!"