MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

Hazel's eyes flashed with worry as Joshua hung up the phone.

"Are you… really going to leave mom alone?" she asked.

"Of course not," Joshua whispered. "I have to force him to make a choice."

Ted would compromise. When Ted brought Stacy, Joshua would take her back to Country Z. As long as they returned to Country Z, it would be hard for Ted to do anything to them.

"Joshua," Hazel said with relief.

Then she was hesitant. "Should I go back to… Country Z first?"

She had a big belly now. She was afraid she would be a drag on him if she were around him.

"No," said Joshua, shaking his head firmly. "You'll be safe with me."

As for the person behind the scenes, he already had a guess.

If it were that person, the other party would definitely do something to Hazel.

So it was safest for Hazel to stay with Joshua so that he could take her under his wing.

Hazel nodded."... okay, I'll take your advice." Since Joshua said so, of course, she believed him.

Looking at his tired face, she felt sorry for him and reached out her hand to put it on his temple. "I'll massage you."

"Good." He smiled, not rejecting her kindness.

"By the way, how's the investigation of Mandy going?" she asked, massaging. "Have you found out who helped her walk out of prison and who gave her money?"

Whether it was Mindy's plastic surgery or her new identity, they needed power and money, so the people behind the scenes weren't easy.

"Jaxson is still investigating," said Joshua lightly.

Just then, Joshua's phone rang again. He looked at the screen and said with somewhat amusement, "Talking of the devil, and he will appear."

"Answer it," Hazel urged.

Joshua answered the phone and heard Jaxson speak, "Mr. President, I have found out Mandy's source of funds. It took several flows to get to her account through different accounts, but… we were able to track down the original account."

"Who is it?" Joshua narrowed his eyes.

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and the next moment Jaxson said, "I've sent you the account information."

Joshua looked more serious. Jaxson was never a dodger. That meant there must be something wrong with the account.

When he clicked on the mailbox, Joshua's face darkened as he saw the information from Jaxson.

Curiously, Hazel got close to the computer. The next moment, her face turned pale. "It's impossible!"

She almost blurted it out.

Because the account on it showed, it was Simon King instead of someone else!

The guy who rescued Mandy gave her a face-lift to look like Hazel and even made those videos to smear Hazel was actually Simon?

It turned out that the real villain behind the scenes was hidden in their side, and he was their trusted friend and relatives. How was that possible?

"Is the information reliable?" Joshua asked in a deep tone.

"We've checked many times," Jaxson said with hesitation. He did not say anything more, but his meaning was clear.

"Who saved Mandy?" asked Joshua.

"It's a man…of the organization," said Jaxson feebly. He also wished that all he said was false, but everything he found out was true.

"Tell me whose subordinate he is?" Joshua continued asking.

"I checked... He was Master Simon's," Jaxson said helplessly. "After saving Mandy, the man was gone."

Joshua looked grim. "Any other information?"

"Not for the moment," Jaxson said with relief.

"I see." Joshua nodded. "Keep going."

"Yes, sir," Jaxson agreed and hung up.

"It's, it's impossible..." Hazel was a little lost.

She could not believe in her heart that Simon had done it.

How sad would Joshua be if it was really Simon? She could see that the relationship between Joshua and Simon was not fake these days. Although they seemed to quarrel all the time, Joshua really thought of Simon as his younger brother!

"I don't believe it's him. Let's check once again!" she said firmly.

"You trust him so much?" His eyes were deep somehow.

"There's no reason for him to do that!" she said anxiously.

"What if he did that for you?" He spoke slowly.

"How is that possible?" She looked at him blankly, wondering what he meant.

"He had more than a fleeting interest in you, I can see that," he said quietly. He knew it when he saw Simon accompany Hazel for antenatal care. As a man, he could keenly feel it when another man had a good feeling for his lover.

"Impossible." She tried to explain. "He just took care of me for you as his sister-in-law. Besides, these accounts don't mean anything. Maybe it was someone close to him who did it?"

"Simon's subordinates only obey him." Joshua said lightly, "Besides, hardly has he arrived in Country M when Mandy also came. When he learned that Ted was interested in Cynthia, Mandy immediately went to Daniel for help. He was the first to find the butler dead. If you think carefully, you'll find there's a lot of evidence pointing to Simon."

"But he helped you a lot…" She felt helpless.

"Perhaps he did it on purpose because he didn't want me to suspect him?" He spoke in an indifferent manner.

"So... Do you really believe that he did everything?" She looked at him blankly and asked in a dejected voice.

"Of course..." He paused a little and then said firmly, "I don't believe it."

"..." She angrily raised her fist to beat him on the shoulder. "You, you fool me!"

"How could you believe him so deep…" he asked in a jealous voice.

If Hazel hadn't firmly taken Simon's side, Joshua wouldn't have bluffed her on purpose, beating about the bush.

"You…" Hazel stared at him speechless. Was Joshua actually jealous? She really didn't know what to say.

'I'm pissed-off!" She pursed her lips and turned to leave.

"Honey, don't be angry." He hurried to catch up with her, hugging her from behind; he carefully avoided her stomach.

"You let go," she said and was more irritated. "I'm really angry. You won't coax me into forgiving you."

There was a smile in his eyes, and he whispered again, "I won't do that again, my lady. And don't you really want to know why I don't believe it?"

She paused. The next moment, she gritted her teeth. "I don't want to know."

His eyes flickered, and suddenly he went to pick her up.

She could not help exclaiming, "You, what are you doing?"