MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

"I was a little pissed off last night," she said, shamefaced. "Because you left me waiting for so long, I thought you weren't going to show. Then when I did see you, I got angry with you. Do you think I was being very unreasonable?"

After that, she looked nervously at him.

"No," He looked at her with a smile, his eyes soft. "Besides, you're my girlfriend, and it's your privilege to be unreasonable to me."

She felt her heart beating faster, and her cheeks flushed. "Joshua Denmark, you've been so kind to me… You will spoil me…"

"Your parents spoil you, but you aren't a spoiled child, are you?" He reached out to touch her head and whispered, "My Hazel is a very, very nice girl and deserves my spoiling."

She was so happy that it looked as though she was on cloud nine. How could Joshua be so nice? Did she save the entire galaxy in her previous life, so she was lucky enough to meet him in this life?

But suddenly another memory came to mind, she remembered everything she had done, she was still a bit uneasy. After all... it was such a shame.

"Do you think... I'm too idiot?" she asked worriedly.

"What?" His eyes were full of doting. "Hazel, you were very lovely last night when you let yourself go."

She felt very sorrowful.

He was right. Last night she really let herself go, but how could she be lovely? She was clearly childish!

"Have breakfast quickly." He smiled. "Doesn't your school anniversary last a week? I'll take you to school."

"I won't go!" she said emphatically. She made such a big fool of herself last night. How could she have the nerve to show her face?

"Okay," he said quietly. "Where do you want to go?"

She thought for a bit before she suddenly asked, "What happened to you last night? Why were you late?"

Joshua promised her he would arrive on time, so he must have been late because of something important. 

Frowning slightly, he said calmly, "Theresa's father was in a car accident last night."

"A car accident?!" Her eyes opened widely. "How did that happen? Is he okay?"

There was a flash of surprise in Joshua's eyes. Hazel's contact with the Flores family was not much, but he felt that she cared too much about them for some reason.

"Don't worry," he explained lightly, "I went to the hospital last night and helped him to transfer to another hospital. He is now in a private hospital owned by Denmark Group. He'll recover after a while of rest."

"That's good." She heaved a sigh of relief, but she felt guilty.

Lanny had a car accident, so Joshua must have gone to the hospital first for such a serious matter. But instead of being considerate, she was angry with him for being late. She knew she shouldn't have acted like that.

She looked up at Joshua. "Let's go to the hospital today."

Joshua didn't seem to want to go to the hospital, presumably because he didn't want the Flores family to read his thoughts. She could take him there with her, though.

He frowned a little and couldn't help asking, "Hazel, why do you care so much about their affairs?"

"After all, they are…Theresa's parents," she changed her words. "It would be rude if we didn't visit them when there was an accident that disrupted their lives."

"All right," he quietly agreed. He had hoped that Hazel would have limited contact with the Flores family, but she wanted to go, so the best he could do was to keep her company.

***

At the hospital, Theresa spent the night sitting beside Lanny's bed, Caroline blamed Hazel for most of the night after receiving a picture from Henry.

Theresa had no choice but to listen, she was thankful to get out to buy breakfast from a café near the hospital.

When she returned to the hospital, Henry was there. He had said something and Caroline started cursing again. "I knew this woman was bad! Your father had been in a car accident, but she still pestered Joshua and forced him to go to the ball! I don't know what spell she has cast on Joshua, this little bitch..."

Theresa silently put the breakfast on the table in front of Caroline.

Seeing Caroline's words became more and more unpleasant, Theresa couldn't help speaking, "It's not Hazel's fault, mom. After all, if Mr. Denmark wanted to go, Hazel wouldn't be able to stop him. Besides, Mr. Denmark doesn't seem very close to us, and I wonder if he's not our family…"

"What are you talking about?!" Caroline's face was red with anger, and she slapped the glass in front of her pouring a glass of hot milk directly on Theresa.

Theresa screamed in pain and tried to move away, but Caroline grabbed her arm.

"Keep this in mind, Joshua is the child your father and I sold. He's your biological brother! Don't forget who your mother is just because Hazel is nice to you!" Caroline increased her strength, and her ferocious face looked as though she was about to eat Theresa.

"I see..." Theresa said with tears in her eyes.

Caroline then let her go. Theresa hastily opened the door and ran out.

"Mom, the girl is unreliable," Henry said coldly. "We asked her to stay in Denmark Residence so that she could help us monitor Hazel and get us closer to Joshua. However, she did nothing and only enjoys herself!"

"The damn girl!" Caroline was very furious. "Then I'll call her back in a minute and won't allow her to go to Denmark Residence again!"

"It won't work," Henry shook his head. "Theresa and Hazel seem to have a good relationship. If she gets angry and says something to Hazel Crowe, we'll be in trouble."

"What do we do then?" Caroline asked blankly.

"We cannot ask Theresa to leave, and we can send another person in." Henry's eyes flashed with a cold gleam.

Caroline said in a pickle, "I know you want to go to Denmark Residence, Henry. But Hazel is unwilling..."

"I'm not talking about me," Henry said. "We can send another woman, preferably one with ambitions."

Caroline was lost in deep thought.

Theresa ran to the bathroom with her red eyes but was suddenly stopped in the hallway.

"Theresa, what's wrong with you?" Hazel looked at her in astonishment.

Looking at Hazel and Joshua in front of her, Theresa felt victimized instantly, but she just took a deep breath and shook her head. "No, nothing…" she stuttered.

"How can you say there's nothing since you look distraught?" Hazel frowned despite herself.

Theresa hurriedly explained, "I just accidentally spilled the milk on myself…"