Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

"Looking at the abilities of Fred and Mandy, along with their way of doing things," Joshua calmly analyzed, "It would be effortless for them to stay out of it, but it will be a little difficult for them to handle Kathie's parents."

Hazel was silent for a while.

"What are you thinking?" Joshua asked in a low voice.

"Joshua, the Denmark family, and the Joseph family don't really have any family members?" Hazel asked, sounding helpless.

Neither the Denmark family nor the Joseph family had any living relatives; only Hazel and people were still questioning her identity. Both Joshua and Sunny were adopted, so their DNA would not help. If there were only one person related to either Cate or Marcus by blood, it would make proving Hazel's identity easier. It would also help to find out Mandy's identity.

"Hey, this may be God's will." Hazel smiled.

The birthmark helped initially, but with Mandy and Hazel both having one, it was difficult to tell which of them were fake. Although Mandy acted viciously, her character could not prove her identity. If they couldn't figure out a way to distinguish who was the real Denmark's daughter, Joshua was afraid that Mandy and Hazel would be in turmoil for a long time.

"Don't worry. There will be a way to solve it." Joshua whispered.

"Is there any way to solve it?" Hazel looked at him blankly.

"Although I can't prove that you are true," Joshua's eyes flashed a glimmer of light. "But there is a way to prove that Mandy is fake."

"Really?" Hazel curiously asked.

"Yes." Joshua whispered, "But this is not easy. I am not sure, and it will take some time."

Hazel was more curious, but Joshua did not seem to want to say in detail, so she decided not to keep questioning him.

Just as Joshua had speculated, Kathie insisted that Mandy persuaded her to attack Hazel, but there was not enough evidence. Fred also helped Mandy, so she could get away with encouraging Kathie and planting the gun.

However, Kathie's parents did not intend to let Mandy get away with it, she and Fred were being harassed, so they didn't have much time to bother Hazel.

As long as Mandy was not bothering Hazel, she tried to stay out of the drama. She needed to concentrate on her graduation thesis, so she went to the library at the school almost every day. As she was walking out one day, she saw Susan waiting for her.

Susan saw her and suddenly acted embarrassed, "I, I heard that University Q was a good school, so I came to find out. I didn't expect to see you."

Hazel played dumb because Susan was clearly waiting for her, but she actually used a lame excuse.

Susan thought for a while and asked Hazel, "Since it is such a coincidence, would you like to get something to drink?"

Hazel had wanted to find a chance to get close to Susan, and since she voluntarily found her, there was no reason not to go.

"I guess you needed me to ask you to go for a drink," Susan said, snickering, "I mean, what kind of food does your school have? I could only find some junk food."

"What do you want to drink?" Hazel didn't know what else to say, Susan was pretending to be a princess, and she knew that Susan was there independently without persuasion.

"Forget it, it was all on me." Susan pointed to her car not far away, "Get in the car with me."

"To where?" Hazel raised her eyebrows unexpectedly.

"To Joseph's house, haven't you always liked it?" Susan said.

Hazel became more alert, and she looked at Susan suspiciously.

"Don't worry, I won't eat you," Susan glanced at her impatiently. "It's like my mom said, you like it, and she wants to leave the house to you. But then, since your identity has become a mystery, she hasn't mentioned it."

"You don't mind it?" Hazel looked at her unexpectedly.

"How can I not mind?" Susan clenched her teeth. "Those things belong to me. Even if it is broken, I don't want to give it to others! But if it is you and Mandy... I certainly don't want my house to fall into the hands of Mandy!"

Hazel understood it. Susan regarded her as a temporary comrade because of Mandy.

Susan hesitated but finally said, "And, my mom seemed to like you very much."

"Okay." Hazel faintly promised.

She wanted to find an excuse to go to Joseph's family house, but Sunny had just left when they arrived. After Susan heard that her mother was gone, she suddenly became disappointed, "How could this happen?"

"You seem to be afraid of Sunny?" Hazel looked at her. She actually guessed that Susan brought her here because of other purposes.

"My mom has been very strict with me since I was young." Susan's face showed some fear.

"Then you brought me here to let Sunny know that you have made more reliable friends rather than bad friends!" Hazel asked.

"You think too highly of yourself!" Susan was angry.

Looking at her facial expression, Hazel knew that she was right. It seemed that Susan had always wanted to get approval from her mother, but she could never get it. Susan knew she liked her very much, so she brought her there to show her off to Sunny.

Ignoring Susan's anger, Hazel said, "I think that if you do this, you still may not be able to make Sunny have a different opinion of you."

"What should I do?" Susan asked nervously.

Hazel looked at her strangely, it was indeed a bizarre situation. Sunny was so strict with Susan that Susan was terrified of her. Hazel thought it was reasonable to say that children in that kind of situation should not act stupidly as Susan did. She shook her head a little when she realized that it was their business and she had no reason to take care of them.

"I believe that parents have expectations for their children," Hazel said with a calm tone. "In fact, I don't think they are as concerned about what their children have achieved but more concerned about if they need to worry about them."

Susan's facial expression suddenly changed. She had caused a lot of trouble and was always helped by Sunny, she was actually a problem.

Looking at her thoughtful look, Hazel said faintly, "You think about it for a few moments, I am going to the bathroom."

Susan nodded in disappointment, but Hazel did not seem to care. She saw Susan's deep look as she quietly walked out and went to Sunny's room.

None of the furnishings or decorating in the Joseph home had been changed, and the door of her room had a beautiful antique design on it. Hazel twisted the doorknob, but it was locked, she frowned and then tried the door to the next room.