Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

Joshua emitted a cold chill. Sure enough, that man could be cold-blooded to this point?

Katherine, who seemed to think of something irritating, said with righteous indignation, "He even lied to Stacy that he wanted to marry her, and then he would clean up the organization, stop engaging in shady businesses, and let their son live in the sun...

"But after your mother gave birth to you, he changed his mind and even allowed other women to frame your mother as a spy in the organization. She even wanted to arrest me and threaten me to vilify your mother.

"When your mother found it out, she tried to let me go. I had to run away from the organization so that I wouldn't incriminate her! And then, when I recovered, I learned that your mother had been kicked out of the organization by Ted, and that you had been taken away from her, and that she was living a very miserable life, but she still tried to get you back.

"After I knew it, I was afraid that she would be harmed, so I went to her immediately. However, I could not prevent the accident, and I could only save Stacy, who was seriously injured. The car where you were had been blown to pieces... I only found the corners of your clothes and some traces of the scene, so I thought you were also dead. And because of that… I was angry with them for being so ruthless to her, so I didn't show mercy to the organization."

Katherine told Joshua everything she knew, including her own experiences.

Joshua's mouth tightened into a thin line. He couldn't blame Katherine. Although Stacy's misery was related to Katherine, it was Stacy who wanted to save her. He probably knew his own mother's personality. She looked weak, but she was, in fact, a very strong-minded woman.

Had it not been for that, Stacy wouldn't have come to Ted when the Sloane family had no way out, she wouldn't have wanted to abort the baby after knowing she was pregnant. Even under the circumstances where her family members betrayed her, her lover betrayed her, and the baby was taken away from her, she still tried every means to get the baby back.

She was such an unyielding woman. Even if she was given a chance again, she would still choose to save Katherine.

What was more, Katherine didn't elaborate on her own experience, but Joshua could guess that when she escaped from the group, she almost died. The organization would absolutely not be kind to spies. Stacy was the first thing that came to Katherine's mind after she recovered from her injury. Besides, she had been helping Stacy for so many years, providing her with the best medical treatment.

"Do you know much about Ted King?" Joshua asked in a deep tone.

Katherine's eyes flashed with a touch of hesitation and even a hint of uncontrollable anger. "Should, shouldn't you…."

"No." Joshua interrupted without hesitation. "That kind of man who provides only one sperm does not deserve to be my father."

In an instant, Katherine was relieved. She also felt that she had thought too much. After all, with Joshua' current abilities and status, he didn't have to curry favor with Ted at all. Even if Joshua asked such a question, he couldn't do that for reuniting with Ted.

"Then… why do you want to know him?" Katherine was a bit surprised.

"Facing the enemy, of course, we must know ourselves and our enemies," Joshua's eyes grew deep.

"You're going against the organization?" Katherine was in a daze. She said disapprovingly, "Why do you want to provoke them? Even if the group's current forces are abroad, they are not easy to deal with."

"They are coming to provoke me."

Katherine was in a daze. She had recently returned from a mission. When she was on a mission, she cut off all communication, so she had no idea what had happened.

"Did something happen?" she asked in a deep voice. "The organization knows your existence and suspects you're Ted's kid? No, they have no reason to suspect that… Could it be Simon King? That makes no sense. Shouldn't he be more afraid of you being exposed than anyone else?"

Joshua looked at Katherine with dark eyes. "Why is he afraid? Afraid I'll fight him for the organization?"

No matter how well the so-called organization developed, no matter how powerful the underground kingdom was, he was not interested at all. "Underground" was always "underground," and it was always shady.

Katherine was a bit embarrassed. She really thought so initially, so when she knew clearly that Simon was around and that Simon had met Joshua, she did not pay much attention to it. She thought that if the organization knew Joshua's identity, there would be one more person to compete for the inheritance right of the organization, so Simon should not shoot himself in the foot like this.

Nonetheless, according to Joshua, it was actually Simon who did all this? Didn't he care about the succession of the organization? Then what did he care about?

Sorting out her mind, Katherine asked in a deep voice, "What does he want?"

"He wants me to fight against Ted," Joshua said peacefully. In fact, it wasn't difficult to guess Simon's intention even though he was a little puzzled. It seemed Simon and Ted's relationship was not good.

"I don't know much about Ted, and I'm afraid I would mislead you." Katherine frowned. If Joshua really wanted to fight Ted, of course, she would like to help Joshua. But she was afraid that she would do him a disservice.

"It doesn't matter. Just go ahead," Joshua said.

Katherine briefly told Joshua what she knew, and then, with a slight frown, she added, "The most time I was around your father was when I was your mother's bodyguard. I can only say that he treated your mother… like you treated Hazel. I think he might have had a real affection for your mother, or he might have been very good at acting."

Joshua cocked an eyebrow slightly. Whether he had had a real affection or he had been good at acting, Ted pushed his mother to this point, and he must pay the price!

"Let's go back," he said lightly.

He had been out for quite a while. If he didn't go back to the ward, he was afraid Hazel would be worried.

"Good." Katherine nodded. She was delighted that Joshua and Hazel were willing to spend time staying with Stacy now.

Maybe Stacy would get better with them around.

***

Hazel sat sweetly next to Stacy in the ward. She was watching movies, but she had been paying attention to Stacy's state. However, to her disappointment, Stacy didn't respond to the movie at all after it was on for so long.

Suddenly, a baby's cry came from the TV.

Hazel looked back and found there was a scene of a baby crying in the cradle.

Her face paled as she was afraid it would upset Stacy, so Hazel hurried to look at Stacy, but the next moment Hazel's eyes widened in surprise.