Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

His eyes went dark, and he said, "Joshua is convincing dad and mom to move to Imperial Capital."

"Huh?!" She looked at him in surprise.

She wasn't surprised that Joshua wanted to convince her parents because Joshua had promised to help her, but she was astonished that Ronald actually knew about it.

All of a sudden, she thought of something. Then she asked happily, "Brother, have you agreed to go to the Imperial Capital with us?"

She could think of no other reason for Ronald to say it in such a calm voice. Ronald was one of the people she and Joshua planned to take to Imperial Capital. After all, Hazel didn't want her parents to distance themselves from their son in order to spend time with their daughter.

Ronald looked at Hazel quietly. He always knew Hazel was smart. Especially when facing someone she cared about, she would be smarter. Was she happy for Joshua?

"My home is in City S. Why would I go to the Imperial Capital?" Ronald said uncomfortably. But as soon as he saw the disappointment on Hazel's face, he sighed softly. "But my company is going to develop in the Imperial Capital recently, so I'll be there for at least six months."

Joshua had asked Ronald to go to Imperial Capital for six months. Ronald didn't know why, but it must have something to do with Hazel. Otherwise, Joshua wouldn't have opened his mouth. Of course, Ronald wouldn't say no to anything good to Hazel.

"Really?" Hazel's eyes gleamed with delight.

"Yes," Ronald replied, helpless.

"But," she couldn't help looking at the study, "How will Joshua convince mom and dad?"

***

In the study, neither Harry nor Rachel looked good.

Joshua calmly told them about his treatment of Matt and the others, then consoled Harry and Rachel, "...Dad, mom, you don't have to blame yourself. They were our relatives, so they could catch us off guard. We just need to pay more attention to such things in the future."

Harry and Rachel felt extremely guilty. They were the only ones who weren't on guard against Matt's family. Joshua said 'us,' but he had been on guard.

The fact that they, Hazel's parents, hadn't been as thoughtful as Joshua made them even more ashamed. Besides, Joshua's last words woke them up.

"But can we really prevent such incidents from happening if we're on guard?" Harry sighed helplessly. "In the Crowe family and the Hall family, we have a lot of relatives. We don't have another relative like Matt and others, but humans always change. Also..."

He didn't quite make it clear, but Rachel understood what he was worried about.

They and their relatives used to visit one another frequently. However, Hazel's identity was different now. Under such circumstances, they couldn't guarantee that other relatives wouldn't covet Hazel's wealth and plot against her.

If this kind of incident happened, how could they be so thoughtful and be on guard since the other party was their relative?

"Shall we hide Hazel's identity from them?" Rachel put forward a proposal.

"How can we hide successfully?" Harry sighed. "Now they haven't come to us because our relatives don't search the Internet much or often read newspapers. But nothing can be kept secret forever in this world. Sooner or later, they will find it out."

"What should we do then?" Rachel said irritably. "Shall we renounce all these relatives? If we do that, wouldn't we be a joke!"

"It's indeed an exaggeration to renounce all these relatives." Harry sighed again. Suddenly, he looked at Joshua. "Joshua, do you have any hot ideas?"

Joshua, who had been waiting for this sentence, spoke calmly, "Perhaps we can stay away from them. Of course, since they are our relatives, we can still help them if they are in trouble. It is just a piece of cake for us. We don't need to destroy our relationship with these relatives."

Harry's and Rachel's eyes suddenly lit up. They both thought Joshua's proposal was wonderful.

Rachel suddenly remembered Hazel's suggestion that they moved to Imperial Capital and hurried to say, "Or, let's go to Imperial Capital with Hazel!"

If Hazel were there, she'd be dumbfounded.

She had persuaded Rachel for so long, but Rachel didn't take her words seriously at all and even did not have the intention of going to Imperial Capital in the least. By contrast, Joshua just said several sentences, but Rachel suggested they should go to the Imperial Capital of her own accord!

However, Joshua was so eager to convince Harry and Rachel because he had agreed to help Hazel and worried that the organization would do something bad.

Ted was so ruthless that Joshua was worried that the organization would harm Hazel's loved ones. Only by taking them all to Imperial Capital could he better protect them.

That was why he asked Ronald to stay at Imperial Capital for six months. Half a year was enough for him to get rid of the organization.

Harry frowned. He didn't object to Rachel's proposal, but he had other concerns. "How can we directly go to the Imperial Capital? What about our jobs? Also, Ronald's career just begins…"

"Don't worry about that, dad." Joshua opened his mouth calmly. "I can have you transferred if you agree. As for Ronald, I've asked him. He says it so happens that his company is going to develop in the Imperial Capital."

All their worries had been solved. Neither Harry nor Rachel was a procrastinator. They agreed readily.

Hazel waited worriedly outside the living room. She rushed up to the three of them as they came out of the study.

"You girl, can't you part with Joshua for a while?" Rachel couldn't resist teasing her.

"Yes, I, I can..." Hazel blushed slightly. She just wanted to know whether Joshua had persuaded her parents.

"I can't part with you." Joshua's mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners.

Hazel's face grew redder.

Then she dragged Joshua into her bedroom.

"How did it go?" she asked nervously.

"They agreed." He gave a gentle smile.

"Agreed?" She looked at him in disbelief. "You just talked to my parents for a while, and you persuaded them successfully?"

"Mmm." He smiled and nodded. "Mom and dad are very reasonable."

She almost wondered if she had heard it wrong. Why did her parents not seem very reasonable when she tried to convince them?