Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

She persuaded him for quite a while before calming him down.

Grandpa Sloane said with some anticipation, "... Hazel, when will you and Joshua visit Stacy again? We haven't thanked you for your help last time…."

Hazel's fingers tightened slightly. Of course, she knew Grandpa Sloane didn't just want them to visit Stacy; he wanted them to accept the Sloane family slowly.

Grandpa Sloane had thought Stacy's baby was dead. But now that Grandpa Sloane knew he was not only alive but also so excellent, how could Grandpa Sloane not be eager to reunite with him? It was just that Joshua's distant attitude kept Grandpa Sloane away.

After hearing the truth from Madeline, Hazel knew that Joshua didn't want to refuse the Sloane family. It was just that it wasn't the right timing.

Maybe Joshua would be able to improve his relationship with the Sloane family after he finished his current work.

However, Hazel couldn't say too much right now. Grandpa Sloane would be worried if she talked too much.

After thinking it over, Hazel opened her mouth. "Grandpa Sloane, Joshua, and I are just too busy to visit you and Aunt Stacy. When our work is done, we'll definitely visit you in due course."

"Really, really?" Grandpa Sloane was overjoyed. But the next moment, he couldn't help asking worriedly, "Will Joshua… be willing?"

"Don't worry," Hazel said with a smile. "In fact, Joshua cares about the relationship very much."

After making Grandpa Sloane relieved, Hazel hung up.

***

Joshua was answering Simon's phone. Listening to Simon's exasperated voice on the phone, Joshua interrupted him without hesitation. "Are you done? I'm very busy."

"Did you hear it or not?" Simon was very angry. "Control your woman! She came to my place to search disorderly and actually wanted to make trouble for me together with others!"

"She was just trying to scare you," Joshua said dryly. "If she really wanted to do something to you, she has got enough connections to keep you worried and busy. But you are quite right about one thing."

Joshua's statement was not alarmist. James, who usually didn't get along well with Joshua, was very kind to Hazel because of his adoptive parents. In addition, James and Simon had a worse relationship.

Besides James, there was Katherine, who liked Hazel very much. If Hazel turned to the two of them for help, Simon's forces would be uprooted even if he was very capable.

Simon was so angry that he could not speak. He knew that Joshua was telling the truth, but he was very unhappy at the bottom of his heart.

Thinking of Joshua's last sentence, he couldn't help asking, "What is it?"

"Hazel is my woman." Joshua's mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners.

Simon was dying to hang up right now! Was there justice? He was complaining, but Joshua showed a public display of affection to him! Joshua went too far!

Simon was so furious that he almost exploded. He shouldn't have called Joshua to talk about this. This guy clearly did it on purpose!

"You, you..." Simon took a deep breath and said with a sudden sneer, "Joshua Denmark, don't be complacent! By the time I got home, Pumpkin had already left. Since she could leave so readily, I guess she must have known something. I don't know how much she knows. You'd better think hard about how to confess to her!"

"Huh?" Joshua raised his eyebrows. "That's rare. Are you assisting us with our relationship?"

Simon almost spat blood. He was very eager to crush the phone now!

"What 'assist'!" He angrily yelled at the phone loudly, "I am making mischief!"

"I see," Joshua said flatly, feeling Simon's anger calmly. "Thank you all the same for turning the mischief into an assist…."

He had hardly finished the sentence when he heard a thud on the other end of the phone as if something had broken; Simon was so angry that he directly crushed the screen.

Joshua's mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners. But he couldn't help frowning slightly at the thought of Hazel.

What does Hazel know?

If he called her now, even if she didn't know anything, she would be suspicious.

After hesitating for a while, Joshua finally dialed Hazel's number.

"Darling, do you miss me?"

The phone was answered, and Hazel's sweet, clear voice sounded on the phone, making Joshua fall into a trance.

"Yes, I miss you." Joshua asked in a low tone, "Are you busy now?"

Hazel was in the President's office now. If it were in the past, she would have definitely asked why he was up so late. After all, Joshua "went abroad," and his time was different from hers.

But this time, Hazel didn't ask directly because she didn't want Joshua to spend any energy thinking about lies. All his energy should be focused on what he wanted to do.

"Yes, I'm busy with Denmark Group's business," Hazel said with a smile. "Some of the directors tried to make things difficult for me, but they were all impressed by my ability!"

"My Hazel is such a genius." His mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners. There was a faint touch of pride in his voice.

After hearing her say something trivial, he finally asked as a feeler despite himself, "... Hazel, is there anything you want to ask me?"

"I wanted before," she said bluntly.

Then she said with relief, "But after I went to mom's today, I've figured it out. I won't ask because I know you'll never lie to me. If you don't tell me something, it must be because you have your own plan. I will wait until you come home, until the day when you are willing to tell me."

His heart was slightly warm. How could his Hazel be so sensible?

"Don't worry, Hazel, it's going to be over soon." He promised a low voice, "I'll definitely tell you everything when I get home."

"Uh-huh!" She nodded.

Joshua's things went very well. He had made an appointment with Ted, and now he just needed to wait for meeting Ted and solve everything.

But just then, an accident happened.

Stacy was gone.

After knowing this, Grandpa Sloane didn't dare inform Joshua. He just informed Hazel.

Listening to his voice trembling with tension, Hazel hurried to soothe him. "Grandpa Sloane, don't worry. Stacy is gone, and thus we mustn't be panicky!"