Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

"Do you mean I should forget about him and look for another man?" Her mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners with a sardonic smile.

He was not aware of her displeasure. Instead, he thought that he himself had persuaded her.

He continued, "In fact, there are many good men in this world. You still have a lot of options..."

"For example, you're pretty good, aren't you?" The sarcasm on her lips grew more obvious.

Hearing her words, he was secretly delighted in the heart. He had heard about Joshua's death, and of course, he had heard that Denmark Group was in Hazel's hands now.

He had had dreams of Hazel bringing Denmark Group to chase after him, but he knew that this was an impossible dream.

But Derek didn't expect to see Hazel again at Quantum University. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to do the wishful thinking hidden in the heart come true! After all, Hazel was very wealthy. Besides, she seemed to be a gullible billionaire.

That was why he said those words to seemingly "comfort" Hazel. Now, Hazel's question made him feel like Denmark Group would belong to him soon!

"It's great that you can let it go. But then again, I'm not boasting," A flash of unquenchable greed was in his eyes. "I'm not that good, but at least we know each other, don't we? If other men are nice to you, god knows what they're up to."

Hazel was almost taken aback by his shamelessness. How could Derek have the nerve to say these shameless words? After all, she had had a lot of fights with him before. She was surprised that he would come to talk to her. How could he dare to plot against her now?

"I don't know what other people are up to," she said mockingly. "but do you think I cannot tell what you're up to? Do you think I'm stupid or blind?"

"You...!" Derek blushed with shame and exasperation instantly. Since Hazel had already made it clear, how could he not figure out Hazel had seen him through?

Now it looked like a fig leaf on him had been removed. How embarrassing!

"Hazel Crowe, I, I'm trying to persuade you, don't be ungrateful!" he said angrily.

However, he seemed to think he was being too shameless. After saying these words, he gave out a snort and ran away.

She heaved a sigh of relief. The annoying guy left at long last, and if he cheekily stayed here, Hazel wondered if she would punch him despite herself.

"Is he your classmate?"

Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice. Although the voice was still charming and gentle, it still scared her!

In an instant, she looked back and saw Joshua standing right behind her. Judging from the situation, it seemed he had been there for a while.

"Are you, are you back?" Her face turned pale, and she smiled ingratiatingly.

Suddenly, she could not help scolding herself in her heart.

What was wrong with her?

It was clear that it was Derek who had harassed her. Why did she look guilty as if she had done something wrong?"

"Mmm." He unscrewed the water bottle and handed it to her. "Have a drink first."

She quickly drank a few mouthfuls of water and calmed down her heart which was thudding at long last.

She wasn't entangled with Derek at all, but Joshua didn't remember that, so she had better explained.

"Slow down." He patted her gently on the back.

"He was a classmate of mine and happened to run into me. Then he invited me to the reunion," she said.

"Mmm." He nodded and said flatly, "I'll go to the reunion with you."

"Huh?" She looked at him in surprise.

"Hazel, you don't want to take me with you?" He looked at her with a sad look.

She felt as if her whole little heart had been hit by him.

The long-lost dullness of her brain when she faced Joshua came back!

"Of course not." She almost blurted it out, but after she said that, she froze. She didn't say she wanted to go, did she?

Suddenly, she looked at him in surprise. "Do you want to go?"

"Yes," his eyes flashed with light, "Someone should know that my Hazel is mine."

"..." She felt a bit embarrassed instantly.

He heard it as expected!

Not only did he hear it, but he also misunderstood it?

She explained again, "Joshua, I really had nothing to do with that man."

"I know that," he said, gently rubbing her hair. "Too many flies are trying to win Hazel's affection. Let me drive them away."

She was even more embarrassed. Since Joshua had said that, she had no reason to contradict him.

Indeed, since the news of Joshua's disappearance spread, quite a few people wanted to bully her and get something from her, for she was a weak woman.

Derek was not the only one who wanted to do that. Even Denmark Group's directors wanted to get something from her.

If it had not been for her sharp, defensive tactics and Simon's constant protection, she would have been subjected to numerous plots.

Joshua was back, and he wanted to intimidate those people who had an ulterior motive. It was a proper request.

"Fine," Hazel, who had thought it over, said. "Let's go to the reunion."

Joshua's mouth tilted slightly at the corners. The reunion was just the beginning.

Derek didn't tell Hazel when or where the reunion would be held, but Hazel found it out by just asking her classmates.

However, the time for the reunion actually coincided with an important meeting in the Denmark Group.

"Can we not go?" Hazel asked.

She didn't really have much interest in going to the reunion.

"We can still go. Joshua studied the route a little. "I've just checked. It's a coincidence that the venue for this meeting and that for the reunion are both at the hotel of Denmark Group."

"But can we stagger the time?" she asked.

"Yes," he answered. "The meeting in the Denmark Group starts at eight in the morning and should be over by about twelve. As for the reunion, although we need to arrive at 10 o'clock, we will just go to have lunch at noon and just stay there for a while."