Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

"We're the directors of Denmark Group. Why can't we know about your affair?!" One of the directors shouted impetuously, "Even if you marry, you should hand Denmark Group over to us first!"

The room fell into an eerie silence.

This was almost what the directors had in mind, but they wanted the last bit of face, so no one would say these words with great confidence.

So they were a little embarrassed to hear someone speak it out.

"Cough, cough..." Director Wilson coughed and said with a little embarrassment, "Hazel, we didn't mean any harm. Unfortunately, you are not experienced enough, so you are easily cheated by men. So even if you do have a crush on a man, you should bring him back to us. After all, your business is Denmark Group. How can you say this has nothing to do with us?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The others hurried to agree.

"Oh?" Hazel sneered. These directors were really awesome as they could actually think of such a seemingly good excuse.

She spoke coldly. "Let's talk when we meet, I'm already outside the room."

When the phone was hung up, the directors all looked toward the door of the conference room, eager to fight.

"Have you notified the press?" Director Wilson whispered to Mrs. Wilson.

"Yes," whispered Mrs. Wilson, with a sneer, "Hazel pretends to be a faithful wife in front of us. When the reporters come, her false mask will be exposed!"

The door of the conference room was pushed open. The people who were talking quietly became quiet immediately, and all looked at the door because they would denounce Hazel publicly for her 'crimes.'

Hazel appeared calmly at the doorway. Just standing there, she could feel the threatening atmosphere in the conference room.

She wore a half-smile without any intention of going in. "I hear that the directors are very interested in my husband and are desperate to see him. It so happened that I asked him to come back today."

The whole conference room was in an uproar. They didn't expect Hazel to attack them before they could even start questioning. Only a few careful directors heard Hazel say, 'called him back.' Who is he?

"You ask him to come in!"

"We'd like to see what kind of man sweeps you off your feet!"

***

The directors shouted angrily. Just then, a slender figure appeared in the doorway of the conference room. The directors suddenly seemed strangled and silenced.

How is that possible?!

Did they see a ghost? Why was it actually Joshua who stood at the door?!

In a flash, the directors' arrogance and anger vanished. As Joshua's cool eyes scanned them, they felt like a basin of ice water had been thrown over their heads, and they became cold from head to toe!

"Ghost, ghost!" Mrs. Wilson cried out in horror, but the next moment his mouth was covered by Director Wilson.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Director Wilson scolded her under his breath.

Joshua stopped scanning and gently helped Hazel walk into the conference room.

Looking at the two people in front of the room, the directors came to their senses. Is it actually Joshua?! But isn't he dead?!

Joshua pulled out of the chair for Hazel and sat her down before turning to look at all the directors, who tried to avoid his eyes, confused.

"Directors, I am back." Joshua broke the eerie silence in the conference room.

His sharp eyes scanned the directors again. His voice was unprecedentedly cold. "In recent months, I have been on a business trip in the branch in Country M, and I'm too busy to come back. But it is very strange as I actually heard some ridiculous rumors!"

The directors suddenly pulled a long face.

Hazel had never made it clear to the public about Joshua's death because she always believed that he would come back, so she always used Joshua's business trip in Country M to explain to them.

But there was no impermeable wall in this world. Hazel's belly kept growing, but Joshua was nowhere to be seen. The directors were not stupid. How could they believe that Joshua was on a business trip?

What was more, a lot of directors got their men to Country M to investigate and confirmed that no staff there had seen Joshua, so they guessed that Joshua definitely had an accident! Only in this way could the events for these months be fully justified!

But they had no idea that Joshua would… return after he was presumed dead!

"Mr., Mr. President, it's not our fault," one of the directors explained in a low voice. "It's hard for us not to think too much, for you haven't shown up for such a long time…."

"Think too much?!" Joshua's eyes went cold. His words were thick with sarcasm. "Why did I hear someone was trying to steal my wife away?"

In an instant, the directors all trembled with fear. Being questioned by Joshua like that, they really didn't know what to defend themselves.

Could they say that Hazel's attitude caused them to misunderstand? But it was they who had been speculating from beginning to end. Both Hazel and Samuel had insisted that Joshua was in Country M.

Or could they say it was because Joshua hadn't been around for so long, or even because Hazel was pregnant? But even if Joshua did not show up, did he need to report his whereabouts to them? If they dared say that, they would annoy Joshua completely.

Even the directors seemed to have an illusion that... It was a feeler of Hazel and Joshua trying to know their reaction from the beginning to the end.

"You really let me down," Joshua said with a chill in his eyes.

The directors looked even paler. Being rebuked by Joshua, they all looked like grandsons who made a mistake. They knew they really had gone too far and had been too eager for quick success and instant benefits, so Joshua directly caught them.

"It's said that Mrs. Wilson's son is going to graduate?" Joshua spoke calmly.

"Yes..." Mrs. Wilson was a little unsteady on her feet and answered honestly.

"It so happens that the branch in Country R is founded. He can work out there," Joshua spoke, indifferent.

Mrs. Wilson was worried instantly. Country R is was small, remote country. Joshua was clearly avenging himself on them in the name of public interests and deliberately dispatching her son abroad!

"Mr. President, we are used to doting on our son and not willing to let him live too far away from us. If he really goes to Country R, we would not have been able to eat or sleep comfortably. Please show understanding and sympathy for us," Director Wilson said hurriedly.