Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

Joshua looked at the report in his hand, and his face darkened a little.

The report was clearly a joke. He looked at the man who had just handed it to him, then recognized him, he was a reporter for a news website.

In an instant, Joshua was worried and thought there had to be something wrong with this incident. The paternity test report was unshakable testimony, and a reporter happened to see the report.

Presumably, this had been known to the media, who even might have prepared the press release before the incident ever happened.

It was a trap, and it was targeting him.

With the report around, no matter how he clarified the situation, others would still think Vanessa's baby was his. If anything happened to Vanessa's baby, he couldn't defend himself.

Joshua's eyes were deep and angry, he already knew what Vanessa was up to. She was likely trying to get rid of the baby, but she wanted to accuse Hazel of causing it and then slander him falsely.

What a sinister hoax!

Joshua looked at Vanessa, who was still sadly sobbing. The dress became transparent and clung to her after she was pulled out of the water.

He looked down and could not help narrowing his eyes. Vanessa put her hands on her belly, but there was no blood between her legs.

It appeared that the baby in her womb was fine, but she was going to act as if the baby was miscarried. It was nothing but an act for the media.

It was only in a blink of an eye that he had thought through all this and known how to deal with it. His only chance to prove his innocence was to make sure the baby survived.

He strode up to Vanessa and picked her up by the waist.

Vanessa's face was full of disbelief.

How could Joshua hold her so tightly? He had never been so kind to her, Vanessa was silent with delight, but then she came to her senses and cried more miserably in Joshua's arms, "Joshua, our child…"

Hazel looked at him in disbelief. Her hand was trying to grab his sleeve, but she got a hand full of air. She stood there in a daze, looking helpless.

Didn't Joshua believe her?

Why did he suddenly become... someone who she didn't know at all… after seeing the paternity test report?

Maybe... No, she couldn't guess randomly. She should trust him.

Joshua held Vanessa, who was still crying, as his gaze swept over Hazel with a little worry.

There were too many people here now, so he couldn't say much, let alone explain it.

"Hazel," Joshua whispered as he reached her with Vanessa, "ask Isaac to get you home. I will be taking her to the hospital. The baby in her womb must be protected."

Joshua left, walking quickly with Vanessa in his arms. Sam followed and told the servant to help them prepare a car.

Hazel stumbled and looked white as a sheet.

What did Joshua mean?

Even if Vanessa had handed the report to her and Joshua had chosen to carry Vanessa, she was still willing to believe him.

Having said that, she could not deceive herself even if she did not want to think too much when she saw Joshua care so much about Vanessa's baby.

The others who were standing there kept looking over at Hazel, smirking.

"Mr. Denmark is so worried about Miss Young, it seems that Miss Young's baby is really his, right?"

"Sure! If it weren't his, why would he care about Vanessa?"

"Chickens, come home to roost! Fortunately, Mr. Denmark saw through her!"

"That's it! How could this woman who wants to kill his baby deserve him? Mr. Denmark didn't want to talk to her at all now!"

Each of the harsh and unkind words was stabbing Hazel in the heart like a knife. She never knew that her heart could hurt so much.

Hazel never really cared what others thought of her, but she felt their judging eyes on her and had no place to hide.

Humiliated, she desperately wanted to leave, but the people didn't seem to want to let her go, and they kept surrounding her, unwilling to make way for her.

"Bitch!"

There was someone in the crowd cursing, and then a stone flew and hit her on the head. Hazel raised her head hastily, and another stone hit her little finger. She could help but gasp with pain.

Her finger felt like it was swelling, but she didn't have to stop and look at it. It seemed the onlookers had been encouraged, and many of them also picked up stones. "Let's teach her a lesson! The wicked woman!"

Hazel had never been in such a tight corner and had never been victimized physically, she could always fight back, but her heart was breaking, and her mind was turned upside down with what just happened.

She instinctively covered her head to protect it from the stones that were being thrown at her. Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of her, she froze expecting to be hit, but he helped protect her from the stones.

She raised her head delightfully, but she was disappointed, it wasn't Joshua.

It was Isaac, who had just arrived and helped her.

"What are you doing? Courting death?!" Isaac protected her, growling.

The people seemed to snap back to reality as soon as they realized it was Isaac and put down their stones in shame.

"Who thought of doing this was a good idea?" Isaac's face was full of anger.

Everyone bowed their heads, but no one admitted to it.

"Isaac, forget it. Let's go," Hazel whispered, she really wanted to leave and not be there any longer than she needed to be.

"... Ok, let's go." Isaac put his arm around her, he had started to lead her away when he suddenly stopped and looked coldly at the group. "You'll pay for it!"

Hazel got into Isaac's car and looked out of the window in a trance.

Isaac furrowed his brows and couldn't help asking, "Hazel, what happened? Joshua called me suddenly and asked me to get you home. Where's he now?"

"I don't know. Don't ask me," she said wearily. She didn't want to think about anything right now.

"What exactly happened ?" Isaac frowned irritably. "Hazel, do you still think of me as a friend?"

Hazel had a horrible headache, she held out her hands and rubbed her forehead before replying impatiently, "I really don't know."

Isaac was in the dark, he sighed. "Alright, let me know when you are ready."

Hazel dropped her eyes, downcast. "Vanessa Young showed me a paternity test report showing that her baby was Joshua's. Then she fell into the water herself but said I had pushed her. Then Joshua came, and when he saw the report, he took Vanessa to the hospital. That's all."

She thought by saying it all as quickly as possible, it would hurt less, but it didn't help, Hazel felt as if each of them was stabbing her in the heart.