Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

"You need to have an X-ray." He explained.

Hazel looked at her fingers. "Don't bother. It is not serious. I checked them when it happened."

"Your diagnosis is better than an X-ray?" Joshua asked.

Hazel was left speechless. "Joshua, do not make a fuss over nothing. I can deal with that."

Joshua ignored her refusal and said, "Like we did before, chose one; you want me to hold you up or carry you on my back?"

"I hurt my hand, not my foot." Hazel was slightly angered.

"Then follow me," Joshua said.

Hazel followed him up the stairs to the hospital. Joshua let her get a few steps ahead of him so he could admire her from behind.

It was better for her to be angry rather than feel depressed like she was. At least, she seemed to be somewhat cheerier.

They did not have to wait long to get her X-ray done, it showed nothing but swelling. Joshua asked the doctor to do a further check, the doctor assured him that there was nothing serious, it was just a wound.

The doctor gave her painkillers, ointment for her hand, and a list of things she could do to ease the healing process. Joshua listened to the doctor attentively and kept everything in mind.

"I understand," Hazel muttered.

She used to be a mischievous child. It was normal for her to be injured now and then. What's more, her father was a doctor, she knew a lot about minor injuries.

"Now that you understand all of this, how did finger become so severely swollen? Most young people like to hide their sicknesses for fear of treatment. Correct?" The doctor said dissatisfied. He was apparently irritated by Hazel's words.

Hazel did not know what to say. So many things had happened, she was left no time to deal with her fingers.

"It's my fault. I did not take good care of her." Joshua replied softly. "Sir, please go on."

They left after the doctor finished telling them his suggestions.

Joshua planned to send Hazel back to Denmark Residence, but he received a call from Jaxson the moment they left the hospital.

He looked at Hazel and put it on speakerphone.

"Sir, we found him!" Jaxson's voice was full of excitement.

Joshua's eyes brightened, "The address?" He replied immediately.

"I will send it to you later," Jaxson replied. "Sir, he is not at home now. But I have arranged to have people waiting for him near the house that he is renting. When he returns, we will definitely catch him!"

"I will arrange more people to support you then," Joshua added.

It did not mean that Joshua did not believe in Jaxson's ability to handle it. He thought Sam Anderson might have found out what they were planning, and he may try to find an opportunity to destroy it.

"Okay." Jaxson did not ask why but agreed immediately.

He hung up the phone and said to Hazel, "Hazel, let me take you back to my house first."

"If so, you won't have enough time to meet up with Jaxson. Joshua, take me with you." Hazel looked at him.

Joshua wrinkled his eyebrows; he did not want Hazel to be involved in case it became dangerous.

"I will protect myself and will not hinder you." Seeing that Joshua was still hesitating, Hazel tried to persuade him.

Joshua thought for a while. He then caught her hand and said in a soft voice, "Hazel, you can come with me. But you need to guarantee me that you would listen to me."

"Okay." Hazel nodded her head.

Joshua told the driver where to go and told him to drive as fast as he could.

"Who are you looking for?" Hazel asked.

Hazel could tell from his expression that the man must be important to him.

"The father of Vanessa's baby," Joshua explained.

Hazel was stunned, "How do you find him? Is he the man who has slept with Vanessa? But the video surveillance for that day was missing."

Joshua sighed, maybe Hazel had realized that she no longer needed to be worried and misunderstand what he had planned.

"It's probably because of that night that Vanessa is pregnant," Joshua said.

"Jaxson has investigated, the person who Vanessa had sex with is probably not a resident of the same building as her. He is probably an outsider. Therefore, I told Jaxson to check the video surveillance before that day to see if there were any suspicious people there."

Hazel was in shock. Joshua was still able to find the man with no clues at all. The man was obviously not too smart.

They soon came to an old building in a rough part of town. Their car stopped far away from the building in an intersection.

After all, the car would be very noticeable in such a place.

"Hazel, wait for me here in the car. I will have a look over there." Joshua told her.

"Okay." Hazel replied in a worried voice, "be careful!"

Joshua felt a warmth deep in his heart when he heard of her concern for him.

He nodded his head and got out. Several bodyguards also got out from the cars behind theirs and followed Joshua.

He made a call, "Jaxson, what is the situation now?"

"He is about to come home," Jaxson replied in a low voice.

"I have questioned his neighbors. He is unemployed and lives with his parents. He drinks alcohol and gambles early in the morning, but he will definitely be back at noon for lunch. By the way, he will ask for money from his parents and then leaves to gamble again."

Suddenly, there was a noise coming from Jaxson's end of the phone, it seemed that there was a fight.

"What happened? Jaxson." Joshua picks up his pace.

"Sir. We are exposed!" Jaxson was anxious. "They should not know what we are doing here, but they seem to want to make trouble. They probably want us to be exposed and destroy our plan."

Joshua's expression changed. "I'm on my way there. Watch out!"

Joshua arrived soon. Jaxson's people were fighting with a gang of people.

Although they were no match for Jaxson's people, they kept destroying the things around them deliberately. They wanted to cause a scene.

Joshua ordered the bodyguards to join the fight, when the gang saw that they were outnumbered, they fled in fear.

"Catch them!" Jaxson ordered angrily.

He had been waiting here for so long, and the gang stirred up all his plans.

After that, the man they were waiting for would be too scared to go home.

"Catch that man!" Joshua pointed to a person who took the lead. "Only him!" he repeated.

The bodyguards all ran after the one man.

The man was scared and screamed. The bodyguards caught him quickly. One of them grabbed his collar and threw him to the ground.

"Please! Let me go. I will not do it again!" the man said in a panic.