Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

Simon looked at Hazel strangely. She sat there looking indifferently, but he could see the sarcasm. No matter how much he planned, she was always able to surprise him.

Even though he was severely germaphobic, and when he saw her messily painted face, he still thought that she was inexplicably beautiful.

"Okay, you won." Simon raised his lips again. "But sweetheart, I seem to be loving you more and more. I think I will never let you go now!"

Hazel pursed her lips to keep herself from saying anything more. In the face of Simon's repeated threats, compromise would not work to solve the problem. From her experiences with Simon, she believed it would only encourage him more. If she really wanted to save the servants' lives, she had to convince Simon that she did not care about them at all.

Hazel snorted and turned to look out the window again. Suddenly, she frowned slightly as she had a feeling that there was something wrong outside of the window, but she could not figure out what it was.

Seeing that she still did not react, Simon put away the gun. He said coldly to the maid, "This time, I will spare your life, but there is another punishment waiting for you."

Simon's action really made Hazel feel sick.

"Simon, let's talk." Hazel was disappointed and turned to look at him. "I want to figure out something."

"If you wash your body, I will talk to you." Simon twitched his lips.

"Get lost!" Hazel said impatiently.

"Sweetheart, you are so beautiful when you get angry." Simon teased.

Hazel was really disgusted by him. She put the eyeliner down and said coldly, "Why don't you just get lost?!"

"If I get lost, how can I talk to you?" Simon waved, and the servants left the room one by one. Then Simon asked, "Sweetheart, why don't we talk in bed?"

Hazel ignored Simon's teasing and asked, "Where are we?"

"Country F," Simon said with a smile.

"A Hotel in Country F?" Hazel glanced at the tall buildings outside the window. Suddenly, her face changed, and she hurried to the window and reached out to touch it.

"No! This window is fake!" Hazel suddenly realized why she had a feeling that something was wrong.

Since she had entered the room, the scenery outside of the windows had not changed even slightly. She was only a little surprised when she found out that it was a projection.

"Sweetheart, you are really smart." Simon was amazed by Hazel's intelligence, which was far beyond his expectations, "We are on board of a ship now."

"Onboard?!" Hazel suddenly panicked. "But you said we are in Country F?"

"The ship has not yet reached the high seas. Of course, we are still in Country F." Simon explained to her with a good temper.

Hazel was a little crazy, "Why am I on a ship?!"

"Joshua has limited all traffic on land and in the air. What can I do besides take to the sea?" Simon shrugged.

Hazel was stunned. Country F was a nation surrounded by the sea, but she did not expect to travel by ship. She hung her head in despair and wondered that if she hadn't thought of it, would Joshua?

She always had the impression that even if she were taken away by Simon, Joshua would find her and save her. However, her confidence was shaken.

Looking at Hazel's sorrowful look, Simon was rather displeased. "Sweetheart, don't think of other men in front of me!" Simon stepped forward and put his hand on the table beside Hazel.

"Go away!" Hazel grabbed the foundation that was on the desk, her face was full of anger. Seeing that she was about splashing him with it, Simon stepped back.

"You, dirty little kitten!" he said through his teeth. He knew that she was angry and could almost feel her panic and despair. He glared at her wickedly.

"Let me guess? You want to ask me if the email you received has anything to do with me?" Simon said smugly. He relaxed his face, "Of course, it was me behind it. You are so cute, and Joshua is so…Hey, so I thoroughly investigated you, and I learned the backgrounds of both you and Joshua. It is like a soap opera. After that, I planned the email plot."

Hazel's expression changed. Even though she had assumed it all along, it still pained her to hear Simon say it. If she hadn't been determined to reveal the truth of her birth, then maybe all of this wouldn't have happened.

"You really don't have to blame yourself. Your mother's friend really does exist. We forced her to contact you. If not, how would I have got you to take the bait?" Simon continued, "And I guess that as long you wanted to go, Joshua couldn't stop you. I originally wanted to lure you out and then kidnap you, but when Joshua showed up at the meeting instead of you, I needed to come up with a new plan. Fortunately, Joshua did not have many people with him, and he didn't know that I had an undercover man with him…"

"Undercover?" Hazel looked at him in shock. It all began to make sense. It was probably his undercover man that was blocking contact with Joshua.

"What's new here?" Simon snorted. "After all, not everyone in Country F is working for Joshua. My men snuck into the castle so easily also because I bought the castle's maid. Sweetheart, in this world, everyone has a price."

"Since you disrupted my original plan, I had to think quickly. I left a lot of people fighting with Joshua, then I went to the castle personally. I assumed you would send everyone to help Joshua. I wished that you would do that, but at the same time, I didn't want you to. Do you understand why?"

Hazel bit her lip tightly, and she stared at him with red eyes. "How do I know what you think?"

Simon smiled slightly, his eyes darkened. "If you sent your men out, I would have a chance to take you away. However, if you really did send them out, it would mean that Joshua is significant to you. I am very upset about that."