Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

It was all true, when Fred was young, he had fallen in love with Sunny, and he would do anything that she asked. After so many years, the love between them had become nothing but exchanges out of pure interest on Sunny's part. Although a small part of him was thinking about her during Joshua's interrogations, he was too scared not to expose her.

Fred had always lived in a safe environment, so he never experienced pain like that before. He had broken his silence and confirmed everything that Joshua seemed to know already. There was no reason to keep covering for Sunny. He was going to save his own life; he didn't want to spend his time always looking over his shoulder and running from Joshua.

"Did you conspire to kidnap Hazel?" Joshua asked angrily.

"No, not me! Sunny was the mastermind behind it!" Fred was not going to take responsibility. "She has always been very jealous of your parents. She always wanted your parents to suffer, so she planned to kidnap Hazel. It was Sunny who contacted someone to kidnap her. From the very beginning, she wanted to take Hazel's life!"

Hazel felt cold and numb. She had already known all of what Fred was saying, but she felt sad for herself and her parents when she actually heard it said out loud.

From what she heard, her parents were such good people and never thought that someone close to them was behind her kidnapping. However, due to Sunny's irrational thoughts, they suffered over and over. They both died, not knowing that it was their closest and dearest relative that planned the entire thing.

"My father's death was also part of the plan?" Joshua's voice suddenly became full of vengeance.

Fred's legs felt weak, and he fell to his knees. He could not comprehend how Joshua knew so much. Everyone involved made sure they left no evidence.

"Not me! I am telling you that it was Sunny!" Fred hurriedly argued, "It was her! She heard that your parents wanted to have another child and so she asked someone to kill Marcus. After that, she comes back from overseas and pretends to pity and take care of Cate. I have no idea what she told Cate every day, but it didn't take long for Cate to become depressed and eventually die! I truly had nothing to do with it!"

Hazel's face was extremely pale. She thought of Sunny and her disturbing mentality, the life that Marcus and Cate never had the opportunity to live, and the repeated plots to ruin her family. She could not understand the purpose of it all and why they had to suffer.

Standing with her eyes closed, Hazel tried to block out the pain and suffering. She thought she was going to fall, it was as if all her strength was being drained from her body. It was like Joshua knew what was happening before she could say anything, he put his warm arms around her and hugged her close.

"Hazel..." he asked worriedly as she leaned into his chest.

"I'm fine." After a deep breath, she shook her head and realized it was not the time to be vulnerable.

"You haven't mentioned your role in the plan?" Joshua looked at Fred coldly. Joshua wondered how Sunny could have planned all of it on her own. Although Sunny may have been the one behind all of the plans, she had lived overseas for many years and therefore did not have access to the Denmark's, so Fred must have been the one helping.

"I, I am telling the truth..." Fred said with pain in his eyes. He said again, "Sunny did all the plotting and scheming! She kidnapped Hazel several times with the intention of killing her. She is a vicious woman…."

During Fred's interrogation, Mandy passed out due to fear. She started to regain consciousness slowly, but when she heard what Fred was saying, a surge of adrenaline came over her, and she lunged at Fred.

Mandy began to kick and hit Fred while she yelled, "Stop! You need to stop! You are lying! It was all your plan. You know you planned it all!"

Fred was still handcuffed and could not do anything to stop Mandy from beating him. He was angry and started shouting, "Stop! You are a crazy woman, just like your mother! Yeah, did you know that you are Sunny's daughter? Did she tell you that? Does that make it better for you? You were just a game piece to her. She even sent you to my bed to win me over…."

"No! No! You are lying again! None of this is true!" Mandy looked hurt and stopped hitting Fred.

"Why isn't it true? Do you really think your identity is so glorious? When Marcus and Cate got married, Sunny disappeared. She drank all of the time, and one night she was raped by a stranger. Nine months later, you come into the world. Maybe your father is nothing but a garbage man, we may never know. However, I can tell you that your mother is Sunny…."

"You shut up! Shut up!"

Watching what had unfolded between Mandy and Fred left Hazel shocked beyond belief. She never thought that Mandy was actually Sunny's daughter. Furthermore, if it was true, then Sunny sent her own daughter to the bed of a man who was pursuing her. It was unbelievable.

"No..." She whispered.

"This could be true." Joshua whispered to himself, "In fact, I questioned the relationship between Mandy and Sunny. I was going to test their DNA but never found the right time."

Joshua wanted to put Hazel at ease, so he did not really push too hard with the investigation but maybe he should have.

"But the way she talks about Sunny..." Hazel asked.

"As I explained before, children who don't feel loved during their childhood, grow up and they will very much hope to get recognition," Joshua said. "Mandy may have been willing to let Sunny use her just so that she would be recognized."

Hazel nodded. She needed to confront Sunny, she needed to tell her everything she was feeling, and how Mandy was like Susan, they were afraid of her and only listened to what she said in hopes of getting approval. She wanted to hurt Sunny while she told her how horrible she was and how she destroyed everyone around her, including her own family.

"We need to go find Sunny!" Hazel mumbled through gritted teeth. As if a light bulb went on, Hazel suddenly said, "Do you think she will run?"

Sunny's current residence was overseas, so if she left the country, it would be extremely difficult for even Joshua to find her.

"Don't worry, she won't run." Joshua said calmly, "One of my men has been watching her closely."