Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

Hazel's face flashed a touch of hesitation as she wondered if she should tell James what she knew.

"Hazel, if you want my help, at least you should give me enough information," James frowned and said helplessly. "Your adoptive mother is a policewoman, and you've been influenced since childhood, so you should be aware that in the case of lack of intelligence, how difficult it is for people to find out the truth, and the people are even perhaps misled to the opposite direction."

Hazel's heart became tense. What they needed now was time. The longer it took, the more dangerous Stacy would be. She couldn't waste time any longer.

Taking a deep breath, Hazel said in a deep tone. "Simon and Joshua are half-brothers. I suspect it's the organization that took Aunt Stacy away. Their aim should be to use Aunt Stacy to threaten Joshua?"

"What?!" James's usually grim face was covered with shock. He said in disbelief. "How is that possible…."

"You..." Hazel looked at him with hesitation. "You're not going to stop helping just because you're not on good terms with Joshua, are you?"

She would like to trust James because James's integrity was very trustworthy. Although their relationship improved a lot, James always hated Joshua. Hazel was afraid that he might have personal feelings.

James came to his senses. Although the fact really shocked him, his good qualities made him very receptive to any situation.

"Rest assured, I have a clear line between business and private affairs." James frowned. "I still don't understand why you can't tell Joshua something as serious as this?"

"He's doing something very important right now... I guess it's targeting the organization," Hazel said, biting her lip slightly. "If Joshua knows of Stacy's disappearance, it might affect his plans. So I have to get Stacy back as soon as possible! Will you help me?"

Hazel looked up at him. Her eyes were so clear that he didn't bear to refuse.

"How could I not help you…." James sighed helplessly. "How much information do you have after investigating?"

He believed in Hazel's abilities. Before he arrived, Hazel must have begun the investigation.

Hazel briefly told him what she had learned, and she said worriedly, "Now, I'm just waiting to see if the Sloane family can find out something."

"Well done," James nodded. "Give me the picture."

Hazel handed the picture to him. Then a nurse came up to her and said Grandpa Sloane was looking for her.

Hazel and James came to the ward. There was news from the Sloane family that they found the car, and they had made a clear screenshot. A picture with the screenshot had been uploaded to Grandpa Sloane's cell phone.

The picture was quickly printed. After checking the license plate, James said quietly, "It's a fake-licensed car."

Neither of them was too surprised by the result. But Hazel's heart sank a little. "Can… we still trace it?"

"Yes. Hazel, leave it to me," James said without hesitation, and then he started making phone calls.

The minutes ticked away. Hazel just felt extremely nervous, and every minute was so hard for her.

"News!" James said. With that, he hurried to walk out. "I had the car investigated. The car has left Imperial Capital. Now I only know its general direction, I will chase it..."

James had come to his car. Before he could start the car, Hazel opened the front door and got in.

"What are you doing?" He frowned helplessly.

"Aren't you going after it?" Hazel looked at him as if it was a matter of course. "Go!"

"Go?!" James's face went cold. "What are you going to do? That's too dangerous! Get off!"

"I know it's dangerous," Hazel said, "so I'll call Crystal. She'll come to protect me."

"I don't agree even if she can protect you," James said in a deep tone. "Get out of the car!"

Hazel was the child of the Denmark family. He was indebted to the Denmark family, so he took good care of her all the time. More than that, Hazel was more like a sister he wanted to take care of. There were perhaps some emotions he didn't want to recognize. How could he not be angry now when he saw she wanted to take a risk?

"Don't waste your time," Hazel warned, unconcerned by his menacing appearance. "The longer you delay, the more dangerous it'll get!"

"Hazel Crowe!" James shouted.

"James," Hazel said, looking up at him coldly, "This is something I care about very much, so I have to follow. Even if you don't let me follow you now, I'll secretly drive behind you. How can you stop me? If it is really dangerous, I shall be even more dangerous at that time."

James glared at her angrily. Anyone else would have been scared off by his look, but Hazel had been growing up with Rachel's aura, so she wasn't timid at all in the face of his awe-inspiring righteousness.

"You... Forget it, you can follow, but if anything happens, you must obey me! You must run when I tell you to, and you must leave when I tell you to!" James said with a glum expression.

He was really worried that Hazel would secretly follow him. In that case, if she was in danger, he could not help her, so he might as well let her stay with him.

"Let's go!" Hazel said quickly.

James reluctantly sat behind the wheel and drove Hazel away from the nursing home.

***

Out at sea, Joshua stood on the deck of a yacht. His mouth tightened into a thin line, and his eyes fell on the island not far away.

This was the island where Ted once imprisoned Stacy and where Ted asked Joshua to go.

Joshua's eyes went darker as he thought of this.

Before he could get close to the island, Joshua's yacht received a warning from the island. He gave a signal as Ted required, and then the warning stopped.

The yacht came to the island's harbor. When Joshua stepped off the yacht, two bodyguards directly stopped him.

"If you're going to land, you have to go through security," said a bodyguard with a cold face.

Joshua gave them a cool look, but he said nothing and just raised his hands calmly.

They shook an examination instrument in front of him and behind him, ensuring he was not carrying anything dangerous before allowing him to pass.

Not only Joshua, but even the people Joshua brought with him, had to go through security one by one.

After that, a middle-aged man hurried to walk in Joshua's direction quickly.