Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

The Denmark Group would be affected by this public opinion storm. Hazel closed the browser on her phone and put it down beside her. Her mind had become a mess of thoughts.

This was not right.

Did she misunderstand Joshua? As the so-called "shady deal" in the surrogacy competition was disclosed, Denmark Group and Joshua were affected.

Was he even willing to put Denmark Group and himself at risk just for her to stay?

That did not make sense.

Hazel didn't feel that she was that irresistible, and Joshua could not be that stupid.

Then what's wrong?

Hazel picked up her cell phone and scrolled through her contacts, stopping at Joshua.

She hesitated, wondering if she should call him. After being deep in thought and hesitating for a long period of time, Hazel finally put away the phone.

She had said so many tough words to him. What would it mean if she called him now?

She thought it would be better to wait until he came back and talk to him face to face.

However, Hazel only saw Jaxson.

"Miss Crowe." Jaxson said respectfully, "The reporters at your school are all gone, and the principal is there. Our President has already settled everything. They will not expel you. Now, the President asked me to take you back to school."

"Joshua?" Hazel whispered unintentionally.

"The President had something to take care of," Jaxson said, "Several directors of the Denmark Group are baffled regarding this matter, but rest assured that our President will take care of it."

Hazel was somewhat lost.

Would Joshua never see her again? Like what he said at the press conference, he would not bother her anymore. It turned out he was serious.

Hazel sighed and got into Jaxson's car.

As the car drove away from Denmark Residence, Hazel suddenly felt that her heart was empty. She took a deep breath and tried to ignore the strange feeling.

She then asked, "Mr. Hunk, do you know who framed me this time?"

If it wasn't Joshua, it had to be someone else.

"It's Janet," Jaxson said.

"Is she?" Hazel raised her eyebrows, "Isn't she the secretary of Joshua?"

"Didn't our President tell you?" Jaxson said in surprise, "A few days ago, she bought the clothes from you without our President knowing, so Master Joshua was outraged and fired her directly. Oh, yes, I also found your recording files on her computer. She must have installed a bug on your phone secretly. And I think she was not satisfied with the result of the event, so she had to take the opportunity to retaliate..."

How could this happen? Hazel was astonished.

Janet really did all this, and Joshua truly did not know it at all? She said did not believe Joshua at all but decided that he was the mastermind.

"Why is she doing this?" Hazel asked.

"She has been with the President for many years. So, I think she had a crush on him, but this crossed the line. Our President hates it when life and work are mixed. He rejects office romance." Jaxson explained.

Hazel was totally lost. That was the truth? She had such a deep misunderstanding of Joshua?

Seeing that she was silent, Jaxson thought she didn't believe it. He went on to say, "Janet got support from a director of the Denmark Group. That's why this thing got so intense. These years, it's all thanks to Master Joshua's efforts that Denmark Group has developed into the scale it is today. Those directors never worked hard before, but now they are trying to steal the fruit from the President."

Hazel was even more sorry to hear that.

Joshua faced the director's attack, he even took it all upon himself. Those attacks against him on the Internet must also be the work of those sinister directors.

"Will he be in trouble?" Hazel asked with concern.

"I can assure you," Jaxson said with admiration, "The President is Master Joshua. He can handle this kind of thing."

Hearing Jaxson's words did not ease Hazel's worry.

Why did she not believe in Joshua? Hazel began thinking. Because of the call from Janet, she thought Joshua just regarded her as one of the selected surrogate mothers, and his kindness to her was just testing and cheating her.

But was it true? Joshua was very kind to her. As dull as she might be, she felt it. She had the same feelings for him. She just couldn't believe that Prince Charming Joshua would actually fall for her.

All this was too unexpected, so she took it for granted that Joshua approached her for some purpose. That's why she believed Janet so easily, but as she thought it over, Janet was hostile to her, and the leak of that call was obviously deliberate.

She just pieced it together now? Hazel was regretting everything.

Now, she had only one last question left. After hesitating for a long time, Hazel finally asked Jaxson, "Mr. Hunk, do you know...why Joshua chose me?"

"How would I know?" Jaxson said, "But I think it should be like what he said at that press conference. He had a crush on you at first sight. You met each other for the first time in a bar, right?"

Hazel nodded. Jaxson continued to say, "The President must've been interested in you since then, and he even asked me to check your information...Miss Crowe, please don't tell the President that I told you this."

He was aware that he might have said too much and did not want to upset Joshua further.

Hazel's mind was in a mess. How could it be possible? She thought of countless possibilities but never thought that Joshua really liked her and fell in love with her at first sight. That kind of thing usually should exist in fantasy.

"Miss Crowe, here we are." Jaxson parked her car near a corner of the dormitory.

"Thank you." Hazel got out of the car.

"Miss Crowe," Jaxson called her, "Your separation from our President is just a temporary plan, right? When the heat of the public opinion subsides, will you be together?"

Seeing Jaxson's hopeful face, Hazel was feeling sad.

She and Joshua could possibly miss each other? She had asked Joshua, again and again, to stop pestering her, and he should be desperate now, right?

He really said he wouldn't bother her anymore. If she could not trust him, how could she contact him again?

Besides, they belonged to two different worlds. It could be a good thing if they missed each other.