Midnight Bride The CEO’s Temptation

She nodded, but when she thought of Harry and Rachel, she was a little hesitant. "If your brother and Rachel know about it, wouldn't they fall out with us?"

"What if we fall out?! If this thing fails, our family might..." He didn't finish the sentence, but she couldn't resist shivering.

His eyes were filled with hatred. "Besides, they actually want to cut ties with us for an outsider. How can I care about them anymore?"

He immediately convinced Emma, and they walked away by supporting each other with their hands.

***

The atmosphere in the ward was somewhat strange.

Joshua's reaction just now really surprised the Crowe family.

But Matt and Emma were too hateful, so his behavior was understandable.

Besides, Joshua did that completely for Hazel. As a matter of fact, the Crowe family was very happy that he was so protective of Hazel. In addition... they didn't want to admit it, but when Matt got kicked, they were overjoyed in the heart!

It didn't seem they needed to worry about Hazel anymore as such a man cared for her so much.

"Don't be so impetuous again, Joshua," Harry said, but there was no reproach in his words. "You did the right, but Matt's family are very difficult to deal with. What if they pester you? If they do make a scene, you can deal with them, but it will be troublesome."

Joshua's serious face relaxed a little. Harry wasn't blaming him but was worried he would get into trouble.

"Thanks, Dad," Joshua said with a soft face. "They won't make a scene."

"Right," Hazel nodded and explained, "this time, uncle and aunt are very persistent. I think they won't give up even if they know I'm married now. I guess they might come to admit their mistake and make up with us in a couple of days."

That was why she never told Matt's family she was married from the very beginning. She knew it wouldn't be useful, and they wouldn't give up. Besides, if they knew the identities of her and Joshua, they would definitely make trouble.

"Matt Crowe is not your uncle anymore," Rachel said crossly. "We should have cut ties with that kind of relative early on!"

In the past, they at least kept a semblance of peace with Matt's family, but this time, they really offended the limit of the Crowe family's patience.

The Crowe family were not angry with Joshua for what he had just done and became more pleased with him.

With Hazel and Joshua around, Harry and Ronald, who had been busy last night, went home to rest.

After they left, Hazel took Rachel to the hospital garden for relaxation.

Before long, Rachel's phone suddenly sounded. It was hard for Rachel to reach for the phone due to her injuries. She asked Hazel to answer the phone for her. "Hazel, help me answer it."

Hazel took the phone out of Rachel's pocket. Without seeing clearly who was calling, Hazel answered the phone.

A soft voice came from the phone. "Auntie, this is Fanny. How are you?"

In an instant, Hazel's face turned dark.

She had anticipated Matt's family wouldn't give up so easily, but she didn't expect their movements would be so fast!

Matt had thought he had thoroughly offended Harry and Rachel this time. Even if he did call to apologize, they might not answer the phone. Each of Matt's family members was freaks, but Fanny was somewhat normal.

Besides, the Crowe family sympathized with Fanny's situation, so they would take care of her normally. According to Matt's family, Fanny had a good relationship with the Crowe family, which was the reason why Matt asked Fanny to make the call.

"It's me, Fanny." Hazel opened her mouth lightly.

She used to feel sorry for Fanny and be on good terms with her. But she had been holding herself aloof from Fanny since the last time Fanny tricked her into going on a blind date in the name of asking her out to play.

Perhaps Fanny had to do that, but it was Hazel who was tricked. Even if Hazel didn't hate Fanny, she wouldn't be silly enough to get close to her anymore.

After all, now that Fanny had to do that kind of bad thing once, then she would likely have to do that countless times. Hazel couldn't sacrifice herself to help Fanny even if the latter was wrong, could she?

"Hazel, it's you..." There was a little panic in Fanny's voice, and it was clear that she didn't expect Hazel would answer the phone.

"That..." Fanny was hesitant. "Is my aunt here? Can I speak to her?"

Hazel said yes and handed the phone to Rachel.

Rachel paled slightly. Of course, she could guess why Fanny made the call. The good feelings she had for Fanny in the heart were completely gone now.

No matter how Rachel sympathized with Fanny, she couldn't let Matt's family make use of her feelings to kidnap the Crowe family and ruin Hazel's happiness.

Rachel took the phone and directly clicked on the speaker.

"Tell me directly what you want, Miss Fanny Crowe," Rachel said coldly.

Fanny froze.

Rachel's aloof address alarmed her. She understood that Harry and Rachel meant it when they said they wanted to cut ties with their family.

"Auntie." Fanny pretended not to understand. Her voice sounded pitiful. "My parents came to me just now and said they had done something wrong. When they came home, they were very remorseful. They didn't mean to make a scene. They just misunderstood Hazel and thought she was led astray, so they would be in a hurry and say something inappropriate…"

"They just said something inappropriate?" Rachel sneered.

If it were in the past, with Fanny mediating between them, she might have relented. But this time, she saw Fanny.

No matter how pitiful Fanny was, she was still Matt's daughter, and she was still biased toward Matt and Emma. Matt and Emma had said so many insulting words to Hazel, which angered Rachel so much that she even smashed a glass. However, Fanny actually wanted her to forgive them with 'inappropriate words'?

Fanny froze. She had never expected to meet with setbacks! This kind of incident also happened before, but as long as her parents asked her to mediate, Harry and Rachel would at least relent even though they didn't directly forgive them.

But this trick didn't work now!