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Hazel had complicated feelings toward Sebastian.

No matter what had happened, they had once been best friends. She gave him a nod in acknowledgment.

Since their last

last dinner at

Hidden Bites, Sebastian hadn’t seen her again.

Remembering how he had just told someone the night before that he missed her, only to leave Seattle the next day, he quickly explained, “My grandma fell ill. Right after dinner that night, I rushed back to Los Angeles.”

He hadn’t intended to leave without a word, but the biggest reason was that he didn’t have her number.

Gabriel’s sharp gaze lingered on the two of them, his guard instantly up. Sebastian greeted him first.“Mr. Campbell, we meet again.”

Gabriel’s tone was indifferent.“Mm.”

His cold eyes barely skimmed over Hazel before he turned to Sebastian.“Move.”

Sebastian stepped aside.

Gabriel strode out of the elevator with his two assistants, heading straight for his room. Hazel hadn’t brought any other assistants along, just Johnson.

room was

right

across

from

next hers, directly

to Sebastian’s.

Gabriel’s Seeing Hazel, Sebastian didn’t rush to leave.

He dismissed his two assistants, then casually followed her toward her room. “Haze, my grandma knew I’d be seeing you and asked me to bring you some gifts.” “They’re in my room. I’ll go grab them for you.”

Hazel’s grip tightened around her purse, her steps faltering slightly. She looked at Sebastian’s calm face.

I have something

no idea what his grandmother had done to Hazel in the

it there.” Abbie had once been a dear friend of Hazel’s grandmother. She had personally gone to Nyack to bring Hazel to

who had forced Hazel was

her sudden coldness. Thinking back to Hazel’s abrupt departure all those years ago, a sense of unease crept in.

it be that it wasn’t just his mother’s doing? Had his grandmother been involved too? He studied Hazel’s face carefully, but her expression was already composed, giving nothing away. She clearly didn’t want to talk about it. With

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entered the suite next door.

Menu

hallway, deep in thought. Then, with quick steps, he

need a

his assistants go over his schedule, though his thoughts were elsewhere.

can go,”

before quickly gathering their

the

what he had uncovered

college entrance exams, she had packed a small suitcase and returned to Nyack. She took the exams in a rural county and became the top scorer in the entire province, earning a sizable

government scholarship.

bank account. Throughout her

pay was

that Jade had leaked had an explanation–Hazel had taken that job.

sold earned her cash on the spot.

worth over 100 grand, the commission alone could reach five figures.

worked there for six months and became the undisputed sales champion,

months. The amount she had transferred to Abbie was nearly all of her part–time earnings. No wonder she had looked so thin and pale when he

only middle school in Akron, the

window

town.

years ago, it had grown much

less than two hundred bucks to her name, unable to afford even the cheapest motel. Even

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the village,

passed, and things had improved,

thens

a while, Hazel grabbed her bag and left the hotel. She didn’t call Johnson. She wanted to take a walk alone at Western Reserve Academy,

Night fell.

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