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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 on my

he had no idea what his grandmother had done to Hazel in the past.

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

Abbie who had forced Hazel

sudden coldness. Thinking back to Hazel’s abrupt departure all those years ago,

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

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entered the suite next door.

Menu

thought. Then, with quick

need a favor.”

the room across the hall, Gabriel listened to his assistants go over his schedule, though his thoughts were

two can go,” he said.

glances before quickly gathering their things and

filled the

to what he had uncovered

academic standouts, often winning competitions together. But right before college entrance exams, she had packed a small suitcase and returned to Nyack. She took the exams in a rural county and

government scholarship.

next day, she transferred all the money to Abbie’s bank account. Throughout her four years of college, aside from her intense studies, she spent every

pay was

bar video that Jade had leaked had an explanation–Hazel had taken that job. because the bar

sold earned

managed to sell a bottle worth over 100 grand,

and became the undisputed sales champion, earning

The amount she had transferred to Abbie was nearly all of her part–time earnings. No wonder

in the distance. It was the only middle

window of

town.

ten years ago, it

never forget the night she returned from Los Angeles, standing in the pouring rain with less than two hundred bucks to her name, unable to afford even the cheapest

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in the

and things

thens

the hotel. She didn’t call Johnson.

Night fell.

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