From Secret Wife to Queen of Her World by Anonymous

Chapter 161

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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.

Do I have something on my face?”

to Hazel in the past. Not surprising. Abbie would never let her grandson be

a dear friend of Hazel’s grandmother. She had personally gone to Nyack to bring Hazel to

had forced Hazel

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

it wasn’t just his mother’s doing? Had his grandmother been involved too? He studied Hazel’s face carefully, but her expression was

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entered the suite

Menu

Then, with quick steps, he returned to his

I need a

his assistants

go,” he said.

other secretary exchanged glances before quickly gathering

the room.

to what he had uncovered

lived with the Stevens family in Los Angeles for three years, attending the same school as Sebastian. They were 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

government scholarship.

bank account. Throughout her four years of college,

pay was

Jade had leaked had an explanation–Hazel had taken that job. because the bar offered instant commissions.

bottle of alcohol she sold earned her cash

worth over 100 grand, the commission alone could

months and became the undisputed sales champion, earning

couldn’t help but notice how much Hazel had sacrificed over those six months. The amount she had transferred to Abbie was nearly all of her part–time earnings. No

the distance. It was the only middle school in Akron, the very place where Hazel had once been

stood by the floor–to–ceiling window of her room,

town.

ago, it had grown

standing in the pouring rain with less than two hundred bucks to her name, unable to afford even the cheapest motel.

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in the

passed, and things

thens

She didn’t call Johnson. She wanted to take a walk alone

Night fell.

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