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HAZEL

I paced back and forth in my room, trying to figure out what Atlas said before.

That man! God, sometimes I hate him to so many levels that I want to strangle but at the same time, I just can’t. I can’t because then I’d be dead too.

He fucking crushed cigarettes in his hands just because I told him that I won’t marry him. What kind of fucked up situation is this?

Calm down, Hazel.

I took a deep breath and brought my attention back to Ava who was looking at me, hoping to get an answer that I had no idea about. “Your brother. He’s an asshole.” I breathed out.

“We were not talking about my brother.” She whispers, a slight grin plastering on her face.

Oh. Right.

“I’m sorry- I was just…Please tell me where were we again?” I apologized.

“I was asking that can you take me to some club?” She asked.

“But Ava, it wouldn’t be safe.”

She frowned. “Uh, okay.”

I pinched the bridge of my nose. “We can go but you’ve to stay close to me.”

She beamed with a wide smile. “Sure. Thankyou so mu