Elliot POVI wake up and as soon as I move I flinch. I shut my eyes harder again. Fuck. Slowly I open my eyes to find doctors and nurses around me. What the fuck is going on? The bright lights are blinding me and I groan in pain. I try to speak but there’s something on the way. I open my eyes and I start looking around and when they notice I am awake a nurse places a hand on my shoulder. “Mr O’More, please don’t try to speak”, she says and I look around. Only moving my eyes as my entire body hurts, I feel like I have fucking run over a fucking train. What the fuck?All of a sudden all the memories come back to me. Hazel, Angel, the way she was talking to him and touching him. How she chose him and I put my gun down, how he smirked and shot me. The bastard. The doctors tells me to calm down and moves the tube away from my throat and when it’s off I cough a couple of times and I e

Hazel POV “I know you don’t like me, and I don’t particularly like you either, and I know you think it is my fault that Elliot is in the hospital, and we both can agree on that because I think the same way. I can’t do this anymore, I can’t have him getting hurt because of me, and this war could get him killed, so I need you to get me out of this deal. I will keep giving you information, but I need you to cut me out”, I say, and Killian looks at me, moving his hand up and down his beard. Theo shakes his head next to me, and as Killian is about to reply, the door bursts open.  Elliot walks into the room with the help of Everly and a cane. His eyes meet mine, and I drop them to the floor as Everly smiles proudly at Theo. Theo stands up and goes help Elliot, shakes him off and sits next to me. “Hazel, look at me”, he says, and I shake my head as I fiddle with my fingers playing with the engagement ring on my finger.

Elliot POV “Come on, mate, a bachelor party without a stripper is not the same”, Theo says, and I shake my head laughing. I think the amount of alcohol we already had is playing a big part in his behaviour. “If I want to see a woman strip, I’ll go home and ask my woman to do it. At least I can touch and kiss that one”, Killian says, and I frown, looking at him. Killian is usually more reserved than this. The alcohol is definitely getting to them. I haven’t been drinking a lot; after all, I am still taking painkillers because of that fucker. “I have a better idea”, I say, and they both look at me frowning. I stand up and walk out of the game room, and they follow me. They keep their tumblers. They keep both chatting while following me through the corridor and down the stairs towards the basement. “Oh, fuck, no, mate, that’s not a good idea”, Theo says, stopping. He steps in front of me, and I frown, looking at him. I need to hit someone, and that fucki

Hazel POV “Okay…”, I whisper. ‘I didn’t know she was the one. She gave me fake documents, she was banned from New York, and obviously, everything that was left of her was burned to the ground. Elliot made sure that even her social media presence died’, She says, and I nod. I can see him doing that. “He really loved her, hun?” I ask, and they both nod. I look at them and then down at my shoes. “Oh no, love, she is in the past. He would never look at her ever again. I am so sorry I didn’t know who she was when she was hired”, she says, and I nod. I wonder if Elliot told them about this.  “Come on, we have to go”, Ashley says, and I look at them, a little confused still.  “Where are we going?” I ask, and she shrugs. She grabs my hand and guides me out. I can’t see Elliot. We walk towards the limousine that is outside, and Theo is standing guard

Hazel POV “Hazel, you need to wake up”, Ashley says, and I open my eyes. I look at her, and I realise we are still in her living room in the made-up beds. God, how much did I have to drink yesterday? I scratch my head and stretch on the bed as Ashley looks at me with concern plastered all over her face. “Is everything okay?”, I ask as I sit up; she bites her lower lip and then shakes her head. “Have you had any news from Elliot?”, she asks, and when I look around, I can see Theo hugging Everly while she is on her phone and Killian standing in the back of the room with his arms crossed in front of his chest. I shake my head slowly as I move around, trying to find my phone. When I find it, I touch the screen, and it lights up. No notifications. Nothing. “What is going on? Where is Elliot?”, I ask, and both Theo and Killian look down. Fuck. If they don’t know, how am I supposed to know? “How long has he been missing?”, I ask, and Theo looks at hi