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HAZEL The room started spinning. One of the men laughed."He was sleeping with every woman at the strip club," he said. "And you really believed..." The rest of his words disappeared beneath the sound of my own heartbeat and the sound of their laughter. I looked at Harris. Waiting and Hoping For him to deny it. For him to say something, Anything. But he didn't."I was only keeping you long enough," Harris said quietly, "because you were useful."The word cut deeper than anything else. Useful."I needed access to the Morozovs"I frowned."What?""That night," I whispered. "The night everything happened..."He smiled faintly."Yes.""The night your little boyfriend broke into our party and ruined everything."My face went cold."That was supposed to be my way in. I was supposed to gain access to the Morozovs, but then he showed up." His jaw tightened. "He destroyed everything, so I had to start over. Find another innocent woman, find another virgin."He laughed."Do you know how hard

HAZEL I stood there, staring at the door Harris had just walked through. And then... I started laughing. I laughed because what else was there to do?The man I thought was my saviour... The man I thought loved me... Had turned out to be the devil. A complete psychopath. All this time, I had been dreaming about escaping Axel's mansion, dreaming about running back to Harris.God...I remembered Axel. I remembered what he told me. He always said he was protecting me, and I never listened. But now I understood. That night Axel took me... He had saved me, and I had no fucking idea.Every single time I mentioned Harris... Every time I begged to go back to him... Every time I dreamed about escaping... I had just been an idiot—a complete fool.I didn't sleep that night. Instead, I lay there remembering my life at Axel's mansion. Nearly a year. Nearly a whole year with him. And then I compared it to this place. To Harris. What had it been? Barely a month? Not even that, and yet Harris had alr

HAZEL I stood there stunned, staring at the door. Then the door opened, and Harris stepped inside. He stopped the moment he saw me, and A slow smile spread across his face."There she is," he murmured. "I knew they'd make you look expensive."His eyes travelled over me like I was something on display. Something that belonged to him, something waiting to be bought.For the first time, as I stood there and saw him watching me, walking around me, looking me up and down while he nodded his head, I realised why he had wanted me dressed up. I realised why these last few days he'd been nice to me, bringing me food, tending to my wounds..... It had all been because of today."Come on. Let's go," he said as he opened the door and walked out.I followed and walked behind him, wondering where the hell he was taking me. But as we got to the top of the stairs, the murmurs started. A lot of murmurs. Not really noises, more like murmurs.Then I saw the people. Lots of men in jackets, most of them b