Hazel spent her days alone. Although she initially had difficulty dealing with her problems independently, she eventually got used to not having Eric around. Hazel felt that she had much better control over herself than before.

Her collaboration with James also showed significant results. Of course, this was with the help of Edward, who was willing to receive Hazel's calls at any time to ask her anything.

At first, Edward persuaded Hazel to accept Eric as her guardian again, but Hazel refused.

Eric contacted Hazel several times to provide information about his work. That was all, and their relationship was like that of strangers now. Hazel also doesn't know why...