“Where's Hazel?” asked Eric, who had just arrived, breathing heavily.

Bianca pointed to James's room. Eric, without thinking twice, grabbed the doorknob, but Bianca quickly pulled him to the window where they could see James and Hazel.

Eric's eyes, which had been burning with anger when he arrived, suddenly dimmed as he saw Hazel taking care of James, and they seemed to be having a good time. His worry about hearing that Hazel had gone too far to meet James faded.

Who would have thought that Hazel would smile and laugh while talking to James?

“I'm so confused,” Bianca said, folding her arms and showing a puzzled expression.

“About what?”...