Chapter 224: I Won

***Hazel***

My nerves were a wreck.

Not the cute, fluttery kind. The ugly kind—the kind that made my palms slick with sweat and my chest feel too tight for proper breathing. My entire body felt like it was bracing for impact, like I was standing on the edge of something I couldn’t yet see but knew would change everything.

Beside me, Victor drove like we were headed to brunch.

One hand loose on th