Chapter 138 No More

***Hazel***

Gideon leans back in his chair, completely unconcerned now that Preston is here.

Then he looks at me again.

“Come here.”

The command is quiet.

Automatic.

Every eye in the room shifts to me.

Old Hazel would have hesitated.

Would have worried what it looked like.

Would have tried to be polite.

She’s not here tonight.

I walk straight to him.

His hand catches mine the second I’m close enou