The Unwelcome Wife

Hazel’s Pov

I waited for what felt like forever before the doorman, Mr. Hayes, finally opened the door. I had rung the bell twice already, my heart thudding in uneasy silence. When I walked through the gates, the security men didn’t utter a word, yet their eyes carried a sorrow I couldn’t decipher — as if they pitied me for something I didn’t yet know.

“Ma’am, we can’t let you in,” one of them sai