The Bet Beneath His Bed

No Longer a Damsel

Author: Moth & Meridian

No Longer a Damsel

HAZEL

The next morning, I'm in the kitchen dancing lightly to the music playing from my phone. I'm humming under my breath as I flip the eggs, trying to keep my hands busy and my mind from spiraling.

Cade walks out of the bedroom, and I feel his eyes on me immediately.

He doesn't say anything at first. He just stands there, watching me with a worried look on his face. It's the same one he'