HAZEL'S POV; While we are still talking, the Queen comes into the sun room. We both turn our heads to see that she looks upset. "What's wrong, honey?" The King asks. Taking a seat, she sighs. "It's Onyx. He doesn't even believe what I said." "What did you tell him?" "Everything the priest said. The first thing he did was accuse Hazel. He thought she might be the one to cause all the trouble but I told him it was a lie! Why would Hazel be the first person to come to his mind?" "He hates her. What do you expect? No matter how good she is, he is blinded. He's going to regret all he's doing to her now," They're talking like I'm not here and somehow, it makes me feel left out. But I know they're talking about me for my own good. "Selah is the only person who would do that. But the question now is, how is she going to?" The King says. The Queen laughs. "This is exactly what I told him. Guess what he said? He said Selah can't hurt a fly. He said a

SELAH'S POV: Stella came, after all. Even with the confidence I had that the money I had given her would make her feel indebted to me, there was still an atom of doubt in me as I drove to this cake shop. I thought about the possibility of Stella changing her mind and deciding not to come or reporting my plans to the Queen so she could get a better reward and still hold onto my money. Seeing her now, a wave of relief washes over me. My father would think I was meeting a man and even if he saw me here with her, he would freak out a bit, thinking I might be into women but he'll have to calm down and accept me the way I am. I wave at her and when she sees me, she smiles stiffly and begins to come my way. The cake shop is empty. That's why I chose this place. Knowing fully well that no one would be here by this time of the day, it would be easy for us to converse freely without having to bother about anyone watching us. I mean, if the odds are against us and she

SELAH'S POV: Stella and I are done having our ice cream. I pay the cake shop owner with so much tip that Stella gasps. "Isn't that too much?" Stella asks as we leave the shop. I shrug. "She's been good to me. I'm that way to people who are good to me," Stella is still shocked but she nods anyway. "So what next?" "We're going to my car. I'll give you the serum and explain every other thing to you," Stella nods and I look around before unlocking my car and opening the door for her. "Slip in immediately. We don't want anyone seeing you get into my cars. They can start getting ideas." Stella quickly slips in and I shut the door before going around my car to open the door. Once I am settled into my car, I lock the doors and wind the glass up. "I'm claustrophobic!" Stella immediately says. Looking at her in surprise, I nod and quickly wind down the glasses. "I'm sorry. I had no idea." Stella smiles awkwardly and nods. "Thanks for understanding.

HAZEL'S POV: I don't know why I find Yara's panic absolutely funny. I don't know if it's because of her really free personality but I'm laughing while she is being glared at by Kali. "You talk too much. That's why you do the wrong thing most times," Kali complained. As Yara rummaged about her box for the right tone for my skin, she glared at Kali who was mixing different hair products to apply on my hair. "That's because I love to entertain people. Unlike you," "Cut the crap, Yara. You want them to call us back for another gig, right? Act right and do your best. Stop talking too much," I want to tell them that this might be their last time here but I refrain from doing so. It's not their business to be let into my private life. Yara comes back to continue. She wipes the wrong foundation off with a liquid that dissolves into a milky coagulation and in no time, my face is wiped clean. For almost an hour, Yara is on my face and she does a perfectly flaw

HAZEL'S POV: I had only greeted him to walk away and avoid him for the rest of the night but him calling me out of the crowd makes me nervous. I looked around to see if Onyx was watching me and when I didn't see him, I immediately took Kylian's hands and dragged him to somewhere hidden from the public eye, more private. "Why did you do that?" Kylian looked genuinely confused. " Why did I do what?" "Why did you come there and ask to see me? Because you knew I wouldn't turn you down?" "I am still really confused, Hazel. I didn't ask to see you before Renee because I knew you weren't going to turn me down. I really wanted to see you," I folded my hands. "Why?" Kylian looks surprised. "Did I do something wrong?" "No, why?" "You're acting strange. You're different. I don't know. Did you speak to me that day because you were tattered? Now that you look really good, you suddenly don't want to talk to me." "This is the worst instance I've ever