Chapter 87

Hazel's POV

"I didn’t do anything." He replied, avoiding my gaze and that of Mama Mia. By now, I had completely wiped my eyes and used our telepathic connection to beg Lia not to cry.

"Really? So Hazel just loves to cry, is it?"

He didn’t answer.

"I have the mind to ask you to leave my home, Arthur. I didn’t raise you to be so cruel, and if you can’t... won’t be kind to people, especially this helpless girl here, I’ll cut off every tie with you and pretend I ever knew you."

I think that got to him because he was suddenly looking at Mama Mia wide-eyed. He didn’t believe what she’d just said. He looked at me and then removed his gaze before I could even understand what it was all about.

"I’m sorry, Auntie." I heard him say.

"I’m not the right person to apologize to."

He caught the meaning of her words, as did I, and it didn’t go down well with him. And I knew why—he couldn’t imagine himself apologizing to a commoner like