"What Was Hidden"
Hazel’s POV
I hadn’t looked Alex in the eye for days.
Ever since he yelled those cruel words in the office—“If you can’t work properly, then f**k off!”—I’d gone completely silent around him. Every glance in his direction was a silent prayer not to cry. Every movement was cautious, careful, as if one misstep would shatter what little was left between us.
But nothing hurt more than knowing I hadn’t even told him the truth yet.
I had been drugged. I hadn’t cheated. But even I wasn’t sure what had happened that night. All I knew was that I had woken up with a stranger and run in tears to Mia’s house, terrified and ashamed.
Raymond had been trying to make me smile all morning. He dropped notes on my desk, brought me tea, even made lame jokes.
But nothing helped. Not unt
