Hazel
"Business before pleasure, Harry, you know this. Hazel has paperwork to get through; you can pick up wherever you left off after that."
No jealousy in his voice, none in his face either. My chest tightened at that realisation.
I let go of Harry's hand slowly and smiled at him so the disappointment wouldn't show anywhere it shouldn't. "Another time," I said, and followed Elvis out.
Bella talked the whole ride back about his speech, how well it landed, how the room responded positively, the specific moment when he made that one point, and the energy became intense. She delivered it with the enthusiasm of someone being star-struck.
Elvis raised one hand slightly without turning around; she stopped talking.
He went straight to his room when we got inside. I watched him go, the set
