Chapter 16

Selena's POV

The sunlight filtering in from the window woke me up, but I didn't get down from the bed. I stretched myself, feeling pleased with the world.

With my eyes still closed, I replayed the events of yesterday in my head. Everything had gone smoothly. Perfectly, in fact. I didn't know it would be that easy.

I chuckled at the memory of Mia scampering from the table with cheeks as red as blood.

The weak peasant!

In the end, she had no spine. None at all. I wished I had seen her pine for Hazel in what would have been their bedroom after she had run off, but I had to keep Hazel in the ballroom long enough to make her worried, so I had missed that.

But still, I relished in the knowledge of her pain. And of course, I had trailed after Hazel subtly, so I had seen everything that transpired, though they didn't know it.

Oh! How I loved the uncertainty on her face when Hazel had left without saying a word after his mother's tirade. She had seriously feared losing Hazel.

And that's