Chapter 5

The first month after the breakup,

I started trying to accept new relationships.

Friends introduced me to two guys, but after brief interactions, nothing came of it.

This left me feeling a bit defeated and slightly depressed.

The second month after the breakup, my best friend invited me out to cheer up.

After hanging out with some high school classmates and friends,

She took me to a nightclub.

The little dress I was wearing was something my best friend had forced me to change into.

Drunk and dizzy, I was dragged onto the dance floor.

She took a short video and posted it on Instagram.

"Our little Haze has grown into a beautiful, sexy woman! PS: This beauty is single and ready to mingle! Guys, come and get her!"

After posting, she tossed her phone aside and came to dance with me.

Completely unaware that her Instagram was blowing up.

Until the excited crowd suddenly began to stir.

The girl classmate next to me pinched my arm and silently screamed:

"Haze, Haze, who's that guy?"

"Ah! How lucky am I to see such a perfect specimen!"

I looked over with my drunk, blurry eyes.

In the dazzling lights, a tall, imposing man in a black business suit was striding towards us with long legs.

Although I couldn't see his face clearly, just his physique was enough to make one want to scream.

"It's Ethan Sterling! Am I seeing things? The genius campus heartthrob from high school, Ethan Sterling?"

I couldn't help but snicker, "Ethan Sterling? How could a good student like him come to a place like a nightclub!"

"You must be seeing things."

I pushed away my classmate's hand and turned to hug my best friend and continue dancing.

But my arm was firmly gripped by someone: "Hazel."

The alcohol made my reactions a bit slow.

My gaze fixed blankly on that incredibly beautiful hand.

The fingers were so long, the knuckles distinct, with faint blue veins visible on the back of the hand.

Indescribably sexy.

An expensive steel watch adorned his slender wrist.

My gaze slowly moved upward, finally settling on that handsome, noble face.

I froze.

"Ethan Sterling, is it really you?"

"Come with me."

His expression was extremely serious, so serious that one didn't dare to resist at all.

I was pulled out of the dance floor, looking back at my best friend for help.

But she was cowering behind others, not daring to take a step forward.

Ethan pulled me to an empty corridor.

I had just steadied myself when he pinned me against the wall.

"Hazel."

He cupped my face and, catching me completely off guard, kissed me decisively.

"If you're willing to consider strangers you've just met, then can you... try being with me?"

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