Chapter 279: At that time
’’You...’’ Hazel was exasperated, ’’Who did you get this kind of humor from?’’
Maxim looked dead back at her without responding.
Hazel sighed as she opened her mouth to speak.
’’I had a loving boyfriend back when I was young, or so as I thought until I found that jerk shoving his dangling b...’’
’’Mom, language.’’
’’...until I found him cheating on me. The me now would have laughed it off. But my younger self thought that it was the end of her life. I thought the least I deserved was an apology, a closure and an explanation but I never realized that those things needed a person to have morals. Cheaters possessed anything but morals. I was heartbroken and hurt. I felt betrayed so to spite him, I said that I would have a much better man in my life.’’
’’...which I do now,’’ Hazel looked at Maxim, ’’But at that particular moment, I wasn’t referring to you. I met your father in the nightclub. He was sulking in a corner and I was curious if he got cheated on as well.’’
’’Seeing someone else going through the same misery put my heart to rest, as cruel as it sounds. At least, to my younger self, it did. I approached him with the intention that if he was cheated on by his partner, then we both could drown in our sorrows together and it would probably lessen my pain.’’
’’Unfortunately for me, he said that he did not have a woman to cheat on him...’’
Hazel slowly trailed off while she spoke, falling into a daze. She never recollected that night but now that she was doing, every forgotten memory seemed to be rushing back all at once. Uninvited.
Hazel did not what she saw in him. That man was a grump, spoke barely a few words, he seemed like a callous person despite his princely appearance and posh accent. He was handsome, gorgeous but he was not the kind of man she liked back then. He was not her type. Too serious. Too aloof.