When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 80: Why Would She Do This?

In the hotel’s presidential suite, Aiden and Holly sat on separate sofas with their arms crossed, staring intently at Hazel. The setup felt like a formal interrogation. Hazel touched her nose and smiled, trying to ease the heavy atmosphere.

The moment she smiled, Aiden’s expression grew stern. So, she dropped the smile and became serious.

"I really was taken. But the strange thing is, the person who abducted me didn’t do anything to me."

Aiden shot her a cold look. "They didn’t do anything to you?"

Hazel bristled at his words. "Were you hoping they would do something to me?" Aiden’s gaze, sharp as a dagger, shot toward her again. But then she remembered he had rushed all the way here so late at night, and she decided to let it go.

"I was abducted from a taxi. When I woke up, I was in a hotel room. This man came in, just stared at me, then took a phone call and let me go. Until he released me, I was sure he was going to do something to me."

"I don’t even know why he took me. Do you?" Hazel looked at Aiden. "Aren’t you supposed to be so resourceful? If you had people following me, why didn’t they show up to save me the second I was in danger?"

Aiden glanced at Hazel, his face impassive. "I didn’t have anyone following you."

"Oh, really? Then how do you always know my every move?" Hazel waved her hand dismissively. "But that’s not important right now. What I really want to know is why that man did this."

Raina’s words suddenly echoed in Aiden’s mind. ’What if you get there and find out Hazel was never missing? Will you still trust her so much?’ Looking at the perfectly unharmed Hazel before him, Aiden inexplicably connected the incident to Raina.

"Aiden, you’re the smart one, aren’t you? Why don’t you analyze it?"

Aiden sneered.

I do that? Tell me, what would my motive be? You have to have a motive to do

already have the answer,’ he thought. ’But why would

Raina have known what would happen to Hazel, or how

thought. ’Why on earth would

grim expressions on both their faces, Holly felt it was awkward to stay any longer and decided to get up. "I can see you two still have things to discuss, so I’ll head back to my room. You’re a married

other, sitting in silence across from one another. Whenever Hazel caught Aiden looking at her, she would glare right back and mutter

a scare

something out. She stared at him intently. "You already know what this is all about,

damn good at it. She could always pick up on the slightest change in his expression and

you

low. "Holly was here before, so it wasn’t convenient to talk. Now that she’s gone, you can tell me what’s really

her scrutiny. Under the lights, her face looked even more pale and possessed a certain delicate charm. "I’ll investigate it," he

also said you’d investigate.

have something to do

The thought of Raina made Hazel decisively reject the notion that

’What look?’ Aiden wondered.

face is practically

said, "You have a wild imagination. You’re great at making

think I’m making something out of nothing," Hazel said, looking away. "Then you tell me, why are you here? When I said you were worried about me earlier, it was just for show. We both know we don’t want anyone to find out our marriage is

Aiden scoffed.

my own." The thought that this might be connected to Raina made Hazel grit her teeth in anger. ’I really can’t go easy on Raina anymore,’ she