When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 105: Your Sister is Hazel Hawthorne?

Aiden Xavier rushed to Hazel Hawthorne’s side. Seeing her arm cut by glass, he looked up at a helpless Raina Lowell without a moment’s hesitation. All eyes in the room fell upon Raina, as if demanding to know what she had done to Hazel.

Hazel Hawthorne rested quietly in Aiden Xavier’s embrace, letting him inspect her injured arm. She whispered that it didn’t hurt, yet couldn’t help but let out a soft groan at his touch. She watched him cautiously, looking as if she wanted to say something but was holding back.

"What is it?"

Hazel Hawthorne frowned. She gave Aiden Xavier a deep look, then glanced meaningfully at Raina Lowell before saying slowly, "Raina didn’t mean to do it. This little cut is nothing, really. Besides, it’s not like anyone would feel bad for me if I got hurt."

Hazel Hawthorne made herself sound utterly pitiful, as if she were unloved, uncared for, and the most miserable person in the world.

Hearing Hazel’s words, the color drained from Raina Lowell’s face. She couldn’t believe it—Hazel had just stolen the very words she was about to say, and she’d delivered them so matter-of-factly. Raina wanted to explain herself to Aiden Xavier, but she realized that his gaze hadn’t fallen on her even once.

When Aiden Xavier wasn’t looking, Hazel shot a taunting glance at Raina, leaving her furious with no outlet for her anger. Raina glared back, and Hazel immediately burrowed deeper into Aiden’s arms. Sensing her movement, Aiden looked up and swept his gaze over Raina.

His gaze was cold and merciless. He had already condemned her without needing an explanation, convinced that Raina had pushed Hazel down on purpose.

"Aiden, Hazel’s hurt pretty badly. You should take her upstairs to the lounge and get that wound bandaged," Harrison Hawthorne said gravely.

Aiden Xavier had the same idea. In front of everyone—or to be precise, right in front of Raina—he lifted Hazel Hawthorne from the floor. He walked straight past Raina without a shred of hesitation.

Aiden’s arm. The back of her own hand was also cut by the glass. "Aiden, I really didn’t push her. Do you

"We’ll talk about this later,"

to Aiden and put a hand on his shoulder. "Aiden, who’s

here, in front of all of Kenport’s elite, he wasn’t just a member

Aiden silently pulled his arm free from Raina’s grasp, carried Hazel straight up to the second-floor

「In the second-floor lounge.」

tended to her wound, and she found herself staring, completely captivated. His head was lowered as he gently dabbed at her cut with a

muttering to herself. "Then again, in a situation like that, you couldn’t have helped her even if you wanted to. In fact, not helping her was the

important event, you’d have a hard time explaining it to your mother," Hazel said with a smile.

who had been enduring the sting, cried out in pain. She glared at him. "What

of Hazel. "Whether Raina pushed you or you fell on your own, you know the truth better than anyone," he said in

laugh. "Oh? Are you defending Raina now? Well, since you asked, I might as well tell you the truth. I did

had inflicted on herself

it. I just anticipated what Raina was planning to do and did it

"A smart person wouldn’t use such a foolish method. You might hurt your enemy, but you hurt yourself nearly as much. Do you really think it’s worth

"So what? I wanted her to feel what it’s like to be framed. And I wanted her to get a taste of what

for once felt surprisingly good,’ Hazel

loved to put on that innocent act in front of

do