Mcllorycat

“I’ll marry anyone who will take me!” Hazel declared loudly. “I don’t need love!”

“Get down!” Will hissed. “You don’t know what kind of people are lurking around in here! Talking like that might get you killed!”

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Hazel Dixon thought she was putting her troubled past behind her. But when the person she thought she trusted most betrays her, she loses her head and proposes to an entire bar full of strangers. 

Enter Will Sheffield, a charming stranger who decides to take her up on her offer to save her from herself. 

He spoils her rotten without expecting anything in return and Hazel's confusion only grows. She doesn't know why he is acting this way. Or why he reminds her so much of the 'dangerous' childhood friend she thought was gone forever...

*Cover art by polkadottedscrunchie*

Hazel in the Demon's Den

Will rubbed his temples and leaned against the wall. It appeared that this conversation was aging him.


"You had your terrible uncle but I didn't have anybody; I was a ward of the state. If they had found me that night, they would have locked me up again and I never would have been able to graduate from high school, let alone college. I had to leave so I could become a functioning adult and take care of you like I promised.


"I hitchhiked down to L.A. and met my mentor. He helped me enroll in school and taught me everything he knew about business. I wouldn't have ever made it without him. I always planned on coming back for you but I wanted to make sure I had enough money to give you a good life first. I didn't know when or if you would be able to talk again so I had to prepare myself to provide for you in case you couldn't go out and get a job."


A Man's Pride