Bewitched His Soul

There was just five minutes left for the announcement and she bit her nails in tension.

"What will happen if I fail , oh no that cannot happen. God please let me pass in the exams ,' Hazel kept on murmuring to herself.

The timer on the screen started as there was one minute left for the announcement and with shaky hands Hazel entered her register number and as soon as she hit the enter button she covered her eyes with her palm.

Few minutes later she gave a pep talk to herself and slowly removed one finger  from her eyes , then two and at last gathering all her courage she decided to check the  results .Next to each subject there was written P which meant pass .When she reached the end she was shocked to see that she has secured 70% in total.

She pinched herself to double check she is not dreaming and she had actually obtained first class. She was so happy that she ran downstairs to share this good news with her family.

Tristan was sitting on the living room sofa reading newspaper and he frowned when he noticed Hazel running down the stairs.

"Hazel, slow down, "Tristan yelled.

"Dad , you will not believe what happened ,"Hazel said in a jovial tone .

"Okay , tell me what is it ,"Tristan asked.

"I have secured 70% in my exams .Can you believe it ,"Hazel widened her eyes.

"No , its little difficult seeing your past records ,"This was spoken by Ava as she just entered the living room.

"Congratulations princess ,I always know you were going to excel in the exams . Our Hazel is the most smartest and hardworking person so how can she not pass her exams,"Tristan praised Hazel.

Ava rolled her eyes, seriously her husband had no ethics when praising their daughter .Tristan had a soft spot for Hazel among his two children and spoiled her to the core .Tristan did want his daughter to go through any sort of trouble in her life , Hazel was born into riches so it was okay for her to just enjoy life.

Last few days he was working till midnight two and while returning to his room he noticed the lights in Hazel's room was still on which meant she was studying.

He did not like his daughter struggling so much and even thought of telling her that she should just stop torturing herself so much and its fine even if she fails in her exams .But Ava stopped him telling education is very important and it's not good to treat Hazel as a kid forever.

"Travis , look I scored 70% in the exams ,"Hazel said as so as Travis climbed down the stairs.

"did you copy in the exams ,"Travis raised his brow.

Tristan glared at his son while Hazel pouted and narrowed her eyes at Travis.

"Fine  I am wrong , Congratulations ,"Travis gave a side hug to Hazel.

"Tell me what gift you want and remember there is no limit ,"Tristan said.

"Dad even when I came first in college you never told me something like this ,"Travis complained.

"Are you and our princess same ,no one can compare to her ,"Tristan said proudly.

"Dad , you are the best ,"Hazel chuckled and started saying a list of things she wanted to buy and the places she wanted to visit.

Ava and Travis sighed seeing Tristan pampering his daughter to no limits.

Hazel wanted to share this good news with Enzo but unfortunately she was not able to connect with him.

Two days later she got a message from Enzo stating to come on video conference. Excitedly she ran to the dressing mirror to brush her hair and put some lipstick.

After making sure she was looking prettier she went to sit on the bed and opened her laptop.

Enzo's face softened as soon as she came on screen .It felt like all her tiredness from the past week evaporated.

"Hazel…,"Enzo traced his thumb on the screen as if he was touching her.

His voice was filled with pain and longing, how much he wished she was here next to him.

"Enzo , were you so busy that you could not even reply to my messages ,"Hazel complained.

She was little envious seeing her friends go out on dates with their boyfriends and constantly post those pictures on social media.

"I am sorry , there was some unexpected delay in the project ,"Enzo apologized.

Then Hazel remembered the reason why she was so eager to call him.

"My results were announced , can you guess my score ,"Hazel asked.

"Looking at the smile on your face I can tell you have passed,"Enzo replied.

"I got 70% ,can you now say I am lazy ,"Hazel said smugly.

Before Enzo used to always scold her to be more disciplined and kept on reminding her to not waste time.

"Congratulations , I am so proud of you ,"Enzo stated.

He also did not except her to score so well .This is Hazel's highest score of all semesters. Looks like his tutoring sessions finally paid off.

Enzo was so busy talking with Hazel that he was not aware there was a storm brewing outside.

"Sweetheart , is it really necessary to surprise him ,"Dimitri said .

That's right Dimitri , Aurora and Logan all three had come to visit Enzo.

"Dimitri ,this is not some surprise visit .I just want to talk to him about Marley and if he knows we are arriving then he will make excuse of work and try to avoid us ,"Aurora was fed up with her son avoiding marriage so she wanted to have a face to face discussion and know the reason why he keeps on rejecting  the blind dates which she sets up.

Aurora did not have the patience to wait at home because she was not sure whether Enzo will return home within few days or will he travel to another country to attend some meeting. Logan did not have any work and decided to come with his parents.

Since Enzo lived alone , he had not locked his room .The maids were instructed not to disturb him and they were only supposed to come upstairs if they received a call .

As Aurora heard Enzo talking with someone , she halted her footsteps.