The Hockey Star’s Remorse

Chapter 3

Evie

The boss had called me into his office this morning. Dread settled in my stomach as I stepped inside and Jasper was standing there too.

“Miss Sinclair,” he says simply. “Mister Morgan. I called you both in here to discuss a rather important matter. I can’t have two interns. One of you will be let go.”

I bristle at his statement.

“The one I keep here has to demonstrate a knowledge of client acquisition that exceeds our expectations for interns. Whoever brings me the next big client will receive the role here in this office. The other will have to go.”

Jasper chuckles smugly beside me.

“Certainly, sir,” he says. “Excellence in everything, isn’t that right, Evie?”

My nails bit into my palms as anger started boiling over.

“Absolutely,” I say, feigning sweetness.

“I expect to see your client portfolios in three days,” our boss said. “I look forward to seeing what you guys bring to the table.”

As soon as we step outside his office, Jasper began his trash talk again.

“Prepare to lose, Evie,” he says with a smirk.

“I won’t lose,” I say proudly.

“Don’t lie to yourself,” he snorts. “I know you have zero prospects. It must be hard being you.”

“Oh yea? What do you have that I don’t,” I ask, folding my arms.

“My family owns the largest shipping company in the world,” he says plainly, picking at his nails.

“That’s a cowards way out,” I snort.

“It doesn’t matter,” he said quickly, a grin plastered on his face. “A client is a client. It’s not about what you know, but about who you know. It won’t matter how smart you are when you show up with nothing. I hold it all in the palm of my hand.”

I felt my stomach drop. I hated when he was right. Jasper was second on my list of most hated people I knew. Which means he was first place loser.

How fitting.

here. You’d never understand how to deal with the one percent. I mean, look at you.

at scaring me are childish at best. I’d

strode back to my cubicle, aware of how my heel wobbled beneath me.

my league. It felt like I dropped right into

let his words deter me. I kept reaching out

just had to keep

to a close, I felt my first wave of defeat. Not a single bite. It was like no one would come near me with a ten foot pole. I would suspect sabotage from my colleague, but something told me Jasper was much too

up for the night.

buzzing. I pulled it from my purse and looked

Aria.

her call, pressing the phone to my ear. “Hey.”

second, all I could hear was soft sniffles coming from the other end of the phone. “Hey,”

frowned. “What is it,” I ask worriedly. “Aria,

dumped me,” she wailed. “Ryan, dumped me!”

inhaled deeply. “Aria, I’m so sorry,” I say apologetically. “What

grew louder. “I don’t want to be alone,” she

“We can order

sadly. “You’re too good for this world, Evie,” she says tiredly. “Are you finally off

answer. “I’m just heading onto the

she sniffled again.

see you soon,” I promise gently.

“Okay. Bye.”

hangs up, and I move double time to get home. I’ve gotten much better at hailing a cab. I used to be much less assertive than I am now. Once inside the cab, I place an order at our favorite Italian

it was set to arrive about the time I was.

kicked off my heels and shrugged off my

it. A tearful Aria stands at my

inside with a

was ‘working’ on himself,” she says with air quotations.

bad that I didn’t know what that meant. “What does that

again, sobbing uncontrollably. “I’m going to die alone!”

say, laughing quietly as I drew her in for a hug. “You’re not going to die alone. You’ll always have me.”

going to die alone, it was probably

she

softly. “Jasper was a real a-hole today. There’s a

me who’s number one on that list,”

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