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.

don’t belong here. You’d never understand how to

jaw tightens. “Your attempts at scaring me are childish at

back to my cubicle, aware of how my heel wobbled beneath me. I cursed, feeling embarrassed creep onto

It felt like I dropped right into the deep end without my

out and searching for the client of my boss’s

had to keep looking.

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

packed up for

buzzing. I pulled it from my

Aria.

pressing the phone to my ear.

all I could hear was soft sniffles coming from the other

is it,” I ask worriedly. “Aria,

wailed. “Ryan, dumped me!”

I’m so sorry,” I say apologetically.

don’t want to be alone,” she

Come over,” I urge. “We can order takeout and open a bottle of wine.

laughed sadly. “You’re too good for this world, Evie,” she

answer. “I’m just heading onto the

sniffled

you soon,”

“Okay. Bye.”

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 restaurant. I got us the whole thing–

to arrive about

little apartment, I kicked off my heels and shrugged off

grab it. A tearful Aria stands at my door, still wiping her cheeks of

ushering her inside with a

because he was ‘working’ on himself,” she says with air quotations. “But

that I didn’t know what

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

her in for a hug. “You’re not going to die alone.

to die alone, it

she

a-hole today. There’s a reason he’s number two on my hit list.”

told me who’s number one on that list,” Aria says,

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