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.

to just give up,” he says, lowering his tone. “It’s obvious you don’t belong here. You’d never understand how to deal with the one percent. I mean, look at you. You taped your

childish

aware of how my heel wobbled beneath

of my league. It felt like I dropped right

his words deter me. I kept reaching out

had to

would come near me with a ten foot pole. I

up

it from my purse and looked

Aria.

up her call, pressing the phone to my

I could hear was soft sniffles coming from the other end of the phone. “Hey,” Aria repeated. Her voice was wobbly

frowned. “What is it,” I ask worriedly. “Aria, what’s wrong?”

wailed. “Ryan, dumped me!”

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

don’t want to be alone,” she

over,” I urge. “We can order takeout and

for this world, Evie,” she says tiredly.

“I’m just

she sniffled again.

soon,” I

“Okay. Bye.”

assertive than I am now. Once inside the cab, I

it was set to arrive

off my heels and shrugged off

to grab it. A tearful Aria

her inside with a gentle hand.

it off because he was ‘working’ on himself,” she says

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

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

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

was going to die alone, it

she

today.

number one on that

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