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.

be better for you 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

are childish at best. I’d suggest you focus on your

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

out of my league. It felt like

didn’t let his words deter me. I kept reaching out and searching for the client of my boss’s

to keep looking.

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 confident in his

packed up

from my purse and looked down at

Aria.

picked up her call, pressing the phone to

could hear was soft sniffles coming from the other end

I

she wailed. “Ryan,

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

want

order takeout and open a bottle of wine. Maybe watch

good for this world, Evie,”

“I’m just heading onto the

she sniffled again.

see you soon,” I

“Okay. Bye.”

to be much less assertive than I am now. Once inside the

to arrive about the time I

shabby little apartment, I kicked off my heels and shrugged off my blazer,

doorbell rang just then and I run to grab it. A tearful Aria stands at my

quickly, ushering her inside with

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

didn’t know what

uncontrollably. “I’m

say, laughing quietly as I drew her in for

die alone,

she whines

softly. “Jasper was a real a-hole today. There’s a reason he’s number two on

never told me who’s number one on that list,” Aria says, with almost pleading eyes.

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