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.

his tone. “It’s obvious you don’t belong here. You’d never understand how to deal with the one

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

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

of my league. It felt like I dropped right into the deep

words deter me. I kept reaching out and searching for the client of my boss’s

had to keep

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 abilities to want to put in the

up for the

from my purse and looked down at the

Aria.

call, pressing the

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

I

me,” she wailed. “Ryan,

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

louder. “I don’t want to be alone,”

quickly. “No, absolutely. Come over,” I urge. “We can order takeout and open

for this world, Evie,” she says

just

sniffled again.

soon,” I promise gently.

“Okay. Bye.”

much less assertive than I am now. Once inside the

arrive

I stepped into my shabby little apartment, I kicked off my heels

just then and I run to grab it. A tearful Aria stands at my door, still wiping her cheeks of their dampness.

inside with a gentle hand. “What happened?”

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

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

sobbing uncontrollably. “I’m

babe,” I say, laughing quietly as I drew her in for a hug. “You’re not

anyone was going to die alone, it

men,” she

too,” I admit softly. “Jasper was a real a-hole today.

me who’s number one on that list,” Aria says, with almost pleading

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