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 deal with the one
scaring me are childish
how my heel wobbled beneath me. I cursed,
my league. It felt like I dropped
reaching out and searching for
to keep
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 confident in his abilities to want to
packed up
started buzzing. I pulled it from my purse and
Aria.
picked up her call, pressing the phone
sniffles coming from the other end of the phone. “Hey,”
it,” I ask
dumped me,” she wailed. “Ryan, dumped me!”
“Aria, I’m so sorry,” I say apologetically.
louder. “I don’t want
absolutely. Come over,” I urge. “We can order takeout
“You’re too good for this world, Evie,” she says tiredly. “Are
“I’m just
sniffled
you soon,” I
“Okay. Bye.”
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– pizza, pasta, salad, you name it.
of it was set to arrive
apartment, I kicked off my
to grab it. A tearful Aria stands at my door, still
her inside with a gentle hand.
broke it off because he was ‘working’ on himself,” she says with air quotations. “But we all know
what that meant. “What does that mean?”
down again, sobbing uncontrollably. “I’m
quietly as I drew her in for
die alone, it was
hate men,” she
too,” I admit softly. “Jasper was a real a-hole today. There’s a
on that list,” Aria says, with almost pleading eyes.
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