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

me are childish at best. I’d

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

was so out of my league. It felt like I dropped right into the deep end without my

kept reaching out and searching for the client

to keep looking.

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

my purse and looked

Aria.

picked up her call, pressing the phone

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

it,” I ask

she wailed. “Ryan,

“Aria, I’m so sorry,” I

don’t want to be alone,” she

urge. “We can order takeout and

sadly. “You’re too good for this world, Evie,” she says tiredly. “Are you

“I’m just heading onto the elevator.”

sniffled again.

soon,” I promise

“Okay. Bye.”

hangs up, and I move 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

set to arrive

shabby little apartment, I kicked off my heels and

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

in,” I say quickly, ushering her inside with a gentle hand. “What

on himself,” she says with air quotations. “But we all

what that meant.

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

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

was going to die

she whines in

softly. “Jasper was a real 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, with almost pleading

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