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.

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 heels.”

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

wobbled beneath

It felt like I dropped right into

reaching out and searching for the client of my

to keep

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

I packed up for the night.

I pulled it from my purse and

Aria.

picked up her call, pressing the phone to my ear. “Hey.”

the other end of the phone. “Hey,” Aria repeated. Her voice was wobbly

is it,” I ask worriedly.

dumped me,” she wailed. “Ryan,

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

grew louder. “I don’t want to

absolutely. Come over,” I urge. “We can order takeout and open a bottle

too good for this world, Evie,” she says tiredly. “Are you finally

answer. “I’m just heading onto the

sniffled again.

see you soon,” I promise gently.

“Okay. Bye.”

than I am

to arrive about the

kicked off my heels and shrugged off my blazer,

rang just then and I run to grab it. A tearful Aria stands at my door, still wiping

her inside with a gentle hand.

she says with air quotations.

that I didn’t know what that meant.

down again, sobbing uncontrollably. “I’m

quietly as I drew her in for a hug. “You’re not going to die

anyone was going to die alone, it was probably

she whines in

real a-hole today. There’s a reason he’s number

never told me who’s number one on that

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