The Hockey Star’s Remorse
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Evie
How am I supposed to focus when he just looked at me like I should be pitied? I am not going to accept his pity. Not now. Not ever.
“I know that I can’t ever make up for what I did,” he says after a few minutes of silence, twirling a fancy fountain pen between his fingers. “But hopefully, this at- least helps.”
“Hopefully what helps,” I mutter quietly, flipping to the next page of the contract lazily.
He quietly sets down the pen on the surface of the table.
“This,” he answers. “Becoming your client. I heard that you were struggling and wanted to try and help you out.”
Once again, he is pitying me.
“I was doing fine,” I grumble. “I didn’t need you to save me like some maiden in distress. This isn’t a fairytale and you aren’t some knight in shining armor.
“I know you don’t want my help, Evie,” he chuckles. “But between this and your waitressing, I thought you could use the helping hand.
I laugh bitterly. “I know you can’t,” I tease. “You barely have to work for anything. Hockey… Women… all of it falls right into your lap, doesn’t it, Timothy?”
“Did you even see the apology I made-”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” I snap. “Of course I did.”
“Okay. And?”
I groan, rubbing my eyes tiredly. “You didn’t need to do that. You’re making it a bigger deal than it was. All of your fanbase is in an uproar over nothing.”
He scoffs, waving a hand dismissively as an easy smile spreads across his face.
“You should know I don’t care what they think, Evie,” he says in amusement. “I have enough fans to populate the entire northern continent. I just want to know if
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going to accept my
head with
he chuckles, winking flirtatiously at me.
He had to know how that stupid wink affected me. I
“What’s done is done,
up to you. I screwed up by taking that bet. I’m not the same immature little kid in high school. I’ve
that won’t be a disaster. I am going to be an
He nods. “I know.”
get through this and see what happens,” I sigh, flipping back
you leave town,”
inhaling deeply to stop myself from doing anything unprofessional. Like smacking this
“Besides going to law school and jump–starting
me off before you left,
curiously.
not wanting to see the boy who used me for sex,” I
teases. “Or is that another bullshit
my cheek from letting it escape. I couldn’t let him see me fall to his charm again. That
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endearing and charming to not have a reaction. Then he would move closer. Inching forward into my personal space, maybe he brushes his fingers
It’s been too long since I’ve felt wanted by anyone. I would give in to him, even if I
think how desperate I was for something
come.
shooing the daydream away before it made me do something completely reckless and
that,” I say,
“It was worth
“Let me do
Sinclair,” he smirks. “I almost had you on that
exactly what we are trying to
rubbing his chin. “I need out of
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