The Hockey Star’s Remorse
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Evie
“Did you just throw her stuff in the trash?” asked Timothy, his tone laced with venom. His grip tightened on Jasper’s wrist and Evie could hear the bones shifting under his grip.
Jasper gasped, his face growing an unflattering pink as he attempted to pull his
arm away.
“O–Of course not!” Jasper stuttered. “I was just-”
“I saw you,” Timothy seethed. “And you were going to toss her laptop too, right?”
I could feel the tension rising between them. As much as it felt good to see Jasper being the one to get spoken down on for once, it wouldn’t look so good to have fights in the firm.
Before Jasper could open his obnoxious mouth, I rushed over and stepped in front of Timothy. I cleared my throat as Timothy tried to get around me.
“We’ll go to the VIP room to take care of business,” I said, nodding to the door to the right with the golden plate engraved with “VIP” in bold letters. “Shall we?”
Finally, Timothy began turning away, but not before giving Jasper a warning look. “Trust me. We’re not finished.”
Right as he turned to follow me, the boss walked into the office right then with a folder shoved under his arm. He stopped in his tracks once he saw me standing there beside Timothy. It looked like he was starting to understand the situation. after finding Jasper standing disheveled in the middle of the room.
As Jasper massaged his aching wrist, the boss marched up to him with a grimace. He raised the folder over Jasper’s head, as if he was prepared to hit him with it.
“You are such an idiot!” he spat, keeping his voice low. “Do you not know who this man is? You could have cost me a big client!”
Jasper shook his head. “I didn’t even touch him. I swear!”
“I don’t want to hear it!” the boss growled, jamming a finger into Jasper’s bewildered face. He then turned to Timothy, his expression softening as he
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his hands
sorry about that, sir. He was clearly
and tucked them in the collar of his shirt. His face became eerily calm as he looked Jasper
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firm’s practice,” he said, his voice low. “I have to say, are you allowing
sir. Truly!” The boss said hastily, bowing his head in apology. “We didn’t train the newcomers
back to Jasper. Jasper flinched, as though
Timothy began, “I may just forgive your negligence. Otherwise, I’ll feel obligated to
expected Timothy to come in and usher his way into my work life. He looked determined, however, giving Jasper a daring look as the boss struggled to fix
front of Timothy. This forced his attention back to me. As he peered down at me, I felt the sweat start to bead
want
keeping my voice even and out of earshot from Jasper. “The competition between Jasper and
you
cross
I want him to be fired. He deserves it with all
while. His muscles were tense, and his hands were balled dangerously into fists. Before, he looked like he was ready to break Jasper’s arm off
I wasn’t considering you this whole time, I would have settled this matter with my fists instead of getting
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decision and I’m sticking by
still, seeing the determination in his strained expression. He wasn’t going to back away, no matter how much she pleaded against it. There was a feeling deep inside me that stirred alive with this
this man. Perhaps the change from a popular boy to
was quick to disregard me and my belongings, but he knew better than to fight someone who could fight back.
which version was really Timothy. Was it the one now, willing to fire a man for disrespecting me, or the one who wanted to apologize to me?
he’d given me. He was the only person willing to give me a job at my time of need, even if it was unexpected. I also had the pleasure of seeing Jasper
turning our business relationship into something far too personal. He was willing to get physical with Jasper,
felt toward the job he gave me. The bubble
seemed all too prepared
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