The Hockey Star’s Remorse

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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hands behind

He was clearly

the collar of his shirt. His face became eerily calm as he looked Jasper

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I’m disappointed with the standards you’ve set for your firm’s practice,” he said, his voice

Truly!” The boss said hastily, bowing his head in apology. “We didn’t train

as though the look cut him deeply. He cowered away as

“I may just forgive your negligence. Otherwise, I’ll feel obligated to discontinue my business with

into my work life. He looked determined, however, giving Jasper a daring look as the boss struggled

in front of Timothy. This forced his attention back to me. As he peered down

want

to do this,” I stated, keeping my voice even and out of earshot from Jasper. “The

you

wouldn’t cross the

“Evie, this had nothing to do with you. I want him to be fired. He deserves it with all the crap he’s

the matter had been disturbing him for a while. His muscles were tense, and his hands were balled dangerously into fists. Before, he looked

Trust me. If I wasn’t considering you this whole time, I would have settled this matter with my fists

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my decision and I’m sticking

to back away, no matter how much she pleaded against it. There was a feeling deep inside me that stirred alive with this

was something unfamiliar–something strange about this man. Perhaps the change from a popular boy to a real star athlete changed his temperament. This man was like a

to fight someone who could fight back. Timothy had him at his mercy now, dangling his future career in front of him with little

disrespecting me, or the one who wanted to apologize to me? It felt like I was

the only person willing to give me a job at my time of need, even if

was willing to get physical with Jasper, which is an offense that even

that, he wanted to invade my world. That overshadowed any sincerity I felt toward the job

he seemed all too prepared to burst