The Hockey Star’s Remorse

Chapter 51

Lucas sighed, running a hand through his hair. “You are persistent. Look, I care about Evie, and I think it’s fair to say that you can’t be trusted either.”

Timothy’s anger wavered for a moment as he looked into Lucas’s eyes. How much had Evie told him? Or maybe Lucas had just made his own assumptions from the news?

Still, despite what he did to Evie, Lucas was the one dating her. He was also the one cheating on her in plain sight.

“I care about Evie too,” Timothy said, his voice softening. “Enough that I’ll tell her all about how you’ve been going behind her back.”

Lucas looked down, wiping away the speck of blood that had escaped his busted lip. “So you really like her, huh?” he asked, his voice oddly neutral.

Timothy took a deep breath. “I want you to leave Evie alone,” he repeated. “She deserves better than this, and I won’t let you hurt her.”

Lucas nodded, his expression pained. “I don’t want to hurt her,” he said, his voice barely above a whisper. “But I don’t know if I can stay away from her.”

“If you care about her, you’ll let her go,” said Timothy. “It’s the least you can do after everything that’s happened.”

Lucas looked torn, as if waging a war within himself. Finally, he looked up at Timothy, his eyes filled with regret..

“I’ll break up with her,” he said finally,

Evie

As I stepped into the quaint little grocery store, I reached into my back pocket and pulled out the list of ingredients. Cake seemed like the safest choice, assuming he hadn’t thrown out the last slice I gave him.

I pushed my cart down the aisle, picking up a bag of flour and sugar, only to put them back moments later. Should I make a classic vanilla cake, or something more adventurous like a chocolate raspberry cake? The choices seemed endless, and I didn’t want to disappoint Timothy with a subpar creation.

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Agonizing over a cake would have seemed so silly to me before, but here I was biting my nails over baking something perfect for Timothy. The events from these past couple of days were still lingering in my heart. The fear of losing Timothy had been unbearable, and the realization of how much he meant to me was both overwhelming and uncomfortable.

Then again, he shouldn’t have been something for me to lose.

As I strolled down the sidewalk, my phone rang, and I saw Lucas’s name flash on the screen. I answered quickly and pressed the phone to my ear.

“Hey, Lucas,” I said, approaching my car. “What’s up?”

“Hey, Evie,” he replied. “Are you okay?” I asked, opening the passenger door. “You sound

thinking,” Lucas

really? What’s

sounding as chipper as he usually did. “Well, you know we’ve been pretending to be in a relationship for

playfully. “Oh, no! What went wrong? Was

That

died off with a sigh. “Oh, it was definitely the cooking. But seriously, I’m breaking up with you, Evie. It’s been

Lucas. How will I ever survive without you as my

line,” he said with a snort. “Your darling hockey

my gosh!” I slammed the door and rushed to the driver’s seat. “Timothy punched

I’m fine, Lucas assured me. “Guess he caught me

mix of emotions surged through me. On one hand, Timothy

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for me, even with the relationship being false. On the other hand, I hated the fact

was really protective of you,”

on the dashboard and turned on the speaker. “So

on getting punched again, so

quickly deteriorated into something more delirious. The barrier between

breath, trying to collect her thoughts. “I’m sorry,” I said sincerely. “If there’s any damage or

quickly. “It’s fine, really.

the line before Lucas spoke again. “I hope you can figure things out with him. He really cares

me.”

I might sock him in

said with a laugh. “Listen, I’ll let you go. Just take

“I will,” I promised.

up with Lucas, I found myself feeling a mix of emotions. I was relieved that he didn’t blame me for what happened, but I couldn’t help but feel. guilty for unintentionally leading him into Timothy’s wrath. I was going to have to confront him about

the apartment floor, I noticed a woman standing nervously. in front of Timothy’s door. She seemed out of place, and her disarrayed appearance piqued my

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but my concern for Timothy outweighed my

gently, stepping closer to her.

to face me, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment. “Yes,