The Hockey Star’s Remorse

Chapter 149

EVIE POV

Stella dropped the singed photos into the nearby trash can and let them burn. The flames danced and consumed the images, leaving behind nothing but charred remnants. Stella’s eyes were ablaze with a mixture of anger and triumph as she watched the photos disintegrate.

“Evie, you really shouldn’t threaten me like that,” Stella said coolly.

I couldn’t hide the shock and disappointment on my face. The evidence had been destroyed, but I still had the digital copies on a hard drive.

“Well, Stella, technology is a wonderful thing. Those photos may be gone, but there are digital copies that can be easily shared.”

Stella’s triumphant expression faltered, her eyes widening in realization. “You don’t know when to quit, do you?”

Before I could respond, the dressmaker called for Stella. “Miss Fitzgerald! I found another style that may please you!”

I grinned. “Better run along.”

Furious, Stella took the cigarette and stubbed it out with her heel, her voice. trembling with rage. “Our conversation isn’t over. You’ve pissed off the wrong person.”

Stella shot me one last seething glare before turning to leave.

As I watched Stella disappear around the corner, I let out a long–needed exhale. There was no reason for her to deny her wrongdoings, given that she was staring right at the evidence of them. Still, she’d been so callous toward it all, and even acknowledged that she would use the baby to trap Timothy.

While my feeling for him were troubled, my heart still clenched to see him in such a hopeless situation.

TIMOTHY POV

The tailor shop was a sanctuary of quiet elegance amidst the chaos that had come to define Timothy’s life. As the tailor meticulously adjusted the collar of his suit,

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Chapter 149

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a little needle and thread couldn’t fix,” the tailor told

gone into its creation. Its sharp lines and tailored fit were meant to exude confidence and elegance, to make him look every bit the groom for the upcoming wedding. But as Timothy gazed at his reflection in the full–length

plagued him for weeks, a question that revealed the tangled web of

source of strength. But beyond that, Timothy found himself struggling to come up with

course, there hadn’t been any engagement ring since hist father had sprung this

15(th). He’d remember

wedding date looming closer, those doubts that he had tried to ignore. had blossomed into full–fledged terror. It was his responsibility to stay and help

but wish for a different bride, a different future. A future where his heart didn’t ache with the weight of unresolved emotions and unspoken truths. A future where he didn’t feel torn

woman he wanted to see walking down that aisle, and she’d been just at arm’s reach before he shattered it all with the stupidity of his

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when he heard his phone chiming on the chair with his belongings. He

up, he heard his friend’s voice trembled with urgency. “Timothy, you need to get to the Clayton Sports Center right now. They’re calling all the players in

raced at the news. “What’s going on,

But the rumors are spreading like wildfire. They’re saying there’s been match–fixing behind the scenes. and

the air like a dark cloud. He couldn’t ignore the implications of what he’d expected all

chest.

of reporters, their cameras and microphones thrust in his direction. The atmosphere was charged with tension

you feel about the match–fixing speculations?”

on rumors, but I believe in the integrity of the game. I’ve always played fair and with the

pressed, her tone accusatory. “But Mr. Hayes, it’s been reported. that a member of your team was involved

accusation hit Timothy like a sucker punch. He had always been a passionate player, driven by his love for the game and his desire to win, but he had never engaged in match–fixing. The insinuation felt like a betrayal of

stood for.