The Hockey Star Who Ruined Me

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face the moment I stepped

nd my hand flew to c

e! How dare you bring

my eyes, but I held i

thing, and this is

father here, huh? Give me a fucking break,

al briefly, my fingers tightened

Sincl

oat the moment the principal

dle anything else but expulsion... I've worked to

is against Stormbridge Acade

, biting i

only put the school's reputation at risk, but w

mained

cannot go

give me hard labor, ple

y expelled from the Academy with immediate effect

eneath me, and heat

oice cracked, tears

tuttered, but no

ment as I turned to him. Not that

n't do..." Tears streamed down m

minutes to vacate t

king. "Please, sir... Y...you can't expel me... I... I...

coldly, his eyes void of em

and left withou

...si

security to see you out if you

y made up... Nothing

ched for the expulsion letter b

epped out, and my grip instinctively

d dare summon Mr. Boulevard's son, knowing that the Academy stan

n his face... Or maybe I was just trying hard to s

lt remorse...This is

ivi.

him a second, I

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ing, and throwing insults at me as I dragged my suit

ailey walking towards dad's car. She paused and looked ba

n the car, and th

ailey, ignoring my stepmom who was sitting in

ed in at t

viann

ed on the

t today. You're moving out f

on my suitcase, an

trouble for this family. I won't l

n my mom built for him? The same company my mom helped raise to

hone pinged with a text. An alert of ten

be enough to so

nd dollars? Will that

him, blinking

r see me as yo

lacing his hand

ughter. You've never looked at me wi

your sister! If you were half as g

. You are useless, Vivianne! Y

stomach knotted, but I composed myse

miled softly... as if saying 'l

nsist on staying here, but fuck it! Staying around

d, I thought of sending the money back to him

have any savings... And I don't even h

dropped beside me, and I sw

his arm, and a faint smirk at the corner of her lips. "You shouldn't ju

h shame to the family. She's always causing trouble, an

at w

Fine! I'll leave! There's no point st

is... Noah... dad... Bailey... and everyo

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can do. Your dad insisted she must be

my head even long aft

ers tightened on my phone as I stoo

We need

hing to talk

verything. Vivianne did nothing wrong." My v

lued to his phone... It was as

my room because of a silly bet with my friends..." Those

is is how it feels lyi

rumours in the school because she kept acting tough. I wanted t

cup flew from dad's hand and landed right

dden pain that exploded through my head, and the b

y flew to my forehead

disgust. "I am not going to fold my arms and watch you bring shame to

eart

ther person under a moving bus to save yo

m came from, but for the first time in my l

rom his face, and

for doing that to her, but you would rathe

hat to Vivianne or any other woman? That's not who I am. But I

withdraw from Stormbridge instead?" D

nothing, taki

e not do that, do you?"

cked on me. "If you insist that she was wronged, I can br

"That you give up your hockey career and foll

nails digging into my palms so t

ut my life... And now he wants me to

to do that, then I'm af

d to the staircase, but paused and

for this family again, I'm afraid I won't be able to let it slide

ne in hand, and eyes glued to it, reading t

always genuinely liked you, and I cherished what happened between us... I'm sorry for

d the text to Vivianne, dad

to give up you

on the phone, and

st when I thought my drea

ript my father had written even before my existence... To him, I was nothing

een written in this script, and the only thin

ut I stood my ground. He'd take everything else from me, but not m

etting his support, or so I t

eping up my face as memories of months ago clawed

woman... And from that moment, I'd stare at her from afa

a chance with this crazy girl w

d her. She would've been safe if I h

of your future. Remember this is the first time you ever really want to do some

I wiped the text, but st

, I should be self