Chapter: The Drive HomeCHAPTER FORTY SIXThe Drive HomeAria's POVHe drove me back.I hadn't asked him to. He had simply picked up his keys when I reached for my coat and said "I'll drive you" in the tone that was not quite a statement and not quite a question and which I had learned meant he had already decided but was leaving room for me to say no.I didn't say no.The city was quiet at that hour, the late-evening kind of quiet that belongs to a Friday when the earlier rush has settled and the night is still finding its pace. We drove without talking for a while and the silence was the good kind, warm from dinner, warm from the kitchen and the study and everything that had happened in the house tonight that neither of us was going to reduce to a summary.At a red light he looked across at me."How do you feel?" he asked."Good," I said. "Lighter than I expected.""What did you expect?""I don't know. Something harder. Going back there for the first time I thought I'd feel more of what I used to feel in i
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Chapter: Coming Home To LookCHAPTER FORTY FIVEComing Home To LookAria's POVHe asked on Friday, two days before the wedding.Not to move back. Not as a decision. Just to come and look. Those were his exact words in the message, which I read at the studio during lunch while Kwame was telling Adaeze something about the ninth look that I was only half listening to.I've had the study cleared and the window fixed. I'd like you to see it before the wedding if you want to. Not to pressure anything. Just to see it. Come and look whenever you're ready.I read it twice. Then I put my phone down and went back to the fitting notes and thought about it for the rest of the afternoon without deciding anything.At five o'clock I texted him.I'll come tonight. After six.His reply was immediate.I'll be here.The house looked the same from the outside.Of course it did. Houses don't change their faces because the people inside them have changed. But I stood on the pavement for a moment before I went up the steps, just looking
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Chapter: Vivienne LeavesCHAPTER FORTY FOURVivienne LeavesAria's POVVivienne called on a Thursday evening, three days before the wedding.I was at Nina's, the notebook open on the kitchen table, working on nothing in particular, just drawing because my hands needed something to do while my mind processed the week. When her name appeared on the screen I looked at it for a moment before answering, not because I didn't want to talk to her but because I hadn't heard from her since the coffee shop weeks ago and I needed a second to locate where I was with that.I answered."I'm leaving the city," she said. No greeting. Straight to it, the way she always spoke, like a woman who had learned that preamble cost more than it was worth. "Next week. I've taken a position in Paris. Design consultancy. I wanted to tell you before I went.""Paris," I said."I've been offered it three times over the last two years," she said. "I kept saying no because." She paused. "Because I kept thinking things here were going to resolv
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Chapter: The DelayCHAPTER FORTY THREEThe DelayAria's POVSandra called on Tuesday with the tone she used when something had happened that she needed to manage carefully before she explained it.I had learned to recognise that tone. It meant sit down if you aren't already sitting.I was at my desk at the studio. I stayed where I was."Margaret's legal team has filed a motion to push the trial date back," Sandra said. "Six weeks. They're citing the complexity of the financial evidence and requesting additional time for their own forensic review."I was quiet for a moment."Six weeks," I said."Yes.""That puts it past the show.""It does.""And past the baby's due date.""Potentially, yes. Depending on timing."I pressed my lips together and looked at the studio wall, the collection hanging there, five weeks out, everything in motion."Can we oppose it?" I asked."We already have," Sandra said. "I filed this morning. The judge will rule on the motion within the week. There's a reasonable chance it gets
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Chapter: Sunday MorningCHAPTER FORTY TWOSunday MorningAria's POVHe came on Sunday.Not because anything had happened. Not because anyone had texted him or there was a legal development or a studio crisis or any of the things that had given us reasons to be in the same place over the past two months. He came because it was Sunday and Nina was out with Daniel and I had sent him a message at nine in the morning that said simply are you busy and he had replied no and I had said come over then and he had.He stood in the doorway when I opened it and looked at the space the way he always did when he arrived somewhere, quick and thorough, taking it in before his expression settled. He had been here before but only briefly, only with food and a specific purpose. This was different. This was just Sunday.He came in and I closed the door and he stood in the middle of Nina's living room looking at the evidence of the last two months. The fabric swatches still on the coffee table from yesterday. The notebook on the
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Chapter: Not FineCHAPTER FORTY ONENot FineAria's POVI knew by ten in the morning that it was going to be one of those days.Not dangerous. Not the kind that required a call to Dr. Mensah or anyone else. Just hard. The specific kind of hard that pregnancy produces without warning or reason, where your body simply decides it has been cooperative long enough and would like the day off, and doesn't particularly care that you have six weeks to a show and fittings starting at noon.My back had been aching since before I left Nina's. Not the low persistent ache I had learned to manage but something higher and sharper that arrived somewhere between the bus stop and the studio entrance and didn't leave. By ten it had settled into something I could only describe as my entire spine reconsidering its commitment to the project.My feet had swollen enough by midmorning that I had to take my shoes off under the desk, which Adaeze noticed and pretended not to.I had eaten breakfast but my stomach was doing somethi
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My Plus-Sized Hockey Luna
Stella has spent years loving one man with everything she has.
She cheers for his victories, sacrifices her own dreams to support his, and quietly opens doors for his career without ever asking for credit. She believes that one day, Chase will finally see her the way she sees him.
Instead, he humiliates her in front of an entire stadium.
As if that isn't enough, she discovers their relationship was nothing more than a cruel bet.
Broken and with nowhere else to go, Stella finds unexpected kindness from the last person she ever imagined—Jaxon, the league's most feared hockey star. Quiet, patient, and impossible to read, he sees the pain everyone else ignores and offers her something she has never known before: respect.
While Stella struggles to put her shattered heart back together, she accidentally steps into a world filled with dangerous secrets, powerful Alphas, and a destiny she knows nothing about. As feelings begin to grow between them, old betrayals return, hidden truths refuse to stay buried, and the man who threw her away suddenly wants her back.
But some hearts are only broken once.
And this time, Stella must decide whether to keep chasing the past... or trust the man who never let her fall.
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Chapter: The Missing DiaryCHAPTER Nineteen Y – The Missing DiaryStella’s POVBy the time the tailor finished taking my measurements, almost an hour had passed.I thanked him politely before making my way upstairs.For the first time that afternoon, I felt strangely relaxed.The fitting had gone much better than I expected. The tailor had never once looked at my body with pity or judgment. He had simply done his work, asked a few questions, written down my measurements, and left.It was such a small thing, yet it made me realize how used I had become to expecting people to laugh at me.I slowly climbed the stairs and walked back toward my room.All I wanted now was to finish writing in my diary.Whenever my thoughts became too heavy, writing always helped.It felt as though every fear became a little smaller once it was written on paper.I pushed open my bedroom door and stepped inside.The room looked exactly the way I had left it.The curtains swayed gently in the afternoon breeze.The bed was neatly made.N
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Chapter: The DiaryCHAPTER EighteeN – The DiaryStella’s POVThe pack house felt unusually peaceful that afternoon.For the first time in several days, there were no reporters waiting outside the gates, no hockey players arguing in the hallway, and no elders arriving with another meeting for Jaxon.The silence was comforting.I stood by the bedroom window for a while, watching the wind move gently through the trees outside.It reminded me of home.Not because my old home had been peaceful.It hadn’t.But because whenever life became too difficult, I always found myself searching for a quiet place where nobody expected anything from me.I let out a slow breath before turning away from the window.My eyes fell on the small drawer beside the bed.For a moment, I simply looked at it.Then I walked over and slowly pulled it open.Resting inside was a blue notebook.My diary, a faint smile appeared on my face, It had been with me for years.Whenever I was happy, I wrote in it, whenever I was afraid, I wrote
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Chapter: AgainCHAPTER Seventeen – AgainJaxon’s POVThe drive back to the pack house was quieter than usual.Most of the players had already gone home after the team selection, but the conversations from the arena still lingered in my mind.Some had accepted my decision without hesitation.Others had walked away the moment I refused to remove Stella from the team.None of that bothered me.Anyone who believed a teammate’s worth should be measured by appearance instead of determination had no place wearing my team’s jersey.As I parked the car in front of the pack house, I glanced toward Stella.She had spent the entire journey looking out of the window.She had spoken only when necessary, answering my questions with small smiles that never quite reached her eyes.I knew those smiles.They were the kind people wore when they were trying to convince everyone, including themselves, that they were fine.We stepped inside together.The pack house felt calm after the noise of the arena.A few members of
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Chapter: One More ChanceCHAPTER SEVENTEEN – One More ChanceJaxon’s POVThe pack house was unusually quiet when I walked downstairs the next morning.Sunlight poured through the tall windows, covering the polished floor with streaks of gold, but the peaceful morning did little to settle my thoughts.The meeting with the elders had stayed with me throughout the night.Their words still echoed inside my mind.One month..My phone vibrated on the dining table.I picked it up and glanced at the screen.It was a message from the championship committee reminding every captain that team selection would begin this morning, and every player was expected to be present before training started.I slipped the phone back into my pocket before looking toward the staircase.Stella had not come downstairs yet.Normally, she would have been awake before everyone else.She never liked making people wait.I frowned slightly.Something told me she was not simply sleeping.After everything that had happened yesterday, I doubted
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Chapter: The Council's DecisionCHAPTER Fifteen – The Council’s DecisionStella’s POVThe hall remained completely silent after Jaxon’s words.No one spoke, no one moved.I could still feel the warmth of Jaxon’s hand around mine, steady and reassuring, but it did little to calm the storm inside my heart.Every pair of eyes in the hall remained fixed on us.Some were curious, some were angry.Most of them looked at me as though I did not deserve to stand where I was.The Head Elder slowly rose from his seat.The movement alone was enough to draw everyone’s attention.He rested both hands on the carved wooden staff before him and allowed his gaze to travel around the hall. “Enough.”His voice was neither loud nor harsh, yet it carried through every corner of the chamber.The whispers immediately stopped. “This gathering was not called so that we could argue like children.” His sharp eyes settled on Kelly for a brief moment before moving to Jaxon’s parents. “Neither was it called so that personal feelings would decide
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Chapter: The GatheringCHAPTER Foueteen – The GatheringStella’s POVThe moment we stepped through the enormous wooden doors, I realized this was nothing like the places I had seen before.The building was grand, with towering stone pillars reaching toward a high ceiling decorated with silver carvings of wolves beneath a full moon. None of them looked ordinary.They carried themselves with quiet confidence, and although I still could not explain it, there was something about them that made me feel like I had stepped into another world.I unconsciously moved a little closer to Jaxon, be noticed but said nothing. Instead, he slowed his pace slightly so I could walk beside him instead of behind him.As we continued forward, conversations around the hall gradually faded.One after another, heads turned toward us.More specifically… Toward me.I could feel their eyes following every step I took.Some looked surprised, others looked confused.Many did not even try to hide their disapproval.Whispers soon filled t
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