LOGINCarl's POVI watched Kane as he ran off. I wanted to go after him, but I changed my mind. He looked like he needed some space.Moreover, the three coaches following him were more than enough.My eyes lingered on his retreating figure, before finally settling on Daniel.Daniel's eyebrows were raised, and he looked confused, but it quickly turned to relief. He looked at Ethan, and I noticed how pale Ethan was.“Didn't he sleep all night? I have given him all the bargaining chips needed, why is he still restless?” I furrowed my brows, watching Ethan closely.After a while, Ethan carefully looked around, then secretly walked out of the ice.“Where's he going? What's going on?” I wondered.I didn't bother following him, and my attention was back to what actually mattered, Daniel.“Do you want to follow him out?” I whispered in Daniel's ear.His eyes widened like those of a kid caught stealing.“No. No, of course not. Why would I do that? He's just my teammates,” he stuttered, looking aroun
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POV“What are you staring at?” Daniel asked, trying to see what I was looking at.I furrowed my brows, feigning ignorance. “Staring? Who is staring? I wasn't staring,” I replied and quickly looked away.Daniel looked unconvinced, but he shrugged, and we went to join our other teammates.Roger’s eyes were red, and he looked like he hadn't slept. Coach Marshall stood by his side, but he looked more relaxed.“Is Marshall aware of your parents' plan? He looks too peaceful,” I said to Derrick, my eyes scrutinizing the smile on our coach's face.Derrick looked surprised, and he looked at Marshall for a while. “Yeah, he is. We planned everything together.I blinked. For a second, I thought I misheard him.“You… what?” I asked quietly, my voice barely above a whisper.Derrick didn’t look at me immediately. His gaze stayed on the ice, watching the players run drills like this was just another normal morning.“We planned everything together,” he repeated, calmer this tim
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POVFinally, it's morning.I took a deep breath, and my eyes fluttered open.The scorching sunlight streaming through the open curtains pierced my eyes like a thousand needles, and I quickly shut them, terrified I'd lose my eyesight.“What time is it? Aren't we in the morning? Why is the sun burning me?” I mumbled, rolling on my bed because I felt uncomfortable.I placed my pillow over my face to block out the light.I didn’t want to get up. My limbs felt heavy, and my eyes burned from rubbing them all night. I couldn’t sleep, so I kept tossing and turning until early morning. My neck was stiff, and every joint in my body ached.I lay there for five more minutes… or maybe twenty. Time felt useless to me. My phone buzzed. I ignored it, but it buzzed again and again. I groaned, dragged the pillow off my face, and blindly swiped at the nightstand. The screen lit up. 10:32 AM. My stomach flipped, and I sat up too fast. The room spun. My neck screamed, my joints
Ethan Oliver Harrison’s POVI didn’t knock. I couldn’t. My hands were too messed up. Shaking, scraped from the stairwell railing, wet from rain and whatever was on the hotel floor. I just stood there. In front of Kane’s penthouse door. 2:14 AM. The hallway was quiet. Too quiet. The kind of rich-person quiet where the carpet eats sound and the doors are thick enough to hide anything. I’d walked here. From Midtown. Twenty-seven blocks. In the rain. No jacket. No phone. No plan. Just his address in my head. Burned there. Forty-second floor. I raised my fist. Let it drop. Couldn’t do it. The door opened anyway. Kane. He was wearing black sweatpants. No shirt. Hair messed up like he’d been running his hands through it for hours. He had his phone in one hand. Like he was about to go out. Like he was already on his way to find me. He saw me and stopped breathing. Not a figure of speech. I heard it. The inhale that didn’t finish. I must have looked bad. Worse than bad. W
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POV Carl chuckled and began to hum a melancholic tune. I didn't know much about his family, but I heard his parents were friends of Kane's parents. That means he must also come from wealth. For the first time since I walked into this pool, I felt something other than fear. It was relief. Cold, clean, like the water I’d just jumped into. “Okay,” Carl said, stepping forward. “Call your lawyers, Mr. Rogers. My life is getting too peaceful. But I doubt a bastard child will be able to take me down. So be extra prepared.” He licked his lips. Rogers looked bitter, maybe it was because Carl called him a ‘bastard’. “You’ll regret this,” he told Carl. Then he turned to me. “And you, Ethan. We’re not done. You’ll hear from my legal team.” He turned to walk out. “Yo, pervert. During tomorrow's training be on your best behavior, or else your video gets leaked,” Carl whispered, a friendly smile on his face. Rogers scoffed and left, hitting the door behind him.
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POV Scared was an understatement. I was shivering as I looked around, wondering if I should overpower him and push him into the water. But with the multiple security cameras and the hotel director being his friend, I knew that the narrative could get twisted, and I'd be arrested for harassment while he played the victim. I couldn't afford that happening, but I also didn't want him to be near me. His smile alone made me feel sick. “Let go of me, sir,” I said with a grimace, and tried pulling away, but my effort was futile. Rogers watched my struggle with a menacing smile on his face. I stopped moving. Not because I couldn’t, but because I realized something. Rogers was indeed different from Marshall. Marshall just wanted money and control over my life, while Rogers wanted my life. They were like the yin and yang of the underworld. His arm was still around my waist, fingers pressing just enough to remind me that he could tighten his grip if he wanted to
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POVI closed my eyes and opened them, hoping that my experience with Lambert was all in my imagination. But it wasn't and as soon as I opened my eyes reality hit me hard. I had stood in front of Lambert. He had looked me in the eyes and vowed to…****THREE DAYS EARLIERWhe
BACK TO PRESENT: Three Days LaterEthan Oliver Harrison's POVA male commentator with a calm voice: “And that's a wrap-up for the first half of the game between the Canadian hockey team and China. The score is not looking good for Canada, and Ethan, their captain, looks frustrated. He is not focuse
SEVEN YEARS AGOEthan Oliver Harrison’s POV“Ethan, hurry up! Today is your last interview! We shouldn’t get there late!” my mother’s voice echoed from the living room.Our “living room” was just the front half of the garage we rented behind an old mechanic shop. The wa
Ethan Oliver Harrison's POV “Oh my gosh! Isn't that Kane, one of the United States players?” Derrick's eyes widened, and his index finger was pointed at a moving figure. “Why is he moving towards us? What does he want? Is he here to cause trouble?” he stuttered, and quickly sat upright.My other t







