LOGINChase’s POV“Come to my house right now, Chase. Don’t make me wait.”That was the text I got from Tiana Donalds on my cell phone.“Well, about time,” I said to myself.I had been willing to speak to her since I got what I needed from Roger James and since Benjamin told me how critical Tyler’s condition in prison had become, but then again, I hadn’t known how to get in touch with her because she had been unavailable for a while now.“On my way.”I responded via text before leaving the big league in my car and going over to her house. It wasn’t far from the big league, so in less than ten minutes, I arrived at her house.She was sitting comfortably in her living room.“Took you long enough to get here,” she said, sounding cold.“I came as fast as I could,” I responded.“Sit down, Chase,” she instructed me sternly.Even though I hated being commanded, I sat down.“I am certain that you haven’t missed me, Chase,” she said.She also had a glass of brandy which she toyed with. Her lips and
Carmen’s POVI stood up, still stunned to my bones.“Oh, Carmen, thank goodness you are here now,” Steven Noble said as he ushered his guest into the living room. “I was thinking you would be busy with Sean right now,” he added lightly.“She came in for some water,” his wife responded, coming to my rescue because I was still too stunned to say anything.What was he doing here?How did he get access to Steven Noble, even to the point of being invited into their home?“Hello, Carmen,” my dad greeted with a mischievous grin.It was as though he was mocking me for refusing to help him get access to Steven Noble, and on the same day, he had been able to achieve that without me.“It’s good to see you,” he added coyly.I cleared my throat and mentally shook my head to be able to get out of my thought, and then I turned to Steven Noble.“I was told you took an early flight out of the city for work,” I said, trying to act normal.Seeing my dad here sent shivers down my spine. Lately, he had b
Carmen’s POVSean thought that he could make me embarrassed by being stark naked, but I showed him that I didn’t care about him.As a matter of fact, I intentionally punished him during his morning run for acting that way to me.“You will have to learn to respect me as your manager, Sean Noble,” I told him firmly when he was panting heavily.Pride didn’t allow him to plead for the punishment to be taken away, and I ensured that I stood my ground.“I know that it is hard for you, considering the fact that you have always been having your way with every manager that has been hired for you in the past, but trust me, if you don’t learn to show some respect, you are going to have more of these punishments,” I added.“I hate you, Carmen Vega,” Sean said.“Music to my ears,” I said emotionlessly.I never wanted Sean Noble to like me anyway.After his morning run and breakfast, we proceeded to the gym where he carried out some exercises, and after which, Finn was ready for the day’s hockey tr
Carmen’s POVI got to the Noble’s mansion, thinking that Sean Noble would have been prepared for his morning run, but to my disappointment, he wasn’t.“Why isn’t he downstairs?” I asked, my anger already building.“He has company,” the housekeeper responded.“What do you mean by company?” I asked.She winked in an annoying manner and I almost rolled my eyes at her.“Well, company,” she said with a shrug, forcing me to understand what she was trying to say, and the realization made me more upset.“This early?” I asked in annoyance.It was almost six and for crying out loud, I wondered who could have had the time to visit Sean Noble.“She came in about thirty minutes ago,” she responded.“And Mr. Steven Noble?” I had to ask.If they wanted me to make Sean a better player and hoped to see great results, then they would have to help me in controlling Sean when I wasn’t here.First, they didn’t even bother to check around his bedroom for the drugs he consumed even though they knew that one
Chase’s POV“Are you sure you are ready to train today?” Philip Trust asked me.It was another day for training, and obviously, Sean Noble wouldn’t be coming, so there wasn’t any need to have hopes that I would see Carmen.I barely slept a wink last night, and while I stayed awake, I had to force myself into trying to keep Carmen Vega out of my mind.After Edna Jones told me how I had missed Carmen, I had almost lost my mind, and then later that night, realization had dawned on me that I was gradually letting Donny’s daughter to ruin my career; the same career that Donny had tried to destroy.If I allowed that to happen, Donny would have a party.At least, what he didn’t get to achieve, his daughter indirectly did.And so, I had woken up with a more determined mindset to stop thinking about Carmen or what happened between us and just focus on my career like I had always done. “Yes, I am,” I responded.We went into the pitch and trained for about two hours, and by the time we were don
Carmen’s POVAgain, Steven Noble sent his driver to pick me up; I saw the expensive and luxurious car in front of our apartment.This had gone beyond favors now.Even though it was still the first week, it didn’t feel like Steven Noble was going to stop this any time soon, and trying to talk him out of it was a fruitless attempt.When I got to the front door, my cell phone rang before I could open the door.“Who is it?” I asked as I dug my hand into my handbag, trying to retrieve the phone.My guess was that it was Millie. Maybe she was calling to talk about how her short vacation trip was going and how she didn’t want to ever come back, but I was wrong.It was my dad.Exasperated, I picked up.“Good morning, dad,” I greeted sourly.“I didn’t think you would take my call,” he said.I still hadn’t forgotten what my thoughts and feelings towards him were, only that I hadn’t figured out a way to find out.The Donny of a man didn’t have an identity anywhere other than the cards I had seen







