로그인Jeremiah POVI didn't make any further moves, instead I just looked at her timid expression with a smile playing along my lips. She looked absolutely stunning and cute.She bit her lips, expecting something, and oh lord, there was nothing more I wanted than to kiss her till she was breathless. But this was a public area, and I wasn't comfortable doing my shit in the public.After waiting for a few seconds and didn't get any response from me, she opened her eyes slowly and saw a smirk playing on my lips, she puffed her cheek and pushed me away.. “You… you… you played me.”Pfft! I could help but burst into laughter hearing her remark..“Played? You wanted me to kiss you then..”“I did not want such, you.. you made the attempt, what did you expect me to think?” She scolded, pointing her fingers to my face.“Aren't you scared that if we actually do it here, our pictures should be the first thing on the school's forum tomorrow.” I teased her, making her look around in embarrassment, checki
Sebastian POVThat was all I needed to hear, I embraced her tighter and buried my head in my chest. I have never felt this vulnerable in my life before. And it was both comforting and scary at the same time. Because all my life I have been bearing all my shit alone but now someone is telling me that I could count on them. It made me happy, relieved..She stroked my head and hummed, we stayed like that for who knows how long, and for a moment I forgot about everything and felt at peace, that's right, Shirley was my peace.After a while, I raised my head up and left her embrace. She cleared her throat slightly and we both stood up. “So what's the next step, since you're no longer on the team anymore? You're not just gonna give up now, are you?”“No” I shook my head, whoever it was that did me dirty, I was going to find the person and prove my innocence.“I thought as much.. If you need any help anywhere, reach out to me, and I'll help you out.”I smiled and nodded, “Thank you.”“Don't
**Shirley POV**“Thank you,” I told the Uber driver as I stepped out of the car. I stood on the sidewalk for a second, staring at the stadium in front of me. Will this place even be open? I muttered under my breath.. There was a guard with long hair, whistling quietly while scrolling through his phone with one earbud in. I walked closer.“Hello? Hello?”He didn’t hear me the first time. I had to call a second time before he finally pulled the earbud out and looked up, raising an eyebrow.“How can I help you, miss?”“Actually, I’m looking for a guy about this height.” I raised my hand to show Sebastian’s height. “Dark hair, green eyes, kind of athletic build.”The guard scratched his chin. “Green eyes… green eyes… oh, you mean Hale?”“Yes, yes. Have you seen him? His location said this was the last place he was.”“Yeah, he’s inside the gym area. Came through a few minutes ago.”Gym area. I had no idea where that even was in a place this big, but I’d figure it out. “Thank you so much.”
**Sebastian POV**“What? No, Coach… you can’t suspend me. You know my future is on the line here. You can’t risk all of that just because someone framed me.”Coach didn’t even flinch. “It’s standard procedure. No hard feelings. I’ll push the investigation as fast as I can, and you need to cooperate fully until we clear your name. Until then you’re not playing on my team. If you’re innocent I’ll be happy to put you back—maybe even give you the captaincy.”Was that supposed to make me feel better? I clenched my fists at my sides and forced myself to stay quiet. He patted my shoulder once, “Go change.”Then he walked away and left me standing there alone. The hallway felt like it was spinning. This couldn’t be happening. This... this was impossible.A few minutes later I pushed back into the locker room. Every pair of eyes swung toward me. The glares said Coach had already told them about my “vacation.” The second I found out who set me up I was going to beat the living shit out of them
CHAPTER 138 Sebastian POV The referee’s whistle echoed and the puck hit the ice and I snatched it right away. I raced down the side boards, keeping it close on my stick. I faked once, then twice, the player bit on the second fake and stumbled. I had an open look, snapped it quick, and buried it in the back of the net. The Hawthorne side of the arena exploded. Teammates slammed into me, gloves thumping my back and shoulders. One goal down. One more to go. The next face-off went to Brad and thankfully, he had a clean opportunity to send a pass across to Jason exactly the way we had drawn it up in the locker room. For a second it looked perfect—Jason had the lane, the angle, everything. Then a Westfield stick darted in and knocked the puck. The Hawthorne crowd groaned in frustration. How the hell had Brad lost it so easily? Everyone knew he wasn’t a pushover, but was no time to think about it. One of our defensemen recovered the puck and fired it up ice. Ethan caught it in stride
Sebastian POV By the time the whistle blew for the second intermission we were already two goals behind Westfield. The locker room was dead quiet except for the sound of someone slamming a fist into a locker, the metallic echo ringing through the space. Every face around me looked dark and frustrated.“I understand your frustration, guys. I’m equally frustrated.” Coach rubbed his jaw as he spoke. “It’s almost like… like they knew every single move we were going to make. Countering every attack.” He narrowed his eyes, thinking out loud. “That’s right. We prepared specially for them. We should have at least scored by now, but every tactic we tried ended up failing and left us on the losing edge.”Now that he said it out loud, I realized he was right. The whole game had felt off.From the looks on everyone’s faces, the rest of the team was thinking the exact same thing. The only plausible explanation was that someone had leaked our strategies and sold us out to Westfield.One by one the







