All Chapters of The Billionaire Hockey King Stole A Kiss From Me: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Carmen’s POVAfter Tiana left, I lingered. I still hadn’t achieved what I came for, and I didn’t intend to leave until I had gotten that.Chase came out about thirty minutes later, looking cleaner and fresher, and I had to swallow hard to keep myself from fantasizing about him.“Why are you still here?” Chase asked me, his face contorted with irritation.“I wanted us to talk,” I stated confidently.I already decided that I wouldn’t let his stiffness and hostility deter me. If it didn’t when we first met, it certainly shouldn’t now.“There is nothing to talk about,” he stated.It sounded more like the end of the discussion, but I didn’t give in. I wouldn’t let him discard me or dismiss this at all. I wanted to do my job, and that would be nearly impossible if I allowed whatever tension or grudge between us to build.“Of course there is,” I insisted.“Stop being adamant, Carmen, it is now very disgusting,” Carmen said.“I want to apologize for what happened last night,” I started stubbo

Carmen’s POVI left Chase’s apartment feeling horrible, and when I got to my apartment, I noticed that Millie had already returned.“What a day,” I said as I entered the living room, hoping that I would find Millie catching up on one of her shows on TV as she always did, but she wasn’t there.“Where is she?” I asked myself.I opened my mouth to call out to her, but that was when the sound of her voice drifted to my ears. I couldn’t hear the words that came out of her mouth, but she sounded angry, and maybe tensed.I walked towards the direction of the voice, but before I could get close enough to hear the words clearly, Millie turned and saw me, and she ended the call abruptly.“You are back,” Millie said, sounding nervous.“Yes, I am,” I responded, staring at her with worry and concern. “I tried to call you, but it wasn’t reachable,” she said.“I have been busy,” Millie hastily answered.She seemed really agitated and not at ease at all.“What is going on?” I asked her.“Nothing you

Chase’s POV“Mr. Chase, should I make your dinner with something from the list?” My housekeeper, who also happened to be my chef, asked me.“Just make a glass of smoothie for me,” I told her.I wasn’t in the mood to eat anything right now, and besides, I wanted to be very fit for the game tomorrow. Most times, going on something light, especially when it consisted of fruits, always helped.“Okay, sir,” she said and left without asking further questions.Then I went back to doing the exercise I was doing before she came. I wanted my legs to feel better by all means before tomorrow.“Damn her,” I said, referring to Carmen, for noticing what everyone always failed to notice.She didn’t know anything about me and how far I had come. She, along with everyone out there, had no idea what it felt like to be Chase Maddox. It was easy to admire me, wish to be like me, ask for autographs, ask silly questions in the name of interviews, and even crush on me because they had no clue what it took to

Carmen’s POV“Got it!” I expressed triumphantly the moment I saw the information on Chase’s dashboard.As his manager, I had access to his game schedules that were constantly being updated by the game board every now and then, and it was just stupid of me not to have checked there first, or even refreshed the page often just to keep tabs.“Chase is going to kill me,” I said to myself. “But it is better late than ever,” I added.I hurried out and flagged down a taxi. Fortunately for me, today was my lucky day, as I saw a cab the moment I got out. I gave the driver the address the moment I hopped in.“God, please, don’t let me meet the game halfway or that it had ended,” I prayed fervently. “My life shouldn’t have to fall apart completely,” I added.The time on Chase’s dashboard was about fifteen minutes ago, which was why everyone had left, but I had to exercise strong faith. Thankfully, the pitch wasn’t far away, so in less than twenty minutes, we arrived there.“Thank you!” I paid th

Chase’s POVWe waited for the referee to call for us to begin. My eyes were on the disk and my fellow players, as I always did. It helped me to stay focused, and as usual, I was positioned close to the goalpost because being that I was the best player in the game, it was best to keep me close to the post of our opponent for easier goal.And Carmen had managed not to show up.I tried to push the thought of her away from my head, but I couldn’t. A part of me had expected to see her, but she wasn’t there. She was supposed to be here as my manager, but she wasn’t, and even though I had succeeded in acting like I didn’t care, I did, deep down, and it made me very upset.“She has never been to any of your games, Chase. She is new, and so why does it bother you?” A voice in my head asked me.And I decided to shake it off by literally shaking my head; she wasn’t that important, and I could very well do without her as I had been doing all these years, but as I shook my head, my eyes caught so