All Chapters of A Chance With The Hockey Alpha Captain: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Cullen’s POV“What do you mean?” Selena asked, her eyes were focused on me. She was starting to get even more curious. More restless. Like if I did not give her answers, then she was not going to let me rest. But how could I tell her?How could I tell her about my past with Jasmine? How could I confess that once, I had been stupid enough to fall into her trap? That we had a secret affair, filled with mistakes and things I wish I could erase?And worse—how could I ever let Selena know that Jasmine and I had once tried something forbidden? That we had gone through a failed process of being binded by dark magic?It was ugly. It was dangerous. It was shameful.And I wasn’t ready.I looked at Selena’s eyes. So full of trust. So innocent. I couldn’t ruin her world like that. Not yet. Maybe soon, when I had the courage. But not now.“Now is not the right time for you to know all that,” I told her quietly.Her brows furrowed. She leaned forward, pressing me harder. “What do you mean ‘not the

Selena’s POV“Do not fucking tell me that I should forget it, Jake.” I said. My voice was sharp. Shaky. And loud. My chest was rising and falling very fast. And my hands would not stop shaking. “What the hell did you just want to say?” Jake froze like he was a deer. One that was in the middle of the road and saw headlights coming. He opened his mouth to say something, but he did not say anything. I moved to him. Walking closer to him. I was looking at him like I could get the answers I wanted just from looking. “You said something that you are not supposed to know about. You—“ I swallowed hard. “You said something about my parents. How do you know about that?” He used his hands and he rubbed the back of his neck. His eyes were looking at everything but he did not look at me. His other hand was inside his pocket. Like he was trying to hide his nerves there. “Selena, I did not mean—“ “Don’t you dare Jake. Don’t you dare say that you did not mean it!” I snapped at him. My throat was

Betrayed by both her boyfriend and sister, FL's world collapses. With her mother’s life on the line, a deceitful boyfriend eyeing her wealth, and a sister determined to bring ruin, FL finds herself thrown into an unforeseen alliance with ML, the mysterious chairman of Beaumont Empire.To ML, tying the knot with FL seems like a straightforward business move, a deal on paper. One side wants revenge, and the other side aims to steer clear of love. The idea of spending endless nights together isn't in the playbook, and neither is getting swept up in her charms.Selena’s POVI walked out fast from the dorm building. My heart was pounding so loud in my chest. I could even hear it in my ears. I didn’t stop to think of what I was going to do next. My legs were just moving. Cullen was not in his room. He was not even anywhere near the building of his dorm. And there was only one place that my mind was going back to. The woods. Cullen had told me before that whenever the world felt like it

Selena’s POVI didn’t fight.I didn’t even chase after Jasmine to make her spit the truth out.I just stood there. Trying to figure out what language the whipers had come in. Because I had never heard them before. I tried to calm myself down. I didn’t want to think too much of it. Not now. But Jasmine’s words cut through me sharper than a blade, but only one thing stuck in my head.Cullen.Jake had warned me before. Now Jasmine was doing the same thing.I wanted to think that maybe because they were a thing. They were trying to bring Cullen down for being there for me. Because Jasmine and Jake were two people who wanted to see me fail. They were my enemies. They were the ones that loved to see me break down. But still… maybe they had a point. Maybe I should not just trust Cullen the way that I do. As much as I trusted him even if I didn’t show it. I started to think more about it. And it was as if as I kept thinking, it slowly started to make sense to me. I remembered the woods.

Selena’s POVI burst through the doors of my old room.The air was heavy. It was smelling like dust and wood. It was the kind of smell that only came when no one had touched a place in years. I froze by the doorway. Nothing had changed.The curtains were still hanging to one side like it was bad. My old school bag was leaning on the chair to my desk. It was still in the same place that I kept it on the last day. My bed was somewhere around the corner. My faded pink bedsheet was still on it but it was wrinkled on top. And on my pillow, something was sitting in it like it was waiting for me to come back all this time— my stuffed bear. It was the one that my dad had won for me at a fair that we went to. One ear bent, fur matted, eyes dull.My chest tightened.It felt like time itself had stopped in this room. Like the world outside could spin as fast as it wanted, but in here… I was still that little girl who laughed too loud and believed her parents would always be here.My knees w