All Chapters of The Hockey Player who Hates me : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Paige’s POVThe silence inside Leah’s car was nothing like our usual rides to campus.Normally, whenever Leah managed to make it out of bed early enough for campus, she'd have music blasting through the speakers, singing every lyric whether she knew the words or not.She was the first to break the silence.“You’re really not going to do it?”I looked out the window.“I'm not, Lee. I’m going to get it changed.” “You’re talking about the athletics placement, Paige?” She glanced towards me, before looking back to the road. “This would be so good for you.”I nodded.“Yes, but you know I can’t work with the hockey team.”“Because of Mike?”I laughed without humor. “Mike’s part of it.”Leah sighed. “And Knox.”There was no point pretending.“Yes.” I rested my head against the window. “I can’t spend the next four months following your brother around with paperwork after everything that’s happened.”“And Mike’s there too,” I continued. “It’s already awkward enough.”Leah bit her lip.“I’m so

Paige’s POVMike towered over me, handsome as ever.He wore a fitted black T-shirt beneath a navy varsity jacket, sleeves pushed up to his forearms, with faded blue jeans and white sneakers. His dark curls were slightly messy, probably from hockey practice, and for one ridiculous second he looked exactly like the boy I’d fallen in love with.I followed him outside across the courtyard separating the athletics building from the law faculty. I stopped outside the law building and crossed my arms over my chest. “Okay.” I looked up at him. “What do you want? Make it quick.”Mike exhaled slowly, rubbing a hand over the back of his neck. He looked at me with an expression he had used on me a million times over the course of our relationship, the one designed to make me feel like the difficult and unreasonable one. “I want you to give me another chance.”I almost laughed. “I’ve already told you a thousand times” I shook my head. “No.” Frustration bled into his face. “Babe, it’s been weeks

Paige’s POVI couldn't move.My feet stayed rooted to the spot as if the ice beneath the rink had somehow frozen around my ankles instead.My fingers tightened around the clipboard in my hands as my eyes stayed fixed on them.I couldn’t stop replaying lunch.We’ve been on and off for years.He’s ridiculously hot.A bitter laugh stuck in my throat, but I swallowed it whole. Of course it was Knox. Life must really have a vendetta against me. Everything suddenly looked clearer.The hot-and-cold behavior.Pretending not to know me in Mrs. Anderson’s office. The way he’d pushed me away after Saturday.He had a girlfriend. My stomach twisted so violently I thought I might actually throw up.Then why didn't he say anything about her? Why defend me? Why kiss me? Why have s—.On second thought, why would he? I'm just his sister's best friend, who he hates. We weren't an item. This was a fling and nothing more. I took a shaky breath in and lifted my eyes. And met his, and he just looked awa

Paige's POVMy stomach dropped so fast it hurt.She figured it out.She could tell someone.If she tells someone, Leah finds out.No, no, no. “That’s not true.” The words flew out of my mouth before I could stop them. “That story isn’t about me.” I could feel my fingers burning while holding the tray. Olivia looked at me, raising one eyebrow. “Hmm, are you sure,” She tilted her head. “You seem… really jumpy.”Paige, Calm down.I forced myself to inhale.“It’s my friend,” I said again, this time slower, making myself sound annoyed instead of terrified. “She asked me for advice and I asked you because I didn’t know what to tell her.”Olivia studied me for another second.“So your friend slept with her best friend’s brother, and Knox has nothing to do with it?”I let out a short, incredulous laugh, praying it sounded natural.“Olivia, why would I do something like that?”She looked almost embarrassed.She lifted both hands. “I’m sorry. My brain connected dots that probably weren’t even

Knox's POVWords couldn't describe the confusion — or the disbelief — that hit me as I stood in Paige's apartment, staring at her.For a second, I genuinely thought I'd heard her wrong."Paige…" A slow smirk tugged at the corner of my mouth. "You think Sienna is my girlfriend?"The color drained from her face. She looked like she wanted the floor to open up and swallow her whole. I searched her face, trying to figure out how she'd arrived at that conclusion.Then it clicked.The way she'd looked at us in the café. The awkwardness. A laugh escaped me.I stayed behind after Sienna left because it was late and there was no way in hell I was letting her walk home by herself at ten o’clock. Even if I hated her, she's still my sister's best friend. Or so I told myself. She’d rewarded me with pepper spray and somehow she’d managed to convince herself I was there because of another girl.My history with Sienna was complicated, but it was none of her business, not after her little charade wi