All Chapters of Hockey Hazard: When Desire Crosses the Ice: Chapter 31 - Chapter 34

Two days had passed since Noah had accidentally witnessed Chase in the showers. Two days since he'd heard his own name from Chase’s lips after he released. And in those two days, he had discovered there was no good way to process information like that. At first, he had tried convincing himself that it was nothing, but if it had been any other member of the team, it might have been lighter to carry, but it was Chase Voss. The rich Hockey captain with serious daddy issues that hated him.There was no other explanation, and the result of him stumbling onto something like that was that he couldn't look at Chase the same way anymore, which was a problem because Chase Voss seemed to be everywhere. On the ice, in some classes, during film review and at team meetings. He had spent almost forty-eight hours doing everything possible to avoid him, and Chase had noticed every single time. It was Thursday. The lights were dimmed inside the meeting room as game footage rolled across the projector

Three minutes left. Noah got open again, and everyone could see it: a direct shot to the goal with no defenseman. He signalled to Chase, but Chase kept the puck, tried to shoot from that impossible angle again, but lost it. The opposition counteredattack immediately and scored another goal.The arena roared, and Coach Jenkins lost it."Voss!" he yelled out, and Chase turned to him."Sit down."Chase skated over, confusion all over his face. "What?""You heard me.""Coach—"Jenkins exploded. "Sit. Down."Chase looked toward the bench, expecting someone to say something, but nobody did. Not Morrison, not Callahan, and not even the assistant captains. Furious and humiliated, he gets off the ice and walks. For the first time all season, the captain is benched.And with less than two minutes remaining, the hosts scored again. Four-three. The final buzzer sounded shortly afterward, and the hosts poured onto the ice as the Michigan team slowly skated off.Inside the tunnel, they began removi