All Chapters of My Hockey Temptation : Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Mason’s POVThe dining hall was too large for the noise inside it. Yet somehow, it still wasn’t large enough for the argument.My family had requested my presence, saying it was urgent, although I knew it was just a means to drag me here.I stood near the table, my jacket still on, I hadn’t decided whether I was staying or leaving.Across me, my father sat at the head chair.My mother sat slightly to the side, her hands folded tightly, watching everything unfold like she was trying to hold the room together with silence.While my younger brother, Adrian, stood instead of sitting.That alone said everything.And my younger sister, Isabella, sat halfway turned in her chair watching me.My father spoke first. “You embarrassed this family again.”I exhaled slowly. “Is that what was urgent that you couldn’t tell me over the phone?”Adrian scoffed immediately.“You always do this,” he snapped. “Walk in late, act like you own the place, then disappear when real responsibility is mentioned.”

Mason’s POVI disguised myself the moment I entered the Grand Meridian Hotel because I didn’t want to entertain any fake attention from strangers just because I was popular.I sent a text to someone. > I want you to inform the Westline Media that I’m in the Grand Meridian Hotel. I smiled to myself.Aria.Five years and she walks back into my life like nothing happened, holding a notebook, standing there at the rink, looking at me like she didn’t feel it. Like I was just another assignment. Yeah… I didn’t believe that. Not for a second.“Rossi.” I dropped the name at the front desk. The receptionist straightened immediately, handing me the key card with a polite smile I didn’t return. I took it and walked off before she could say anything else. The elevator ride was silent, but my head wasn’t. The door to the suite clicked shut behind me, and the silence hit harder than before. I paced once, dragging a hand through my hair, already irritated with myself.I pulled out my phone and m

Mason’s POVThe second I stepped back into the hotel room, all I felt was anger.The door slammed shut behind me hard enough to shake the walls.“Whoa,” the girl on the bed muttered, sitting upright slightly. “What the hell happened to you?”I ignored her completely.My jaw was locked so tightly it hurt. I dragged both hands through my hair before pacing toward the minibar aggressively.Aria’s face kept replaying inside my head.The anger in her eyes.The way her voice shook when she looked at me like I had personally offended her by existing and somehow that pissed me off even more.I poured whiskey into a glass carelessly before throwing it back immediately.Did she seriously think she had the right to look at me like that after disappearing for five years? After leaving me to deal with everything alone?A bitter laugh almost escaped me.Unbelievable.“You’re acting insane right now,” the girl complained from behind me.Still, I said nothing.Because if I opened my mouth right now,

Aria POVLunch with Ethan was supposed to be quick. That was the original plan.But instead, two hours somehow disappeared.We ended up at this small restaurant three blocks away from the office, the kind with dim hanging lights and overpriced pasta people only paid for because the aesthetic looked expensive.Ethan claimed the place had “character.”I claimed the chairs were trying to assassinate my spine.“You complain like somebody’s angry aunt,” he informed me while stealing one of my fries.“You just committed theft in front of me.” I pouted my lip.“You weren’t eating them.” He tried justifying his actions.“That’s not permission.”“It spiritually felt like permission.”I rolled my eyes, but another laugh slipped out anyway. And honestly? I needed this.Needed something that wasn’t Mason occupying every available inch of my brain.For a while, conversation stayed easy. Work gossip. Office drama. Vanessa apparently flirting with a senior editor to secure better assignments.“She a