All Chapters of MY HOCKEY HEARTHROB : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The next day was Saturday, and the weather was warm. Valeria spent her morning doing her laundry, trying her best to keep her hands and mind busy. But once the clothes were hung up to dry, her small apartment became completely quiet again. She was all alone with absolutely nothing left to do. She sat on her sofa, staring blankly at the floor. No matter how hard she tried to fight it, her mind kept going back to Julian. The image of those viral pictures with Ariel kept flashing in her brain, bringing back the sharp pain of his betrayal. She felt like an idiot for letting him affect her this much after five long years. Suddenly, her phone rang loudly on the table, breaking the heavy silence. She picked it up and saw it was a conference call from her best friend Tara and Shawn. "Get up right now and get dressed, Val!" Tara’s cheerful voice boomed through the speaker. "No excuses. We are coming to pick you up in thirty minutes." "Yes, ma'am," Shawn chimed in with a warm laugh. "The ca

Monday morning arrived all too quickly. The sun was bright, but the air inside the Daily Blitz office was filled with the usual loud noise of typing and shouting journalists. Valeria sat at her desk, staring at her computer screen. She was trying her best to focus on a basic sports article, but her mind was completely somewhere else. She was still holding onto the happy, peaceful feeling from her Saturday outing with Shawn and Tara. Shawn’s kindness had been like a soothing medicine for her broken heart. But every time she clicked on social media, the ghost of Julian Vane was right there. Her friends' comments about Shawn's post were blowing up, but Valeria just wanted to hide from the entire world. Suddenly, the heavy door of the main editorial office flew open. Mr. Sterling, Valeria’s strict and normally grumpy editorial boss, the one before Mr Adrian , marched out into the open pool of desks. His face was bright red, and he was breathing heavily, but he wasn't angry. He looked

The sudden sound of the door clicking open cut through the quiet room like a knife. The moment Julian noticed the two figures standing at the entrance, he pulled out of the kiss instantly. He was completely startled, his heart pounding hard against his ribs. As he looked at his mother and Ariel, his expression quickly changed from shock to deep annoyance. He felt highly offended at the intrusion into his private executive office. Valeria too was completely frozen in shock. Her face turned bright red, and her breath was caught in her throat. She looked at the two women at the door, realizing how terrible the situation looked. Julian quickly used the back of his hand to wipe his mouth, his grey eyes flashing with immediate frustration. But before Julian could even open his mouth to say a single word of explanation, Ariel’s face twisted into an ugly mask of pure rage. She stared at Valeria with burning eyes. "You absolute bitch!" Ariel screamed, her voice echoing loudly off the wal

Mrs. Clara’s face turned bright red with pure disbelief. She could not believe her own ears. Her son, whom she had raised was standing there telling her to leave his office. She became absolutely furious, her chest heaving with deep anger as she stared at him. "You are asking us to leave, Julian?" Mrs. Clara shouted, her voice rising to a high, angry pitch. "We came all the way here with good wishes in our hearts! We brought you gifts to celebrate your hard work! And what do we find? We find you frolicking around, kissing a gold digger ex girlfriend right on your office desk! You have humiliated Ariel, you have insulted me, and now you are requesting that we leave?" Julian didn't answer. He just stood there, his jaw tightly clenched, staring at his mother with a tired, empty look in his grey eyes. "You haven't even bothered to apologize to us, Julian!" Mrs. Clara scolded, her tone getting louder and louder. "Not a single word of apology to Ariel! Not a single word of regret to y

Vanessa leaned in a little closer to Julian, her eyes sparkling with excitement. She could feel the expensive perfume he was wearing, and it made her head spin. She knew this was her biggest chance, and she couldn't let it slip away. "Julian," Vanessa said, her voice dropping into a soft, sweet whisper. "It is really so wonderful catching up with you tonight. But this place is too crowded and loud. Can I please get your personal phone number? That way, we could probably link up some other time, just the two of us, away from all these flashing cameras." Julian looked down at her and smirked. He wasn't a fool. He was a grown man, a billionaire athlete who had traveled the world, and he knew fully well what that "link up" meant. He knew she didn't just want to talk about the old neighborhood. Five years ago, she wouldn't even look at him, but now that he had a fat bank account and a famous name, she was begging for his attention. It was amusing to him, but nevertheless, he didn't car