All Chapters of Carrying the Hockey Prince's Secret child : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Azrielle's POVThe bright lights of the corporate press room were totally blinding, I had pulled my dark hoodie low over my face while standing right at the back of the massive crowd of reporters, my heart was beating so fast against my ribs that I could barely breathe as I kept my eyes glued to the empty wooden podium at the front of the stage. Everyone around me was whispering loudly and checking their recording devices, and the whole room felt completely packed with media people who had rushed over the second the emergency announcement went out, but I kept repeating Declan's words from yesterday over and over in my head, telling myself that he was going to explain the pictures and tell everyone the truth about our relationship like he promised.The heavy side doors opened up suddenly, and a loud hush fell over the entire room as Declan walked out onto the stage with his head held high, looking incredibly sharp in a dark blue suit while his father and two corporate lawyers followed

Azrielle's POVThe cold ground outside the burning apartment felt solid against my back as I coughed up the thick soot, my dad was lying right next to me on the grass while the distant sirens wailed, his clothes completely covered in ash because he had managed to break through the back door just before the roof fell in, his breathing was incredibly shallow and heavy as the paramedics rushed over to lift him onto a stretcher. They shoved us both into the back of a large ambulance and drove fast toward the county hospital, and the doctors immediately wheeled him into a private room with a plain table and two chairs, where they hooked him up to an oxygen machine while I stood right beside his bed, gripping his burnt hand as tightly as I could."Azrielle, listen to me very carefully because we don't have much time left, those people who chained the front door from the outside were not just angry sports fans," my dad whispered, pulling off his oxygen mask with a trembling hand while his e