Semua Bab My Ex Framed Me, So I Dated His Rival: Bab 1 - Bab 9

Ivy.“You know, if Noah smiles any harder at that camera, his face is gonna crack like cheap ice,” Maya muttered beside me, popping a handful of overpriced arena popcorn into her mouth. “I give it six months before that pretty jaw needs Botox.”I elbowed her without looking away from the jumbotron. “Maya. Not here.”“What? I’m just saying what everyone with a brain cell knows. Noah Reed is a narcissistic, backstabbing prick who’s been using you as a doormat since day one. I hate him, Ivy. Like, deep-down, burn-his-jersey-and-salt-the-earth hate. And if he hurts you one more time, I’m going full feral on his sorry Alpha ass.”“Tell her she’s right.” Nyx—my wolf—whispered in my mind. “That golden boy’s wolf probably rolls over and plays dead every time his ego needs stroking.”The Chicago Thunder arena pulsed around us, thousands of fans roaring in that bone-deep way only werewolf packs could manage. The scent of sweat hung thick in the air. I tugged Noah’s oversized jersey down over my

Ivy.“Yeah, fuck me, Daddy.”The voice carried through the apartment like a slap, raw and breathless. I stood dripping in the entryway, rain pooling at my bare feet, my soaked clothes clinging like a second skin.Noah was on the couch, head thrown back in ecstasy, and a woman straddled him, back to me, grinding down hard. Her hair—dark, wild, the same messy waves I’d woken up to this morning after crashing on her couch.Nyx snarled low in my mind, hackles rising. “Please let it not be her.”“Please let it not be…” I whispered, voice cracking.“She’s here,” Noah said, eyes locking onto mine even as he moaned, hips bucking up. He didn’t stop.“No, wait… I’m about to cum,” the familiar voice gasped, riding him harder, faster. Their rhythm built, obscene and unashamed, moans filling the space until they shattered together—her cry sharp, his growl deep and satisfied.The woman turned.Maya.My best friend. My anchor.“N—Maya.” My voice came out ragged, barely human. “What… what’s going on

Ivy.“She’s my girlfriend.”The words slammed through the arena like a gunshot and my heart seized as every screen exploded with chaos. Noah’s face twisted into something ugly on live TV and his jaw clenched so tight that the veins in his neck bulged. He was such a heartless and disgusting prick!My heart could not stop racing fast and I knew for sure that I haven't healed yet. I tried to calm myself when Maya’s triumphant smirk flashed through the screen. Her eyes darted like a cornered animal while the crowd roared Tyler’s name. The Devil.The monster who had just claimed me in front of the entire werewolf hockey world. After a few hours, my hospital door burst open with a bang that rattled the monitors. And to my greatest surprise, Tyler stormed in. He was all six-foot-five with tattooed muscles. His dark hair looked wild and his green eyes kept burning fiercely.Before I could push myself up, he scooped me into his arms, ignoring my protests. “Tyler, put me down! I can w

Tyler.“She’s not denouncing a damn thing.”My voice cut through the room like a slapshot. The league official stood there dripping rain on my hardwood floor, papers clutched in his fist. Water pooled around his shoes and Ivy’s fingers tightened in mine, shaking so hard I could feel her pulse racing against my skin. The official blinked, rain still sliding off his coat. “Tyler, this isn’t a negotiation. It's an Indefinite suspension. This is your career that is at stake. Remember the team and everything you bled for ends unless she stands up tomorrow and makes a clear statement distancing herself from the situation. The league needs this handled clean.”I stared at those papers, the ink blurring under the dim lamp light. My entire world was unbalanced right there. One signature from Ivy and I might keep playing. One word from her and I lose the only thing that ever made sense before she walked into my life.I knew that we haven't been together for long but I was already fallin

Tyler.“Ivy, I can’t do this to you anymore. Just stop calling, please.”I muttered it to the empty locker room, staring at my phone screen full of her missed calls. I felt like a scared kid hiding from the best thing in my life. The couch in here was lumpy and cold and it was nothing like the penthouse bed. I thought of booking a hotel but the thought of running into her scared me. I deleted her latest texts without reading them, and my thumb kept hovering like it burned.“You deserve better than this mess I dragged you into. Ghosting you is killing me but it’s the only way to solve this.”I crashed on that couch again, the league breathing down my neck after the press conference stunt. “They got me on thin ice,” I said out loud to the lockers. “One more wrong move and I’m done. But you, Ivy, you are the reason I even fought back. I can’t let them use you.”***I went out for morning practice and it was as brutal as ever. Sweat poured down my back under the practice jersey and