《 The Hockey Star’s Contract Wife》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 4 章

CHAPTER TWOAvery’s POVThe moment the door of the locker room closed behind me, the sound of the arena disappeared completely, but the silence that replaced it was even worse because it gave my mind the space to finally understand what had just happened.We had lost, not just a game but everything.My legs felt weak as I moved slowly deeper into the room, my hockey stick slipping from my hand and hitting the floor with a soft sound that felt too loud in my ears. I stood there for a moment, staring at nothing, waiting for my body to catch up with reality, but it never did, so I simply sank down onto the nearest bench as if my strength had been taken away all at once.That was when it started.The tears came without warning, heavy and uncontrollable, sliding down my face before I even had the chance to stop them. I quickly pressed my hand against my mouth because I did not want to hear myself break, but I was already breaking. My shoulders shook as I bent forward, my elbows resting on

CHAPTER FOURAvery’s POVI barely slept that night.I sat on the edge of the bed in a room that still did not feel like mine, staring at the floor as though it could somehow explain how my entire life had changed so quickly.Only one day ago, I had been standing on the ice, fighting for the championship and hoping that a victory would secure my future.Now I was married to a man I barely knew.Not a real marriage, I reminded myself.A contract.A temporary arrangement that would allow me to remain in the country and keep my life from falling apart.Still, the words in that contract continued to replay in my mind.No emotional attachment.No interference in each other’s private lives.No falling in love.It looked simple when written on paper, but sitting alone in that unfamiliar bedroom, I realized that living by those rules might not be as simple as signing my name beneath them.I kept telling myself that this was only about survival.I needed to stay in the country.I needed to prot