All Chapters of In Bed With The Hockey Captain: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

02Bella Reyes“You know how I'm always hanging out with the hockey guys, right?”I chuckled. “Yeah. I've actually been meaning to ask you why you haven't considered playing hockey yourself.” He gave me a look that instantly made me nervous. “I mean, you're always around them, watching their games, plus you have the build for it. I was just curious.”“Yeah, I do. I know that.” Tyler slumped back into the couch with a heavy sigh.“Is that making you uncomfortable?”“What?”“The couch.” I laughed. “It's pretty old now. I don't have the money to replace it yet since my mom cut off my allowance.”“No, Bella, stop… doing that. You know how much I hate it when you do that.”My chest tightened. “Do what?” I shook my head.“Just stop with the hockey talk.” Oh. He massaged his temples. “You know I love hockey, and I'd give anything in the world to be on the ice. You know it's literally my dream to play, and I have the talent for it, yeah. But then you just casually bring it up like…” He sigh

04Bella Reyes“Let me go, you asshole!” I thrashed against his grip. “Do you have any idea that I can report you for assault?”He shoved me onto the bed and let out a dark, quiet laugh. “Yeah. Go right ahead. I'm so scared.”My eyes widened in shock as I nearly hit the edge of the headboard. I scrambled right back up onto my feet.“Sit.”“No. Let me go.”“The door is wide open.”I glanced toward the doorway. It was completely open, and I knew I should just turn around and run. Even without Tyler's laptop, I could make up some excuse for why I came back empty-handed. Yet, something inside me kept me rooted to the spot when he ordered me to sit again.“What?” I sat down.I didn't believe a word he had said downstairs. If he thought bringing me up here to feed me more lies was going to brainwash me, he was dead wrong. This was obviously a setup on his end. This was clearly why Tyler couldn't stand him.I glared at him, and he gave me a slow once-over before grabbing his phone off the ni

06Bella Reyes“You wouldn't, Rhea.” I shook my head, feeling pathetically weak.“Oh, I fucking would. Who do you think you are?”“No, Rhea. You can't. Please. This is my future on the line.”“Go fuck yourself and your future. I don't give a damn. You really thought you could have Tyler? That I was just going to let you?” She scoffed, letting out a cruel laugh. “Now look at your pathetic self.” She gestured toward me like I was a piece of trash. “Like I said, if you beg nicely, I'll leave your name out of it so people have to guess. Isn't that generous of me?” She smirked, turning her eyes toward Tyler. “Right, baby?”Baby? I could barely process the insult before the sting of that word cut straight through me.I watched in total disbelief as Tyler agreed. “Right.”Rhea gave a confident giggle, locking her eyes back onto mine. “See? I'm so generous.”There was no way I was going to beg her. I couldn't take the bait. I knew Rhea too well. She would pull out her phone, record me on came

08Bella ReyesI didn't deserve to live backed into a corner like this. I hadn't offended anyone. I hadn't done anything wrong in my life to be backed into a corner like a piece of garbage.That was the single thought that forced me out of bed this morning. It held me together just enough to take a shower and actually show up for class, after rotting away in my dorm room like a piece of furniture for weeks, without speaking a word to anyone.I was sick. Physically, and in my head. But mostly in my head for letting Aries use me so easily like that. Even though weeks had passed, it still didn't feel any less demeaning or damaging.Every time I opened my eyes to a new day, a morning that used to feel bright and full of hope, I was met with a vile, sickening knot in the pit of my stomach. My new routine consisted of throwing up the contents of my stomach, then scrubbing my skin in the shower as if I needed to scrape off an entire layer of myself.The fact that I had completely ruined my l

10Bella ReyesRunning was not going to save me now. I knew he would catch up, but I attempted it anyway. Aries Hadid was a hockey player. Running and hitting were practically his day job, something he breathed like air, so it wasn't surprising how quickly he towered over me from behind.“Bella, wait!” His hand clamped around my wrist so tight that I just wanted to slump to the floor in pure exhaustion.Or better yet, have the ground open up and swallow me whole. He held me tightly, and when I tried to force a few more steps forward, he loosened his grip slightly, allowing me to walk, but still refusing to let me go.“Please, listen to me,” he panted, his breath ragged. “You have to listen to me, okay?”My own breath came in choppy gasps that heaved my chest. I could barely see where I was going, just walking blindly down the corridor.Why had he fucking announced something like that to the entire student body of Terraria University? Couldn't he have just walked past? Couldn't he have