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16~ RUNNING TO HIM
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2026-06-11 21:30:37
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Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 42~ SHE DIDN'T CHOOSE ME
~~WARD~~She still walked away, even after everything.Even after she broke down in my arms, soaked my suit with tears, and let me hold her for the first time in three years, she still refused to let me back into her life.She refused to stay with me in her apartment and even refused the villa.She refused me, she didn't want me. She has told me several times but when she sent that message to me everything drained out of me.I stood alone in the empty medical office long after she had left, staring at the closed door as if she might come back.She didn't and I deserved that. No amount of apologies could erase three years of silence.No amount of protection could erase the fact that I had been the one who broke her heart.With a slow exhale, I adjusted my jacket and left the medical wing.The sound of skates echoed through the arena as I walked toward the rink. Practice had already resumed after the medical evaluations, and the players were running drills with the intensity expected
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 41~ CHOOSING LENA
~~ARIA~~The bloody photograph lay on my palm like a curse, the smeared red staring back at me with vicious intent. My hands shook so violently I nearly knocked the box to the floor again. A scream tore from my throat, guttural, and louder than I had intended. It echoed throughout.Footsteps thundered toward me almost immediately. A couple of assistant trainers burst in, eyes wide with alarm. “Dr. Vance? What happened? Are you okay?”I swallowed hard, forcing my face into a mask of calm even as my heart tried to claw its way out of my chest. “Nothing’s wrong,” I lied, my voice cracking only slightly. “Just… startled by a spider. Big one. I am fine. Really.”They exchanged doubtful glances but didn’t push. One of them muttered something about calling maintenance before they left. I didn't even bother to check the players before making my way back to the office.The second the door closed, I shoved the gruesome photo back inside and hid it deep in my bottom drawer. My legs felt like
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 40~ STAY AWAY
~~ARIA~~My fists still tingled from where I had hit his chest, my tears drying into salty tracks on my cheeks. I felt utterly exhausted by the constant push and pull between us.Ward exhaled slowly, rubbing the back of his neck. The movement made him wince slightly, his waist injury clearly still bothering him but he didn’t complain. He never did. “If that’s how you feel, Aria… the ball is in your court. I am not forcing this. But I’m giving you until this evening to decide. The downtown apartment is ready. Security is already in place. I will be giving you till evening.” His voice was low, but I caught the undercurrent of fear beneath the command. He searched my face one last time, those piercing eyes softening with the regret I had heard through the door last night. Then, without another word, he turned and walked out, the door clicking shut behind him like a period at the end of a sentence I wasn’t ready to finish.I sank into my desk chair, staring at the spot where he’d be
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 39~ WHERE WERE YOU?
~~ARIA~~My head was still ringing continuously from his words.“You won’t be alone,” he continued, like he had already made the decision and was simply informing me of it. “You will have your space. I won’t push you. I won’t ask for anything. But I will be there, to know you are safe.”I let out a disbelieving laugh, shaking my head. “You can’t be serious.”“I am.”“You?” I pushed away from the desk, staring up at him. “In a regular apartment, sharing a kitchen and a living room like a normal person? Giving up the villa and all your privacy and whatever billionaire schedule you have because I am too stubborn to let you babysit me from a distance?”“For you,” he said, without even blinking, “yes.”He stepped into my space then, not enough to touch me, but enough that I could feel the heat of him, enough that the air between us felt dangerously thin.“I would get used to it,” he said, his voice lower now, quieter, like the words were meant only for me. “I want to get used to it. For y
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 38~ FOR YOU
~~ARIA~~ The door clicked shut behind Marcus, and the office fell into a heavy, ringing silence. For a moment, neither of us moved. Ward stood a few feet away from me, still in that dark tailored suit that made him look less like the man I had once loved and more like the version of him the world knew now the billionaire executive, the untouchable Bennett heir, the man who could command boardrooms and hockey arenas with the same quiet authority. My pulse pounded painfully in my throat. I folded my arms across my chest, less because I was cold and more because I needed something between us. Some kind of barrier. “Ward,” I let out, forcing my voice to stay steady, “about the apartment… and the villa, I don't think I will be staying for long.” His expression was constructed at once, though he didn’t interrupt. “I appreciate what you have done,” I continued, “but I can’t keep doing this. I can’t keep letting you rearrange my life every time something happens… see all of
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 37~ MARCUS
~~ARIA~~The entire day passed in a blur and the kind of exhaustion that settled deep in the bones.I buried myself in work because it was the only thing I knew how to control.Follow-up notes for Jake’s injury and a dozen conversations with the coaching staff about what his absence would mean for the next few weeks. I moved from one task to the next and Ward hadn’t called.A part of me was relieved. He had given me the space I demanded, and after the disaster of the last twenty-four hours, I should have been grateful for the silence. But another part of me, the weak, traitorous part that still remembered the pain in his voice outside the guest room door last night, couldn’t stop noticing the absence.I was finishing Jake’s latest progress notes at my desk, fingers aching from writing, when there was a knock at my office door. There Mr. Reynolds stepped inside with his usual no-nonsense expression.“Dr. Vance, quick update,” he said. “With Jake sidelined for a few weeks, we’re bri
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 8~THE THREATH
~~ARIA~~The hospital corridor felt endless as my shoes clicked against the shiny floor as I walked toward Ward’s private room, my medical bag heavy on my shoulder. I didn’t want to be here. After yesterday’s crazy act from Ward, the last thing I needed was to see Ward again. But the team’s Gener
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 7~STRUGGLES
~~WARD~~I couldn’t sleep or be at peace. I sat in my car outside Aria’s apartment building, the seat pushed back, darkness pressing in from all sides. My hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly my knuckles hurt.Every few minutes I checked my phone again, trying to track that unknown number,
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me 6~ I WON’T BE TRICKED TWICE
~~ARIA~~I drove home with tears burning my eyes. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking on the steering wheel. I kept hearing my own voice shouting at Ward in the parking lot all the pain I had carried for three years pouring out at once. Part of me felt good for finally saying it while another part felt
Rejected By The Hockey Captain, Now He Begs for me MAD AT HIM
~~ARIA~~I arrived at the arena even earlier than usual, hoping the quiet would calm the storm in my head. Sleep had been impossible. Ward’s face kept appearing every time I closed my eyes, the regret in his voice, the way his shoulders had tensed when I pushed him away. My chest feels tight at e
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