Betrayed Heiress: Marrying The Hockey King

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s flared

y whole body shake. I had run out of medi

ily's heiress, born into one of hockey'

the life of privilege I was born into because I bel

e cold floor of a run-down apart

oorboards as I struggled to breathe. I dry-heaved

peeling wallpaper. This place was nothing like the mansion I gre

racked screen of my phone. With trembling fingers, I unlocked it. The harsh light

the pinne

e Tu

ponsored. The young player who had no back

d. I used my family's resources, my connections, and everything

erica's hottes

ansion I grew up in. I believed love mattered more tha

, so when I had nowhere else to turn,

oved me. I didn't need him to

r my medication. Anything that would s

one pounding against my skull

hing." A sweet voice c

he had carefully built the image of the perfect hockey star's partn

weak and hoarse. "Where's B

rned, and I

"He's a little busy ri

tened. "Celeb

laced by unmistakable satisfaction. "Celebrati

froze. "My fa

your father spent his entire life building. The company you hand

than the pain spread

erfect heiress when you were useful. The perfe

ldn't

p. My father'

him, he never stopped loving me. Before he passed away, he left Humphrey Group to me-the hockey comp

y Group in my hands-the hockey empire

my devotion to Boyce. I handed Humphrey Group-the legacy my father had left me-to the man I belie

verything to would be the very person

ment on the other

e was cold and unfamili

yce..." I forced myself

ven. "I'm sick. I need

ed. A cold, indifferent laugh. "Are you

eart

h, Cassidy. You were the daughter of the Humphrey family

ion bl

name so naturally, so calmly. "Sh

anything else. Beryl laughe

tors, connections. You helped him become the person he is today." Her v

idn't d

. You helped me reach the top of the hockey world." A bri

ttered the last bit

rned impatient. "You're inte

my broken breathing remained. Hot tears slid dow

g I had g

ily. My future.

st a stepping

from the world I was born into and chose this freezing a

I helped him secure sponsorships. I stood behind him as

ccess my sacrifice had bought him

cker. Be

my knees to my chest, my teeth chat

e choice again. I would take back everything they stole from

om slowly blurred a

reen lit up

m a name I hadn't

Hoo

Rangers. The heir of the Hoover family, a legendary "old mon

ad once chosen for me. The bill

I wanted to reach for it, but my f

t why he was calling... Th