I Found the Hockey King's Son, Now He Wants Me as His Mate

Chapter 2

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cracks in the plaster. It was a pointless t

al room was shoved op

chard Sullivan, my stepmother, Eleanor, and my

red, her eyes already rimmed with theatrical red. "I begged Evan t

's way flashed through my mind. I shifted my gaze to the blank w

ed, his temper flaring at my silence. "Did

ing with mock anxiety. "Richard, please, let it go. Chloe's st

me anyway. He cut straight to the chase. "You sho

ing to issue a public statement calling off the engagement. You

lips. I was so furious

I do that?" I a

puffing out with self-righteousness. "And because your little teenage p

lcome a tainted woman into their inner circle? I a

rink was spiked. I woke up the next morning next to a complete stranger, panicked, and ran before I even caught a

o a clinic for a procedure, but Ariane had tipped off TMZ and the local tabloids. Photos of me at the

ue to my health, an abortion would be fatal.

at my absolute lowest, drowning in grief, Richard didn't offer a single word of comfort. Instead, he s

adn't asked if I was okay. Not once. He had only come to

such vicious things to his own flesh and blood? To

head-on. "The Sullivan name? What reputation does this family even have l

hter is only six months younger than me? If anyo

d, his face turning an

mortified, the truth stinging

mselves my family. "If the Parrish family wants to break the en

al security. If this turns into a media circus, I'm

ctly like my mother-usually quiet and aloof, but when backed into a cor

y flight back out of this country!" he spat. With that fin

scrambled to foll

ng figures, a cold, hard

e helpless girl from seven years ago? T

sn't going to let anyone

ice suddenly brought

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I Found the Hockey King's Son, Now He Wants Me as His Mate

Andriana Neden Romance

“At my own engagement party, a sudden fire broke out in the crowded ballroom. My fiancé, Evan, was standing right next to me. But as the flames spread and the crowd panicked, he ripped his arm from my grasp, pushed me backward, and ran straight into the danger to save my stepsister, Ariane. "Chloe, you get out first!" he yelled, not even looking back. I was knocked to the marble floor, trampled by the frantic mob, and nearly burned to death. When I woke up in the hospital, barely able to breathe, my family didn't come to comfort me. Instead, my father and stepmother stormed into my room, furious that I was making a scene. My father demanded I publicly bless Evan and Ariane's new relationship to protect the family's reputation. To make matters worse, he went on live television to announce he was handing over my mother's legacy-the sportswear company I had built from scratch-to Ariane. They treated my three-year relationship and my life's work like disposable trash, expecting me to quietly disappear while they celebrated their stolen happiness. They thought I would just cry and accept my fate as a stepping stone for my stepsister. But I ripped the IV needle from my arm and walked right out of that hospital room. I publicly dumped my cheating fiancé in the hallway, leaving him utterly humiliated. Then, I picked up the phone and called my lawyer. I am taking back control of my company, and I will make them pay back every single thing they stole, with interest.”