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Sheltered By The Ruthless Hockey King

Chapter 4 

Word Count: 864    |    Released on: Today at 20:34

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. "The Stephenson capital will save Guy Ent

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aughter. I wa

m, the reality of my safety slowly seeping in. But the terror, the feeling

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wore that air of smug superiority. He glanced at me, his expression laced with

legs over the side of the b

began to unwrap the gauze. His touch was profess

id, dabbing at the wound with an antisepti

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are you? Showing up in front of his car in the middle of the night, and

ide me. "You don't know anything

're right, I don't. But my job is to protect Alessandro from

le. He is not someone you can afford to get involved with. He has his own world, his own responsibilities. He's t

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the bandage and stood up, looking

kit and left with

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was right. I couldn't depe

to expose the Guys and the Step

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Sheltered By The Ruthless Hockey King
Sheltered By The Ruthless Hockey King
“I was running barefoot through a slick, rainy New York alley, chased by my foster parents' hired muscle and a swarm of bloodthirsty paparazzi. They had just sold me to a repulsive pig, Dusty Stephenson, in exchange for a lucrative family business deal. When I refused to be their puppet and escaped my own engagement gala, they didn't even bother to cancel the event. Instead, they found a cheap lookalike imposter to stand on stage in my place. Through the ballroom doors, I watched the fake "Eleanor Nash" smiling next to Dusty, accepting the applause of hundreds of oblivious guests. My foster parents were happily sealing their corrupt deal, stealing my identity to force the marriage through public opinion. When my best friend Arlie crashed the party to expose the fraud, Dusty's mother viciously ordered the security guards to grab her. How could the people who raised me be so completely ruthless? They treated my life like a disposable commodity, and when I wouldn't play along, they simply replaced me to keep their disgusting lie alive. I couldn't just hide in the shadows and let them destroy my name. I pushed open the heavy ballroom doors, walked straight through the stunned crowd in my ruined, damp dress, and stared them down. "I am the real Eleanor Nash. And in three days, I will expose this entire conspiracy."”