The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160

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I watched her leave the car and knew I had fucked it up again.

I did not want her thinking that I wanted space from her. Fuck, if she stayed away, I would lose my mind.

I knew I was wrong. About everything.

I got out after her, fast, and reached for her wrist before she could get into the house.

I did not get the sentence out.

Another car pulled in hard. Ethan. Blair.

Ethan was out before the engine settled. I could hear how pissed he was.

“What were you thinking?” he said to Olivia. “A hotel. With Luca. After the incident at the club. After dad warned you. Do you understand what that looks like? A hotel, Olivia? What were you even thinking?”

Olivia stopped and turned to face him, the Titans jacket still swallowing her shoulders. “I understand what it looks like. I was there. I also know what actually happened, which is nothing.”

I could hear the irritation in her voice. She was still pissed at me.

“There were cameras on you. There are articles everywhere with the family name. They even dragged Blair straight back into this because of the scandal. And you think nothing happened?”

“Yes, because like I said, nothing happened.”

Blair shut the car door carefully, one hand on her stomach. “Can we not do this in the driveway?”

Ethan ignored her. “Dad has the articles on his desk. All of them. You made this family look sloppy again.”

Fuck. Ethan needed to watch his words. There was no reason to be so harsh with her.

Olivia’s voice cracked and then went sharp. “I made us look sloppy. Right. Well I’m sorry for being such an embarrassment to the family.”

I held my head, frustration pounding behind my eyes.

I wanted to tell him to stop. I did not want to blow up years of friendship in front of a gate.

Olivia looked like she was hurt and furious and too fucking small in my jacket, and Ethan was talking to her like she was a problem he had to solve before morning.

“Dad is waiting,” Ethan said. “If this is how you’re going to act, maybe he is right. Maybe a marriage is the only thing that keeps your name off another scandal.”

That did it.

I could not hold back.

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“Hey. Lay off her.” It came out harsher than I meant. “She’s had a rough night. Nothing happened with

Luca. It wasn’t just the two of them in that suite. His friend Charlotte was there. Another woman. You need to relax.”

The driveway went still.

Olivia looked at me like she had not expected anyone to stand on her side. Especially not me.

Her mouth parted from the surprise. But she was still angry with me. I could sense it.

Ethan looked at me like I had walked into a room I did not belong in.

“How do you know that?”

“I went to the hotel. I was there. You have nothing to worry about.”

Blair closed her eyes. Olivia’s gaze flicked from me to her brother and back, panic under the anger now, because Ethan did not know why I would drive to the hotel for her and I could not give him the real

reason.

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