The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 167

Chapter 167

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Ethan called me to the track.

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I got there first. We hadn’t seen each other since he asked me to go home. I hadn’t seen Olivia/since then either. I fucking missed her, like crazy. But I was giving them their space. I’d messed up big time and was still sorting things out.

Ethan showed up with two beers and a face that said he had slept as badly as I had.

“Look, stranger.” He smiled. “Good to see you.”

“You too.”

“I wanted to apologize,” he said, getting it out there one time. “For being an ass the last time we saw each

other.”

“It’s fine. It was a rough day for everyone.”

That was the truth.

We leaned on the rail. A horse jogged past. I drank so I would have something to do instead of thinking about his sister.

“Rough day?” He asked. “For you? You kicked ass in that game.”

“My parents forced that interview,” I said. “I was already in a bad mood. You know I hate it when they do things without telling me about it first. I don’t think I’m going to keep them as my managers. It’s about time I separate the two. Keep family out of my finances and business.”

Ethan nodded, slower. “Good. You never looked like you wanted all those interviews they like to force on you, not to mention brand deals every single day.”

He paused. “There is something else I wanted to talk to you about.”

“Yeah?”

He looked grateful as he said, “Thank you for looking out for Olivia again. You went to that hotel and made sure she was safe and then you brought her home to us. You were right that day. I was being too harsh on her. I was just so fucking worried that Luca had hurt her. Instead of comforting her, I’d been an \ ass.”

Hearing him thank me yet again did not make me feel any better. He did not know the truth. The things I’d done. Or the fact that he needed to fear me around her more than he feared Luca.

I considered telling him the truth. That I had feelings for his sister. That the interview had not been for Eden. That I had used a PR girlfriend as a fence to keep his sister away and it had blown up in my face. That I had put my mouth on her, on different parts of her body and loved it. That he had every right to hate me and not want anything to do with me anymore.

I opened my mouth.

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“My father set up Olivia’s marriage,” Ethan said before I could say anything.

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My blood ran cold.

Did I hear him correctly?

Marriage?

Couldn’t be.

“I’m sorry,” I could not recognize my voice. “Did you say marriage?”

“Yeah.”

I could not believe what I was hearing. William was moving that fast. He’d already set it up? Why was I even surprised after what he’d done to Blair?

Panic hit first. Cold. Then anger right under it, hot enough to make the beer taste like nothing.

I could not hide it on my face.

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