The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 257

Chapter 257

ORETTA-

They would not let me into the room.

I stood in the corridor with my coat still buttoned wrong and my hair.coming out of its twist.

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Family only. I was not family. I was a Bellandi who had left the house without permission, which in my mother’s language was already a scandal.

The door opened.

A man came out with blood on his collar and the kind of face people put on posters.

He stopped when he saw me. Blinked.

“You’re the girl,” he said. “The one my brother bounced into. Twice. He ruined your food.”

I nodded, glad someone in this building recognized me. So this was Marco’s brother.

“Is he-”

“You’re here for Marco.”

“I heard about the accident. I wanted to see if he was okay.”

He studied me for a second, then stepped aside.

“Go in. You can see him yourself. He damaged his wrist. Right one. Broken. He’s annoyed, which means he’s fine. They’ve pulled him from racing for a month. If you’re going to see him, do it quickly. My parents are on their way and they will make this awkward.”

I nodded and went before I could lose my nerve.

The room was too bright. Marco was propped against the pillows, hair a mess, a scrape along his cheek, his right wrist strapped and resting on a cushion. He looked furious at the ceiling.

“I don’t want any more visitors,” he growled.

Then he turned.

He almost choked on nothing when he saw me.

“Loretta?”

His eyes moved over me like he was checking the crash had not messed with his head. “Am I dreaming?”

I blushed, which was inconvenient. “No. You’re not. I came to see if you were okay.”

He frowned. “You don’t like me.”

He was not entirely wrong. That did not mean I had wanted him hurt.

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“Why are you really here?”

Nit my lip.

“I thought about your contract marriage proposal. I think I’m willing to accept it.”

He went very still. “What?”

“I want to do the contract marriage with you.”

I could see the shock on his face. I could not believe I was even going along with this madness.

“Why the change of heart?”

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