Chase
The photographs appeared before Missy reached home.
By the time she called me, three gossip accounts had already posted them.
The first image showed her leaving the coffee shop alone.
The second showed Logan emerging several minutes later through the side street.
The third placed both photographs beside each other beneath a headline designed to create certainty from timing.
CHASE RYDER’S SISTER SECRETLY DATING HIS BIGGEST ENEMY
Another publication used:
FORBIDDEN HOCKEY ROMANCE: MISSY RYDER CHOOSES LOGAN CARTER
Chooses.
As though Missy had been placed between two teams and forced to select one.
As though speaking to Logan meant rejecting me.
I stood inside the arena hallway with my phone in one hand and anger moving through every part of me.
Noah remained several steps a
