Cold Hearted Princess

Chapter 20 Difficult love

It was a sports centre. My heart pounded faster when I realised he took me to an lor rink.

He gently pushed me to go in.

A man greeted us.

“Mr. Sullivan?”

He nodded and pulled me closer to him.

“Mr. Brown, this is my wife, Alice.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Sullivan. Please follow me.”

We followed him and found the ice rink. Seeing the ice gave me a feeling of relief that I hadn’t felt in a long time.

“Mr. and Mrs Sullivan, take your

time.

Then he left. I looked around and there was no

“The ice rink

no one. I looked at Gideon, ready to ask him, but he was faster.

k is yours for an hour today, then I’ll rent a place for you whenever you want and as long as you want.”

I was in disbelief. I remembered Lily’s advice, but this time, I felt like I had to speak.

“Why? Why do you do this to me?” I frowned while I looked at him.

He looked at me with an earnest face first, and he stayed quiet for a few seconds, just looking into my eyes.

Then he looked away.

“I agreed to finance you in figure skating. I’m just keeping my promise.”

I looked at him, and when he looked back into my eyes, I felt something, but that wasn’t gratitude or sympathy, that was something else that I never felt before.

thought there wouldn’t be anything more pathetic, then fall for a

to go on the

my thoughts.

He frowned.

“Why?”

isn’t

shook

pocket and called a number. He told the other person we need suitable clothing, and be told him my size, then

five minutes, the same man appeared with a few bags and he told me where I could

was alone, I sat down. I just watched the ceiling for a little while. I felt weighed down by my thoughts and emotions, but I realized it was

bench, and he smiled when I got back. He gave me the bag with my new ice skates. I took them out, and I started the procedure by massaging my

“What are you doing?”

He asked. I smiled.

Chapter 20 Difficult love

skates are new. I have

He looked surprised.

time?

I shook my head.

think it’s going to hurt, but I need a little

“Okay.”

watched me with interest. Finally, I could put them on. I made a few movements, little jumps and squats before I stepped

move my feet as much as I could, to feel if the ice skates were still comfortable in each movement. When I

single lutz and single flips, and dad single salchows. For now, I only repeated

really surprised me how comfortable the skates were, and they kept my feet well, so I tried camel

nice. I didn’t really want to stop. To be on

the least he could do for me in exchange. I decided there and then, I would come every day,

Gideon

do much more than this. But whilst I watched her, I was thinking of my problems, which were so much more difficult. I never thought I had that

for her.

beautiful in every way. I wanted her. I wanted to feel her under me, pleasing her

I could do that any time, like my father said,

that her nature differed from

I knew she just held herself back. Alice had her own will, and she was strong–headed. She was a fighter, and probably a survivor, too.

started, I couldn’t stop at this point. I knew we had got Riccardo’s attention already. She was a buit; she was here to die, or worse. I made

To feel in the world 1 live in wasn’t a clever thing at all. The first person who I wanted to be saved was Gemma, Even if she annoyed me in

behind the paling, still on the

guessing my time

phone to check