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.

I thought there wouldn’t be anything more

want to

out of my thoughts. I took a deep

He frowned.

“Why?”

dress isn’t suitable

and shook

nodded, then took his phone out of his pocket and called a number. He told the other person we need suitable

man appeared with a few bags

for a little while. I felt weighed down by my thoughts and emotions, but I

sat there for a few minutes, when I remembered he paid for me to be here, so I changed my clothes and rushed back. He sat on the bench, and he smiled when I got back. He gave me the bag with my new ice skates. I took them

“What are you doing?”

He asked. I smiled.

Chapter 20 Difficult love

new. I have to break them in.”

He looked surprised.

take a long time? Is

I shook my head.

he really comly, I don’t think it’s going to hurt, but I need a little time to get used to

“Okay.”

put them on. I made a few movements, little jumps and squats before I stepped on the ice. Honestly, to be on it

started. First side to side, I tried to move my feet as much as I could, to feel if the ice skates were still comfortable in each movement. When I felt that okay, I started with my

flips, and dad single salchows. For now, I only repeated them. I didn’t want to try hard jumps, especially not quads. Even if the skates were okay, and they didn’t hurt me at all, I wanted to be careful. I didn’t

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

nice. I didn’t really want to stop. To be on the ice again made me forget about my

that was the least he could do for me in

Gideon

just trying to get used to her new skates. She could do much more than this.

for her.

every way. I wanted her. I wanted to feel

in this situation that I could do that, I could do that any time, like

that her nature differed from what she showed us. I

found out she was a figure skater, I couldn’t stop watching those videos, and 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.

attention already. She was a buit; she was here to die, or worse. I made a stupid step that I couldn’t

back to Earth, and not to let this feeling ruin my plan. I’ve never been in love. 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 the last few days, I wouldn’t have taken that if she would have got

up, Alice looked at me from behind the paling, still

my

my phone to check the