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.

wouldn’t be anything more pathetic, then fall for a criminal, my

you want to go on the

pulled me out of my thoughts.

He frowned.

“Why?”

dress isn’t

shook

looked at it and nodded, then took his phone out of his pocket and called a number. He told the other person we need suitable clothing, and be told him

same man appeared with a few bags and he told me where I could

felt weighed down by my thoughts and emotions, but I realized it was just a game and I was the

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 out, and I started the procedure

“What are you doing?”

He asked. I smiled.

Chapter 20 Difficult love

new. I have to

He looked surprised.

take a long time? Is that

I shook my head.

really comly, I don’t think it’s going to hurt, but I need a

“Okay.”

jumps and squats before I stepped on the ice. Honestly, to be on it never felt that

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

toe loop. I repeated it a few times, then I moved on single lutz and single 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

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

so nice. I didn’t really want to stop. To be on the ice again made

could take advantage of my life, then that was the least he could do for me in exchange. I decided there and then, I would come every day, and I wouldn’t care how much it

Gideon

her new skates. She could do much more than this. But whilst I watched her, I was thinking

for her.

was beautiful in every way. I wanted her. I wanted to feel her

do that any time, like my father said, but I only wanted that if she wanted that

differed from what

own

point. I knew we had got Riccardo’s attention already. She was a buit; she was here to die, or worse. I

all. The first person who I wanted to be saved was Gemma, Even if she annoyed me

up, Alice looked at me from behind the paling, still on the ice.

my time is

at my phone to check the