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.

thoughts away. I thought there wouldn’t be anything more

to go on

me out of my thoughts. I took

He frowned.

“Why?”

isn’t suitable

shook

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

five minutes, the same man appeared with a few bags and

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

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,

“What are you doing?”

He asked. I smiled.

Chapter 20 Difficult love

are new. I have to

He looked surprised.

a long time? Is that

I shook my head.

to hurt, but I need a little time to get used

“Okay.”

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

could, to feel if the ice skates were still comfortable in each movement. When I felt that okay,

single 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,

spins. It really surprised me how comfortable the skates were, and they kept

want to stop. To be on

If he 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 costs for him. And if I was lucky enough, I would

Gideon

to get used to her new skates. She could do much more than this. But whilst I watched her, I was thinking of my problems, which were so much

for her.

wanted her. I wanted to feel her

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

differed from what she showed us.

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

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

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

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

my

phone to