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.

pushed these thoughts away. I thought there wouldn’t be anything more pathetic,

to go on the

of my thoughts. I

He frowned.

“Why?”

dress isn’t

and shook my

called a number. He

bags and he told me where I could

finally was alone, I sat down. I just watched the ceiling for a little while. I felt weighed down by my

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

“What are you doing?”

He asked. I smiled.

Chapter 20 Difficult love

have to

He looked surprised.

it take a long time?

I shook my head.

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

“Okay.”

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

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

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 careful. I didn’t want

skates were, and they kept my feet well, so I tried camel and sit spins, and also risked a Jay–back

really want to stop. To

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.

Gideon

trying to get used to her new skates. She could do much more than this. But whilst I watched her,

for her.

I wanted her. I wanted to feel her under

that any time, like

differed from what she

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

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 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,

Alice looked at me from behind the paling, still on

my time

my phone to