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.

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

you want to

me out of my thoughts. I

He frowned.

“Why?”

dress isn’t suitable for

and shook

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

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

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 just a game and I was the only one who

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 by massaging my

“What are you doing?”

He asked. I smiled.

Chapter 20 Difficult love

are new. I have to

He looked surprised.

take a long time? Is

I shook my head.

it’s going to hurt, but I need a little time to get used

“Okay.”

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

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

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

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

stop. To be on the

advantage of my life, then that was the least he could do for me in exchange.

Gideon

than this. But whilst I watched her, I was thinking of my problems, which

for her.

her amazed me. She was beautiful in every way. I wanted her. I wanted to

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

that her nature differed from what

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

attention already. She was a buit; she was here to die, or worse.

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

behind the paling, still on the ice. Somehow, she looked

my time is

at my phone to