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

you want to go on

of my thoughts. I took a

He frowned.

“Why?”

isn’t

and shook my

called a number. He told the other person we need suitable clothing,

appeared with a few bags and he told me where I

down by my thoughts and emotions, but I realized it was just

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

I have

He looked surprised.

it take a long time? Is that

I shook my head.

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

“Okay.”

could put them on. I made a few movements, little jumps and squats before I stepped on the ice. Honestly, to be on it never felt

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

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.

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

stop. To be on 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

Gideon

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

for her.

wanted to feel her under me, pleasing her

any time,

her nature differed from what

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. She wasn’t quiet at all, and she answered

got Riccardo’s attention already. She was a buit; she was here

a clever thing at all. The first person who I

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

my time is

phone