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

to go on

voice pulled me out of my thoughts. I took

He frowned.

“Why?”

dress isn’t suitable

and shook my

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

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

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

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,

“What are you doing?”

He asked. I smiled.

Chapter 20 Difficult love

have to break

He looked surprised.

long time? Is

I shook my head.

skates should he really comly, I don’t think it’s going to hurt, but I need

“Okay.”

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

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

flips, and dad single salchows. For now, I only repeated them. I didn’t want to

kept my

to stop. To be on the ice again made me forget about

thought about what should I do. I didn’t want to accept him paying a lot for my hubby at first, but then I changed my mind. 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

Gideon

than this. But whilst I watched her, I was thinking of my problems, which were so much more difficult. I never thought I had that in me. I had

for her.

her. I wanted to feel her under me, pleasing her

this situation that I could do that, I could do that any time, like

differed from what she showed us.

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 the

She was a buit; she was here to die, or worse. I made a stupid step that I

To feel in the world 1 live in wasn’t a clever thing at all. The first

from behind the paling,

my

at my phone to

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