Cold Hearted Princess

Chapter 116 The new flat

She frowned. I took that as a good sign, as she didn’t refuse it straight away.

“Actually, your jumps are high and you can make a great distance. Warm up and show me what you can do.”

I smiled at her, then nodded.

“Don’t forget your pads, Alice.” She shouted after me, but I shook my head.

“I don’t need them.”

“Haven’t you leamed from before?” She asked me in disbelief.

“I just know myself. Pain will encourage me.”

She shrugged her shoulders, then she left me.

After warming up. I started the procedure just like before. I tried so hard, and even if I could do five rotations in the air, I couldn’t land on my feet. That made me even more frustrated. My butt hurt so badly, as I arrived on it most of the time. About an hour passed when Beth came to me.

“Alice, don’t be disappointed, please. Your jumps are good, and finally your technique is very good too. The only thing that you have to work on is your speed. You’ve got to work on your side muscles a lot, and you could jump a little higher. Il tell Gareth we must focus on it, but now you must stop. Okay?”

“I want to do it, Beth.” I panted, holding my waist.

“Not today, Alice. I don’t think it worth to torture yourself before you would work on your muscles. You just going to tire yourself and you won’t have the energy to practice your free program. There is no point in landing five quads in the gala if you are making mistakes and fall in your free program.

She put her palm on my shoulder and caressed it. I felt disappointed.

“If you succeed with it till the show, we can build it in the program, but please don’t be disappointed. I can confidently say that you are one of the best skaters, and 1 bet you’ll stand on the podium.”

I pursed my lips, and I nodded finally. Even if I disagreed with her, I understood I had to practice for the event if I wanted to earn the judges.

Actually, I felt better later. I did the entire program perfectly. I had to realise that I improved so much since Beth and Gareth trained me. There wasn’t an incorrect take off, and I landed all my jumps smoothly. My technique differed from before, but that helped me to get rid of any small, nearly invisible incorrect movements. Even my triple Axel was perfect, too. I loved to watch every video back that she recorded. We often checked my movements in slow motion, and when she smiled with no comments, I felt thrilled.

Beth made me promise I would rest after the training in the gym. I knew I wouldn’t, as Riccardo promised me, I could view a flat. I hoped he had time

to find me one.

The training with Gareth wasn’t easy. Beth surely contacted him, as he welcomed me with a broad smile, and he showed my new best friend to me. which was a well faar rubber band,

I was tired when I left the gym and I knew I would have muscle soreness the next day.

1 sat in my car. What I really wanted was to see Gideons. That would be so nice to lie in his arms. He would give me a massage, maybe. I was about to text him when I remembered what Riccardo had said. I dialled his number.

“Allot. Are you okay?”

just wonder

for you to come home.” He

That meant even if Gideon would have been awake, I couldn’t meet him, not even for

home

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“Okay, I’ll be ready”

“Thank you, Riccardo,”

“You welcome, love”

entered, I found them in the garden. Riccardo played with Matteo, and Alexandra watched them happily, but when she saw me,

and she looked at her small family with

doesn’t matter how old

huge mafia leader playing with toys with his little one, it made me laugh as

“True.” I said.

me when he noticed I was

put Matteo down, and

you feel?

I shook my head

eat first, then I’ll take you to view

“Thank you”

to motion the others to come inside. Alexandra held Matteo,

Gideon accept the invitation?” He asked me while we were

“Yes, he did.”

he’d be

1 sighed.

do everything to be

about him. But, as they had nothing to do with each other, I felt he

clue how he knew that

my hair in a ponytail. Riccardo helped me get into his car, and he drove to the place. It wasn’t far from

were luxurious apartments. We got into the land. The main gate had a code to get in. My possible future flat was on

realised mine worked too, I looked at him with a frown, but he just smiled at me and opened the door. He let

After the first

I felt amazed. I stopped and looked

even come in

entire flat. It

you like

I looked at him in disbelief. Actually, I didn’t know what to say. When I told him I

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