LOGINShare
Chapter 121: Somewhere Far From Here
publish date:
2026-09-09 18:10:16
Latest chapter
Across The Ice: Falling for my ex’s biggest rival Chapter 126: Harold’s Requirement
My father’s office looked exactly as it always did, all glass walls and an uninterrupted view of the city. Arthur stood at the window with his back to the door when I walked in, his hands clasped behind him. He only did that when he was trying to decide how much of the truth to give me at once.“You wanted to see me,” I said, taking the chair across from his desk.“I did.” He turned, and the tiredness in his face made me sit a little straighter. “Harold Whitfield called me this morning.”“About what?”Arthur came around the desk and sat down, folding his hands in front of him. “He wants to formalize a proposal between you and Sophie. Marriage, eventually. He’s presenting it as a strategic alliance between our companies, to take place after you graduate.”For months, I’d been waiting for some version of this conversation. That didn’t make it any easier to hear. The vague threat I’d been carrying around finally had a name, a timeline, and a business plan attached to it.“I want to be cl
Across The Ice: Falling for my ex’s biggest rival Chapter 125: Ignore Her
“What did she mean?” I asked once we were back in the car, the parking structure shrinking behind us until it disappeared from view. “The part about your fates being sealed. What was she talking about, Dean?” He didn’t answer immediately. His hands remained steady on the wheel, his attention fixed on the road. When he finally glanced at me, I didn’t see the guarded expression he wore whenever he was keeping something from me. He looked genuinely confused. “I don’t know. I have no idea what she’s referring to.” “You’re sure?” I pressed. “Your father hasn’t mentioned anything? You haven’t overheard something?” “Iris, I promise you, I don’t understand it any more than you do.” His gaze returned to the road. “Sophie says a lot of things that aren’t true. I think you should ignore her.” I wanted that to be enough. I wanted Sophie to have thrown out the cruelest thing she could think of simply because she knew it would get under my skin, with nothing real behind it. That was easier to
Across The Ice: Falling for my ex’s biggest rival Chapter 124: Sealed?
By the time the event finally wound down, my feet were throbbing inside my heels, and I was more than ready to go home. Dean kept one hand at the small of my back as we made our way toward the parking structure, his touch warm and steady, while Lucas and Charlotte walked a few steps ahead of us.Sophie was waiting beside our car.“Iris.”I stopped. Dean’s hand pressed a little more firmly against my back, a silent reminder that he was there. “Sophie, I really don’t want to do this tonight.”“I just want to talk.” She moved closer, her expression as polished as ever, though something sharp had slipped through the cracks. “I hope you understand that you’re wasting months with someone who is never going to marry you. Our fates were sealed a long time ago, before you even knew his name.”I stared at her, too tired to pretend I didn’t understand what she was doing. “What did I ever do to you?” I asked. My voice came out flatter than I intended. “You approached me. I was open to being frien
Across The Ice: Falling for my ex’s biggest rival Chapter 123: Included
The dress Dean had bought me on the island still carried a faint trace of salt air when I drew it from the garment bag. Emerald silk fell in one clean line from the shoulders, and paired with the sapphire earrings he had insisted on buying me on our last night there, it transformed my reflection so completely that I had to look twice.My copper hair was pinned into a sleek low bun, with a few loose strands softening the line of my face. When I stepped out of the bathroom, Dean stopped halfway through fastening his cufflink. His gaze moved over me slowly, openly, and I felt warmth gather beneath my skin.“You’re staring,” I said.“I’m allowed.”The simple answer made me smile, though the nerves I had been trying to ignore returned as soon as we left the room. We picked up Lucas and Charlotte on the way to the event, and for the first few minutes, no one said much. Dean kept checking the GPS, his hands steady on the wheel, but every time the venue appeared on the screen, his expression
Across The Ice: Falling for my ex’s biggest rival Chapter 122: Obligated
The invitation had been sitting on Dean’s kitchen counter since before we left, cream cardstock edged in gold, the Whitfield Family Foundation’s annual charity dinner printed across the top as if the past month had been perfectly ordinary and no one in his family had tried to wreck my career.“I’m not going,” Dean said the morning after we landed, dropping his keys beside it.He still looked exhausted from the flight, but that wasn’t what had put the tension in his shoulders. We hadn’t really finished dealing with the fight, and apparently the invitation had been waiting patiently for its turn.“Dean.”“I mean it, Iris. I’m not sitting in a room with Harold Whitfield after what he did to you. I’m not smiling for cameras beside people who tried to end your career because his daughter has an obsession she refuses to admit to.”I understood why he was furious. I had been furious too, in between all the other things I had been feeling. But Dean’s father had a way of making expectations so
Across The Ice: Falling for my ex’s biggest rival Chapter 121: Somewhere Far From Here
I did not find out where we were going until we were standing at the gate, Dean holding both boarding passes and looking far too pleased with himself."Dean, you cannot just kidnap me onto a plane.""I absolutely can. I already did." He handed me back my passport, watching my face for the argument he already knew was coming. "You will see when we land.""I have a right to know where you are taking me.""You have a right to complain after we arrive." He grinned, steering me toward the boarding line before I could dig in further. "Then everything is going according to plan."I should have argued harder. Instead, I let him lead me, too drained from the past week to make one more decision. Somewhere over the ocean, with my head against his shoulder and his fingers loosely linked with mine, I fell asleep.When I woke, the plane was descending over water so blue it looked edited. Dean glanced down at me, brushing a strand of hair off my face. "Good morning.""Are we still alive?""Barely. T
You May Also Like
Warning: My Mommy is A Savage!
Seeking A Peaceful Life2.1M viewsCEO Husband's Crazy Love For His Little Wife
TSI1.5M viewsLet Me Go, Mr. Hill!
Shallow South6.5M viewsTrading My Ex for His Uncle
Hello Spring649.5K viewsReborn 30 Days Before Doomsday:The Billionaire Wants Me
S Thebe85 viewsHIS DARKEST HEIRLOOM
MJ EVERLY 62 viewsHE PLANNED TO DIVORCE ME, SO I DUMPED HIM FIRST
Melanin Borders75 viewsThe Divorcee Who Ruled Their Hearts
SONIA 21 views
