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SHATTERED ICE:One rink, bound by betrayal 21.
Samantha’s POV Graham’s reply was sharp but quiet. “And I’m telling you. It’s the wrong one… but it’s still your decision.” He let out a hard laugh, the kind without humor. “And what if this is why Celeste got hurt? Did you even think about that?”The floor tilted beneath me. My heart stopped. “No.”His gaze sharpened like a blade. “Think about it, Sam. She was his partner. She fell. Bad. And now we find out he’s been skating half-blind this whole time? Connect the damn dots.”“That’s not…” My voice cracked. I shook my head hard. “No. You don’t get it. He swore to me he didn’t cause her injury. He swore.”“And you believe him?”“I…” My throat tightened. Words stuck. My mind scrambled for proof, for anything solid I could hold up between us.“You can’t even answer me,” Graham cut in. His tone was sharp, but I could hear the hurt under it, like every word was scraped raw. “You want to trust him, but you don’t even know if you should. That’s the truth, Sam. And that’s what’s killing you
SHATTERED ICE:One rink, bound by betrayal 20.
Samantha’s POVI barely made it three steps down the hall before Graham’s hand shot out and caught my arm.“Samantha, wait.” He called.I whipped around, yanking against his grip. My whole body was trembling, not from fear but from sheer, molten anger. “Don’t. Don’t try to calm me down, Graham. Not right now.” I fired at him.“I’m not trying to calm you down,” he said, his jaw set. “I’m trying to make sure you don’t throw your entire career into the fire because you’re pissed.”The words slammed into me like ice water. Career. Always career. “What the hell do you expect me to do? Smile and nod while Isaac shoves an NDA in my face? While Anthony…” My voice broke on his name, and I hated that it did. “While Anthony just stands there like this is all part of some game plan?” I added.“This isn’t a game plan,” Graham said sharply. “This is your life. And if something happens out there, if he loses his sight mid-performance, if he screws up one lift or one spin, you’re not the only one go
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Samantha’s POV “I can’t believe you’re pulling this shit, Anthony!” The words ripped out of me like a wound. My throat burned as I spoke, anger and betrayal twisting in my chest. “You let me walk into this blind, literally blind, and now there’s a damn contract to make sure no one ever finds out?”Anthony’s face hardened, his jaw tight like stone. But behind that cold mask, I caught it, hurt. A flicker. A tiny crack in his armor. “I didn’t know about this.” He whispered.Maybe he really didn’t, but I fucking didn’t care. “Bullshit.” My voice rose, sharp and bitter.“I didn’t!” he barked back, louder this time, almost desperate. His fists clenched at his sides, and I saw the tremor in his hands.Isaac cut between us, his hand raised like a referee in a fight. “Enough. This isn’t about blame.” His tone was smooth, practiced, the kind of voice that could soothe sponsors and boardrooms but only poured oil on the fire for me. “It’s business. I’m protecting my client.”I turned on him so f
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Samantha’s POV Anthony didn’t sit though. I liked to think it was because there was only two chairs in Isaac’s office and those chairs were currently occupied by Graham and I. He leaned in the corner, arms crossed, distant. As if this was already something he regretted.“Let’s get started then…” Isaac muttered, looking at us.Graham glanced at me with an arched brow before looking back at Isaac. He nodded with a small smile.Isaac slid the papers across the desk, followed by a sleek black pen. His face was calm, too calm, which only made my pulse spike.“Non-disclosure agreement,” he said. “Sign it.”My brows shot up. “What?” I stuttered. What the fuck had I just walked into.“An NDA,” Isaac repeated, his tone sharp with finality. “I don’t want this information going public. I’m sure you understand, Graham.”Graham frowned, his arms crossing over his chest. “Understand what, exactly?” His voice carried a warning edge.Isaac didn’t answer. Instead, he looked at Anthony.I looked down
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Samantha’s POVGraham stopped walking for a second, then caught up again, his tone sharp now. “You’re playing with fire, Sam. Don’t let me walk into this blindly. If you’re hiding something, it’s not just Anthony who could go down. You could go down with him.”His words cut deeper than I wanted to admit. He was right, keeping quiet could ruin me, too. My career. My future. Everything I’d worked for. But how could I betray Anthony like that?I bit the inside of my cheek, holding back the storm of words clawing at me. Finally, I just said, “Trust me on this, Graham. Please. Just… trust me.”He stared at me for a long moment, his lips pressed into a hard line. Then he shook his head. “I do trust you… That’s the only reason I’m not pushing harder. Isaac? I don’t trust, because he would always be all about business. But if Isaac drops something on us in there, and you already knew? Don’t expect me to clean it up without answers.” He muttered.My stomach sank as his words lingered in the ai
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Samantha’s POVI was placing my skates back into the bag when the sound of footsteps echoed across the rink. I didn’t even have to look up. Graham’s voice carried enough weight to make my stomach sink.Avoiding Graham had been at the very top of my list, especially that day when the weight of Anthony’s secret pressed harder on me than ever. I was sure I couldn’t keep it to myself much longer. With Ann, it had been easier somehow, I could hide it, bury it beneath half-truths and casual words, and she never suspected. But Graham was different. He wasn’t the type of man you could slip things past; his eyes were sharp, and he had a way of reading people that made lies crumble before they even left your lips.The worst part was, he deserved to know. He needed to know the state of things now, and I carried that truth like a stone in my chest, heavy and suffocating. Yet every time I thought about opening my mouth, about saying the words aloud, I froze. It felt like betrayal, like I was sh
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