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Chapter 7: The Contract
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2026-06-02 07:00:13
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Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 54: From Spotlight to Sidelines
Roland’s POVThe instant the heavy double doors clicked shut behind us, silencing the blinding camera flashes and the loud roar of thirty shouting reporters, I let out a deep, shuddering breath. My lungs burned as if I had just finished sprinting a drill across the ice. My suit jacket felt way too tight around my shoulders, and my shirt collar was choking me. I needed a moment to clear my head.We were standing in a dim, private service hallway behind the main ballroom. The concrete walls were freezing cold, and the overhead lights flickered faintly above us, casting long shadows down the hallway floor. Nobody else was back here with us. It was just the two of us, completely alone for the first time since we woke up to that frantic phone call. The quiet in the hall felt almost as loud as the press room. I turned around quickly to face Jeffery, my heart pounding against my ribs like a trapped wild animal. The look he gave me was even worse than the look on stage. His dark eyes were wi
Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 53: The Man Who Commands the Room
Jeffery’s POVI sat on that padded chair next to Roland, doing everything I could not to fidget like a nervous wreck. My manager, Mr. Brown, had made it crystal clear before we stepped onto the stage: keep your mouth shut unless someone asks you a direct question, smile for the cameras, and look like a solid team player. That sounded simple enough. But sitting here under these blinding white lights while my whole body was still spinning from everything that happened in the apartment was making my heart pound against my ribs.My knees were practically shaking under the long table covered with a blue cloth. Less than twenty minutes ago, we were standing naked under the hot water in his bathroom, breathing fast, so close to losing our minds and throwing everything away. My skin was still warm from that shower. My hair was barely dry. I could still feel the phantom touch of his hands on my hips. And now, here we were, sitting side by side in front of thirty shouting reporters with camera
Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 52: The Command Performance
Roland’s POVThe heavy double doors of the hotel ballroom swung open, and the world instantly exploded into a chaotic mess of blinding white flashes and screaming voices. The noise hit my ears like a sudden wall of sound. Photographers were practically trampling each other against the velvet ropes, their heavy camera lenses clicking like rapid gunfire as they tried to get the first shot of us.I didn’t flinch. I couldn’t afford to. The exact second my feet crossed the threshold of that room, I slid right back into my public persona like it was a second skin.All the messy chaos from thirty minutes ago—the wild panic in the bedroom, the agonizing torture in the steamy shower, and the insane rush to get dressed—was completely locked away behind a cool, handsome face. I adjusted the collar of my dark suit jacket, stood up tall, and put on the exact smooth smile everyone expected to see from the team’s star player.I guided Jeffery through the crowd of loud reporters, keeping a firm, p
Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 51: The Car Ride of Restraint
POV: Jeffery My skin is still tingling. Like, actually on fire. Every time I move, the friction against my jeans makes me want to groan out loud. My hair is still a little damp from the shower. We barely survived, and my muscles ache in the best, most embarrassing way possible. I kept reliving the way Roland’s hands felt on my skin, the heavy heat of his body pressing me into the tiled wall, and the way he moaned my name so loudly. And now we are sitting in the back of a black SUV, speeding through the city at midnight like nothing happened. The streetlights streak past the window in long blurs of yellow and white. It is quiet in here, except for the low, steady sound of the engine and Roland’s voice. Roland is sitting right next to me, taking up way too much space on the leather seat. His broad shoulders are tense, and he’s holding his phone up to his ear. He’s back in his black designer hoodie, looking totally cool and collected, like he didn’t just wreck me twenty minutes ago. “I
Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 50: The Torture of Proximity
Roland’s POVI yanked Jeffery straight into my small bathroom by his wrist, nearly pulling his arm out of its socket. My brain was completely fried with pure panic. The tile floor was freezing under our bare feet, but my hands were shaking so bad I could barely grab the metal shower handle. I slammed the tap open all the way. The showerhead hissed loudly before throwing a thick, heavy spray of hot water against the glass door, steam rising fast to fog up the mirror.We didn’t have a single second to waste on being careful. I reached over and pulled the designer shirt off over Jeffery’s head in one fast jerk, throwing it onto the floor by the sink. He was fumbling with the buttons on his jeans, breathing super fast, kicking them off his ankles while I yanked my pants down to my knees. The cold morning air against our bare skin made us both shiver hard, but the crazy rush in my blood felt like pure fire.Four minutes. We had four stupid minutes to wash off the sweat, the red marks, an
Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 49: A Brutal Awakening
Jeffery’s POVConsciousness crashes into me like a brutal body check into the hard ice rinks. One second I was deep in a foggy dream, floating in that weird limbo between sleep and total darkness, and the next, my shoulder is being violently yanked back and forth. The cozy warmth of the bed is instantly ripped away as my eyes snap wide open in the dark. The ugly green numbers of the alarm clock on the nightstand glow sharply through the dark room: 3:47 AM.My head feels like someone slammed a heavy brick straight into my skull. My muscles are heavy, dead, and locked up with exhaustion. Sleep deprivation clings to my brain like thick, sticky glue. I can barely breathe, let alone process why the room is shaking or why my heart is suddenly pounding against my ribs like a trapped wild animal.“Wake up! Now!” a voice barks in my ear.It’s Roland. His grip on my bare shoulder is so tight his fingers are practically bruising my skin. I blink through the blurry darkness, struggling to focu
Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 4: The Encounter
I hated every second of this new life. I hated waking up early for interviews I did not care about. I hated people staring at me everywhere I went like I belonged to them now. I hated the cameras outside Northcrest Academy and the way students suddenly moved aside whenever I walked past. Most of
Skating on Thin Ice chapter six : The Leverage
My fist hit the locker door before I could stop myself. The loud thud echoed down the empty hallway like a gunshot, bouncing off the concrete walls and metal benches. My fists stung immediately, but I barely felt it. The anger was too loud inside my head. "You think this is a game?" I snapped, tur
Skating on Thin Ice chapter five: The Silence
I stood frozen in the dim concrete hallway, my back pressed against the cold wall like it could somehow save me. The silence pressed down, thick and heavy. My pulse hammered so fiercely I could feel it in my teeth. Every part of me screamed to run, but my legs refused to move. Roland did not rush.
Skating on Thin Ice Chapter 3: Stepping In
I lingered in front of the mirror longer than I should have. The reflection staring back at me felt wrong. My black hair replaced the usual silver. Lucien's face looked back instead of my own. It was like a life not meant for me was staring through the glass. I adjusted the collar of my Northcrest
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