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Chapter 27 Evan
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2026-06-19 08:07:30
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The Ice Between Us Chapter 30 Lena
It’s been a few days since Coach Daniels left for Chicago. A few days of pretending I’m fine. A few days of skating on the pond because it’s safe. A few days of avoiding the rink because it isn’t.I haven’t told him I’m planning to compete again. Not the next competition. Not Nationals. I want to. I want to be there. But wanting and believing are two different things.Today… I’m supposed to take the next step, back inside the rink. Mom drives. Mrs. Hart sits in the passenger seat. Gabby is in the back with me, practically vibrating with excitement. I wish I felt even a fraction of that. When we pull into the parking lot, my stomach drops. The building looks bigger than I remember. Colder. Louder. Like it’s waiting for me to fail again.Inside, the air smells like ice and rubber and memories I’m not ready for. We walk toward the rink doors. My hands shake. My breath gets tight. My chest feels like it’s shrinking. Gabby skates out first, fearless, gliding across the ice like she owns it
The Ice Between Us Chapter 29 Coach Daniels
I walk into the PR conference room expecting a strategy session. What I get is a circus. Coach Ramirez is already seated, arms crossed, jaw tight. He gives me a look that says brace yourself. The PR team is scattered around the table, laptops open, papers everywhere, tension thick enough to choke on.And then there’s her. One PR rep, young, overly polished, too eager, practically glowing as she clicks through a slideshow that makes my blood pressure spike. She’s pushing a narrative. A narrative that throws Lena under the bus. “…and if we position Sabrina as the emotional victim,” she says, “we can redirect public sympathy toward her. It protects the sport’s image and...”“Stop.” My voice comes out sharper than I intended.She blinks at me. “Coach Daniels, I understand this is sensitive...”“No,” I say, stepping forward. “You don’t understand anything if you think sacrificing Lena is an option.”A few heads turn. Ramirez leans back, watching me like he’s waiting for the explosion.I ke
The Ice Between Us Chapter 28 Lena
It’s been a day since Coach Daniels left, and I haven’t moved from my bed. I know what I promised him. I know I said I’d keep skating. I know I said I’d try. But right now? I don’t want to do anything.My room is dark except for the sliver of morning light sneaking through the curtains. I’m curled under my blankets, staring at nothing, replaying everything in my head like a loop I can’t shut off.The article. The comments. Sabrina’s press conference. Evan at the pond telling me not to pull away.And me doing it anyway.My dad knocks softly on the door. “Lena? Breakfast is ready.” I don’t answer. A few seconds pass. “Sweetheart… at least come down for a little bit.” Still nothing. Eventually, I hear him sigh and walk away. Guilt twists in my stomach, but not enough to make me move.About an hour later, my door opens again. this time without knocking. My mom. She sits on the edge of my bed and brushes hair off my forehead like I’m five again. “There’s someone here to see you,” she says g
The Ice Between Us Chapter 27 Evan
The second Coach Daniels drives off, I’m already pulling out my phone. I don’t care that it’s late. I don’t care that I’m exhausted. Lena needs people around her, even if she won’t let me be one of them right now. Mom answers on the first ring.“Evan? Everything okay?”“No,” I say honestly. “I need a favor.”She hears the strain in my voice and goes quiet. “Tell me.”“I need you to check on Lena. Not push her. Not ask questions. Just… be there. And bring Gabby. Lena likes her. She might let you two in more than she’ll let me right now.”Mom doesn’t hesitate. “Of course. I’ll call her mother too. We’ll make it a Women Supporting Women thing. No pressure. Just company.”Relief hits me so hard I have to sit down on the edge of my bed. “Thank you.”“You’re doing the right thing,” she says gently. “She needs a village right now. And you’re giving her one.”I swallow hard. “Yeah.”After we hang up, I stare at my phone for a long moment, wishing I could text Lena. Wishing she’d let me. Wishi
The Ice Between Us Chapter 26 Coach Daniels
I knew things were getting bad. But I didn’t realize how bad until I watched Sabrina’s press conference. I’m sitting in my office, laptop open, coffee going cold, listening to her spin lie after lie with a straight face. Blaming Lena. Blaming Evan. Blaming “heartbreak” for her second‑place finish. By the time the clip ends, my jaw is clenched so tight it hurts. This is spiraling. Fast.I grab my phone and call my boss, Ramirez, in Chicago. He answers on the second ring.“Daniels. Tell me you’re seeing this.”“Oh, I’m seeing it,” I say. “And I’m telling you right now, this is all garbage. Every bit of it.”He exhales sharply. “I sent Lena home to recover, not start a cheating scandal.”“She didn’t,” I snap. “That article is fake. Evan doesn’t even know Sabrina. He’s been helping Lena off the ice, that’s it. I can get Hart to attest to it.”There’s a long silence on the other end. I can practically hear him thinking, weighing PR, timing, the season, the optics. Finally he says, “There a
The Ice Between Us Chapter 25 Sabrina
It’s been almost a week since the article dropped, and honestly? I’ve never felt more… powerful. Everywhere I go, people are whispering. In the rink. In the locker room. In the stands at the competition today.Some of them look at me with sympathy, poor Sabrina, betrayed by Evan Hart. Others look at me like they’re not sure what to believe. But they’re talking. About me. About him. About Lena. And that’s what matters.Because for the first time since she came crawling back into town, Lena isn’t the golden girl. She isn’t the comeback story. She isn’t the sweet, perfect skater everyone worships. She’s the scandal. And she’s not even here to defend herself. I stand near the warm‑up area, stretching, pretending not to listen as two girls whisper behind me.“Did you see the article?”“Yeah… I feel bad for Sabrina.”“I don’t know… something about it seems off.”“Well, Lena’s not here, is she?”I smile to myself. Exactly. Lena didn’t show up. Didn’t enter the competition. Didn’t even come t
The Ice Between Us Chapter 12 -Sabrina
Of course they’re talking about Lena again. They always are. I sit on the bench at the training rink, arms crossed, watching the younger girls practice. They’re giggling, whispering, glancing at me like I’m some kind of celebrity. I should be flattered. I should be enjoying this. But all I can thin
The Ice Between Us Chapter 11 -Lena
I don’t even make it through the front door before I hear my name.“…Merritt...Lena Merritt...”The TV is on in the living room, volume just loud enough to carry down the hall. My mom must’ve left it playing. I drop my bag by the door and step closer, heart already sinking.It’s the post‑game press
The Ice Between Us Chapter 10 -Evan
Winning should feel better than this. The buzzer sounded, the crowd went wild, my teammates swarmed me, and for a split second, I felt that old rush, the one I’ve been chasing since before the suspension. But the second I stepped off the ice, reality slammed back into me. I know what I did. I know
The Ice Between Us Chapter 9 -Lena
I can’t focus. Not on the puck. Not on the players. Not on the roar of the crowd or the announcer shouting names I should recognize. All I can hear is the echo of Evan’s stick slamming against the glass. All I can see is the look in his eyes, sharp, furious, protective in a way that makes my stomac
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