All Chapters of Ice Bound Hearts - A Fake Dating Hockey Romance : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Madison“Seriously? You’re asking me to travel to Colorado?” I am not impressed. I live in Austin, Texas. Lived here all my life, all twenty-two years of them and I have no intention of relocating anytime soon. And I have my little dog to think about, Honey-Belle, the love of my life a cute pale Chihuahua.Hi, I’m Madison Lane and I’m a digital sports journalist. I attended Austin University because I’m a real home body and love being close to my folks, my sister Henri who works as a librarian in our small hometown, my brother Jefferson who is currently between jobs and following his music career. Someday he is going to make it big, and he can support my Gucci buying habit.Yeah, I love Gucci and all things pink except for my nail polish which always has to be siren red. Although I do break my rule for coral in the summer.“Yes, Colorado.” My boss is saying as he stands at the door of my goldfish bowl office where I still have no blinds up. Honestly, I’ve been hassling our maintenance

MadisonTo say I am not impressed is the understatement of the century. And the next century whilst I’m in one. Like seriously, Alex Stone. God. I have my hand to my head as I stand in the glass elevator that runs from the top floor where my office is, down to the reception.The smoked elevator doors open, and I step out onto the marble reception area. It never ceases to take my breath away; we have one of the most stunning businesses in Austin. Yeah, maybe I’m biased but I love where I work, I love my boss and his family, and I love all my colleagues.The floor is the color of a cappuccino, light and breezy. In the centre is a round reception area where Monique works and has done even before I arrived here on the scene. She’s around forty something with long auburn hair that is in a different style every day. How this woman gets time when she’s got a couple of teenagers to herd in the morning and deal with is beyond me, but she is always immaculately turned out.“Hey sweetie.” She ca

MadisonI’m mad as hell about this whole damn situation and now it turns out I have to go day after tomorrow. Just a little email bombshell, seriously I thought my boss was better than that.Belle my little baby girl, chihuahua comes over from her pink fluffy bed with her tail wagging, seriously she’s wagging it so much it could fall right off her ass. Damn my girl is so friggin adorable. I drop my keys on the pine table in my hallway and bend down to greet her and pick her up. I hold her close to me, she smells of doggy coconut shampoo, she’s good enough to eat.“Hey girl. How was your day, my snuggle pup?” She moves her head around my chin and neck and tries to lick me. I kiss the top of her head. “Mommy has had a rough day; baby girl and we need to move. So there goes our weekend plans, we’re all about the packing my sweet thing.” Belle has no idea what I’m saying to her and she’s way too busy snuggling up to me and giving me those puppy dog eyes of hers.Eventually, I place her ba

Madison“Whoa hold on a minute, I thought the agreement was that I was being given a rental for six months. Now you tell me, at the last minute I am staying at Alex Stone’s house. Are you insane? Seriously?”It’s the n’th hour before I am scheduled to have an early pick up tomorrow at five a.m and my boss has just let me know that I will be staying with Alex Stone. How do you think I feel? First, I was definitely told I was getting a place on lease for the six months and now he drops this bombshell on me. Honestly, I feel like walking out of this gig and the job, but I can’t.You see, I make a good living. I have a fantastic following and my YouTube channel brings me in top dollar. If I walk away now there will be no promotion, I won’t make it to the senior rank on the paper and there will be no more living the high life for me. That I suppose I could do without, but my place doesn’t come cheap, a house near the lake with a deck and some forest ground surrounding it, as you can imagin

MadisonI step out of the car that Alex Stone’s management team put on for me. I have to say they’ve gone to an awful lot of trouble; they must really need this man’s acting cleaning up so much that he squeaks by the end of it.My flight from Dallas was upgraded to first class and I enjoyed reclining my seat and getting stuck into my new Lucy Score book, I’m a sucker for romance and smut and she sure does deliver. The air hostess was a pretty young woman with ice blonde hair and green eyes that shone like emeralds, wasted in my opinion serving drinks to rich people when she could be adorning cat walks especially with her height and slender build. A black stretch limo was waiting for me when I got through arrivals after being greeted by a good-looking chap around his thirties, with jet black hair and brown eyes. I saw him holding a white card with my name on it in black and headed straight for him.“Madison Lane?” He asked in an accent I’d not place from around these parts, he more of