CHAPTER 21

Morning cracked over the base with its usual cold, metallic brightness — the kind that sliced through the windows and stabbed at anyone still nursing a hangover from the welcoming party. Voices were low, groans were plenty, and some trainees looked like they’d crawled back from the dead. But the real shock of the morning wasn’t the hangovers. It was the silence. A sharp, heavy, unnatural silence. The absence of him. By the time the sun climbed fully, the rumor had already sparked and spread like electricity through the hallways. Boss was gone. No warning. No footsteps echoing in the corridor. No suffocating aura pressing over the walls. Nothing. Some whispered he’d returned to the Blackwood estate for “family duty.” Others claimed it was a covert assignment. Most simply shrugged — nobody questioned the movements of a man whose moods could kill. But for one person… the news landed differently. Casey stood frozen in the training hall, boots planted, hands still wrapped. Th

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CHAPTER 22 - FIRST MISSION

Six months had passed since Lucas had vanished like a shadow at dawn, and the base had settled into its usual rhythm. But for Casey, those months had been anything but usual. They had been a crucible, each day chiseling her into something sharper, faster, and more precise.She moved through the training halls now like a force of nature—confident, measured, and controlled. The memory of Lucas’s kiss, the heat of that moment, had not faded entirely, but it no longer made her falter. If anything, it fueled her—reminding her that control was hers, that no one could corner her again, and certainly not him.The day had come. Her first mission. The briefing had been short and clipped: “Observation. Extraction. Clean execution. No mistakes.” Those were the words she had lived by for months now. Her nerves hummed, but they were tempered by preparation, by months of sweat and pain and repetition. She knew her craft. She had honed it until hesitation had no place in her mind.Jason had been the

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23 - LUNCH, RUMOURS & UNWANTED ATTENTION

Lunch hour at M Base was usually chaos — clattering trays, people arguing over protein portions, But today? All the noise blurred into background static because the moment Casey walked in, every head turned. Word of his mission success had already spread like wildfire. Clean execution. Zero hesitation. Perfect teamwork. He wasn’t just “the new guy who looks suspiciously pretty” anymore. He was the one who carried half the mission with no supervision, no stumbles, no drama. Respect had shifted in the air. Casey ignored all of them. Andrew was already waving dramatically from their usual table like a man trying to flag down a helicopter. “Caseeeeey!” he practically yelled, scooting over to make space. “Come sit before these hungry wolves swallow me alive.” Casey dropped her tray, slid into her seat with a sigh, and before she could even breathe, Andrew was already vibrating with excitement. “First of all,” he announced loudly, “YOUR. MISSION. WAS. FLAWLESS.” Casey blinked.

Last Updated : 2025-11-19

All Chapters of Defrosting Her Cold Heart : Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22 - FIRST MISSION

23 - LUNCH, RUMOURS & UNWANTED ATTENTION