All Chapters of His Dangerous Love On Ice: Chapter 201 - Chapter 210

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Chapter 201: Olive's POV

Chapter 201: Olive's POVI didn't know the details yet, but I could feel it—that prickling awareness that something was very, very wrong.That Elena being here had everything to do with me.With Zane.With whatever history they shared that I knew nothing about.Nina cleared her throat, breaking the tension."Excellent," she said briskly. "Now that introductions are complete, let's discuss the timeline and logistics. The campaign launches in three days, which means we have a very tight schedule. Elena will be the face of the campaign alongside The Mercer Brothers, and we'll need both of you—" she looked pointedly at me and Sophia "—to finalize the creative concepts and ensure everything aligns with the brand message and vision we've developed while we wait for the final feedback for our last candidate tomorrow."I forced myself to focus on Nina's words, to take notes in my notebook, to nod at the appropriate moments and ask questions that sounded intelligent even though my brain was sc

Chapter 202: Zane's POV

Chapter 202: Zane's POVMy father's voice came through the phone with that particular brand of satisfaction that made me want to throw the damn thing across the room."Zane," he said, quite calm for a man who had caused so many chaos "I thought you'd want to hear the good news directly from me."I didn't respond. Just stood there at the floor-to-ceiling windows of my penthouse, looking out at the Seattle skyline, phone pressed to my ear, waiting."I've been successfully released from every accusation," Williams continued, and I could hear the smirk in his voice. "Every single charge. Every plan you so carefully orchestrated. None of them hit me, son. Not a single one stuck."My grip tightened on the phone, but I kept my voice level. "Congratulations.""Oh, don't congratulate me yet," he said, and now there was something darker underneath that smooth tone. Something vicious. "Because now it's my turn. And I'm going to make you lose everything you've labored for, Zane. Everything you've

Chapter 203: Olive's POV

Chapter 203: Olive's POVThe manipulation. The performance.Elena had always been good at this—at making herself the victim, at twisting situations until everyone around her felt guilty for whatever pain she claimed to be experiencing.I’d never known that until I watched the video in the military, of her accepting to a crime I never committed."You don't get to show up here and act like you're owed explanations," I said quietly."I don't—" She stopped, eyes widening. "Are you serious right now? We were best friends, Zane. We grew up together. We were—we were everything to each other. And you just left. You just vanished. And now you're standing here acting like I'm some stranger who—""You are a stranger," I interrupted. "It's been seventeen years. People change. You're not the person I knew. I'm not the person you knew. Whatever we were to each other ended a long time ago.""That's not true," she said, and now she was moving closer again, closing the distance I'd put between us. "Yo

Chapter 204: Olive's POV

Chapter 204: Olive's POVI left Zane's apartment without looking back.Neither could I look back.Or see through that door, nor think about what was happening behind it, I couldn't let myself imagine Elena still there with him, offering comfort, sliding into the space I'd just vacated with my dramatic exit and my hurt feelings and my complete inability to handle what I'd walked in on.My hands were shaking as I fumbled with my car keys.I dropped them once.Picked them up.Then dropped them again.When I finally managed to unlock the door and slide into the driver's seat, and for a moment I just sat there in the parking garage beneath his building, hands gripping the steering wheel, trying to remember how to breathe.Elena's face.Zane's hands on her waist.The way they'd looked together in that split second before he'd seen me—intimate, familiar, like they'd done this before, like seventeen years hadn't passed, like I was the interruption instead of the girlfriend who had every right

Chapter 205: Olive's POV

Chapter 205: Olive's POVI pressed the gas.Accelerating through the intersection.Too distracted to care about traffic laws or safety or anything except getting home and—Headlights.Bright.Blinding.Coming straight at me from the left.Fast.Too fast.My brain registered it half a second before my body reacted…a black Range Rover running the red light, not slowing, not stopping, aimed directly at my driver's side door like a missile locked on target.I screamed.Yanked the wheel hard to the right without thinking, pure instinct taking over.My foot hit the brake and the gas at the same time in pure panic, and suddenly I was moving backward, the car reversing at an angle I hadn't consciously chosen, tires screaming against asphalt.The Range Rover missed me.By inches.I felt the displacement of air as it shot past where I'd been half a second earlier, close enough that I could see the tinted windows, close enough that if I'd hesitated even a fraction of a moment longer I'd be dead.

Chapter 206: Olive's POV

Chapter 206: Olive's POV"An accident," I repeated, and my voice was shaking now, control slipping. "A car tried to hit me. Black Range Rover. Ran a red light going full speed right at my door. I reversed and it—it hit someone else. There's smoke. The person's trapped. I think it might explode. I don't—I don't know what to do.""Where are you?" Zane's voice had shifted completely now, all the desperation gone, replaced by something hard and commanding and focused. "Olive, where are you right now?"I looked around through the windshield, trying to focus past the panic and the shaking and the image of Alonso's face burned into my brain.A billboard on the corner advertising insurance.A street sign barely visible in the darkness."Pike and Fifth," I managed. "The intersection. I'm still in my car. I can't—my hands won't—""Stay in the car," Zane said, and his voice was steady now, grounding, the kind of calm authority that cut through my panic. "Keep your doors locked. Don't get out. Do

Chapter 207: Olive's POV

Chapter 207: Olive's POVZane insisted on driving me home and I didn't argue because I couldn't argue when my hands were still shaking and my brain kept replaying the moment that Range Rover had come barreling toward me with what felt like deliberate, murderous intent that made my stomach turn.The drive was quiet in that heavy way where neither of us knew what to say, and Zane kept glancing at me like he was checking to make sure I was still there, still breathing, still okay despite everything that had just happened, and his hand rested on my thigh the whole time, warm and steady and grounding in a way that made me feel like maybe I could survive this.I let it stay there because I needed something solid to hold onto, something real that told me I'd survived and that I was safe even though I knew the worst probably wasn't over, not by a long shot.When we pulled into my building's parking garage Zane killed the engine but didn't move to get out, just sat there for a moment before sa

Chapter 208: Olive's POV

Chapter 208: Olive's POVNot gently or carefully but wildly, desperately, like he was trying to prove something or claim something or make absolutely sure I understood that whatever was happening between us, whatever complications my mother was worried about, or my worries about Elena, none of it mattered compared to this.His other hand found my waist and pulled me flush against him and I couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't do anything except kiss him back while my mother watched and my face burned and something in my chest cracked open.When he finally pulled back his forehead rested against mine for just a second and he said quietly, "Take care of yourself," then pressed a softer kiss to my cheek before turning and leaving.The door closed behind him with a soft click and I stood there in my living room with my face red and eyes wide and heart racing, completely unable to process what had just happened.My mother stared at me and started, "How DARE he—""He saved Grayson's c

Chapter 209: Olive's POV

Chapter 209: Olive's POVThe office stared back at me like a graveyard as I stared into my computer as if I was reading but it was all a false pretense as I was avoiding the side glances from Sophia and the fact that Jessica had been passing through some series of apprehension because of the possible reason that Antonio might be showing himself today.But I wouldn't blame her because I knew I was once in those shoes before, and I knew her healing would take long, would take a very long time before she could look at him without her heart doing that stupid flutter thing that made you feel like you were thirteen again.I'd been there myself not that long ago, still was there if I was being honest, except my situation was infinitely more complicated than a simple crush on a charming hockey player who probably didn't even know Jessica existed beyond her excellent presentation skills.My situation involved near-death experiences and mysterious men watching from shadows and a brother I'd tho

Chapter 210: Olive's POV

Chapter 210: Olive's POVShe didn't look at anyone else, just walked straight toward the table and took the seat directly across from where I was sitting, her movements graceful and deliberate, her amber-green eyes finding mine and holding them as she said in that warm friendly voice, "Good morning, Olive."Like we were colleagues instead of whatever the hell we actually were."Elena," I managed to say.She smiled with that same smile from last night, the one that didn't reach her eyes, the one that said she knew exactly what she was doing and was enjoying every second of my discomfort, and she said, "I hope you're feeling better this morning. You seemed rather... upset when you left last night."There it was, the reference to me walking in on her and Zane, the reminder that she'd been there in his apartment in his arms exactly where I was supposed to be, and I said flatly, "I'm fine.""Good," Elena said, and her smile widened, "because I'd hate for there to be any awkwardness between

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