《Winter's Mate: Fated on Ice 》全部章節：第 141 章 - 第 148 章

Chapter 16 - The headRosie pov"You're lying!" I shook my head in denial, the words tumbling out in shock. My parents could never do that. No parents would do that, not to their own child. Then the memory of that night flashed through me like an old favourite song. How my mother had handed me drink after drink that evening, touching my shoulder gently, telling me to go up to the second room. And how furious she'd been the next morning, grabbing my arm and demanding to know if I'd gone to that room, and then, months later, casually saying she'd thought I hadn't gone at all, like that had simply been a misunderstanding.Fuck. I'd been sold by my parents. Did my father know about it too? Had he known about the scheme from the very start, why wouldn't he? Where he couldn't even voice out his opinion to mother. I couldn't let myself think about it, because the longer I sat with the thought, the sharper the pain in my stomach became, twisting tighter with every second.My breath stuttered a

Interlude VIIFor hours, Jude had been waiting outside, pacing with his heart lodged in his throat; he didn't want to think about anything. Both Maya and Rosie had lost more blood than should have been survivable, and it was a miracle they'd still been conscious when we reached them, according to the first nurse who'd come out earlier to grab a blood bag.He swallowed hard at the word. Miracle. He'd never believed in miracles, not once in his life. There was no such thing as miracles in the world he lived in, only consequences, actions and their results, and cause and effect laid out. But this… might be one exception that the universe had decided to grant him.He ran his hands through his hair over and over, tensing at every time a nurse walked out of the room only to disappear back inside a moment later. His fists clenched tighter together. He wasn't a religious man and never had been a believer, but please, please let anyone supreme out there hear his plea. Let them be okay.As the

Chapter 18 - Little AngelRosie povIt had been a week since I woke up from that long, two-week sleep. Ever since, Jude had been hovering over me constantly, any small thing, he was there, fetching whatever I needed,refusing to let me walk around much on my own.On the second day, after Leonard insisted I needed rest, Maya walked into my room and pulled me into another hug. "Thank you for coming back," she said, squeezing my cheek gently. "I would have missed you." She smiled, then wrapped an arm loosely around my neck, settling in beside me on the bed.Then she filled me in on everything that had happened with Sophia. How Jude had unraveled trying to find me, how he'd scared his mother, even threatened her in front of the household, before flying to the Russo mansion and bringing Sophia back.I swallowed at that because I already knew Sophia hated me, convinced I'd stolen her man. And I supposed, in some sense, I had. But for her to have handed over the intel that got me kidnapped, th

Book 3-Epilogue — In Every Universe Rosie povI was grabbed from behind, and I nearly swung my fist at whoever the intruder was before his soft chuckle stopped me. I turned, staring at him with wide eyes, glancing quickly at the door behind him. "What are you doing here?" I whispered-yelled, and Jude smiled softly at me, his eyes twinkling.He pulled me closer until our chests collided, both our breaths growing heavy. "I missed you," he murmured, and my body shivered at the low tenor of his voice."We aren't supposed to see each other before the wedding," I reminded him, echoing what Maya had said about the groom and bride meeting. "It's bad luck—""Shh." He pressed his index finger against my lips, silencing me, his brown eyes searching mine. "You don't believe in that," I said while I nodded.He was right. I didn't. Why should a husband and wife already bound together for two years be kept apart before a wedding? Whoever invented that tradition needed a gun in the head.I huffed ou