All Chapters of Second Chance on the Rink: Rebirth of the Ice Queen: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

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Chapter81 A High School Crush

Scarlett's POVSarah found me about ten minutes into the shoot.She came up beside me with her tablet and her usual expression ."How's your mom doing?" she said."Better. A lot better, actually. "Sarah smiled. "That sounds way too good.""It really does." I looked at her. She had dark circles under her eyes that she had done a reasonable job of covering and the slightly compressed posture of someone running on not enough sleep. "How are you holding up? The last week has been a lot.""It would be, if not for a certain difficult Mr. X." "Sarah. I'm sorry." She paused. "I'm just messing with you, my dear boss. Everything's running. Nothing's on fire.""Take the rest of the week," I said. "Actual time off. I'm back now, I'll handle things from here.""The Morrison follow-up is still—""I'll handle it. Go."She looked at me for a moment like she

Chapter82 Dressing Room Sex

Before I could answer, Preston picked me up."Oh my God! What are you doing!""If you don't mind doing this right here, I can always put you down." Preston laughed softly.Good lord, this man was insane.I was pretty sure he meant it too, and that thought stopped me cold.I stopped fighting and let him carry me into the rest room. Preston kicked the door closed behind us and turned the lock with one hand.He started pulling at my clothes right away. His fingers tugged my shirt up and over my head."God Scarlett I need you right now" he said in that rough voice he used when he got like this.I put my hands on his chest. "Preston wait. What if someone knocks? "He just shook his head and kept going. He unbuttoned my jeans and slid them down my legs along with my underwear. "Nobody is coming in. I locked it. Stop worrying and let me have you."His mouth was on my neck before I could argue more. He kissed and sucked hard enough to leave marks.I felt that rush of heat even though my head

Chapter83 You're Marrying That Kind of Woman?

Scarlett's POVPreston seemed determined to ignore the ringtone for as long as possible. But whoever was calling had a persistence that was hard to match. Preston frowned and finally picked up his phone."Dad."I could hear the voice on the other end clearly enough. Clipped, controlled, the kind of voice that was used to being listened to."Where are you."Preston glanced at me.Something shifted in his expression, and I recognized it about half a second before he opened his mouth and I knew exactly what he was going to do and could not stop it in time.He made his breathing audible. Deliberately. Just enough."Can you not tell?" he said.The voice on the other end went silent for one beat. Then it came back louder and considerably less controlled.Preston held the phone slightly away from his ear and let his father finish. Then he said, calmly, "I'll be h

Chapter84 The Setup

Scarlett's POVPreston's mother looked at me for a moment and then said, simply, "Let the girls go enjoy themselves. Young people like that kind of thing."I did not particularly want to spend an afternoon with Isla. That was the honest answer.But Preston's mother had set aside tickets specifically, and whatever her reasons were, turning them down in her own house felt like the wrong move. I was already here. I had already survived the entrance hall."Sure," I said. "Sounds good."Isla smiled.That night I lay in bed and stared at the ceiling and thought about it.Isla was not someone who made four-second pivots without a reason.I did not sleep especially well.--She was at my door at seven thirty in the morning with a garment bag over one arm and a coffee in each hand, which was either genuine thoughtfulness or the most effective disarming tactic I had ever encountered."I found you som

Chapter85 Wrong Room

Isla's POVMy smile hadn't even faded yet when the door swung open.Scarlett was standing in the doorway, still wearing the suit.The suit looked good on her. Of course it did. Everything looked good on Scarlett Huntington, which was one of the more irritating things about her.She glanced down at herself and then at me."Happy?" she said."You look great," I said. "Come on, we should head over. Everyone's already waiting."She didn't move right away. She had that look she got sometimes, the one that meant she was running something through her head. Measuring. Deciding."Sure," she said finally.I smiled and looped my arm through hers before she could think too hard about it."Time to go," I said, keeping my voice light. "You know how it is, everyone's already there, we don't want to miss the start."She was a little stiff under my arm but she came with me. That was what mattered.I steered her through the corridor and down toward the suite level.I found the one I was looking for and

Chapter86 She Is Preston’s True Love

Scarlett's POVThe race ended and people started filtering out of the boxes. I said a few polite words to Alaric and followed the general flow of the crowd back through the corridor.My phone rang while I was waiting for my car.Emma.I picked up. "Hey.""Hey." Her voice had that particular energy she got when she'd been sitting on something for a while. "So I've been thinking about that question you asked me. The one about Preston."I did not immediately remember which question, and then I did. "The one about whether there was ever anyone serious.""Right. And I told you about all the women before his accident, the model, the actress, all of that. But I kept thinking there was something I was forgetting, so I went and actually looked into it."I got into the car when it pulled up and closed the door. "And?""Okay, so there's this woman. Her name is Sienna. Sienna Caldwell. She's from old money, like real old money, the kind that doesn't need to show off. Her family and the Beaumonts

Chapter87 You Man-Stealing Slut

Scarlett's POVSarah was already moving toward me from the other direction, her face tight with the expression she got when something had gone sideways and she had been trying to contain it."I'm so sorry," she said, keeping her voice low. "She got past the front desk before anyone could stop her. Security is on the way.""It's fine," I said. "Who is she?""She didn’t say.She just keeps saying you know what you did."I looked past Sarah toward the commotion near the reception area.The woman was visibly furious, the kind of furious that had been building for a while and had finally found somewhere to land.I had never seen her before in my life.I walked toward her. The office stayed quiet around me, everyone pretending to look at their screens."Hi," I said. "Can I help you?"She turned on me so fast I almost took a step back."Don't you hi me," she said. "You know exactly why I'm here.""I really don't," I said. "But I'd like to. My office?"She didn't move. "I'm not going anywhere

Chapter88 Did You Think You Were Pregnant?

Scarlett's POVShe finally made up her mind and followed me inside.Lyra didn't move toward the chair right away. She stood in the middle of my office with her arms crossed and watched me walk around to my side of the desk like she was waiting for me to slip up."Sit down," I said. "Please."She sat. Barely."You said you have proof," she said. "So show me."I pulled up my email and turned the monitor toward her. "This is the venue's internal booking system. Robert, my operations manager, requested access about ten minutes ago."I pointed to the screen. "That box was registered under the name Voss. Your husband's reservation. It was not registered under my name or anyone from my company."She leaned forward and looked at the screen. Her jaw was tight."That just means you weren't the one who booked it," she said."Right," I said. "Because I didn't book it. I was brought there by someone else who told me it was her box."I printed the page and slid it across the desk. "Keep that."I op

Chapter89 You're His Mistress!

Scarlett's POV"What are you talking about?"I took a step back.Alaric took a step forward."Come on," he said, his voice dropping into something that was clearly supposed to be charming and landed nowhere close. "You came here. You knew I'd be here. Don't play innocent now.""I didn't know you'd be here," I said. "Cole invited me. This has nothing to do with you.""Sure it doesn't." He smiled in a way that made my skin crawl. "You showed up at my box at the race. Now you're here. At some point you have to own it.""I showed up at the wrong box," I said. "I've explained this. Back up."He didn't back up. He moved closer, one hand reaching out toward my arm, and I stepped sideways fast enough that he caught air."You're reading this completely wrong," I said. My voice was steady. I was making a point of keeping it steady. "I'm not interested. I was never interested. Whatever you think happened at that race, you're mistaken.""You're cute when you're pretending," he said."I'm serious

Chapter90 How Long Are You Going to Keep Lying to Me?

Scarlett's POVCrack!The slap landed and my head snapped to the side.For about two seconds I just stood there. Processing. The sting spread across my cheek and something cold and very clear moved through me.I turned back and looked at Lyra."Okay," I said.She was already pulling back for another one, her hand up, her face twisted with three years of accumulated rage pointed directly at me.I caught her wrist."You got one," I said. "You don't get another.""Let go of me." She pulled against my grip. "Let go, you—""I'm going to let go," I said. "And then you're going to step back."She yanked her arm free and swung anyway.I stepped into it instead of away from it, blocked her forearm with mine, and slapped her back.She froze.The room went absolutely silent.Lyra stared at me with her hand pressed to her cheek, more shocked than anything else. Like she had genuinely not considered that this was a direction things could go."I have been nothing but straight with you," I said. My v

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