All Chapters of ON THIN ICE: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter 1. Darcy “You’re prettier than the pictures. Your father didn’t mention the body.” Adam smirked, the buffoon I'm currently on a date with— a date my father set me on. His eyes kept roaming my chest and I felt so disgusted that I couldn't bring myself to thank him. I flashed a tight smile while suppressing the urge to flip him off and get the hell out of there. Adam could only talk about three things; himself, his father and my chest. Goddess forbids he asks me any questions about myself. Normally I would have actually flipped him off and left but I couldn’t. My father had a heart attack about 12 months ago. And ever since he’s been obsessed with finding a mate for me. This was my fifth blind date with another cookie cutter rich boy hoping to elevate his status by dating Alpha Grayson’s daughter, and Adam was the most presumptuous. He had cancelled and rescheduled three times before today. “Hey! Are you listening?” Adam snapped his fingers in my face across the tabl

Chapter 3 Darcy Cutting me off and writing me out of the will over a mate made no sense. For one ugly second, I thought that my siblings finally convinced him to cut me loose. Sooner or later, my cards will work again, I told myself. But it did little to calm me down. I found myself walking to the ice rink. But when I got there, I saw people setting up goal posts. Right, the hockey game. Maybe I can beg the coach to let me on for just two minutes. I was so deep in thought that I didn’t notice someone right in front of me until I bumped into them. “Whoa. Are you okay?” I looked up to see Chase Richter’s deep brown eyes staring at me. He was a hockey player Sunny introduced me to, and probably the only jock I could stand. He had a pretty good looking face so Sunny tried to set us up at one point. “Yeah I’m fine.” I replied. “I wasn’t really looking where I was going.” “Are you sure you’re fine?” Chase furrowed his brows. “I heard what happened with Killian this morning. He was r

Chapter 5 Darcy Hey, remember me? I slapped you and got your scholarship revoked. Wanna be my boyfriend?” I groaned then covered my face with my hands. This was ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. There’s no way he’ll agree to this. But he’s desperate right? Desperate enough to be unaffected by Dad’s threats? I was right outside Killian's off-campus house but I hadn’t even worked up the nerve to ring the doorbell. The worst he can say is no right? Wrong. The worst he can say is that I’m a crazy psycho who’s obsessed with him. “Fuck, I’m too broke for this.” I mumbled. I raised up my hand to ring the doorbell but suddenly, the door swung open. No, it wasn’t Killian, it was worse. Easton’s finest figure skater, Killian’s favourite puck bunny and my other nemesis, Milena. Remember how I said our figure skating team hadn’t won a medal in decades? Well our first gold in over ten years was won by her. I don’t need to say that her ego was the size of a planet. Milena’s sharp green eyes g

Chapter 7.Darcy I hate that stupid hockey prick! How could he act like that in there? I get that I’m supposed to be happy that the shoddy plan I came up with in hunger worked out but Killian is so infuriating. He knew I didn’t like him touching me and he still did it. On top of that he didn’t even offer to drive me home. Why’d he even asked about my car in the first place?I covered my bare arms with my hands, then suddenly I heard a car horn from behind.Speak of the devil...Or not.It wasn’t Killian’s Hellcat, it was a grey Hyundai, Chase’s car.The first few minutes of the drive was silent, until Chase said, “What did you talk about with Killian?” He didn’t take his eyes off the road.“I just apologised, that’s all. We’re good now.”“Good enough to be so touchy?” His voice was thick with an emotion I couldn’t quite place. I didn’t respond.“You should be careful with Killian.” He said after a few minutes.“You said he was a good guy.” “Not all the time.” Came his cryptic repl

Chapter 9.Darcy I didn’t see Killian again for the rest of the day. Not that I cared, I had bigger things to worry about. Like a job. After I left the rink, I got an email from my English professor. He was impressed by one of my assignments and wanted me to enter in a Regional poetry competition. The prize was a thousand dollars. A little below my allowance but it was fine.I didn’t feel comfortable using Killian’s stupid card so I had to get money of my own. Which is how I found myself working at a random diner on campus.It was pretty easy getting in here. The interview was a breeze and I was hired on the spot.I tucked my bangs behind my ears and readjusted my name tag for the fifth time. It’s just a waitressing job. No big deal.“You’ve got this,” I whispered to the hand mirror and puffed my face one more time. “You’re not here for them anyway.”The first hour was not as hard as I was expecting. Who knew my dexterity from skating would be useful in a place like this? “Darcy!”