"End this? There's nothing to end," he snarled, pulling me against his chest. His eyes weathered a cold, lethal storm as they met mine. "I'm not doing this with you, Kyren. Let's just pretend none of this ever happened. Let's go back to when you were just the Ice King, and I was just your coach's annoying daughter." "You gonna give up on us that easily?" He asked, his jaw clenching tightly. "Us? Is there even an us, Kyren? Was any of this real for you?" I asked, my gaze never leaving his. He didn't speak immediately. He hesitated. "We made a deal, Hailey, that I would protect you from your stalker. You knew what you were getting yourself into. Isn't that why you made that bet with your friends?" "That was before I knew you." "That doesn't make it okay, Hailey." "Playing with my e

