Where The Ice Gives Way (Charlotte and Blake) novel Chapter 170

Where The Ice Gives Way

Chapter 170 Good Socks

Charlotte

I spot Blake the second he starts crossing the yard. I stride off to meet him halfway while Emily stays back near the rehabilitation porch, folding towels beside Sandy. When I reach him, one large hand cups my face while the other settles on my waist. He draws me into him. kissing me softly like he needs the reminder that I’m still here. I melt into him immediately.

“How’d it go?” I ask when he pulls back.

“We’re set.” His thumb brushes beneath my eye. “We leave at six tomorrow morning.”

I glance over my shoulder toward Emily, and before I can even ask the question, Blake is answering. “Emily’s coming.”

I spin back to him, my whole face lighting up. “Really?”

He laughs softly at my reaction. “Really.”

“Yes.” I grin and wrap my arms around his neck. He ducks enough for me to pepper his face with kisses. “She’ll be so much more comfortable with us than here alone.”

“That was basically my argument.”

I give me more kisses as a reward before nibbling at his ear. “You’re the best,” I whisper.

“I know.” He says cockily before he reaches into the back pocket of his jeans and pulls out his wallet. A second later, he presses a thick

stack of notes into my hand.

“Uh… what’s this for?”

“You and Emily need travel gear.”

My eyebrows shoot up. “Blake, this is way too much money.”

“It’s exactly enough money.”

“For what? Buying the whole town?”

“If necessary.” He shrugs, and I stare at him. He stares back, completely serious. Honestly, having a hockey–player boyfriend with Alpha family money is sometimes a deeply confusing experience.

“You spoil me,” I tell him.

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Emily blinks rapidly. “1… really?”

“Really”

She looks stunned by it, maybe a little excited too, but I can also feel the unease in there. Before she can spiral too hard. I be money in my hand.

“And Blake says we need travel gear.”

Emily’s eyes go huge. “No, no, I don’t need-”

“You do.”

“I can wear what I already have.”

“Emily.”

She bites her lip at my tone. Poor thing still looks guilty every time someone offers her literally anything

“I just…” Her eyes flick down to the money. “I can’t use that money.

Before I can answer, Theo takes one big step towards us, and I glance at him once before looking back to Emily.

“If Blake’s money makes you uncomfortable.” I say casually, “then I’m pretty sure Theo will offer his.”

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& bounce excitedly in the passenger seat beside him. He parks outside one of the

1 ask, loding er at him, and the sheer horror that crosses his face makes me burst out laughing.

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But if I spend three hours following you around while you compare shades of lip gloss with Emily, I will actually die.”

1 gap dramatically. “You wound me, but that’s okay, I’ll buy something pretty to mend my heart.”

He slouches lower into the seat with a huge puff of air and pulls his phone from his pocket. “Thank God.”

Emily laughs softly from the back seat as I lean across the console and kiss him.

“Can you buy me new socks while you’re in there?”

I stare at him, “You gave me enough money to destabilise a small country financially, and you want socks?”

“Good socks though.”

I laugh and kiss his cheek. “Of course.”

Then Emily and 1 jump out into the cold. What follows is honestly a little bit magical. At first, Emily stays stuck to my hip. She hesitates before touching anything. Reads all the price tags and tries to put back half the things I hand her. That lasts about twenty minutes before we start having some real fun. We get all the essentials and non–essentials, and suitcases. Then somehow we end up in a makeup store, which turns into hair appointments. Which turns into coffee and pastries while foil sits in Emily’s hair, and she looks increasingly horrified every time Blake texts asking if we’re still alive.

The stylist softens and trims her hair, and I watch her eyes move slowly over her reflection. There’s healthy colour in her cheeks, soft, pretty clothes on her body and in the many bags around us. Her hair is shining beneath warm salon lights, and she’s smiling, brushing a lock of hair behind her ear. Gone is the abandoned and forgotten rogue. Now, she gets to see who Emily was always supposed to be.

The stylist smiles at her through the mirror. “You’ve got beautiful hair, sweetheart.”

Emily’s eyes immediately fill with tears. “Oh no,” she whispers quickly. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean-

She starts fanning her face.

The stylist waves her off “Honey, you’re not the first and certainly won’t be the last person in this chair to cry over how good they look.”

Llunghe softly while Emily wipes quickly beneath her eyes.

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