All Chapters of Fake Hearts On Ice: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

I stared at his hands, not knowing whether to take it or not. Who doesn't know the land of no rules? It's a place where condemned criminals live after they come back from jail or before they go to jail. Prison is the second house for the people of the land of no rules. The place is not where an ordinary person should be found. Well, I'm not an ordinary person either, so it will be better if I just embrace my current situation and look for a way out. “Thank you for saving my life. I'm Jake, and you are?” I accepted his hand. A smile formed on his face. “You are welcome, buddy. I'm Jayden, but they call me god of the jungle here.” He said. “Now I see why I liked you at first sight; our names both start with the letter J.” He smiled. “I just hope yours doesn't stand for jail like my own, because the time I spent in jail is much compared to the one I spent free.” He added. My mouth opened widely, but no words came out of it. He laughed. “Don't be surprised; it's nothing.” He said, and

Jayden and I walked out of the place in silence. I was lost thinking about how the hell I was supposed to survive being confined in a place like this. No phone, no freedom, or any idea what day it even was. Just walls and locked doors.The men here are always walking around like they were preparing for war. This doesn't feel like a temporary holding, like Jayden makes it seem. It was a damn prison pretending to be an organization.“You know, you are really lucky.” Jayden suddenly said. I glanced sideways at him as he walked with his hands buried casually inside his pockets, like he wasn't escorting someone being held against their will. Well, he gave me a choice, though. “You should thank your lucky stars that I liked you at first sight.” He smirked. “You would've been in the dungeon by now.”I frowned slightly. “What do you mean?”Jayden chuckled softly. “We don't negotiate with people we catch during operations.” He said matter-of-factly. “We usually lock them in the dungeon until

Jayden collected the pictures from me and stared at them for a while before looking up at me. He furrowed his brows. “What do you plan to do with this?” He asked. “I brought them as an operation scapegoat for you.” I said. He smiled. “What if we have no use for them?” He asked. I smirked. “You will.” I said confidently, and his smile deepened. “Well, we can always do something with people's identity.” He said. “How clean is their reputation?” He asked. I smiled. “Hundred percent clean.” I muttered. He nodded. “Good, there is definitely something we can archive with their face.” He said. “What do you want to achieve with this?” He asked. My jaw clenched. “I want them to be in a trouble they will never be able to escape from. I want them to be humiliated to the lowest. I want them to be helpless, and they won't be able to help each other.” I said with venom glaring from my voice. Jayden's eyes dropped to the pictures in his hands as his smirk slowly faded and was replaced by int

The atmosphere around this morning was different compared to what I'm used to. And it immediately registered in my head that something was wrong. I proceeded with today's practice even when I had noticed it before practice even started.I noticed it the second I stepped out of our room. The atmosphere felt off, and I hardly felt like that. What could be wrong? I thought in my head. Like people suddenly forgot how to act normal around me, and everyone is suddenly behaving strangely today.At first, I ignored it because people usually stare at me, especially the girls. That wasn't exactly new.But this? It felt different no matter how much I thought about it. It felt too deliberate and frequent, and it was just so fucking weird; it was so different from the kind of attention I'm used to.I tossed my bag onto the bench and started stretching, and as I did that, I felt gazes on me—not one, not two, or three; it was like everyone was fucking staring at me.My teammates were not left out; t

I got to the computer science department, and I started my search for Mason. I found him sitting on a round chair with two other students just when I was about to call and ask for his location. My breathing came out unevenly because of how fast I walked here. “Hey, what did you find?” I asked immediately when I got to where they were sitting. “Hi, Ethan.” One of the students raised his head, and I recognized him to be one of our team members, who is also the top student in the computer science department and is known for his extraordinary hacking skills. I forced a little smile. “Hey.” I replied simply. The second student also waved at me, and I waved back. “They said they can help us to track the IP address of the poster and hack the account to delete all those videos.” Mason said. “Thanks for the help, man.” I shook hands with both students. I sat on the chair with them, and the two of them got to work. “Excuse me.” I called their attention, and they stopped to glance at me. “I