All Chapters of DANGEROUS ICE: MY HOCKEY NEMESIS IS MY SINFUL OBSESSION: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

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CHAPTER 91 ~ RESTRAIN

The taller officer stared at Michael. The man did not blink, and he did not offer a friendly smile. He repeated his demand for Michael to step out of the dorm and come down to the station. The threat of an arrest hung heavy in the quiet hallway. The victorious joy we felt from watching the morning news broadcast vanished in a single second. The war was far from over.I did not waste time thinking about my next move. I reacted on pure protective instinct. I stepped forward and placed my body right between Michael and the open doorway. I turned my back to Michael, and I faced the two uniformed men. I planted my feet firm on the carpet. I blocked the path with my body. I refused to let them take him away from me."He is not going anywhere," I stated. I kept my voice very level.During my medical clinical rotations, the nursing instructors taught us how to handle high-stress emergencies. They taught us to maintain a cold, steady focus when a patient crashes. Panic always makes a bad situa

CHAPTER 92 ~ WARRANT

I knew he was right about the law. We needed to show them the truth, and we needed to prove Gabe was safe.I kept my eyes fixed on the officers. "If I bring him out here to the door, you will stay out in the hallway.""We will stay right here," the officer agreed. He crossed his arms and waited.I turned my head very slightly to the side so my voice would carry into the dorm."Gabe," I called out. "Come out here, please. We need you."I waited in the tense silence. The dorm remained very quiet for a long moment. I worried Gabe might be too terrified to face the police. He endured a terrible night locked in that bedroom. The sight of the dark uniforms and the loud voices might trigger his panic again. I did not want to force him to speak, but he was the only one who could end this standoff.Then, I heard soft footsteps against the carpet.Gabe walked out of the short hallway. He wore the same clothes from yesterday. He looked nervous, but he kept his chin up. Carter and Miller walked r

CHAPTER 93 ~ BACKUP

The heavy metal door of the stairwell clicked shut. I stood in the open doorway, and I listened to the footsteps fade away down the concrete steps. We were alone again. I grabbed the metal handle of our broken door, and I pulled the wood closed. The frame was splintered from the security raid last night, so I pushed a heavy wooden dining chair against the doorknob to keep it shut. It offered a small physical barrier against the outside world.I turned around to face Michael.I held the folded yellow paper in my hand. The black letters looked harsh against the bright page. I opened the document to read the legal terms because I wanted to understand the exact threat. The document was a formal court mandate signed by a city judge.Michael stared at the yellow page in my hands. He did not blink. He knew what a temporary restraining order meant, and he understood the strict legal consequences of violating a judge's direct mandate. He looked past my shoulder toward the kitchen area where Ga

CHAPTER 94 ~ SUPPORT

"His name is Mr. Thomas," Michael provided. "He handles all my independent finances away from my father's corporate office, so he is the only lawyer we can trust."I opened the dialing keypad on my screen. Michael recited the phone number from memory. I typed the digits, and I pressed the green call button. I tapped the speakerphone icon so we could both hear the conversation. I set the phone down flat on the kitchen counter.The phone rang three times."This is Thomas Legal," a deep, professional voice answered the call."Mr. Thomas, this is Michael Rossi," Michael spoke up. He leaned over the counter to get closer to the phone microphone. "I am calling from Axel's phone because my device is broken.""Michael," Mr. Thomas said. His tone sounded very serious and stressed. "I have been trying to reach you all morning. Your phone went straight to voicemail. The national sports networks are going crazy over the leaked contract. The athletic director called my office twice already to dema

CHAPTER 95 ~ COURTHOUSE

I stared at the cell phone resting on the kitchen counter. Mr. Thomas delivered the three o'clock deadline, and the line went silent. I checked the digital clock on the stove. The red numbers showed two-fifteen in the afternoon. We had exactly forty-five minutes to cross the city and reach the downtown courthouse."We need to leave right now," I said. I looked at Axel. "Where are your car keys?""They are in my jacket pocket," Axel answered. He walked over to the chair and pulled his silver keys out of the denim fabric.I walked down the short hallway and opened the door to the spare bedroom. Gabe sat on the floor next to Carter and Miller. He looked up at me with worried eyes because he heard the urgency in my voice."Get up, Gabe," I instructed him. "We have to go to the courthouse to sign some legal papers. You need to come with us so the judge can talk to you and grant you your own rights."Gabe stood up fast. He did not ask any questions. He trusted me, and he followed me out int

CHAPTER 96 ~ DEADLINE

Sterling stood right in front of the heavy wooden door. He wore his expensive gray business suit, and he held a black leather briefcase in his right hand. He looked at us with a very smug smile. He told us the judge closed the office, and he said Richard sent him to collect Gabriel.I felt a sharp spike of fear in my chest. We ran across the city, yet we still missed the deadline. I looked at Michael. He breathed heavy from the sprint down the hall, and his face turned pale. He stepped in front of Gabe to block the corporate lawyer from getting any closer."You are lying," Michael told Mr. Sterling. He kept his deep voice steady. "The courthouse does not close until three o'clock.""It is three o'clock right now," Mr. Sterling replied. He lifted his arm and tapped the gold watch on his wrist. "The judge is packing her bags. You cannot file the paperwork today, Michael. Your father won the legal game."A loud chime echoed through the marble hallway.We all turned our heads toward the s

CHAPTER 97 ~ SAFE

I dropped to my knees on the cold marble floor because my legs simply could not hold my weight anymore. Axel rushed forward right away, and he dropped down onto the hard ground right beside me. He grabbed my shoulders with both of his hands, and he searched my face with wide, terrified eyes. He thought we lost the case, and he assumed my father was going to take Gabe away from us based on my shocking physical reaction."Michael, please talk to me," Axel pleaded as he held onto my torn suit jacket. "What did the judge say in there? Do we need to run away from the courthouse?"I looked at him, but I could not form the words to answer him right away. A massive wave of relief washed over my chest and paralyzed my voice. I was not devastated or sad, but I was so overwhelmed by the good news that my brain stopped working for a few seconds.The heavy wooden door opened wider, and Mr. Thomas walked out into the corridor. My lawyer held a fresh stack of papers in his hand, and he wore a very b

CHAPTER 98 ~ FUNDING

"I was so scared," I confessed to him, and my voice shook with raw emotion. "When those police officers handed you that yellow paper, I really thought I was going to lose everything. I thought they were going to put me in a jail cell, and I thought my father's security men were going to drag Gabe out of the dorm while I was handcuffed.""But you did not give up," Axel reminded me gently."Because you stopped me from running away," I said, holding him closer. "I was ready to run out the door and ruin my life, but you grabbed my face and forced me to breathe. You saved me today, Axel. You kept me grounded when I wanted to panic.""You will never lose us," Axel promised me, and he pulled back just enough to look into my dark eyes. He reached his hands up and wiped the wet tears from my cheeks with his thumbs. "Richard has no power over you anymore. The judge took his power away, so he cannot use the law to hurt us."The deep emotional relief shifted into a profound and passionate need fo

CHAPTER 99 ~ HARSH

I read the harsh words on the cracked screen, and the peaceful atmosphere inside the bedroom vanished. Richard realized the federal judge blocked him from taking Gabriel, so he decided to attack the hockey team instead. He pulled his corporate funding to punish Michael, and he wanted to force the university to forfeit the massive playoff game tomorrow.I watched Michael process the terrible news. Just five minutes ago, he was crying in my arms, and he looked incredibly vulnerable. But the tears dried on his cheeks, and a major shift happened in his posture. He sat up straight, and his dark eyes hardened with a fierce determination. The exhausted boy faded away, and the ruthless hockey captain took his place."He wants us to cancel the game," Michael stated. His deep voice held no fear, and he threw the broken phone onto the mattress. "He thinks he controls the athletic department budget, so he assumes we cannot travel to the arena without his corporate money.""Coach Gregory says ther

CHAPTER 100 ~ ARENA

I stood in the narrow aisle of the charter bus, and I held my heavy hockey bags over my right shoulder. I waited for Axel to step down the metal stairs so he could clear a safe path for Gabriel. We were very tired from the long drive across the state, but we were ready to win the playoff game. I expected to see a few arena staff members waiting to guide us to the locker rooms, and I thought we would have a quiet arrival. I never expected a massive wall of screaming journalists to ambush my family in the parking lot.I watched through the large front windshield while the sports paparazzi swarmed Axel the exact second his shoes touched the concrete pavement. They shoved large cameras right into his face, and they shouted invasive questions about my father and the trust fund. The bright camera flashes blinded him, and he took a fast step backward to protect himself. He raised his free hand to block the harsh lights, but the reporters did not care about his comfort. They wanted a front-pa

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