𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗜𝗔

4

Ophelia's POV

"What's happening between you and Arden? Why he's so ready to cut your throat in front of everyone?" Liliya was seriously curious to know my business with Arden. This is the question I could have expected.

"I'm ready to cut his throat too..." why would I say that out loud? Shit.

"You're not going to answer my question, right? It's alright if you don't want to talk about that" she turned to the rink, watching her boyfriend getting ready for training.

"It's not that I don't want to talk about that, it's just so hard to explain things going between us"

"Then you should keep it for the next time" she cutely smiled at me. "You can tell me when you find out why all of this is happening"

"Oh, sure" I swear, she's the best. Liliya is not only super pretty, but she's also a living talent, a friendly human being, and also a very calming person. I only got to know her a moment ago, but I can already tell that I feel great in her company.

"Hey, babe" a male voice broke my thoughts.

"Hey!" Dareen came to Liliya and they both hugged and kissed each other. It was lovely and awkward to watch them. Also, this guy looked completely different from his best friend. I mean, his appearance.

"What are you doing here?" a very much known voice ran through my ears. It's fucking Arden who's standing in front of me in his ice hockey outfit. Looking all mad for no reason.

"What? Has the rink become your property?" I crossed my arms. I swear, I did nothing bad to him and he just started a fight again.

"What is the point of being here for you, when you are physically unable to skate?" Arden leaned on his hockey stick and glared at me. And yes, he absolutely had to point out my injury.

"I think, you two should stop fighting each other" Liliya was the first one trying to stop this tense situation.

"Liliya is right. You both are the worst" Dareen approved his girlfriend's words.

When I turned to look at my biggest enemy, I caught him staring at my injured leg. He probably noticed the blood on my jeans. I can't let him see that he was successful to hurt me physically, so I put my other leg on top of the injured one and changed my sitting position.

"What are you looking at?" I asked him.

"It's definitely not you" Arden shot back at me with frustration.

"Thank god" I put my hands together like praying for God.

"We should go back on ice. After the training I'll take you for some ice cream, okay?" Dareen patted Liliya's head. He was about to leave when he saw that Arden was still madly staring at me and not moving away. "Let's go" Dareen took his friend's hand and dragged him away from us.

I was finally able to breathe properly again. He's taking every bit of my energy every time I see him.

"So you two are friendly with each other" Liliya smirked at me. She was probably making fun of me. As she should.

"As you can see. We are" I gave her a slight smile, hoping for her to stop judging me. I don't want this perfect girl to think of me as some piece of shit.

"So could you tell me how you and Dareen started dating?" I changed the topic.

"It's nothing special. We met each other three months ago at hockey guys' party and started talking after feeling some connection between us. He seemed like a cute guy, so I gave him a chance" Liliya giggled when she remembered how they first met.