Chapter 22
Kelly got angry again. She slapped Hailey’s back several times before stopping. She couldn’t believe Hailey had neglected Terence for five whole years!
“How is his situation any different from being a widower? How could you have been cruel enough to treat him like this? Did Matthew cast a spell on you or something? It’s no wonder Terence doesn’t want you anymore!
“I wondered why you insisted on coming on this trip with us after just being discharged from the hospital, especially since you’ve never enjoyed these things. Did you think you could win Terence back with this trip? Dream on!
“If I were him, I would leave after giving you the evil eye. I can’t believe Terence was nice enough to put up an amicable front when facing you!” Kelly cried.
Terence did indeed have a good temper. That was why he’d suffered in silence for five years before finally divorcing Hailey. He didn’t cause a scene so the world knew about it, nor did he throw the divorce. agreement in her face.
He didn’t even bother confronting her. Instead, he’d enlisted Matthew’s help to trick Hailey into signing the divorce agreement.
Yet it was precisely because of his good temper that Hailey didn’t know how to approach him. She had no
idea how to win him back.
He looked like he didn’t care anymore, so she was lost for things to do. She would prefer it if he kicked up
ss rather than give her the cold shoulder and lock her out.
That night, neither Kelly nor Hailey got a good night’s sleep. And so, when Terence opened his door the next day, he was met with two pairs of dark eye circles. “What’s up with you two?”
Kelly waved a hand. “It’s nothing. I made Hailey watch a horror movie with me last night.”
Terence said nothing else. He got his ski gear and took the shuttle to the ski slope, where the snow glinted in the sunlight. His ski outfit was white, but his goggles were black. He held ski poles as he jumped off the top of the slope and flipped in mid–air before landing safely.
Kelly whooped and skied toward him. “I didn’t know you were so great at skiing, Terence!”
He smiled. “I learned a thing or two in the past.”
Back then, he’d asked the butler about Hailey’s hobbies, hoping that would make it easier for him to win her heart. He spent the whole winter at a ski slope, falling and getting up incessantly.
He’d finally convinced her to visit a ski slope with him and was about to show her what he could do when Matthew had called. She’d hurried off without another look back, leaving him to watch her back desolately.
He probably hadn’t skied since then, which explained why he felt a little rusty now. It also explained why he’d basically forgotten everything the coach had told him to pay attention to in the past. So, he didn’t hear the sound of something cracking.
With that sound, the silent ski slope suddenly changed into a monster, Snow rolled down the slope in an avalanche–it was as if the mountain buried underneath had suddenly shaken the snow off, causing it to pour downward.
“It’s an avalanche!” someone cried.
The skiers scurried in different directions to find something that could shield them from the torrent. Terence was its first victim; he wasn’t in time to react. He could only stand there and watch as the snow
crashed over him.
“Terence!” A figure in black pounced on him and shielded him. Hailey said firmly, “Lean forward and cover your nose and mouth with your hands. Don’t breathe in the snow.”
He did as told. After a deafening crash, the snow stopped moving. Halley tried her best to prop herself up as she removed their ski gear.
They had to get out of the snow before it froze–this wasn’t the time to worry about propriety. They tried to figure out which way was up before starting to dig through the snow.
However, it was too thick and deep. They dug for a long time, but no light came through. The temperature slowly dropped beneath the snow, and they had no choice but to stop temporarily. They held each other tight to keep each other warm while waiting for rescue
Hailey told Terence about the past to stop him from falling asleep. In the past, he would’ve been moved to bits by this. Now, however, his heart was like the thick blanket of snow–cold and hard.
She smiled self–deprecatingly when he didn’t react to her words. Then, she turned to look at the snow and joked, “I guess we’ll die together in this avalanche.”
He turned away. “You can die if you want. I won’t.” She chuckled without saying anything else.