Yours truly

Chapter 18

Racheals POV
I held my breath and closed my eyes waiting for the kiss but instead a clicking sound resonated through the quiet car as the warmth of his body disappeared.

I opened my eyes and embarrassment coursed through my veins as I stared down at the seatbelt crossed over my body. A chuckle rang through the quiet car making the embarrassment course deeper. The car should please swallow me up.

"What did you say about not wanting me again?" Vincent taunted and I could practically hear the smirk. I gave him the finger and turned my head so I was looking out the window.

I really need to stop freezing up around him. He chuckled again before starting the car and drove off.

*
I didn't wait for Vincent to park before I hurried out of the car. I can finally breathe, the car felt too small. I made my way through the front door and stepped into the living room to see Asher, Sarah and Cassie all changed from their funeral clothes to something more casual.

"Are you going out?" I asked and cringed when I sounded a little nosy. "Going out for a quick bite while Cassie heading to her mums, we'll be back in an hour or so" Sarah replied as Asher helped her lace her shoes.

Shit. I didn't want to be left alone with Vincent but I don't want to intrude on them. "K. Have fun" I pulled a smile and headed straight into my room locked myself in dumped my shoes and jacket somewhere in the room, dived onto the bed and dozed off.

*
I groggily opened my eyes blinking gradually to get the sleep out of my eyes. I yawned and stretched quietly as I caught something from my corner vision. I turned my head slowly till I was looking directly at Vincent who was leaning on my dresser staring bluntly at me.

"How long have you been standing there?" I asked trying to fight back a yawn. "Since you fell asleep" he said.

"Why are you even in here and stop staring"

"In case you didn't notice we were the only ones in the house so I decided to come stay with you but you were asleep so I decided to watch you instead" he said nonchalantly.

"How is watching me sleep fun" I asked skeptical but he just shrugged.

"Are the others back?" I asked. "not important" he dismissed. I rolled my eyes at his antics and was about to slip off the bed but gasped in horror when I realized my gown had ridden up when I was asleep and were bunched up around my waist. I drew it down quickly and stood up from the bed.

"What the fuck, so that's what you were busy watching while I was asleep" I asked and he just shrugged again. "You are such a pervert" i glared at him.

"Never said I was a saint" he said and I glared harder. I threw one last glare at him before I stomped into the bathroom. I made sure I locked the door behind me, took a pee, flushed the toilet and washed my hands. I adjusted my hair in the mirror and sighed tiredly. When I stepped out of the bathroom Vincent was nowhere to be found. Thank God.

I grabbed my phone out of my bag and headed out of the room and made my way to the kitchen. I stepped and noticed everyone was already seated around the dining for dinner.

"Hey I was just about to call you sit down dinners ready" Cassie chirped happily as she went back to chatting about something with Mason. I took a quick sweep around the table and realized the only empty seat was beside Vincent. Fuck my luck.

I steeled myself made my way around the table and took a seat beside him. I removed the plate covering my food grabbed a spoon and took a bite. Feeling a little self conscious I snuck a glance at Vincent but he wasn't even looking at me he was busy typing away on his phone and hasn't even touched his food.

I took another bite as I joined in on Mason talking and snuck a peek at Vincent again but he wasn't still looking at me.

I suddenly lost my appetite as I pushed my food around suddenly bored out of my mind as Mason too got busy on his phone and Cassie was talking to Asher and Sarah about football. I suck at football.

I was about to say fuck it and go into my room when my phone vibrated on the table. I picked it off the table used my Face ID to open it and entered my messages app.

The text was from an unknown number, I clicked on it and my blood ran cold as I stared at the message they sent. It read:

Always remember you are mine and if anyone dares come between us... well they can say hello to lizzie for me.

I could practically hear my blood pumping in my ears as my whole body shivered in fear.

A hand touched my shoulder and I jerked back to reality " you okay?" Vincent asked with worry etched all over his face. I opened my mouth to speak but couldn't find my voice so I closed my mouth and nodded instead trying to swallow the lump in my throat. " you looked kind scared for a minute there" Mason asked with worry laced in his voice that's when I realized everyone at the table were staring at me

"I'm fine" I said giving them a small smile which felt more like a grimace. "Excuse me" I murmured pushed my chair back and left the dining before they could stop me.

I stepped into my room shut the door behind me and reread the message again. Who sent me that message was it Derick? No it can't be him. His supposed to be in police custody . Was it Vincent trying to scare me? Or is it some sort of twisted prank.