Heartbreakers: The Cursed Child- Book 1

Chapter 14

We finally got to the inn and apparently it was already 00:51.

How long have we been driving for?

I turned to see Will staring at me, unaware that I noticed his ongoing stare. Clicking my fingers in his face, he finally snapped out of his daydream.

We both heard a whistle from behind and when we turned around, his friends had all gathered around where we were and were smirking at the scene before them. I hadn't even noticed his friends arriving and here they were. I'm guessing it was the dark skinned guy who was huge, he was probably the driver.

"Thanks for the lift." I was happy that they'd been there to drop me off, for some reason I felt safer not being alone with Will.

"Cheers, princess." The driver winked at me which only made me smile.
"Oh yeah, by the way, we never got your name." He quickly asked me before I could say anything else or even turn to leave.
"Umm... you never asked."
"Well, I'm asking now."

I didn't honestly like telling people my name, I wasn't used to saying it in a long time nor was I used to hearing it, everyone used to call me 'bitch', 'witch' and other nicknames. I sighed before telling them.

"Yulia Ivanova. I'm Russian."
There was a long silence before the driver spoke again.

"Nice. You look like a kid though, how old are you?"
"19."
"Man, you look like you're 16!" He just blabbed it out, without even pausing or even doing anything.

"I get that a lot. Anyways, I need to go. Bye."
As soon as I said that last word, a chorus of 'bye's' echoed through the streets as everyone of the guys were saying it, laughing at the same time.

As soon as I turned and took a few paces away from the congregation, a voice boomed after me, making me stop in my tracks.

"Yo! My boy been treatin' ya well?" It was the same guy that had been on the call with Will. I turned around to see a black, slim guy holding a Bali in his hand. He seemed much shorter than the other giant guys but an evil aura was radiating off of him. He had an evil grin on his face and when I saw Will, I was shocked. Will was glaring poisonous daggers at him as his fists clenched, turning his knuckles a pale white colour.

"Sorry? I'm not in a relationship with anyone, thank you."
I didn't see the next bit coming but Will made his way to me, offering his hand which I gladly refused.

"You can fuck off. I'm not pretending to be in a relationship with you." He just glared daggers at me before grabbing my arm and squeezing it tightly then dragging me with him.
"I'll take you home." He spoke through clenched teeth but it didn't affect me, I didn't feel scared of him or anyone.

*****

As soon as we were outside the door that led to the inn, he turned to look at me then pulled me by my arm, closer to him so he could whisper to me.

"Don't ever go near those guys. Only if I say it's safe then you can. But if it's the guy who barked at the end, get away from him quickly. Don't ever run, he'll go after you but just leave the place carefully and as quickly as you can. Understood?"  He pushed me a little back as he gazed deeply into my eyes. I had to arch my neck backwards just to look at him.

I just nodded in response before he looked around and led me into the inn.
"Oh my, oh my! Lovely, where have you been? I was so worried about you!" I recognised the voice immediately without even looking at who it was, she was suffocating me, squeezing the breath out of me; it was Anne. When I turned my head slightly, I saw Will still glaring at me, probably still thinking how I humiliated him. It was only the third night here and I was already involved in a lot of shit.

She broke the hug then wagged a long finger at Will who was surprised by her sudden reaction, raising his eyebrows and his hands in a way that told her he did nothing wrong.

"And who are you young man?" She was frowning at him and I knew she did not trust him, thankfully his wounded arm was covered with a jacket or else Anne would have probably had a heart attack.

"I... umm... I'm William. Nice to meet you mrs...?" He stretched his hand out for her to shake but she only glanced at his outstretched hand before shifting her gaze to him again.
"Mrs Robinson... what are you to my girl?" She reluctantly shook his hand, waiting for a response. Once she'd broken the handshake he rubbed the back of his neck and gave me an apologetic look before turning back to her.

"Actually, I'm her boyfriend." My eyes widened in shock and I was going to protest, tell her the truth, shout at him.

How could he say that? How could he lie like that without making it obvious?

Before I could say anything a finger went to my lips and he continued.

"Listen, we might as well tell her the truth. You don't need to hide it." He turned back to Anne.
"She doesn't like anyone knowing about her relationship. A bit embarrassed."

Anne's face softened and I could see the welcoming expression she had had when I first came here.

"How did you guys meet?" I wanted to tell her it was all a lie but instead he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer, making Anne giggle quietly.

"We met in high school, we were kind of close then. Just decided to go out today." He gave her an innocent smile and if I hadn't told her that I'd come from a different city, she would've believed him.

"But I thought you weren't from this city?" She was now confused, if not, suspicious.

"Uhh... yeah. Actually in high school he was the new guy but then he later on moved back to London. The school wasn't in London." I decided to play along with the lie, knowing that he'd get in shit if he was caught lying. She probably understood what I meant, her mouth forming an 'o'.

"Oh, that makes sense. Well, I'll leave you two for a while."

I wanted to stop her and tell her that he was going so I reached my arm out to stop her.
"Actually, William was going to..." before I could even finish my sentence, mr knight-in-shining-armour interrupted me, again.

"Yeah, I was going to get a drink. I'm really in need of a whiskey, if that's alright, Mrs Robinson?" He gave such a sweet smile, I wondered how bastards could make people fall for their lies.

"Just call me Anne, dear. And yes you can come with me, I bet John would love to meet you. Come along, both of you." She gave me a stare I'd never seen, like a glare that told me to behave. I was shocked. When I looked back at that idiot, he was laughing at me.

"Fuck you, Will." I punched his chest which made him double over and pant for breath.
I turned on my heels towards Anne and Will stumbled behind me, struggling to keep up with my now fast pace.