The Curse - Book 1 (Completed)

Chapter 17: The Pawn

"Hey, babe," Ian leans in to plant a kiss on Victoria's lips.

​She doesn't move. Are you kidding me? she thinks. What am I going to do now?

​"What's up?"

​She jerks her head back to check if anyone is looking, then pushes Ian farther away and follows him out on the porch.

​"I told you to come?"

​He frowns, "Yeah."

​She nods, "Thought so."

​He has a wary look. "Are you okay?"

​She clenches her teeth. "I don't know what she's trying to accomplish."

​"Who?"

​She shakes her head. "Forget it."

​"You sure you're okay?" he reaches his hand out to caress her.

​How is it possible that it doesn't bother her that her boyfriend is intimate with someone else? She knows Sophia must've found out about her little identity theft before. This is an obvious revenge, showing who is in charge. But how did she find out?

​Suddenly, the door opens. Wade peeks out. His forehead creases seeing Ian. "Who's that?" he asks, "You okay, Vic?"

​Ian straightens up. He doesn't like the tone the guy uses with his girlfriend. He's on high alert. "Who are you?"

​Wade smirks. "I'm the owner of the house."

​"Hmm," Ian nods. "I'm her boyfriend," he says possessively.

​Wade chuckles, "No, you're not. Vic doesn't have a boyfriend."

​"Vic? I'm talking about Sophie here," he gestures.
​Victoria stares into the ground, wishing on it to open and swallow her.

​"That here isn't Sophie," Wade says, amused, "That's Victoria Jenkins. My class mate."

​Ian gives him a skeptical look. "What's this guy blabbering about, Soph?" he asks, his eyes never leaving Wade's.

​She takes a deep sigh. "It's true."

​He shoots her with a puzzled look, and she continues, "I'm not your girlfriend. I'm her...look alike."

​Ian starts laughing, but seeing their serious faces, he goes silent. "What's going on? Why did you call me to come here?"

​"I didn't," she lifts her shoulder, "Sophia must've done it. We wanted to meet up with her, but instead of coming, she sent you."

​Ian looks displeased. He checks Victoria from head to toe and frowns. "It was you the other day, wasn't it?"

​She swallows hard. "What do you mean?"

​"You know what I mean. The visit to my mom...it was you."

​She says nothing. She kissed this boy. He kissed her, okay, but she returned the kiss. And now he knows she was only pretending to be his girlfriend. He must think she is nuts. Normally, she would've felt ashamed, but too much has happened, too much evil, for her to be able to be concerned with such a petite event.

​She shrugs, indifferent. "Yes."

​"I knew it," Ian mutters. "And there I was...this is ridiculous," he suddenly shouts. "Why am I here? Does Sophie know about this?"

​He is angry. Victoria hesitantly nods.

​"That's just great," he says sarcastically. "You know what...I'm sick of her games," he bursts and, turning on his heel, leaves towards his silver Range Rover.