THE BEGINNING : INSECURITY

"So, first step is to make him notice you. But don't make it obvious," l said as l looked at him.l knew that was easy,he was a player to begin with so making him to notice Clare was going to be a piece of cake that is if she played her cards well.

"Sure," she answered confidently, straightened her dress then walked near him brushing her hair away from her face and smiling. She took a quick glance at him and found that he was already eyeing her but pretended as if she had not seen him. I could spot a smirk creeping on his face as he traced her direction. Well done Clare.

Clare accidentally bumped into Lucian's best friend, Mike.

"I'm so sorry," with an apologetic voice.

"It's fine," he reassured her holding her arms since she was about about to trip.

"This is so embarrassing," she said as she chuckled lightly trying to get away from his touch.

He let her go "No need to be embarrassed, it's my fault for not looking at where l was going. But I'm not sorry because l would have never gotten the chance to talk to you,"

She blushed a bit giving him a go-ahead signal.

"I'm Mike, nice to meet you."

"Clare," she stretched out her hand as she wore a beautiful smile on her face making her look like an angel.

Mike took her hand and shook it, holding it longer than expected but Clare didn`t look bothered by that. I knew Mike, he was that bastard`s best friend. He was a good person, at least that`s what I thought but I don`t think I can ever trust anyone related to Lucian. If Mike was truly his best friend then he must know what kind of person Lucian is. A cheating bastard and murderer on top of that. I walked towards Clare and signaled her to get away from him. I could spot a glint of disappointment in her eyes but she knew better than to disobey me

" So l have to go but it was nice meeting you,"

" The pleasure is all mine, but... can l get your number. If I don`t l am pretty sure l won`t be able to sleep well knowing that l let you go."

This was a perfect opportunity to get closer to Lucian and l would get a lot of opportunities to get my revenge on them.

"I would love to but no," what was she doing? I quickly possessed her and agreed to his request. After talking with him l excused myself to go to the washroom so that l could dispossess Clare but as soon as l entered the washroom, Axella, my best friend {ex to be precise } entered. I pretended to be busy adding a few touch-ups to my makeup. 

"I have never seen you here, who are you?" she asked as she also opened her purse to take out her lipstick.

" I don`t think that concerns you in any way but I'm honored to know that you care." l said with a bit of arrogance in my tone which l hoped she would notice.

"Oh please, don`t flatter yourself. l just hope you know your place here." 

"Do tell me since l don`t know what you are talking about, how have I 'not known my place' " I replied with mockery in my tone.

"Stay away from things that aren`t yours." 

" What do you mean by yours? Don`t tell me that Mike is also your boyfriend." I shook my head slowly while coming towards her," You wouldn`t want to break the friendship between them, would you?"

"Who the fuck said l was dating Mike? I wasn`t talking about him, I was talking about Lucian. I saw how you two looked at each other."

I backed away from her and wore a disgusted look on my face. She had become more disgusting than before. Just because she had attracted a backstabbing bastard did not mean that she could go around threatening the girls that her boyfriend thought were beautiful. She was simply pathetic.

" Why don`t you keep him on a leash instead of coming at me... I mean if he likes me that`s not my problem. The fact that he is attracted to other women simply implies you are lacking, and you only have yourself to blame for that," she raised her hand to slap me but l caught it in the air and slapped her on both cheeks. God knows how much l have longed to do that. l walked out barely holding in the smile that crept on my face for my small victory. This was just the beginning of the torture l would make her go through for betraying me.