CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“You must be really obsessed with me,” I stare at her.

Veronica just scoffs. “How was your time in the tunnels?”

“A hoot,” I smile, pleasantly. “We should go together more often.”

She tilts her head, “I heard you cried like a little baby.”

“Did you now? Who told you that? Rachel?”

Veronica just smiles, “You’re messing with the wrong person. Even I’m not stupid enough to get in Rachel’s path. That little trip to tunnels was just the beginning.”

My own smile doesn’t waver, “She’s doing her best at defaming me. But then you gave that a shot a couple of months ago, as well. Didn’t really work out, did it? And besides,” I study her, “I thought you were gunning for Jesse. How come you don’t have a problem with his ex-girlfriend trying to get him back?”

Veronica laughs, “Rachel’s a counselor. Counselor-student relationships are not allowed. She can try but if word gets out, which it will, she’ll be fired.”

I blink.

Is she actually planning to double-cross Rachel?

“And you think that