WINTER'S MATE: FATED ON ICE Chapter 37: Her not her

Chapter 36 - Her not her.

Third pov

Sophia couldn’t believe she was back in this pathetic small town again aftoer that Christmas Eve disaster but for her boyfriend Josh’s sake she was here to cheer him on at his ga. Josh was hers and hers only, the perfect boyfriend for soone like her and he was going to be an amazing hockey star soday which ant she’d be the girlfriend of soone important and powerful, exactly what she deserved. Unlike that pathetic excuse of a sister.

She huffed as she sauntered through the campus flaunting her beauty and swaying her hips dramatically, flipping her perfectly styled blonde hair as she walked and winking at random guys who turned to stare at her because of course they did, she was gorgeous and everyone knew it. She reached the corner near the arena and imdiately froze mid-step because of the scene directly in front of her that made her blood boil instantly.

That fat ugly bitch Rosie was walking hand in hand with a very handso man, like seriously handso, tall and muscular and moving with this confidence that scread power and authority.

No fucking way. How could soone like that pathetic cow pull soone like him?

Sophia felt anger simring hot and violent inside her chest because she’d thought she’d broken Rosie completely, thought she’d destroyed her so thoroughly that the girl would never recover, but apparently Rosie still had so fight left in her sohow. What was so special about her? Why did people always gravitate toward her when she was literally nothing, just a fat girl with no style and no backbone and nothing attractive about her at all?

Why not her?

It made no sense and it pissed Sophia off more than anything.

She trailed behind them at a distance watching the way the guy looked at Rosie and the way Rosie smiled up at him all shy and happy and it made Sophia want to scream. They entered the arena together still holding hands and a slow malicious grin spread across Sophia’s face as a plan ford in her mind.

She would take this man away from Rosie just like she’d taken everything else. He was so much more handso than Josh, so much more powerful looking. This was the kind of man she deserved, not Josh.

This was her match and Rosie didn’t deserve him, didn’t deserve any man flying around her when she was such a pathetic ugly thing.

Sophia walked quickly back to the hotel suite where she and Josh’s teammates were staying and imdiately jumped in the shower, scrubbing herself with expensive body wash and shaving everything smooth. She did her makeup perfectly with smoky eyes and red lips, the kind of look that made n stupid, and put on her tightest jeans and a low-cut top that showed off her assets because no man could resist her when she put in effort.

She was beautiful and tall and lean and blonde with perfect skin and a body that other girls would kill for, she could catch any man she wanted in this world with everything she had to offer.

She walked back to the arena and spotted him imdiately standing near the entrance talking to soone on his phone. She smiled her most dazzling smile and walked directly toward him, then intentionally stumbled and tripped right in front of him expecting him to catch her like n always did, like they fell over themselves to touch her.

Her not her.

But he just walked right past her without even glancing down and her eyes widened in complete shock.

How could he just ignore her like that? n didn’t ignore Sophia, that literally never happened.

She pushed herself up off the ground feeling embarrassnt flood through her and she called after him, voice sweet and helpless. “Excuse , can you help ? I think I twisted my ankle.”

He didn’t even turn around, just kept walking toward the arena entrance without acknowledging her existence at all.

Sophia stood there with her mouth hanging open in disbelief because this had never happened to her before, ever. n always wanted her attention and fell over themselves trying to help her or talk to her or get her number.

She gritted her teeth and decided she wasn’t giving up that easily. She never gave up, never lost, and she would make him see that she was better than Rosie in every possible way.

She waited, watching. Followed at a distance as he finished practice and ca out. Watched with growing rage as he walked directly to Rosie who was waiting by the benches and pulled the girl into his arms and kissed her forehead tenderly.

How dare he. How fucking dare he choose that fat ugly thing over her.

She was the beautiful twin. She always got the n. Not her.

Sophia took a deep breath, fixed her hair, and walked over to where they were standing together looking disgustingly happy. She put on her sweetest fake smile. “Ro, wow, fancy seeing you here,” she said in a sultry voice while looking directly at the handso man and licking her lips slightly. “Won’t you introduce us? I’d love to et your friend.”

Rosie imdiately tensed and started rubbing her arm nervously and the man noticed instantly, his eyes sharpening as he looked at Sophia with sothing that looked almost like disgust.

He moved closer to Rosie and took her hand firmly while keeping his eyes on Sophia. “I’m her boyfriend,” he said coldly and his voice was rough and deep and completely uninterested. “And I know exactly who you are, Sophia. Rosie told everything you did to her.”

Sophia’s confident smile faltered because she hadn’t expected that, hadn’t expected Rosie to actually tell him about their history. Rosie was always self-conscious about their relationship.

“So here’s how this is going to work,” he continued and his voice dropped even lower and more dangerous. “You’re going to stay away from my girlfriend. You’re not going to talk to her, look at her, or breathe in her direction. And if you try to pull any of your pathetic little gas with again, you’ll regret it. I don’t want you, I’ll never want you, and frankly you disgust .”

He looked her up and down with pure contempt in his eyes like she was trash on the sidewalk. “Now get the fuck out of my sight before I make you leave.”

Then he turned his back on her completely and guided Rosie away while Sophia just stood there frozen in absolute humiliation with her face burning hot and her hands shaking with rage and embarrassnt because no one had ever spoken to her like that, no one had ever rejected her so completely and viciously.

People were staring and whispering and pointing at her and she wanted to scream, wanted to cry, wanted to hurt soone the way she was hurting right now from the rejection.

She practically ran back to the hotel suite and slamd the door so hard it shook in its fra and Josh looked up from his phone with raised eyebrows. “What’s wrong with you?”

“You won’t believe who I saw today,” Sophia spat while pacing back and forth angrily. “Rosie is here. That bitch is here in this town.”

Josh’s entire body went still and he sat up straighter. “She’s here? Are you sure?”

“Yes I’m fucking sure, I talked to her,” Sophia said and then laughed bitterly.

Sothing flickered across Josh’s face. “Interesting,” he said slowly.

“I have sothing for her,” Sophia said and a malicious smirk spread across her face as a n idea ford. “because my little elder sister has forgotten herself.”