“She’s using us to create a good impression!”
Harper’s group was in trouble.
Outside the hotel, Jace offered to take Harper
back to school. Harper hesitated, then got in
the car.
The rest of us were left on the street.
Harper looked at everyone. “I’m so jealous of
you. You can walk back. Be careful on the
road. Jace and I are leaving!”
Jace winked at me from the driver’s seat, that
showoff!
The group breathed in the exhaust fumes,
complaining even more about Harper.
I got back to the dorm room before Harper
and closed the curtains
and closed the curtains.
Before curfew, she finally returned.
Her face was flushed, and she was holding a
stray cat, wanting to put it directly on my
bed.
But my bed was blocked by curtains.
“Willow, it was raining outside. Can’t you let
her get warm in your blanket? It’s not dirty.
See how cute it is?”
I looked at the dirty, sick cat in her arms.
“Why not on your bed?”
“Don’t you have any heart? Can’t you see
she’s shaking? Why are you arguing? It
“Since it doesn’t matter, put it on your bed!”
“You!”
She could only find a cardboard box to put
the cat in. She stroked its head.
“I have no choice. You’re stuck with a
heartless roommate. Poor you!”
That was how it was last time. Harper
brought back a stray cat and put it on my
bed. It hadn’t been checked and had fleas.
Harper told me I was heartless.
Harper made me sleep on the floor and buy
the cat expensive cat food, saying the cheap
stuff was poison. I took the cat for checkups,
deworming and vaccinations.
The cat broke my roommate’s cosmetics, and Harper blamed me. That cat was a freakin‘
asshole. Whenever I fed it, it would bite me. My arm was bleeding.
Harper laughed. “The cat’s good, you’re bad!”
So I reinforced my bed to protect myself.
When Harper came back from washing up, she realized the cat was gone.
After a while, she asked the other two
roommates, who said they hadn’t seen it.
Suddenly, a faint meow came from her bed.
Harper threw the cat off the bed, screaming, “You’re so dirty! How dare you get on my
bed!”
The cat jumped up, knocking over Harper’s cosmetics, and knocked over a roommate’s
clothes rack.
“Crash” The room was a mess.
Harper was furious and went to grab the cat.
The cat jumped up and bit her finger, refusing
to let go.
Harper grabbed the cat and slammed it on
the ground.
The cat struggled and stopped moving.
Harper’s hand was covered in blood.
She glared at me. “Are you happy now?!”
???
I didn’t understand her brain.
“If you had let me put the cat on your bed,
this wouldn’t have happened. You’re doing
this on purpose!”
“Clean up! It’s filthy!”
I took out my phone, took a video of the cat,
wrote, “Campus Queen Hurts Cat,” and
waved it at Harper. “Are you sure you want
me to clean up?”
Harper gritted her teeth, bandaged her
wound, and started cleaning.
When she cleaned up the cat’s body, she
kicked it hard. She threw it into a garbage
I thought Harper would give me the cold
shoulder.
But the next day, she found me. “Willow, let’s
have dinner!”
She had a bad idea in mind.
“No!”
“Willow, I know you’re feeling bad about
yesterday, but it’s okay. I’ve forgiven you!”
“But I know you want to make it up to me, so
I’ll treat you, and you can pay!”
“Let’s get ready. There’s a hottie tonight!”
A hottie? Walker Price!!!
Alarm bells rang in my head. Harper drugged
me and Walker destroyed me last time!
Walker was a well–known student in our
major.
He was filthy when he got to campus, and no
one wanted to touch him.
So he said the students were jealous of his
unique masculinity.
He was short and ugly, and no one could
breathe within three meters of him.
He went to class with messy hair, and the
teachers were annoyed. His roommates
couldn’t stand him and often talked to the
teachers. He was alone all the time.
Until sophomore year, he was caught taking photos of women. The police found several gigabytes of data on his computer…
All the girls stayed away from him. Harper felt
sorry for him and asked me to take care of
him. So he set his sights on me. Harper
drugged me to help him.
Later, I learned that the rich Jace often
looked at me. Harper was unhappy and had
Walker destroy me.
I was angry. Harper, Walker, you two belong
together!
I followed Harper to a coffee shop.
We waited a long time before Walker arrived.
^
Chapter 2
Thank God I had the foresight to wear a
mask.
“Why this place? It’s expensive and doesn’t fill
you up! Typical gold digger move. Guys are
treating, so you gotta hit a fancy coffee shop,
right?”
“I get it, though. You probably can’t afford
this on your own dime!”
Harper gave an awkward laugh. “Don’t worry.
Willow’s paying!”
Walker glanced at me, twisting his mouth into
this smarmy, “sexy” grin. “Think a cup of
coffee is gonna buy me?”
Then, he yelled for the waiter. “Hey! Bring us,
like, twenty of those mini–cakes!”
“Seriously, these things are so small, they
barely fill a cavity!”
He wolfed down the mini–cakes, then
belched.
Then, he chugged the coffee. “Ugh! What is
this, dishwater?! So nasty! Waiter! Waiter!!”
“Sir, this is authentic, hand–ground coffee!”
“I don’t care if it’s hand–jobbed or whatever,
it sucks! You guys are just…”
People were staring, whispering. Harper
yanked Walker down in his seat, whispered
<
“So, Willow, I see you got coffee on your
dress. I’ll walk you to the restroom to wash it
off.” Harper pulled me up, shooting Walker a
look.
When I got back from the restroom, there was
a cup of coffee in front of me.
“Willow, see how thoughtful Walker is? He
even ordered you a cup. Try it!”
Gross. Who knew what he did while spiking
it? I took a sip.
They kept rambling on for another half hour.
Finally, I said I felt dizzy. Both of them lit up.
They didn’t even bother waiting for me to pay.
They hustled me out to a hotel.
<
At the entrance, we ran into Jace, who
recoiled when he smelled Walker. But then he
saw me give him the evil eye, and he pinched
his nose.
“What’s going on here?”
Harper cut in. “Willow and her boyfriend had
too much to drink. We’re helping her get
some rest. Jace, what are you doing here?”
“I… I had some business to take care of.” He
scratched his nose.
Harper looked at him enviously. “This is a
Jones property, right?”
“Yeah, Jones property. Hey, no big deal! I’m
staying here tonight, too. Just put your friend
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in the room next to mine.”
Harper gave me a dirty look.
After we dropped me off in 2206, Harper
lingered, grilling Jace. What room was he in?
Did he have a girlfriend? She was so obvious.
Finally, Walker got fed up. He remembered
their plan. He said I needed to rest and
dragged Harper away.
As soon as they left, I opened my eyes. Jace
sighed. “You think they’ll really come back?”
