rabbed her phone from the coffee table and

u doing?" Br

ere's been a mistake. A massive, disgusting mistake. I am no

oodie swallowed her frame. He felt a sudden, fierce urge to take the p

sional, albeit strained, tone. "I'm in Unit 4B. My roommate just arri

Her face went from pa

"This is a safety issue. No, I am not being drama

the faint, tinny sound of a man's

se. "The Kensington has over two hundred units! F

eyes closed, and he

ars?" she whispered.

ave Hampton money. Her scholarship covered her tuition and a portion of her

st heaving. She leaned against the wall, the number echoing in her head. Twelve

e said to the rug. "And

e out. He didn't call the o

. Now. I'll pay

on transfers until mid-semester due to the housing crisis. Even with your father's influence,

. The investigation into Hampton Holdings had frozen his life a year ago, cutting off his

standing by the window, looking

endon said. "The universi

tears she refused to let fall. "So what? We're jus

urt you, Kiera," B

too late for

she might hit him. Instead, she just stopped a few inches away. The

stay on your side of the apartment. I stay on mine. We don't share food

nd tuck a stray hair behind her ear. He wanted

she continued, "because I got her

Brendo

Bre

ooke

this apartment, I will throw your things of

er," Brendon sai

"Right. Until you get bored and nee

She didn't look back. The sound of her door sla

time. He looked at the city lights. He had

ur-wall cage with the only pers