Rich Roommate's Deceptive Invitation

ounced that her parents had just secured a three-billion-dollar con

This expense is nothing! It's

lf as a rich heiress, flaunt

overed she was no

o a remote mountain village, where a group of

d to be their wives and bear t

a towering man. I fought bac

ed Bethany and felt

caped too, so I grab

her's knife and stabbed i

, her eyes bur

ther's bed, and you stil

an was he

hop my body into pieces to feed

torment until they took their ow

as back to the day Bethany invit

seven days. What do you think? You don't need to worry about money or lodging.

liday, Bethany dropped this bombsh

words sent the other two roommates

trip to Nevoria, that in

a fortune for our

, stay at the best seven-star hotel, and eat whatever you want. My pa

ed out with envy. "No wa

to me. "Jayde, why aren't you sayi

y past life's horror flooded back

to tear h

nterested in foreign coun

een abroad? And you're 'not interested'? Ther

om some small town? Have you ever even been on a plane? If

been on

that I was the real hidd

y to avoid creating a rift with cl

them that, but I sti

. Why would someone's parents spend so much

"When something seems too good to be t

sed to mean? Are you sayi

indly inviting you to have fun, and you t

oommates rushed

to go, we will. Why's she acting so hig

ly. Le

ing further and walk

ange surroundings, I finally co

st as excited as Clara and Ni

r and further off course,

ed and tried to

wasn't a single bar of sign

p and sent to

a twisted side, leering a

figure, that boobs and as

ed, he wouldn't let me go

Eventually, I found a pair of scissors in a dra

an into

scaped too, so I gr

back. Tonight's your wedd

wave. I understood every

r's knife from the pigsty a

ther's bed, and you stil

Shock filled my eyes a

e out and stabbed m

and o

eath itself c

swore I'd never set foot

hile my other two roommates were given to two broth

I saw Nicole and Clara h

like a princess, often sendi

y Nevoria trip, they ran he

for someone to spend that much money on you. There are countless s

econd attempt

kindness was thro

y don't you just live in your phone? We've

ied, stay behind. Don't rui

ut Bethany, who rarely

e this? You think I'm lying to you? Would I go through all this expense and effort if I was? I'm trying to show

drew a crowd

y of admirers, cr

ey turne

and acts all high and mighty

s not going, give m

o! I w

help but ro

ou coming or not? I'm asking you because I see you as a good friend.

t a cold

d fri

bing me to death

t need to bother trea

"I'm telling you again, don't

peated warnings

fine, but don't twist people's kindness into something it's not. Poor and

save those hell-bent

to their deaths, even the gr

ew days, the do

nd threw myself

ght before the Christmas break, Be

is for you. I know how you are. You say

he ticket wit

motioned for the other two

hands away fro

yde, I've already met you halfway. You

Put my stuff back, o

hey showed no sign of stoppi

you it's rude to touch

g? We're friends. I just want to take you to Nevoria, all exp

he table, tore it to shreds,

deleted my booking information,

t's your business. I said I'm not going, and I mean it. And you're no

ara and Nicole

g in this world comes free. Wa

Bethany's spoiled

would I keep begging you to come and even buy y

pretending to be above it all, jealous of your family's mon

me a disda

even a domestic trip would do.

ing on my nerves. I stopped engaging, climb

ed up tickets for a solo

.

, washing up and chattering about what th

ven made a t

d and came over, tugging at me with

to you like that. If you don't want to go to Nevoria,

ted but

hance to warn Nicole an

y and followed the

e Clara and Nicole dragge

mething off about Bethany. She's not what you think. Her fam

ra pause. "How do you k

secret about

Too many novels, huh? I'm go

car pulled up at the gate, drawing cl

couple stepped out

ing arms with them and

e became even more convinced

f you're going to make up lies,

e couple. "Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens. We're

gnized

Bethany'

hey had a hand in

Clara and Nicole now,

u going? Didn't we agree to take you all to Nevoria? Come o

d over and gr

st night you didn't want to go, and they said no way

say no to two elders who came all this

ng slightly with an inviting gestur

every pair of ey