Chapter 2

On Valentine's Day, I was the only single person left in the dorm. Everyone else had gone out on dates.

I'd just finished my takeout and was about to take a nap when I suddenly got a call asking me to move my car.

"Hello, your parking time is up. We're opening the food festival tonight, so you need to come move your car as soon as possible."

His words confused me.

My car had just been sent to the shop for maintenance yesterday. How could it be parked outside?

Instantly, I remembered news stories I'd seen online.

Shop employees would secretly take customers' cars out for joyrides. Had they stolen my car?

I quickly hung up and opened my car's remote camera app, rewinding to this morning to see what had happened.

The image on my phone screen made me freeze completely.

The person who'd taken my car wasn't a shop employee. It was my roommate.

Eve.

She'd brought her boyfriend Lawrence and two guys I didn't recognize.

They looked like they were probably Lawrence's roommates.

From the moment they got in the car, they'd been complimenting Eve non-stop.

"Wow, this car is incredible! I had no idea you were so loaded!"

"This is my first time in a Tesla. It feels so cool!"

Lawrence was sitting in the passenger seat, looking smug.

"Well, look whose girlfriend she is. You think I'd date just anyone?"

As he spoke, his hand wandered inappropriately onto Eve's thigh.

"But babe, your family must be so rich! You haven't even graduated and they bought you such an expensive car."

Eve let Lawrence touch her leg without any shame, lying through her teeth.

"It's just a commuter car. My dad saw that my internship was pretty far away and didn't want me taking the subway, so he just bought it on a whim. He said when I graduate, he'll get me something even better."

The two guys in the back seat gasped.

"This is just a commuter car? How rich is your family?"

"Damn, I'm hanging out with wealthy people now."

"Can I take some photos in the driver's seat? I want to brag to my friends."

Eve casually agreed.

"Sure, no problem."

Lawrence stroked his chin creepily.

"Let's do something exciting tonight. I think this back seat is big enough. Want to try it out later?"

As soon as he said that, Eve responded with a coy "stop it!" while the two guys in the back pretended not to hear and kept taking photos.

Watching through my phone screen, I felt so disgusted I almost threw up.

I should have suspected it was Eve all along.