Chapter 1

My roommate, Bethany, started stalking us after she found out my boyfriend was a billionaire CEO.

A month later, she dramatically announced:

"I'm pregnant with the CEO's baby! Aren't you going to step aside?"

She then dropped a bombshell: "I took a used condom from your hotel room and injected its contents into myself."

She gloated about her "easy-to-conceive" body type.

My mind completely blanked.

The "billionaire CEO" she thought she was talking about? That was Mia, my best friend. She’s a woman.

So whose baby was she carrying?

I had just gotten back to the dorm.

My roommate, Chloe, immediately rushed over, beaming.

"Avery, that's so unfair! You kept such a huge secret from us!"

I was utterly bewildered.

"Kept what secret?"

Chloe smirked.

"A custom license plate with a luxury car – that's a billionaire CEO's standard ride, right?"

"I can't believe your boyfriend is a billionaire CEO!"

Chloe had originally invited me to go shopping, but I'd turned her down, saying I had a movie date with my boyfriend. On the way back, I'd bumped into Mia, my best friend, and just hitched a ride in her car.

I never expected my roommate to get the wrong idea.

No matter how much I explained, Chloe just thought I was being modest.

It all started when I brought an Hermès bag to freshman orientation.

I told them it was a fake, but Chloe saw right through it.

Since then, my roommates had jokingly nicknamed me "Heiress Avery."

Chloe and the others usually just teased me and moved on.

Only Bethany approached me, her voice serious:

"Avery, when are you going to get your boyfriend to treat us to dinner?"

Before I could answer, she continued:

"Unless you're worried we'll steal your boyfriend, and you're too scared to let us meet him?"

Her snarky tone made me incredibly uncomfortable.

Why should I put up with her attitude?

"My boyfriend and I are doing great. If you're jealous, just say so."

Bethany immediately bristled, sitting down and throwing out all kinds of taunts:

"What's so special about that? He's a billionaire, but who knows how long he'll keep you around?"

"Maybe in a couple of months, he'll just toss you aside like a cheap toy!"

Furious, I grabbed the soda on the table and splashed it at her.

"Wash out your filthy mouth! Keep spewing that garbage, and I'll sew it shut myself!"

Bethany shrieked.

Then she lunged at me, ready to fight.

My three years of Muay Thai weren't for show; I'd have wiped the floor with her, no problem.

The other roommates rushed to break us up.

Chloe shielded me, while Brooke blocked Bethany.

They both told Bethany that she shouldn't have provoked me first.

Bethany stomped her foot, crying:

"You're all ganging up on me!"

Then she stormed out of the dorm.

Chloe comforted me, telling me not to let Bethany get to me.

"Just keep an eye out. Don't let her get near your boyfriend."

If someone like *her* could steal my boyfriend, then I wouldn't want him anyway.