Chapter 3 This Must Be Just an Act

While I gave the person the address, Veronica looked at me with disdain. "Stop pretending."

But within minutes, the scene transformed as a dozen bodyguards encircled us.

Veronica clung to Rick in a sudden panic while Rick, clearly annoyed, demanded, "Do you guys know who I am?"

"Please wait for a moment, Mr. Rick," one of the bodyguards replied calmly, unfazed by his identity.

No one knew I was in a relationship with Rayden. Even fewer knew that behind his cold personality, he was a possessive man.

One time, he wanted to lock me up just because I got a little too close to a sixty-year-old male professor while asking a question.

Outraged, I had ended things with him and blocked his number, which led me to become fast friends with Veronica. We became inseparable, sharing shopping sprees and afternoon teas.

Remembering the ruined state of my dorm ignited my anger anew. I snapped into the phone, "If you don't get here soon, you can forget about ever seeing me again!"

"Fifteen minut