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The Roomie Complexย ย ย 54 - TIME BOMB
I could still feel the weight of his touch lingering on my skin as I walked away from Aiden, but I didnโt let it stop me. Every step was harder than the last, but I pushed through, my heart pounding not just from the sudden rush of emotions, but from the fury that surged within me. Aiden wasnโt the only one who could make choices tonight.I needed to forget, and the quickest way to do that was to drown in the chaos of the party. The music called to me, a steady thrum that could wipe away anything. I didnโt even look back when I entered the mass of bodies. I needed something else to numb the ache. A distraction.I found him again.The stranger in the black mask, still standing there, leaning against the bar like he belonged to the night itself. His black shirt and trousers fit the atmosphere perfectlyโdark, alluring, and just out of reach. When our gazes collided, I felt a pulse of recognition, that same magnetic pull that had led me to his side earlier. I was drunk, lost, and I hated
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-04The Roomie Complexย ย ย 55 - SECRETS
Aiden's POVI saw her before she saw me.Sheโd gone back to the party, to the flashing lights and the pulsing bass. I stayed behind, pacing like a caged animal, fury choking me with every breath I took.Iโd let her walk away.Again.And that strangerโthe one in the black maskโhe was still there. Lingering. Like a goddamn shadow.The second I stepped back into the crowd, I saw her. Dancing.With him.Her body pressed flush against his, the white feathers of her mask catching the lights like she was some kind of fallen angel gone rogue. She moved like the music was part of her bloodstreamโwild, reckless, untouchable. His hands were everywhereโher waist, her back, sliding too low. And she wasnโt just letting him.She was enjoying it. She was feeding off of it.And then she looked at me.Thatโs what fucking did it.She saw me standing there, eyes locked with mine.She knew I was watching.And she smirked.I felt it like a punch to the chest. That lookโit was deliberate. A fire lit in her
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-06The Roomie Complexย ย ย 56 - YES YOU CAN
Cheryl's POVโShe has something on me.โThe words fell from his lips like stones into water, heavy and irreversible.For a moment, I couldnโt breathe. I just stared at him, feeling the ground beneath my feet shift. My heart was thundering in my chest, but my limbs were frozen, stiff with disbelief.She has something on me.That sentence echoed over and over again in my head, and with every repetition, it burned hotterโan inferno roaring in my chest, trying to claw its way out of me. My fingers loosened their grip around his wrist, not because I wanted to let goโฆ but because I had to. Because if I held on a second longer, I might have shattered right in front of him.โWhat does she have on you?โ My voice cracked around the edges, but I couldnโt keep the question down. It came out too fast, too desperate. โWhat kind of thing could she possibly have on you?โHe looked away, his jaw tense. His silence twisted the knife deeper into my ribs.Then, finally, he spoke.โSomething that happened
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-07The Roomie Complexย ย ย 57 - DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
CHERYL'S POVI didnโt go home yet after I left Aiden at the party. I couldn't wrap her head around the bombshell Aiden had just dropped on me, and more so I couldn't believe Anika had been using it to have him wrapped around her slimy fingers.I walked straight into the storm.Anikaโs place looked exactly how I imagined a villainโs lair would lookโsharp angles, moody lighting, the scent of overconfidence and money woven into every inch. I didnโt knock. I walked in like I had every right to be there, because I did. Not with a plan. Not with a strategy. Just the weight of the truth and a fury too heavy to carry alone.She was sitting by the window holding a glass of red wine in her hand, dressed in casual baby tee and sweatpants, her blonde hair tied up in a messy ponytails, tendrils of her framing her face that now had a scowl the moment she saw me and then slowly it morphed to a smirk.โCheryl,โ she said without looking at me, like sheโd been expecting this moment all her life. โTo wh
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-11The Roomie Complexย ย ย 58 - THE KIDNAP
AIDEN'S POVIโd texted her earlier asking if she wanted to meet for lunch. But this wasnโt going to be just lunch โ I was planning a date. A real one. The kind where Iโd lay it all out: the truth, my past, my feelings. I was going to tell her everything. Then I was going to tell her I loved her and I wasn't that person anymore.So I dressed like it mattered. A dark navy suit, tailored. The tie she once complimented. I bought a bouquet of red roses โ ones that matched the silvery-red dress Iโd sent over earlier. It had taken me a solid hour to choose that dress, something that clung just right and shimmered when she moved.The restaurant was tucked into the edge of the waterfront, the kind of place that wore its elegance like an old song โ soft jazz playing in the background, golden lighting that kissed the walls, waiters in pressed shirts moving with quiet grace, and tables set with flickering candles and polished silver.I arrived early. Sat by the window with the view of the river g
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-12The Roomie Complexย ย ย 59 - THE PRICE
AIDEN'S POVI didnโt touch my food. I mean how could i even bring myself to eat in the situation but I had ordered the pastas already, it would be a shame to let it all go to waste.I couldnโt even bring myself to look at it.The table sat still, mocking meโher untouched wine glass, the roses she didnโt take with her, the memory of her voice echoing in my ears like a haunting."Do you know why I didnโt show up to that party?"God. I could still see the tears in her eyes when she said it. I could still feel her slipping through my fingers like smoke I couldnโt hold onto.She had walked out of that restaurant with her head held high, but I knew the storm she was holding back. Just like I knew Iโd caused it.I stood slowly, threw some cash on the table, and stepped out into the night air. The streets were a little quieter now, the golden light of the restaurant casting long shadows across the pavement.Thatโs when I saw it.Her purse. Her phone.Just lying there. Abandoned.Panic sliced
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-16The Roomie Complexย ย ย 60 - INTENSE
Cherylโs POVThe first thing I felt was the cold. It seeped through my skin like tiny shards of ice, making it impossible to stay asleep. Then came the painโan aching throb behind my eyes, the sore sting in my wrists, the bruised thump of my knees. My body felt like it had been tossed like trash into the back of a car.I opened my eyes to darkness. Not complete darkness, but the dim, flickering kindโthe kind that hummed from a dying fluorescent bulb overhead.My heart pounded. My breathing stuttered.Where the hell am I?I sat up slowly, the thin mattress beneath me crunching with old springs. My hands were free, but the bruises around my wrists told me they hadnโt always been. I looked around. Four walls. One metal door. No windows. A chair in the corner. A bucket near the wall that made my stomach turn.This was not a misunderstanding.This was not a mistake.I had been kidnapped.My fingers clenched into fists as panic began to crawl up my throat. And thenโฆ Aiden. His name crashed
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-17The Roomie Complexย ย ย 61 - THE DEVIL
Cherylโs POVThe room was dimly litโtoo dim to tell if the red smears on the floor were wine or something far worse.The air smelled of rusted metal, sweat, and something faintly floralโlike someone had tried to mask the decay with cheap perfume, or maybe it was my own perfume turned cheap from the deathliness of this place. A single lightbulb swung lazily from the ceiling above me, casting long, flickering shadows that danced across the concrete walls like ghosts.My hands were still untied and free when my eyes popped again to the strangeness of this place, but they still ached from the pressure of the zip ties. My legs were numb, folded underneath me on the cold stone floor. I didnโt know how long Iโd been hereโminutes, hoursโit all bled together in this silent, chilling purgatory.Until the door opened.It didnโt creak or groan. It glided open smoothly, almost soundlessly, like it had been waiting for this moment. And when I looked upโhe was there.The boss - or so I assumed becau
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2025-04-18
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The Roomie Complexย ย ย 66 - LION'S DEN
CHERYL'S POVThe sky hung heavy and gray above me as I drove, casting the entire town in a muted haze. It was the kind of weather that whispered secrets and warned of stormsโfitting for the place I was heading. Damonโs house. Or, more accurately, the house Damon bought for me. My grip on the steering wheel tightened as I turned onto the long, winding driveway. The structure loomed into view like a forgotten secretโmodern, cold, and elegant. It hadnโt changed. White concrete walls, dark paneling, glass edges that reflected the world but let no one in. It was still as breathtaking and lonely as the man who owned it.I parked and stepped out slowly, gravel crunching underfoot. The keypad beside the tall black door blinked awake as I approached. I didnโt hesitateโmy fingers moved by memory, punching in the code he had set using my birthday. There was a soft click, and then the door opened with a sigh, as if the house had been holding its breath all this time.Silence met me inside.Thick
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 65 - SICK IDEA
Cherylโs POVI stared at the phone on my dresser for longer than I should have, the contact name glowing like it knew too much โ like it was mocking me.Damon.I didn't even know what I wanted to say. What did you say to a man you shot? To a man you might've killed โ who might still be bleeding out in some forgotten room?Still, my fingers moved on their own, like muscle memory. I tapped the call button before I could talk myself out of it. I held my breath as the dial tone started.Once.Twice.Three times.Heโs not going to pick up, I told myself. Maybe that was a good thing. MaybeโClick.His voice, low and gruff, filled my ears like smoke curling under a door."What a pleasant surprise," he said.I froze. My throat clenched, mouth suddenly dry."...You're okay," I managed. My voice sounded far away, like someone else had spoken for me."For the most part," he said, and I could almost hear the smirk beneath his words. "But my heart is still broken. Wasnโt expecting the woman Iโm in
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 64 - RIFT
Cherylโs POVThe morning light streamed through the pale curtains, brushing my room in gold, but it only made the pounding guilt in my head stronger.I sat up slowly, rubbing my arms, feeling the faint bruises of last night's chaos beneath my skin. It was almost absurd how normal everything looked. The smell of bacon frying downstairs, the creak of the old wood floors in my auntโs house, the chirping of birds outside.But inside me?Nothing felt normal.Every time I closed my eyes, the gunshot echoed in my brain โ loud, sharp, deadly. My fingers twitched at the memory, and I recoiled, wrapping my arms around my knees like they could somehow hold me together.I had shot someone.Not just anyone. Damon.I hadn't meant to โ God, I hadn't meant to. It was instinct, pure reflex. I had seen the gun pressed to Aidenโs head and I hadnโt thought โ I had acted.Like some wild animal, desperate to protect.But the more I thought about itโฆ the more I realized the sinking truth:I wasnโt sure I ha
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 63 - THE CONFESSION
Cherylโs POVThe moment I felt his arms wrap around me, I thought everything would be okay. For a single, fleeting second, the chaos quieted. But then I looked down. My eyes found Damonโs body lying limp on the cold, cracked earth, blood blooming beneath him like ink spilled from a broken pen.Thatโs when it hit me.I had shot someone.I had taken a life. Maybe not completely yet, but I could see the way his chest rose in stuttered breaths, each one weaker than the last. His blood... his blood was on me.I stepped out of Aidenโs embrace like I was in a daze, my body numb, the gun suddenly burning hot in my hands. I dropped it. It clattered to the ground like it had fulfilled its purpose.โWe need to call someone,โ I breathed. โ911. We have to call for help.โAidenโs voice was firm but low. โWe need to get the hell out of here, Cheryl. Now. Before Alejandro realizes whatโs happening.โโNo!โ I snapped, shaking my head. My voice cracked. โNo, we canโt just leave him like that. I shot him
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 62 - THE ESCAPE
Damonโs POVHe always knew it would come to this.The moment he saw Cheryl for the first time โ in that slinky red dress at that bar, soft curls falling over her shoulders like poetry in motion โ he knew he'd never stand a chance. Not when Aiden was involved. Aiden always got what he wanted, he looked like a guy that got everything he wanted. The girls. The glory. The forgiveness. Even after everything.But not this time.Not anymore.Damon lit a cigarette and took a long drag, leaning against the black Impala parked under the sickly orange glow of a dying streetlamp. The road out here was cracked, half-swallowed by overgrown weeds. The silence of the place clawed at the back of his neck, broken only by the distant echo of a rusted windmill creaking with each breeze.The warehouse ahead of him stood like a tomb โ abandoned, graffitied, the scent of oil and mildew bleeding from its rusted frame. It used to be a car assembly plant, once. Now, it was the kind of place nightmares came to
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 61 - THE DEVIL
Cherylโs POVThe room was dimly litโtoo dim to tell if the red smears on the floor were wine or something far worse.The air smelled of rusted metal, sweat, and something faintly floralโlike someone had tried to mask the decay with cheap perfume, or maybe it was my own perfume turned cheap from the deathliness of this place. A single lightbulb swung lazily from the ceiling above me, casting long, flickering shadows that danced across the concrete walls like ghosts.My hands were still untied and free when my eyes popped again to the strangeness of this place, but they still ached from the pressure of the zip ties. My legs were numb, folded underneath me on the cold stone floor. I didnโt know how long Iโd been hereโminutes, hoursโit all bled together in this silent, chilling purgatory.Until the door opened.It didnโt creak or groan. It glided open smoothly, almost soundlessly, like it had been waiting for this moment. And when I looked upโhe was there.The boss - or so I assumed becau
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 60 - INTENSE
Cherylโs POVThe first thing I felt was the cold. It seeped through my skin like tiny shards of ice, making it impossible to stay asleep. Then came the painโan aching throb behind my eyes, the sore sting in my wrists, the bruised thump of my knees. My body felt like it had been tossed like trash into the back of a car.I opened my eyes to darkness. Not complete darkness, but the dim, flickering kindโthe kind that hummed from a dying fluorescent bulb overhead.My heart pounded. My breathing stuttered.Where the hell am I?I sat up slowly, the thin mattress beneath me crunching with old springs. My hands were free, but the bruises around my wrists told me they hadnโt always been. I looked around. Four walls. One metal door. No windows. A chair in the corner. A bucket near the wall that made my stomach turn.This was not a misunderstanding.This was not a mistake.I had been kidnapped.My fingers clenched into fists as panic began to crawl up my throat. And thenโฆ Aiden. His name crashed
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 59 - THE PRICE
AIDEN'S POVI didnโt touch my food. I mean how could i even bring myself to eat in the situation but I had ordered the pastas already, it would be a shame to let it all go to waste.I couldnโt even bring myself to look at it.The table sat still, mocking meโher untouched wine glass, the roses she didnโt take with her, the memory of her voice echoing in my ears like a haunting."Do you know why I didnโt show up to that party?"God. I could still see the tears in her eyes when she said it. I could still feel her slipping through my fingers like smoke I couldnโt hold onto.She had walked out of that restaurant with her head held high, but I knew the storm she was holding back. Just like I knew Iโd caused it.I stood slowly, threw some cash on the table, and stepped out into the night air. The streets were a little quieter now, the golden light of the restaurant casting long shadows across the pavement.Thatโs when I saw it.Her purse. Her phone.Just lying there. Abandoned.Panic sliced
The Roomie Complexย ย ย 58 - THE KIDNAP
AIDEN'S POVIโd texted her earlier asking if she wanted to meet for lunch. But this wasnโt going to be just lunch โ I was planning a date. A real one. The kind where Iโd lay it all out: the truth, my past, my feelings. I was going to tell her everything. Then I was going to tell her I loved her and I wasn't that person anymore.So I dressed like it mattered. A dark navy suit, tailored. The tie she once complimented. I bought a bouquet of red roses โ ones that matched the silvery-red dress Iโd sent over earlier. It had taken me a solid hour to choose that dress, something that clung just right and shimmered when she moved.The restaurant was tucked into the edge of the waterfront, the kind of place that wore its elegance like an old song โ soft jazz playing in the background, golden lighting that kissed the walls, waiters in pressed shirts moving with quiet grace, and tables set with flickering candles and polished silver.I arrived early. Sat by the window with the view of the river g
