Chapter 2Toxic Ambition: My Roommate's Fatal Sugar Daddy

Inside her bed curtains, Sierra's voice grew even more saccharine. "Don't be impatient, babe... my roommate is asleep~"

After a rustling sound, she lowered her voice. "You're so bad~ tilt your camera down a little..."

My stomach violently churned.

I pretended to roll over, intentionally making a loud noise.

Sierra jumped, poking her head out to look at me. "Harper, you're awake?"

I forced a sleepy, innocent smile. "Yeah, I just had a nightmare."

"Oh, I'm just FaceTiming my boyfriend right now."

She giggled, intentionally tilting her phone screen toward me.

On the screen was a greasy, balding, middle-aged man, staring hungrily at Sierra's exposed skin.

In my past life, this was the exact moment I intervened and planted the seed for my own murder.

This time, I changed my strategy entirely.

"Wow, your boyfriend is so handsome!"

I leaned in, faking absolute envy. "How did you guys meet?"

Sierra was visibly stunned for a second, but then she proudly tilted her chin up. "A dating app, duh. He's a senior executive at a publicly traded company. He said he's going to buy me a Louis Vuitton bag!"

She lowered her voice. "He loves looking at me... you know what I mean."

Suppressing my urge to vomit, I put on a worshipful expression. "Sierra, you're amazing. I can't believe you can pull such a high-quality guy."

Sierra floated on my praise. "Oh, this is nothing. I have guys lining up around the block for me."

She paused, shooting me a condescending glance. "But don't get any ideas. A boring block of wood like you couldn't handle a man like this even if you tried."

"I could never compare to you," I said.

I lowered my head, pretending to be insecure, while I sneered coldly on the inside.

For the next few days, I played the perfect role of Sierra's ultimate fan.

When she cammed, I stood guard at the door.

When she went on dates, I signed her in for attendance at lectures.

When she bragged, I gassed her up at the exact right moments.

Sierra began to trust me more and more.

She even started shamelessly showing off her "prey" to me.