All Chapters of Dating My Roommate's Split Personality Went Wrong: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Hayden Jensen—the rich kid I shared an apartment with—had gone off to Kingsley City, leaving the whole place to me.I wasted no time calling over Brock Hayes, a tanned six-foot varsity jock, Julian Reed, the gentle campus heartthrob, and Noah Bennett, a sweet underclassman with puppy eyes. That made four of us—just enough to get a poker game going.Julian suggested that the loser post an ugly selfie on social media. Before long, their photos were flooding the feed."Hey, Hayden's online. He actually liked my post," Julian blurted."Isn't he at a family gathering in Kingsley City? He's probably just bored out of his mind."I scrolled down and saw that Hayden had actually gone to the trouble of liking over 50 posts, one by one.He even left a comment on mine, writing, "Looks like you're having a blast", capped off with a thumbs-up and a smiley-face emoji.My mind defaulted to his sunny side, and I took the comment as a heartfelt compliment.Only Noah looked a little worried. "She

Every favor I'd ever done for my cousin, Ethan Keaton, finally paid off.I bribed Ethan with the promise of a free meal, and he came running all the way from Kingsley City without a second thought.He was a college freshman on the varsity basketball team, and word around campus was that plenty of secret admirers were gushing over him on the confession boards.Standing there, he looked the part, I'd give him that—at least he didn't embarrass my taste in men.We'd agreed to meet Hayden at a lakeside steakhouse.For a second, I barely recognized Hayden. The top buttons of his crisp white shirt were undone, the collar parting to reveal his collarbone, and the tailored fabric hinted just enough at the lean lines of muscle underneath.When had he stopped wearing the black tees that filled his closet?When he saw Ethan, he raised his eyebrows and let out a soft laugh. "Wow, you move fast, Sherry. Last week, you were pulling all-nighters playing poker with a trio of hot guys, and today,

For the entire day following our hug, I waited around for Hayden to confess his feelings for me. But he acted like his mouth was taped shut, refusing to say a single damn word.By day two, I was lying in bed, cursing him out for being a total player.By day three, it was one of his friends' birthdays, and the whole crew was hitting up a bar. I decided to crash the party and demand some answers."That little prick Hayden," I muttered to myself on the way over. "He even lied to me, saying it was a guys' night. If there's a single girl there, I'll eat my—"Before the rest of the curse could slip out, I flung the VIP room door open.It actually was a guys' night, which left me just standing there, looking pretty awkward."Sherry's here! Slide over and make some room for her!"As Hayden's friends sensed the awkward tension, they quickly cleared out the empty seat right next to him.I bit my lip, marched straight past it, and settled into a chair directly across from him instead.Ha

Hayden squinted, a look of pure contentment washing over his face."Sherry, if life could just stay like this forever, that'd be perfect."I rarely heard him wax poetic about life like that, and I couldn't help but laugh."Life is long. There'll be plenty more moments like this."We stayed until the sun began to sink low in the west. I finally patted his shoulder to get him up off the grass. "Let's go. Dinner's on me."I took him to the street stall I hit up all the time.I figured since he was used to the rich-kid lifestyle, he might turn his nose up at this kind of street food. But the second he crossed his legs and started eagerly devouring the skewers, I knew I'd completely misjudged him.Hayden didn't seem to care for seafood, so I ordered him some beef skewers instead. He polished them off in no time.Before we left, I ordered another ten skewers to go, planning to bring them to King Sammy tomorrow. Coincidentally, that was his absolute favorite too.…We woke up early

The campus forum was flooded with hate about me."The woman in the photo is a freshman in Communications, Sherry Wright. Stay away from this toxic thief, guys.""What a shameless snatcher! Let's make her too scared to ever show her face again.""She looks so innocent, yet she pulls something this selfish.""Did her family never teach her not to steal what belongs to everyone?""The person above me is being way too nice. Bold of you to assume a disgrace like her even has a family."For a long time after that, I didn't dare walk across campus alone. I couldn't bring myself to look up, terrified that everyone was staring and laughing at me. I couldn't even take my earbuds out, paralyzed by the fear that I'd catch them whispering insults about me."Sherry, I understand your situation," my academic advisor said, her tone completely flat. "But have you actually considered whether your family can afford to rent you an apartment off-campus? Making your parents foot the bill over somethi