Episode 1

When we had dinner together, my roommate, Janet Wilson, suddenly said that I didn't deserve my boyfriend, Martin Lewis, and asked me for his WhatsApp number.

I didn't give it to her. However, I never expected her to complain to Martin about it and said that I was too mean.

I asked Janet what she meant.

But Janet didn't care about my feelings and said, "Why are you so narrow-minded? Even if Martin is your boyfriend, can't he make friends with me? Just relax, okay?"

I was really annoyed.

01

When we were having dinner together, I asked my boyfriend, Martin Lewis, to peel shrimp for me. Suddenly, my roommate, Janet Wilson said, "Olivia, I don't think you deserve your boyfriend."

I was stunned and turned to look at Janet.

Janet smiled meaningfully and stared at me.

"Are you kidding me?" I frowned and asked.

"No."

Then Janet looked at Martin with admiration on her face, saying, "Martin is so handsome, smart, and caring.

"Look at you. You are just average looking and are not good at studying. You shouldn't have asked him to peel the shrimp for you!"

Janet said with a smile. I couldn't tell whether she was serious or just joking.

When I was about to say something,

Martin said calmly, "Olivia is very beautiful. Otherwise, how could she be an amateur model? She has gotten a scholarship. Anyway, I think she is very special and not unreasonable at all. Please don't say that."

Janet was surprised, and then smiled, saying, "I was just kidding with Olivia. We are so close, and she won't be mad, right?"

What she said was clever. If I really got mad, it would seem that I was mean.

I was a little unhappy, and another roommate noticed the tense atmosphere, so she quickly added, "Yes, Olivia is a wonderful girl. You are so lucky, Martin!"

Then we laughed and continued to have dinner.

However, I felt really annoyed because Janet had been staring at Martin's face all the time during dinner. She was so bold.

And it was Janet who arranged the dinner party.

The reason was that I posted a picture of me and Martin on my Instagram when we were just together.

When Janet saw it, she said, "What a fake picture, Olivia. Your boyfriend is so cute that he looks like a star. That can't be true!"

The other roommates retorted for me, "Well, that's how he looks! Haven't you heard of Martin Lewis? He is the cutest guy in the Department of Computer Science. He used to take publicity photos for the university recruitment!"

Janet paused and forced a smile. Then she said, "Then he must be a playboy."

"Don't be fooled by him."

Janet's words were so annoying. So I said unhappily, "He is a good guy. You don't know him, so don't talk about him like that."

"Well, you have to be cautious. I think he looks like a playboy. Olivia, you have to ask your boyfriend to have dinner with us so that we can get to know him better!"

I thought her request was ridiculous.

But when I was about to refuse her, it suddenly occurred to me that my other two roommates had invited all of us to have dinner after they had boyfriends. It seemed that I should also follow this tradition.

So I had to suppress my displeasure and said, "Okay, I'll tell him. You may choose whatever you like."

I thought the budget of 40 dollars per person would be enough since that was the standard of our previous dinner parties.

However, I didn't expect Janet would repost several links in the group chat at night, which were restaurants that would cost 160 dollars per person or even 400 dollars per person!

"Olivia, just pick one. I think these restaurants are pretty nice."

Taking all the people into account, Martin and I would spend 2,400 dollars for the dinner. That was ridiculous!

Before I could say anything, Mia Robinson, one of my roommates, turned over and said to Janet, "It's too expensive. We didn't treat you guys to such an expensive dinner before."

But Janet didn't care about it and said, "I heard that Martin's parents run a chain hotel and he is very rich. And Olivia is his girlfriend. That's not a big sum."

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