The Roommate Pact: No Strings Attached

Chapter 7 No.7

Word Count: 451 | Released on: 22/01/2026

n 12 in his hand. The amber liquid burned his throa

into the kitchen, wearing a silk robe ove

he asked, her voice

," Brendon replied, raisi

led a glass with water. "No than

nice," he

d as she swallowed. The way a single drop of water e

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erything you used to hate. She's shallow, she's obsesse

his chair. "That's ex

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l. She just wanted my credit card and a guy to look good in her selfies. Be

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on said. "But it didn't wor

d over to the table and sat across

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it's toxic. We're just going to keep hurt

," Brendo

. No more 'I'm sorrys.' No more explaining. We just coexist until

he'd built around herself, and he knew h

"A pact. No pas

e she wanted to say something

ght, Br

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ng the small, silver necklace he'd given her for her eighteenth bi

't throw

aring it, Brendon knew th

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“"We do not talk. Ever," she warned, her voice trembling with a year's worth of rage. Brendon Hampton was Manhattan's ultimate "simp," using wealth and shallow socialites to silence his past. But during a lavish dinner, he snapped. He walked out, moved into a luxury apartment-and found Kiera Richards, the girl he ghosted during his father's scandal, standing in his new living room. Reunion is a nightmare. Kiera, now an "Ice Queen," looks at him with pure loathing. A housing glitch and a massive lease penalty trap them together. She reveals his disappearance cost her more than her heart-it shattered her mental health and her violin career at Juilliard. Brendon endures her hatred daily, unable to explain that federal agents seized his phone and his father had a heart attack. He abides by her rigid rules of silence, treated like a biohazard in his own home. Everything changes during a blackout. As a storm rages, Kiera's icy mask cracks-and she collapses into his arms, terrified of the dark. In the shadows, Brendon notices she still wears the necklace he gave her long ago. The war isn't over, but he's no longer just a roommate-he's a man determined to win back the soul he destroyed.”