34 ALONE IN THE ROOM

KAREN'S POV For three hours, I slept on the hotel's floor, totally ignoring the bed. In my sleep, I had a dream about Percy and Arianna making fun of me. “Did she really think you would settle for a lowlife like her? Her imagination must have been wild for her to think of settling with you. It is obvious she needed a rich boy to trap, so her generation won't die in poverty.” Arianna laughed. “Just ignore her. She is just naive. She doesn't know how the system works. She's going to get used till she learns her lesson. I really hate the way she cries for every petty thing. She's such a baby and I doubt if she could stand up for herself. What a shame on her. It's a pity she thinks I am truly in love with her.” Percy said “I think we should get intimate right in front of her, probably she'll be wise. When she sees us melting into each other's embrace, she would wake up to reality. Or, you could keep her as your mistress. I don't mind.” I heard Ariann