Michelle
“Do you live over there?” Maddox nods at a house up the street, his big hands holding the wheel in a death grip.
“Yes, but you don’t have to drive the entire way…” I nervously laugh and face his stern expression.
“Why not?”
“Um… Because my roommates would freak out if they saw you.”
He arches an eyebrow. “Fans of mine?”
“Fans?” What is he even talking about?
“Yeah, I’m pretty known around campus.”
“Y-you are?”
“Yes.”
That’s some arrogance right there.
I swallow. “Well, that’s not the reason.”
“What is it then?”
“Uh…” I blush. “Nevermind.”
He sighs. “Out with it, Michelle.”
“Okay…” I shut my eyes. “I’ve never brought home a guy before, and they… My roommates… They are going to—”
I can’t say it.
My heart is pounding too fast, and I’m embarrassed. Ciara and Zendra have told me I’m hopeless when it comes to guys and bringing Maddox to the front of our door?
Bad idea.
They will ridicule me and ask me if I have a crush on Maddox. I can feel the incoming bullying in my gut already. Zendra will probably say that working on this group project with Maddox is the closest I will ever get to dating a handsome guy.
They are probably right.
Guys aren’t exactly lining up the street to date me.
Ciara and Zendra, however, are both beautiful and popular. They date guys hotter than hell while I’m this short, pimple-faced introvert who is too scared of men to make a movie. Like, I don’t want to die alone, but…
I’m not pretty.
And my roommates make sure to remind me of that every single day.
“I’m coming inside.”
I look up. “What?”
“You heard me.”
Maddox has already parked the car, and before I can intervene, he opens the car door. He takes my bag, and I hastily follow him.
What is he doing?
“Uh…” As Maddox strides toward the porch, I’m jogging to keep up with him. He has very long legs. “You don’t have to come inside… You can just leave now…”
Maddox peers down at me but doesn’t say anything. Not one to listen, he opens the door and enters our hallway.
The door closes.
I hear footsteps.
I know it, Ciara swans into the hallway. She stops by the wall, leaning her back against it with
chest. Raking Maddox up and down before sending an evil smile my way. “Are you dating
want to sink through
I had choices. How humiliating. She is smirking now, knowing I’m embarrassed.She
does she have to
Maddox think I’m even
are prickling behind
on the fun with her mouth falling open the
up Maddox. “I didn’t know our roomie was
Quarterback?
Of course, Maddox
to smirk, but to my surprise, Maddox is smiling. Something tells me it’s a fake
are best
a halt
What. The. Fuck.
is
been carried by a guy before, yet my legs instinctively wrap around his tapered waist. His cologne wafts over me, and my heart pounds frantically when he presses his lips
Holy shit.
HOLY SHIT!
Daniels is kissing
on the lips. No, Maddox forces my lips apart with his tongue and
Oh-my-god…
is hot and passionate. The taste of his tongue makes little goosebumps
in
sparks fly between us, and I’m close to begging
My heart is racing.
I’m out of breath.
I stare at him.
stares at me,
is that my
is that
shoulders while his arms are wrapped around me. Yet none of us are making
down from
is not putting
in
into the kitchen. I catch a glimpse of their faces before
I hear Ciara whisper-yelling. “Holy-fucking-shit, Michelle is dating the hottest guy on campus! How the flipping fuck did
whisper-yells back. “She is
swallow at their words, daring to glimpse at
happening. Which makes little
on inside that thick,
into
He gazes into mine.
a few seconds, he opens his
he
the last one down the hall to the left. It’s a
“Got it.”
without a word. My arms are still hugging the thick column
off
stare at Maddox, baffled when he closes the
those
Yeah, I’m broke.
everything in before daring to talk. “W-why did you kiss me
eyebrow.
burns, and I shyly brush my brown hair down my shoulder. “That’s not
shrugs. “I saw a perfect
Opportunity?
What?
he just use
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