Chapter 3

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.

hallway. She stops

oh my,” she presses a hand to her chest. Raking Maddox up and down before sending

sink through

She said those words as if I had choices. How humiliating.

she have to be

think I’m even more of

are prickling behind my eyelids

worsens when Zendra joins in on the fun with her mouth falling

rakes up Maddox. “I didn’t know our roomie

Quarterback?

if I weren’t already uncomfortable! Of course,

but to my surprise, Maddox is

are best friends… In

halt when

What. The. Fuck.

guy is seriously

instinctively wrap around his tapered waist. His cologne wafts over me,

Holy shit.

HOLY SHIT!

is kissing

forces my lips apart with his tongue

Oh-my-god…

The taste of his tongue makes

melting in

close to begging him not to let go when he pulls away his

My heart is racing.

I’m out of breath.

I stare at him.

stares at

that

that a

idiots. My hands are resting on his muscular shoulders while his arms are wrapped around me. Yet none of us are making

down from his

is not

in

her throat and pulls Ciara into the kitchen. I catch a glimpse of their faces before they leave—they are both

I hear Ciara whisper-yelling. “Holy-fucking-shit, Michelle is dating the hottest guy on campus!

know!” Zendra whisper-yells back. “She

words, daring to glimpse at

repeatedly blinking at me as if trying to process what is happening. Which makes little sense seeing he

going on inside that thick, beautiful

gaze into his

He gazes into mine.

opens his mouth. “Where is

he putting

from the kiss. “It’s the last one down the hall to the left. It’s a

“Got it.”

a word. My arms are still hugging the thick column of his neck. I’m weak in the legs,

off

stare at Maddox, baffled when he closes the

But those

Yeah, I’m broke.

to talk. “W-why did you kiss

lifts an eyebrow.

skin burns, and I shyly brush my brown hair down my shoulder. “That’s not

“I saw a perfect

Opportunity?

What?

he just use

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