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.

I know it, Ciara swans into the hallway. She stops by the wall, leaning her back

to her chest. Raking Maddox up and down before sending an evil smile my way. “Are you dating Maddox

to sink

I had choices. How humiliating. She is smirking

she have

Maddox think I’m even more of a

prickling behind my

the fun with her

roomie was friends with Dashing Devils quarterback. How

Quarterback?

as if I weren’t already uncomfortable! Of course,

to smirk, but to my surprise,

are best friends… In

halt when

What. The. Fuck.

is

carried by a guy before, yet my legs instinctively wrap around his tapered waist. His cologne wafts over

Holy shit.

HOLY SHIT!

Daniels is kissing

the lips. No, Maddox forces my lips apart with his tongue

Oh-my-god…

kiss is hot and passionate. The taste of his tongue makes little goosebumps prickle over my skin. I

melting in

begging him not

My heart is racing.

I’m out of breath.

I stare at him.

stares at me, looking…

that my

that a

keep blinking at each other like idiots. My hands are resting on his muscular shoulders while his

not climbing down from his

is not putting me

in

Ciara into the kitchen. I catch a

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

Zendra whisper-yells back.

swallow at their words,

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

inside that

gaze into

He gazes into mine.

opens his

he putting me

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

“Got it.”

without a word. My arms are still hugging the thick column of his neck. I’m weak in the legs, and Maddox uses

off on my

chin to stare at Maddox, baffled

those blue-blue eyes

Yeah, I’m broke.

let him take everything in before daring to

an eyebrow.

brown hair down my shoulder.

shrugs. “I saw a

Opportunity?

What?

just

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