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.

stops by the wall, leaning her

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

want to sink through the

said those words as if I had choices. How humiliating. She is smirking now,

she have to be

make Maddox think I’m even more of a

prickling behind

with her mouth falling open the second her eyes land

heated gaze rakes up Maddox. “I didn’t know our roomie was friends with

Quarterback?

weren’t already uncomfortable! Of course, Maddox

but to my surprise, Maddox is smiling. Something tells

I are best friends…

halt when Maddox picks

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 to

Holy shit.

HOLY SHIT!

Daniels is

lips. No, Maddox forces my lips apart with his tongue and full-on kisses away my last remaining

Oh-my-god…

his tongue makes little goosebumps prickle over my skin. I said I

in his

fly between us, and I’m 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 me, looking…

that my

is that a

his muscular shoulders while his arms are wrapped

climbing down from

is not putting

stay in

the kitchen. I catch a glimpse of their faces before they leave—they are

Michelle is dating the hottest guy on campus! How the flipping fuck did she

know!” Zendra whisper-yells back. “She is so damn

swallow at their words, daring

at me as if trying to process what is happening. Which makes little sense seeing he was the one who kissed me, not

going on inside that thick, beautiful

gaze into his

He gazes into mine.

he opens

he putting me

swollen from the kiss. “It’s the last one down the hall to the left. It’s a door with stickers

“Got it.”

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

I’m dropped off on my

lift my chin to stare at Maddox, baffled when he

to leave… But those blue-blue

Yeah, I’m broke.

let him take everything in before daring to talk. “W-why did you

eyebrow.

skin burns, and I shyly brush my brown hair down my shoulder.

“I saw a

Opportunity?

What?

he just

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