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

Maddox up and down before

sink

choices. How humiliating.

she have

I’m

are prickling behind my

fun with her mouth falling open the second her eyes

Maddox. “I didn’t know our roomie was friends with Dashing Devils quarterback. How do you two

Quarterback?

Of course, Maddox Daniels

my eyes, expecting Maddox to smirk, but to my surprise, Maddox is smiling. Something tells me it’s a fake one,

I are best friends…

to a halt when Maddox

What. The. Fuck.

is

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

Holy shit.

HOLY SHIT!

Daniels is

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

Oh-my-god…

tongue makes little goosebumps

melting in his

and I’m close to begging him not

My heart is racing.

I’m out of breath.

I stare at him.

at

that my

is that

shoulders while his arms are wrapped around me. Yet none of us are making a move to create distance

climbing down from his

not putting

stay in

and pulls Ciara into the kitchen. I catch

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

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

words, daring to glimpse

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

going on inside

into his

He gazes into mine.

few seconds, he opens

he putting me

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

“Got it.”

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

off

stare at Maddox,

those blue-blue eyes are scanning my almost-empty

Yeah, I’m broke.

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

lifts an eyebrow.

brown hair down my shoulder. “That’s

saw a

Opportunity?

What?

he just

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