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.

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

and down before sending an

sink through the

as if I had choices. How humiliating. She is smirking now, knowing I’m embarrassed.She is basking in it, smiling like

she have

Maddox think I’m even more of a

behind my

on the fun with her mouth falling open the second

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

Quarterback?

if I weren’t already uncomfortable! Of course, Maddox Daniels is a

surprise,

I are best

screeches to a halt when Maddox picks me

What. The. Fuck.

guy is seriously

wrap around his tapered waist. His cologne wafts over me, and my heart

Holy shit.

HOLY SHIT!

Daniels is

lips. No, Maddox forces my lips apart with his

Oh-my-god…

kiss is hot and passionate. The taste of his tongue makes little goosebumps prickle over my skin. I said I couldn’t

in his

between us, and I’m close to begging him

My heart is racing.

I’m out of breath.

I stare at him.

stares at me, looking…

is that

is that a

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

climbing down from

is not

stay in

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

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

whisper-yells back. “She is so damn

swallow at their words, daring to glimpse

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

inside that thick, beautiful

into

He gazes into mine.

seconds, he opens his

he

my lips. They still feel swollen from the kiss. “It’s the last one down the hall to

“Got it.”

arms are still hugging the thick column

dropped off on my

stare at Maddox, baffled when he

to leave… But those blue-blue eyes are

Yeah, I’m broke.

take everything in before daring to talk.

lifts an eyebrow. “Aren’t you

I shyly brush my brown hair

“I saw

Opportunity?

What?

he just

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