Chapter 7 

Michelle

I’m running, and I manage to make it outside the library before tears run down my chin like rain. I wipe them away with a trembling hand and dry my cheeks with my sleeve.

“I’m stupid, so fucking stupid for thinking Maddox could be nice!” I yell at myself and quicken my pace down the street. It’s dark and scary, but I don’t give a fuck

I’m so humiliated.

Why would Maddox pick up the letter and read it out loud?

Why would he do that to me?

What the hell is wrong with him?!

I don’t understand.

My heart is shattering. Of all the damn people to develop feelings for, why did it have to be that idiot?!

He is a big, fucking bully! 1

More tears crawl out of the corner of my eyes. I’m working up a sweat while sobbing in the dark.

Maddox Daniels is a heartless jerk. I don’t understand why the girls at campus love him so much! How could he possibly be popular?!

Well, I do know-girls don’t care about his cold-bloodedness. All they want is his looks and money. He is hot, but fucking hell; he treated me like shit back in the library. 1

But the joke is on me because I thought we were beginning to become friends, and then he pulls this stunt and humiliates me!

I swipe yet another tear with my sleeve.

People pass me on the street. Someone bumps into me, reminding me I’m not safe out here. I quicken my pace, I should probably run. Other people aren’t to be trusted, and I’ve already been raped.

I don’t want it happening again. My heart is racing at the mere thought. Slamming against my ribcage as more scary people pass me on the narrow street. The dim light isn’t powerful enough for me to see their eyes. I

All I see are Cheshire Cat smiles.

Shudders crawl over my skin.

have to get out

turning tense. Maddox’s face appears above me, and I sigh in relief. He might be a bastard, but I don’t think

me until there was no

is him knowing I feel safer with him here. His ego would blow into dangerous proportions. “You shouldn’t walk home alone in

goes,

Rude.

don’t want him to leave. I swallow thickly. “Are you going to walk me home?” He peers down at me. “I don’t… I don’t know.” My chin lifts stoutly, and I

“Michelle.”

I asked you

“You’re mad

I don’t know.” “That

to perfection. I’m too angry and devastated to be afraid of this bloke and give myself

You got this, Michelle.

I need to avoid is looking up at Maddox, and see

It would melt me.

sigh. “I thought you already knew I was an

I thought we

“Becoming friends.”

Silence.

blinks slowly as if the word is alien to him and he needs to speak it with freaking caution. It angers me. “Yes! I’m your project partner, not your damn

fake girlfriend? If you want me to go through with it, you better listen to me! Don’t read things without permission!” I can’t believe I’m lecturing him about this. These things should be

with him?! But since I’m a

“Yes.”

Jesus fucking Christ.

don’t do that with me ever again.” It’s a miracle I manage to not raise my voice at this

I fucked up by reading that

get the feeling

or why it hurt my feelings?” “What do you mean?” “I mean, do you even realize why I got upset with

you expect? How many times do I have to say it before you act

at you

because, let’s face it, Michelle: not everyone is nice and perfect. Lord knows I’m not. I’m

just left feeling defeated. Maddox’s confusion wears me down

“No.”

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