Chapter 17

Michelle I’m so confused. What does Maddox want from me? First, he makes me agree to pretend to be his girlfriend, and then he tells his friends that I’m not his type. What is that guy doing? Did he change his mind?

Or…

Was the sex with me so terrible that he doesn’t even want to continue being in a fake relationship with me?

My head is spinning. Why are guys so confusing?

I drink another glass of water. I’m trying to study inside the kitchen, but it’s pretty impossible with Ciara and Zendra watching TV with the guys they are dating.

The volume is too high, and I jump every time the girls scream at whatever lousy horror movie is playing. I bet they are faking it to hug their boyfriends. I would do the same with Maddox…

Then again, maybe I wouldn’t dare?

The guy wants nothing to do with me; he has made that clear by how he acted. He would push me aside if I even tried that with him. And then, with his stern face, he would most likely point

out why I’m not his type and hurt me without realizing it.

Maddox is a big idiot.

An incoming text message captures my attention. I pick up my phone, and to my surprise, there are text messages from Maddox but also from an unknown number. Maddox: Why are you ignoring me? I’ve called like a billion times. Are you mad at me?

Mad?

last time, and you’re now invited to the party we will have next weekend. The alcohol is free.

I blink multiple times.

my phone with shaking hands. I’ve never

lips. The invitation is healing some of the significant heart damage Maddox caused

least he realizes he has

another message. I like him, so it takes a lot of effort not to answer him.

But…

really want

Talk

I sigh.

on becoming a fake couple, Maddox. Why don’t you figure

a minute for him to respond. It must be a record for someone with so stupidly thick fingers. He is thick-headed too… Yet I

freely hurt me whenever he likes. He said I lacked

The worst part?

why I was ignoring him. I had hoped Maddox would figure that part out

you must tell the person to say sorry. I want it to come from the

millionth time, I look back at my

guys I trust. They would keep our secret. Maddox: Not that I’ve told them

like him, but Maddox is so thick-headed that he doesn’t even realize when

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