تسجيل الدخول“Wow. Talk about impulsive.”Willa wiggled deeper into her floor cushion, making a mental note to buy Spencer a new set for Christmas. Preferably ones that didn’t flatten into pancakes after six months of use.“I know.” Spencer topped up their glasses. “I guess I dodged a bullet. Still doesn’t make me feel any better.”She set the wine bottle on the nightstand before lowering herself onto the floor with a sigh.The disastrous date was a week behind her, but the frustration hadn’t gone anywhere. If anything, the more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became.“He’s always hitting on me,” she grumbled. “And now his ex wants to give things another go, so suddenly I’m discarded like some consolation prize.”“Oh, honey.” Willa reached for her arm, rubbing her thumb gently over Spencer’s skin. “Don’t think of yourself that way.”“I’m trying.”“Men have a way about them that I will never understand. It’s like they spend their whole lives chasing the one that got away, even when someo
Theo was a man on a mission. Pure determination. No second thoughts. Just go. Just do it. He barely registered the walk down the hall before he was pushing open Spencer’s dorm room door without knocking. “Spencer, I’m sorry, but we need to talk—” She stood by the window, her back to him, staring out at the campus below. “Shit.” She turned her head slightly. “Theo, it’s really not a good time—” “I know, I know. You’re seeing Adrian tonight, and I get it, because he’s—” She glanced over her shoulder. Theo’s words died in his throat. Her face was puffy, her eyes red-rimmed. She swiped at her nose with the sleeve of her sweatshirt, but it did nothing to hide the tears still clinging to her lashes. Her voice trembled. “Can we talk later? Please?” Every thought he’d rehearsed on the walk over vanished. Theo shut the door firmly behind him and crossed the room without another word. Within seconds, he was beside her, drawing her against his chest. “Like hell I’m leaving. You’re
He had to find her before he changed his mind.Theo wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead with the hem of his shirt. Three hours in the university gym had done little to settle his nerves, but he couldn’t bring himself to waste another twenty minutes showering when he had something considerably more important to do.Noah had been right. If Theo was going to spend the rest of the week wallowing in self-pity over his conversation with Spencer, he could at least have the decency to tell her how he felt.~“Dude—sorry, Theo.” Noah landed a left hook against his gloves. “You’ve been crazy about her for months.”Theo leaned in with a quick jab, followed by a right cross.“I know that—”Noah blocked his next punch and landed a sharp hit against his ribs. Theo stepped back before he could follow up, circling him in the ring.“—but she’s happy. She’s made up her mind, and I’m not going to ruin that for her.”He threw another punch. Noah blocked it, ducked beneath his next swing, and tapped h
When Spencer had drunkenly admitted to her classmates that she was still a virgin, she hadn’t expected it to blow this far out of proportion. In a weird, crude, and overly sexual way, it was almost like she was living in a Jane Austen novel. A wide variety of suitors had stumbled upon her proverbial doorstep, suddenly interested in acquiring her hand after learning that her imaginary betrothed had apparently abandoned his pursuit of her ladyship. It was nicer to think about it that way. It was certainly better than the reality—that half the guys in Hawthorne Hall now seemed to think she was open for business. This wasn’t what she wanted. Sure, the attention seemed well-intentioned enough, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that it was the only reason some of them were interested. “It just feels like it’s some pissing contest now,” she admitted. “Like everyone’s looking at me going, ‘She’s open for business.’” Theo’s expression hardened. “Has someone actually said tha
The common room of Westbridge University’s Hawthorne Hall was unusually peaceful. For once, nobody had an exam the next morning, nobody was frantically finishing a paper, and nobody had a class or event they desperately needed to rush to. It was the kind of rare evening college students learned to appreciate: cheap drinks, bad snacks, comfortable couches, and absolutely nowhere to be. The group had claimed nearly the entire lounge. Adrian had somehow acquired two cases of beer from somewhere, Marcus was halfway through another ridiculous story about the time he and Theo had gotten lost on a road trip, and Noah and Cole were laughing hard enough that neither of them seemed to care whether the story was even true anymore. Theo, sitting beside Noah, rolled his eyes. “That is not what happened.” He said to Marcus. Marcus was impossible to miss. He was tall, athletic, and perpetually smiling, with warm brown skin, dark eyes, and an easy grin that made it nearly impossible to







