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Brax sidled up behind her. “Give it a rest, Cassie. I heard you fucked Anton at Savannah’s party last week, so don’t pretend you’re heartbroken.” His voice was sharp enough to cut glass.
Cassie flushed bright red but didn’t deny it, which told me all I needed to know. Not that I cared. I’d not been faithful to her, so I could hardly complain if she fucked other guys.
“You’re a fucking bastard,” she huffed, her red, puffy eyes flicking between the pair of us. I caught Quinn watching from the drinks station with a grin on his face. He thought our love life drama was hilarious.
Brax just laughed. “Better than being a slut, sweetheart.”
Cassie’s face crumpled and she ran off crying. I tried to find some sympathy in my heart, but there was none. I guess that meant she was 100% right. I was a bastard. Oh well.
My green-haired witch popped into view again.
“Be right back,” I said hurriedly before jogging off in her direction.
I reached her just as she was leaving, a wrapped sub in one hand and a bottle of orange juice in the other.
“Hey,” I said, grabbing her shoulder.
She spun around, a look of fury on her face. “Get the fuck off—”
Then she realized it was me and the anger faded somewhat. “What do you want?” she growled.
She looked very different today. Her cute ass was hidden under some loose sweatpants and I could barely see her face behind her thick glasses and the baseball cap she wore. It made me wonder what she was hiding from. Pretty girls never usually went to such lengths to disguise their natural beauty.
“Did you like the headphones?” I asked with a grin. Her apparent desire to hide her charms didn’t bother me in the slightest. I’d already caught a glimpse of what she was hiding under that grungy persona, and I was more than willing to make an effort to win her over.
“Thanks, Secret Santa.” She rolled her eyes. “Maybe give me a head’s up next time you plan on keeping me awake all night, so I can take a sleeping pill first.”
“Won’t need to, me and Cassie are over. I’m all yours, cute girl.” I projected a megawatt smile at her, expecting her to react like every other girl in the known universe, i.e. by swooning at my feet.
But nope. All she did was raise one eyebrow. “Thanks, but nope.”
My mouth dropped. That was twice she’d turned me down now. My ego was in danger of needing therapy to help me deal with the rejection.
“Why?” Was she into girls? I guessed it was possible. Some lesbians did like to dress like guys. Not that I knew much about lesbians. If they didn’t want dick, I didn’t have a lot of time for them.
“Because you’re an arrogant douche?”
“Ouch, brother,” Quinn laughed when he wandered over. “Stella’s got you tagged.”
“Stella? You know her?” I scowled at him. He’d not mentioned her before. How did I not know they were acquainted?
“Yeah, I helped fix her laptop in the library.” He smiled innocently at me as he stood just behind her.
“This looks cozy,” Brax commented when he joined our little trio. “I didn’t know you guys knew mouse girl?”
Stella looked really pissed now. “Just to be clear,” she snarled. “I don’t know any of you and nor do I want to. Now fuck off and leave me alone.” With that, she barged past me with her head down and stormed off.
All three of us were left staring after her like little lost lambs. Honestly, it was pathetic.
Chapter 14
Stella
Joint study projects were not my favorite thing. I much preferred working alone. Sadly, doing a business degree meant there were times when I had to work on shared projects and presentations with other students.
Professor Yoshida’s module was business ethics. And yeah, the irony was not lost on me, given my father’s current predicament, but I was still taking notes like a good little student. We were 15 minutes from the end of the lecture when she announced that we’d be working in pairs on a presentation. There was a collective sigh.
“I’ve sent you all details of the project, as well as a list of assigned pairs. This presentation will count toward your mid-term grade. You have until the end of next week to prepare. Please make arrangements with your study partner, email addresses are included in the file for those of you who don’t know your partner.”
