Page 292 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1
"But why? Just because a few people are saying stupid stuff? Who cares. Just ignore them. You shouldn't run away and hide from your problems."
"It's not just a few people. It's everyone. The whole campus hates me."
"That's not true. I'm sure the people who weren't doing well in James' classes love you."
"I can't go to class anymore. I just can't do it."
"Why? I don't understand. Austin made you feel like shit for months and you handled that. These people don't even know you. I know you're stronger than that. If James is pressuring you to move then..."
"It's not James, okay?! My intro to marketing professor hit on me."
"What?"
"He basically said he'd give me an A if I had sex with him. He grabbed my ass."
"So we'll get him fired. He's the one that shouldn't be allowed to come to campus anymore, not you. Have you told the dean?"
"No. My professor said if I told the dean he'd say I was the one that came onto him. Melissa, I don't want to have to deal with stuff like this for two more years. James and I need a fresh start. We need to go somewhere where people don't see us a student and a professor."
"It'll blow over. I'll report your professor myself. We can figure this out."
"I need this, Melissa. It's what I want to do."
"But I don't want you to move." She ran over to my bed and hugged me. "What am I supposed to do without you?"
"I told you, we can still hang out all the time. Every weekend if you want. And you have Josh."
"But he's graduating next semester. I don't want to be here all alone for two years. You're the only friend I've really made. You're right, everyone else here sucks." Melissa laughed. Herphone started buzzing and she released me from her hug. "You made me smudge my makeup." She lightly pushed my shoulder and grabbed her phone off the dresser. "It's James." She looked back at me.
"My James?" I looked down at my phone. I didn't have any missed calls or texts from him.
"What other James do I know? Does he know you were telling me that he's stealing you away? Is he calling to convince me that I shouldn't be mad at him?"
"I have no idea why he's calling you."
"Should I answer it?"
"Umm...yes."Why is he calling Melissa? Is something wrong?
Melissa put her cell phone to her ear. "I heard you were kidnapping my best friend and taking her to New York."
Silence.
"No, that's not how she worded it." Melissa smiled at me.
Silence.
"Yeah, she's right next to me."
Silence.
"Yeah, I guess. Hold on one sec." Melissa pulled the phone away from her ear and put her hand over the speaker. "He says he needs to talk to me in private."
"Why?" I asked.
"I don't know. He said it was important. I'm going to go out in the hall."
"Wait, what's going on?"
