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A deep voice interrupts my focus. “Fancy seeing you here, Princess,”
Are you kidding me? I jinxed it.
Theodore Knight is standing next to me; his skin tight t-shirt allows me to see the outline of every muscle. Ittakes every ounce of control I have to keep my gaze fixed on his eyes.
“Theodore. What unfortunate crimes did I commit in my past life to be subjected to your presence?”
He smirks, taking a seat next to me. “A pleasure as always,”
Fuck. My. Life.
Chapter 8
Theodore Knight
Take a picture; it will last longer.”
Jazmine’s voice grabs my attention. My skin burns, heat rising to my cheeks as she catches me staring. What Jazmine doesn't realise is, my eyes will always find her. No matter the time or place.
She hasn't even looked up from her iPad to acknowledge me, which isn't unusual. Jazmine has been immune to my shameless flirting over the past two years but the optimistic in me, believes I'm slowly wearingher down.
“Sure, I’ll store it as your profile picture. You’ll have to give me your number, though.”
“Never going to happen, Pretty Boy.”
My mouth curves into a grin. I know I’m attractive, but hearing Jazmine Allen call methatnickname makes my heart surge more than my ego. It also reminds me of the first night we met. “So, you think I’m pretty?”
Jazmine snarled. I can’t help but grin even more. Every different expression and insult pull further satisfaction from inside me. It’s even better when my comment causes a flush to travel up Jazmine’s neck, spreading across her cheeks. She turns her attention back to the professor for the final minutes.
I force my eyes away from Jazmine and to the lecture for the final minutes.
“In the next lecture, I will assign partners for a research project. It will be worth fifty per cent of your grade for the semester.”
Great. If there is one thing I hate about classes, it is group fucking projects. Just because I play a team sport doesn’t mean I like working with people. Especially when it concerns my academic performance.
“I will discuss the project in more detail on Monday; however, many of you may want to start researching what topics to study. Therefore, I will email the class a document explaining the project’s limitations. And subsequently, the thesis paper you will write in conjunction.”
Athesis paper.
Shit. Football season begins this weekend, so my schedule is going to be overloaded. Being the starting quarterback for the first time as well as gaining the captaincy means everyone’s eyes are on me. I hope my partner will be flexible when we plan the project.
Professor Hart dismisses us, leaving students to file from the lecture hall. This is my only class for the day as Monday I use as an extra training day. Over the summer, I found someone to do gym sessions with in between football training. Although, the harsh summer heat is slowly seeping from the day, it is still too severe and coaches don’t want to risk heatstroke.
I scroll through my unread messages. Austin and Colton don’t have classes today, so it worries me that they are alone. By that I mean, I worry about Austin. He is on a baking kick at the moment, so who knows what he is up to today.
Full House - Group Chat
Austin Jace
Colt, are you home? I can’t remember if I turned the stove off.
Colton Hurst
No, I’m not home. Why the fuck didn’t you check before you left? I swear to god we aren’t going to have an apartment soon.
Theodore Knight:
SERIOUSLY! I’m on my way home now. One day I’m going to kill you.
