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“Let me walk you home.”

She shook her head. “That’s okay.”

“Maddie, your brother wouldn’t forgive me if something happened to you.’

She groaned. “I’m fine.”

“It wasn’t an offer. I’m walking you home,” I said firmly.

Noah might not like me hanging with his sister, but he’d freak out if I let her walk home alone at night. No fucking way.

“Fine,” she said but stomped away.

I cashed out, shaking my head that Ty left me to pay for his drinks. I’d give him that one since he just got dumped. Not a shock he jumped onto the first woman he met.

Maddie was waiting outside for me, and as soon as she saw me, she walked on. I had to jog to catch up to her. She had legs for days, and I found my eyes lingering on the sway of her hips. I chastised myself before catching up to walk beside her, weaving through the busy streets of West Philadelphia. It wasn’t a far walk until we came upon a high rise with a lot of people wearing Franklin U apparel coming in and out.

“Well, this is me,” she said. “I’m coming over to help D tomorrow anyway, so we can work on the stuff you need to do.”

“You’d really do that?”

“Sure! I love doing that.”

“That’s awesome. I don’t know how to thank you.”

She wrinkled her nose. “There’s one thing you can do for me.”

The color drained from my face. “Maddie, I’m not taking your virginity.”

She scowled. “That’s not what I was going to say!”

“Then what?”

“I need a wingman.”

I arched an eyebrow. “Why me?”

“I want a guy’s perspective. I know you’re super busy with hockey, but maybe one night you could help me pick out someone decent.”

“Maddie, it should be with someone you love. You should want it to be special.”

She shook her head. “I don’t care who it’s with. I want it to be done so I’m not this virgin loser anymore.”

“You’re not a loser. But if that’s what you want, I’ll help you. Find a nice guy who will treat you right.”

She beamed and reached out to squeeze my arm. Shock went through me at her touch, and if she felt it too, she ignored it. “Thanks, Matt. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

I watched her walk away, making sure she got into her dorm okay. Definitely wasn’t watching her ass. Not at all. I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into, but I had a feeling this was a terrible idea.

Chapter Seven

MADDIE

I glared at Matt. “You’re giving me an ‘I don’t want to be here’ look.”

He rubbed a hand across his clean-shaven jaw. I made him shave when I got here because he had too much stubble, and I wanted him to look the part. His image was clean-cut, with that luscious thick hair styled impeccably. He didn’t rock the flow like my brother, but it was the kind of hair you wanted to sink your hands into.

Dammit. I couldn't think about that. Despite our kiss the other night, he made it clear where we stood. Unfortunately.