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Rolling my eyes, I raked another fry through the dressing, as well, and brought it to my mouth. “You’re trouble. Big trouble, you know that?” I wasn’t going to delve below surface level with him about how much trouble he could potentially be. I was well aware. I didn’t need to have an in-depth conversation about it.
“Me? Trouble? I’m basically a Boy Scout.” He held up three fingers together with another arresting smile he knew all too well no one could resist. “Scout’s honor. No pun intended.”
“Trouble,” I murmured.
He leaned forward, folding his hands together. “I want to propose another deal. An addendum to the current one.”
I tilted my head. “What kind of deal?”
“Don’t get all defensive again, Hardcore. Just hear me out.” He seemed amused. “And I don’t think I’m asking too much, all things considered.” Translation:I’m covering the damages to your car. Again.
“Don’t keep me in suspense.”
“Here’s the deal. I like hanging out with you, and obviously, I want another date.”
“Another date?” I eyed him skeptically. We weren’t even finished with our current date. I thought about what he’d said to me in the library, about how he wanted to give me multiple orgasms and take my virginity.
“Yeah, I like you, and I think you like hanging out with me, too, and would enjoy it even more if you’d relax and allow yourself to live a little. You didn’t seem to have a problem in the library.”
Embarrassing heat flushed up my neck. I did enjoy it, but right now, I didn’t want to think about it.
“Anyway, I propose a little experiment. Call it a project if you want.”
“Are you the project?”
He chuckled, dropping his head before laying his eyes on me. “We both are.”
“I’m not sure I understand.”
“I want you to be my girl.”
My heart skipped a beat. “Be your girl?”
“Yeah. For now.”
Then my heart dropped slightly, which was ridiculous.For now?“For how long?”
He took a sip of his water before answering. “Do we need a time limit? I suppose it’s over when we’re not having fun anymore. Like a typical couple.”
“I don’t know what typical couples do because I’ve never dated anyone, remember?” I reminded him, then added as an afterthought, “Except for being your fake date for the formal last spring.” I crossed my arms over my chest.
“Well, I’ve never dated anyone either.” He shifted in his seat, mimicking me, closing his muscular arms over his chest. “So, we can navigate this together. It shouldn’t be that hard.”
I forced a laugh. “Please. Hearing all the rumors of how girls lost their minds over you—”
He held up a hand, eying me seriously. “I wasn’t dating them. I was fucking them.” At my gasp, he clarified, “It was mutual.”
“But what about Jeanette?”
He shook his head, giving me a droll look as if I was supposed to know. “I told you. Nothing happened between us that night. In fact, I haven’t touched her since that day you saw in the library, which was not my idea, by the way. We only saw each other a few times, and the only thing between us was fuc—”
I held out a hand. “Okay! I get it.” I didn’t need to hear about it. But I realized Jeanette lied to me about Axel at the formal. Axel didn’t care about her. Did it matter? My heart thumped a little harder.
However, the rumors about him were apparently true. One of the biggest players on campus. Great. Great start to our project. “So, will you still be…” I swallowed slowly, kicking myself for even asking this question. “Hooking up with people during this project?”
“No. Why would I do that?” Axel said, as if offended. Then he gazed down at me and caressed my cheek. “I’m not going to cheat on you. That would make me a shitty boyfriend if I did that, now wouldn’t it?”
His messed-up logic somehow made sense. That was about the only thing that did, because this sounded like a disaster waiting to happen.
