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Stubborn little?—
I huff out my nose and force my tone to an even keel. “I’ll drive you wherever you need to go, but you can’t stay here sleeping outside. Now why aren’t you home?”
Her blue gaze falters for a second, and she looks to the ground.
“I know you think this will be a creeper move, but I’m not letting you go until you tell me. I won’t find you sleeping out on the street again, okay?”
Her jaw works to the side, and then she finally mutters, “Captain Hero,” before letting out a heavy sigh. “I live on Greek Row, and I got into a big fight with my sorority sisters and needed a night off, okay?”
My head jerks back with surprise. “Which sorority?”
Her nostrils flare as she clenches her jaw. “Sigma Beta Mu.”
It’s hard not to laugh. “You’re a Sig Be sis?”
No way. Shesodoes not fit the bill. Those girls are intense.
“I’m a legacy,” she grits out, looking like she hates that fact.
“I—”
Her phone cuts me off, ringing loudly in her pocket. She pulls it out and checks the screen, her shoulders slumping. “I gotta take this.” She glances up, her gaze hitting mine as she lets out a resigned laugh. “I’m fine, big guy. Seriously.”
I’m not sure I believe her but don’t grab her arm when she walks around me. Instead, I turn to watch her leave, cringing as I hear her sigh the words “Hey, Mom.”
I’ve got a feeling that call’s not gonna go so well.
Part of me wants to follow her, but the sun is up now, and she should be safe enough to walk back to Greek Row without an escort.
“Ethan, come on, bro,” Casey calls me from the doorway while Asher watches Shorty walk away.
But then she stops, dumping her bag in the middle of the parking lot and tipping her head up to the sky.
“In a minute.” I wave Casey off. “You guys go ahead.”
“You sure you don’t need someone to keep an eye onyou?”
I growl at Asher’s question and turn back to put him in his place. “I just bumped into her last night and walked her back to her dorm. At least that’s what I thought I was doing,” I grumble, still annoyed that she lied to me.
And now I’m annoyed because I’m wondering why she even wants to be a Sig Be sister.
They’re not your typical sorority girls. They’re next level, like the kind who get mocked in college rom-coms. I’ve had some success with a few of them, but most are a little up themselves for my liking. Unless they get hella drunk at a party, and then all bets are off. Sorority girls can par-ty.
Turning back, I watch Shorty pace the parking lot, obviously agitated.
She seriously does not seem like the sisterhood type. Did I read her all wrong last night?
And why do I even care?
I don’t need an irritating, pretty girl in my life right now.
Asher’s still eyeing me up. I can feel his gaze on the back of my head. I whip around to glare at him. “Go. I’ll meet you in there.”
“Okay.” He walks backward, pointing at me with a smirk. “Just be a man of your word. Remember what’s at stake here.”
“I’m not trying to bone her.” I spread my arms wide. “I just want to make sure she’s okay.”
I don’t know what my face is doing, but it must be believable, because he nods once and disappears inside the arena while I cross my arms and wait for Shorty to stop pacing circles around her duffel bag.
