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No you don’t!
I frown, so not needing these flutters in my belly or this rush of something hot and primal flooding my body.
With an irritated tut, I go to move around him, but he shifts and scowls down at me like I’ve done something wrong. “What are you doing walking around alone at night?”
I give him a pointed glare, wishing he was shorter so I could look him in the eye properly. The guy is a walking Empire State Building, and I feel like a country cottage next to him.
It irritates me, so I bite back with the only weapon I have—a snappy tone. “That would be none of your business.”
He scoffs and looks around him. “Do you have any idea how many creepers lurk around campus at this time of night?”
“What, you mean like you?”
He gives me a dry glare. “Some drunk idiot could pick you up like that, Shorty.” He snaps his fingers. “Any chick with half a brain knows not to take stupid risks like this. Aren’t you girls always supposed to travel in packs? I thought that was Common Sense 101.”
I raise my eyebrows at him.
Packs? What does he think I am, a wolf?
More like a meerkat.
I huff. “Great, so now I’m stupidandshort. Well, aren’t you just pleasant.” I slap his arm, which feels like a perfectly shaped piece of marble, and I suddenly wish I hadn’t touched him.
The tips of my fingers tingle as I skirt around him, trying to pick up my pace.
“Hey. Where are you going?”
“Like I’d tell you,” I shoot over my shoulder.
“I can walk you. Make sure you get there safely.”
I tip my head up to the sky with a scoffing laugh. “Seriously? Dude. I can see you have a blatant hero complex going on, and that’s great for you. But I am very capable of looking after myself.” I turn to give him my best pointed look. Hopefully the streetlamp above me can highlight how much I mean this. “I don’t need you walking me anywhere. I’m a big girl.”
“Well…” He tips his head, pulling a face that would have made me laugh if I wasn’t having such a shitty night.
I’ve been hassled about my height most of my life, and early on, my dad taught me to run with it.“You’re always gonna be short, kiddo. Just own it.”
I try to give this hot jock a droll look, because I’m really not in the mood to be charmed. I even flip him the bird for good measure, but that just makes him laugh.
Holy Moses, his smile is beautiful—broad and wide with straight, white Colgate teeth and the kind of impact that probably makes most girls weak at the knees.
Dammit. I don’t want to be most girls.
I spin and start walking away, hoping to escape this tingling sensation which is quickly spreading and making my lady parts sing like freaking sirens. I refuse to be bested by some guy. I’m not the type to swoon or bat my eyelashes. It’s not my mission to score a boyfriend so that my life will be complete. I am perfectly fine on my own, thank you very much!
Glancing over my shoulder, I jerk to a stop and spin yet again. “Are you kidding me?”
He slows his pace, shoving his hands in his pockets but not changing his trajectory.
“Stop following me, you creeper!”
“I’m not.” His lips twitch. “I happen to be going this way too.”
“I call bullshit.”
He sighs. “Fine. I just want to make sure you get to wherever you’re going safely.”
I roll my eyes with a groan, hating how much I like that sweet sentiment. But like hell I’m giving in to it. I am a strong, independent woman, and I don’t need some nighttime protection detail.
