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The answer to my question would’ve been obvious if I was anyone other than myself. If I was any other girl, the answer would’ve been simple. I would’ve been just another number etched into his bedpost. But I was not any other girl. I was Isabella Dayton, and I was very unhappily shackled to Jason, which meant I was very unavailable and very uninterested in Blade’s games of seduction.
He rolled back and forth as he rubbed his back, uttering profanities before finally managing to compose himself. “Christ Almighty, that fucking hurt!”
“Answer me, Blade!”
He pushed himself up on all fours and made his way back onto Emily’s bed across from me, just making himself comfortable again. “I stayed in here all night so nobody could take advantage of you. Chill.”
Everyone on campus knew Blade Eggleston. Hell, even the people back in my hometown had heard about his reputation. I secured the back of my dress and clutched my legs to my chest. For his part, he didn’t seem to care that he was half-naked. He was the kind of guy that was in the gym eight days a week, and he was proud to show it off. Tall, strong, and muscular, with steel abs and harder pecs.
“Don’t tell me to chill,” I scowled. “You’re the man-whore of Exley, so excuse me for being a little concerned!”
“Yeah, so I’ve been told. Everyone always wants to throw that in my face.”
I yanked my comforter up to my chest and sat there staring at him, unable to say anything else. My mind was wracked with scenarios and in no world would I have ever slept with him. Sober. God knows what I could have done after blacking out. I didn’t think I would… But I couldn’t be too certain.
“I swear to God, Isabella, nothing happened between us.”
“How do I know that?”
He laid back down on Emily’s bed and rolled over, putting his back to me as if he were about to take another nap.
Not on my watch. “Answer me, Blade!”
“Why are you screaming at me?” He cocked his head over his shoulder. His eyes were drawn tight, as if he was struggling to keep them open. “I’m the one who fucking saved your ass.”
“Don’t you talk to me that way. I know all about you trying to sleep with every girl on campus. And for the record, I’m practically engaged.”
I felt sick to my stomach at the mere thought of Jason finding out, who was probably nursing his own hangover at that exact moment. Even if Blade and I never hooked up, just being in my room all night would send Jason into a jealous rage.
“Everybody on campus knows that you have a fucking boyfriend,” he scoffed with a shake of his head, as if that would stand in the way of him trying something.
“And if he knew that you were here right now, I guarantee that he’d beat your ass!”
He sighed before fumbling out of Emily’s bed. He grabbed his cell phone off the nightstand and slid it into the pocket of his jeans. He gathered his shirt off the floor and pulled it over his head, and for good measure, he adjusted his cock in his jeans before passing me on his way out the door. “Your boyfriend should thank me for what I did last night.”
I winced at his words and narrowed my gaze on him. “Get out of my bedroom, and don’t say a word about this to anyone.”
He uttered a few more profanities before shuffling out of my bedroom and slamming the door. I winced at the loud sound as it awoke another thunderous headache in me. When I was sure he was gone, I jumped out of bed and ransacked the room, searching for any signs of sex. A condom wrapper, lubricant, or God forbid a used prophylactic.
Nothing.
Still not entirely convinced that nothing happened, I rushed downstairs to get the truth out of my sorority sisters. One of them handed me a cup of coffee as I sat down at the kitchen table.
“Did you guys know that Blade slept in my room last night?”
All of them nodded in agreement, seemingly unalarmed. “Blade’s the one who threw that douchebag out of the house, Isabella. You know, the one who tried to take advantage of you last night.”
I felt a little relieved as I started drinking my coffee. I remembered the hazy attempt at assault, which I wanted to completely forget, but at least I knew that I didn’t specifically allow Blade into my room for the purpose of sex.
“Oh. Well, that was nice of him. But still…he’s got a reputation.”
Each of the girls had stars in their eyes. As if my stomach wasn’t queasy enough.
“I’d give my left arm for a chance to be with him.”
“Ugh, me too. I heard he’s really packing downstairs.”
I pounded my coffee cup onto the table and almost spit back up the coffee. God knew why women would give Blade the time of day, let alone drool over such a fucking man-whore. “You guys seriously need to reconsider your life decisions. Please don’t go after Blade Eggleston. The guy’s put his dick in half of Exley.”
