I turn, finding Monica standing off to the side, her arms folded.
“Did you just call yourself a puck bunny?” Cora asks.
I try not to snort at that.
“No, but that’s obviously what you are. You’re out of your league, little one. Besides, in a month, you’ll be old news.” She gives Cora a once-over.
I step in front of Cora, needing to protect her.
“I know I hurt you, Monica. For that, I am sorry, but I won’t let you talk to Cora that way. You need to kindly fuck off,” I tell her, my anger building.
Monica rolls her eyes and huffs. “Whatever, she will find out for herself soon.”
I watch as she walks into the building. I sigh, rubbing my face.
Spinning around, I look down at Cora. “I’m so sorry about that.”
She smiles, leaning up to kiss me. “Don’t apologize for things that aren’t your fault. Catch you later, hotshot.”
As she takes off into her dorm, I wonder again how I got so lucky to find a woman like her.
Then I wonder if my past will always come back to bite me in the ass.
fifteen
Groaning, I roll over and try to figure out what woke me up. After I got done with my classes for the day, I decided to come back to my room and take a nap rather than go to the center. Someone pounds on the door, making me frown.
“Coming,” I say as I get up.
Whoever is on the other side doesn’t have any patience because they knock again. It takes me a couple of steps to cross the room to answer the door.
“Yes?” I say with far more attitude than I mean to when I open the door.
The girl from this morning is standing across from me with her fist still raised in the air, like she was going to knock again.
“Can I help you?”
“Yeah, here,” she says, shoving a shirt into my chest.
Frowning, I pull the material away from my chest. “Why are you giving me this?”
“I figured if you’re Kellan’s latest plaything, then it would only be right for me to give it to you instead of back to him. He left that with me last year.” She smirks, thinking she’s saying something that will upset me.
“Okay, I can give it to him for you…”
Her eyes narrow, clearly upset I’m not giving her the reaction that she was hoping for. “Do you know who I am?”
“Based on what I heard this morning, someone who used to be involved with Kellan.”
“Exactly. So hear me when I tell you that right when you think things are going well between you two, he will drop you like a hot potato. Kellan isn’t the kind of guy who sticks around long term. He’s only looking for a couple weeks of fun.”
Even though I don’t think things are like that between Kellan and me, her words still sting. If he was going to walk away, he would have done it already. Especially when we haven’t even fooled around.
“I’m sorry that he hurt you.”
Her eyes narrow. “Kellan Cooper could never hurt me.”
Right.
