I glare at her, but the girl is oblivious, or maybe she doesn’t care.I love her to death, but that death is seeming to get rather close at the moment.
I don’t even say goodbye to Kensley.I’m pissed at her, but I don’t think Luca notices.He’s too busy staring into my soul.At least it feels that way, intimate, with the way his gaze watches me.
He grabs her abandoned seat, sitting across from me.“It was nice meeting you,” he says, but he doesn’t even glance in her direction.“See you tonight.”
His warm smile could easily be seen as flirtatious, but he’s not making eye contact with her.I want to look away.I crave the detachment from the heat building between us.My stomach flips, and I swear the butterflies tremble in my stomach and move lower.
Fuck me.
I will not catch feelings for Luca Ricci.
I chance a glance at my bestie, needing a break from his stare.Kensley grins and waves before jetting out of the deli.
“Friend or roommate?”he asks.He finally glances down at his food, only for a fraction of a second, and I feel as though I can finally breathe again.
“Friend,” I say.“My roommate and I don’t exactly get along.”
He unwraps his sandwich while still giving me his undivided attention.“Let me guess, you’re a freshman and got matched with a sophomore who wants nothing to do with you.”
“Is it that obvious?”
Luca grins, and those eyes are back on me, making my stomach somersault.“It’s the freshman curse.It happens to every freshman who has ever gone to Evergreen.I’ve been there and, boy, does it suck.”
“Any friendly advice?”I ask, glancing at him, hopeful that he can actually help with the Quinn situation.I don’t know why I ask, maybe because it’s something the two of us actually have in common, aside from Econ 101.
He laughs and shakes his head.His thick hair covers his eyes for a split second before he shakes it away.
“If she’s anything like how my roommate was, just steer clear of her,” Luca says.
It’s no wonder all the girls fall for him; he’s got the boyish good looks, charm, and charisma.Not to mention his body.You don’t end up as an athlete by sitting on the couch eating potato chips all night.
Why does he have this effect on me?
He’s just a boy.Sure, he’s easy on the eyes, and that smile warms me to the core, but he’s absolutely trouble.
I know it’s lust, but how can I lust after someone I barely even know?I don’t even particularly like him, but the way my body responds, it’s betraying me.
It must be the hormones and the fact it’s been a while since I’ve climbed into a guy’s bed.
“What year are you?”I ask.I don’t know why, but I had assumed he was a freshman as well, probably because we’re both in Econ 101 together, a required class to graduate and, boy, does it suck.
“Sophomore,” he says.
“Let me guess, you’re the one torturing a freshman this year.”He seems like the type who would give someone hell.Probably brags to the team about how pathetic his freshman roommate is this year.
Luca chuckles and shakes his head.“No, I live on campus with a couple of my teammates.”
My eyes widen, surprised that he doesn’t live in the dorms.Lucky bastard.
“You play hockey,” I say, stating the obvious.
I’m pretty sure everyone at Evergreen University knows who Luca Ricci is and that he plays hockey.He’s one of their best players.It’s pretty common knowledge around campus and in town.
His smile only grows.“You’ve been to my games?”
I shake my head.“Everyone knows who you are.You’re like hockey royalty around here.You get all the girls, probably easy As, too.Am I right?”
“I work for my grades,” Luca says, his gaze locked on mine, “but I do okay.”
