Chapter Five
Linc
By the time eight o’clock rolled around Linc felt like the biggest pussy in the whole damn world. He’d been ready for over an hour, passing the time drinking a beer and pacing around the apartment. Thank God Baze said he had “shit” to do and would meet them later. Linc would have hated for his roommate to witness this out-of-character behavior. It was lame as shit. He glanced at his watch yet again. Finally it was time for him to go pick up Madden. She’d texted him her address a few hours earlier. She lived on campus. Just a couple of houses down from Keller and Molly, actually. Ordinarily, like he’d mentioned, he didn’t pick girls up. But ordinarily, he knew sex was a sure thing and he wouldn’t need to put in the effort.
Apparently, Madden wasn’t an ordinary girl.
Linc pulled to a stop in front of her house. It was small and well kept, just like the other houses on faculty row. The St. Leasing campus was nothing if not taken care of. Her little cottage was painted grey with black shutters, as opposed to Keller and Dom’s houses, which were white. He got out of the car and walked up to the front door, another thing he couldn’t remember the last time he did. He knocked lightly, taking a step back and wiping his palms on his jeans. What the fuck? Why were his hands sweating? Was he nervous? Couldn’t be; he didn’t do nervous.
“Hey.” He spoke too loud when Madden opened her front door, causing him to wince.
She bit her bottom lip, obviously trying not to laugh at his outburst. “Hey, Linc.” She looked fucking spectacular. Picture a lingerie model had a photo shoot, but then threw on a pair of jeans and a long-sleeve t-shirt to go run errands afterward. That was what Madden embodied. Casually sexy as fuck. He wanted to say something about how nice she looked, but he was too busy staring at her ass in her tight jeans.
She gestured out toward the driveway as she shut and locked her door. “You drive a car?”
He narrowed his eyes at her tone. It sounded like she was unimpressed with his choice of vehicle. He tilted his head to the side, addressing her. “This is not your average car, lady. This is an Audi R-eight.” The car was extravagant. But it’d been a gift from his parents when he’d gotten the job at St. Leasing. When he said he’d never wanted for anything in his life, he meant it. His family was extremely well off, and he was an only child.
Linc opened her door, waiting until she was inside, then closed it gently. She was so unbelievably sexy he had to take deep, calming breaths on the way to his side of the car. The fact that he didn’t seem to affect her the same way she was affecting him was eating away at his soul.
Or his ego.
It was going to be a hard night, literally. He got in, buckling his seat belt before backing out of the driveway and whipping his badass car around. “Guys don’t drive cars where you’re from?”
Madden let out a breathy little laugh. “Actually no, they don’t. I’m from the South. Guys drive trucks.” She ran her hands over the soft leather seat. “This is a pretty sweet ride though.” She met his gaze and gave him a playful shrug, winking in the process. He licked his lips. He wanted his mouth on hers in the worst fucking way. “So, Linc, I’ve been thinking about what you said the other day. About us going to dinner and being friends?”
Linc wanted to slap the steering wheel in victory. Playing it aloof had worked after all. Women wanted what they couldn’t have, and it seemed like Madden was no exception.
He was a boss.
He hadn’t lost his mojo.
He wasn’t a pathetic loser.
“Oh yeah? Did you change your mind?” He made sure his tone sounded as unaffected and bored as possible. He refused to let her see him sweat. She already had way too much power over his dick as it was.
She let out another sexy little laugh. “No, I didn’t change my mind. We won’t be going to dinner.” She turned in her seat, putting her hand on his leg, her short, dark red nails glittering in the streetlights. “I was thinking more along the lines of a casual hook-up.”
Linc’s head jerked to the side, making the car jump around in its lane. He righted the vehicle and cleared his throat before answering. “Are you serious?” If she was messing with him, he’d probably break down and cry. He wanted nothing more than to nail Madden and then walk away.
Nothing.
She patted his leg like he was a child. “I don’t do long term and I don’t do relationships. You start to get too serious I’ll show you the door. But, I like to have a good time. You down for that?”
Was this chick for real? Holy hell, this had just turned into the best damn day of his life. He was going to hook up with the sexy school nurse. Again. Well, wait, that didn’t make this seem special. And it was exceptionally special. Madden was the sexiest chick he’d ever met. She kept him on his toes; she made him feel want and lust in a way he never had before. And the best part? She wasn’t asking for anything from him but his dick.
Linc smiled. “Sounds good to me, sweetheart.”
Good?
It sounded like a fucking dream come true.