Room Five: Finding Their Good Girl: Club Sin by Ines Michelle

Room Five: Finding Their Good Girl: Club Sin by Ines Michelle

Author:Ines Michelle [Michelle, Ines]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2021-11-04T16:00:00+00:00


Three

DEAN

I nervously chewed on my nail, pacing in front of the main auditorium of the Department of Music Studies at Columbia University. This was my school, my turf. I was a top student. Serious, hardworking. Not taking any shortcuts or favors. Working for my degree with seriousness and determination. No one and nothing was going to frazzle me. Both professors and students liked and respected me. I was not about to let three years of hard work get flushed down the drain by another encounter with one of the stupid members of Rock Hard. No, uh-huh. Nope, not happening.

I turned my gaze to the auditorium, hearing echos of the animated exchange, wishing I could be in there, hear what he had to say, learn from him like my classmates. But noooo, here I was: chickening out, hiding. While Dean Scott gave a lecture on the evolution of rock ‘n’ roll, a subject I mastered, was interested in and that I could sure benefit from, I was hiding in the university hallway, for fear to fall under the spell of another one of the infernal trio’s member. Pathetic.

After my brief but extraordinary encounter with Alex in London, I stayed as much away from all things Rock Hard as was possible in my circumstances. I avoided all events I knew ahead of time they were meant to attend, and if I found myself in the same vicinity as any of them, I found an excuse to get the fuck out of dodge. Simple, foolproof and exhausting. I spent years juggling my social calendar to not meet these men, lied to my parents, friends, school and professional acquaintances. And all that for what? One day, I showed up to class and we were told there was to be a surprise guest giving a lecture. Ten minutes before said lecture, I found out from one of my gossipy classmates that Dean Scott was the speaker. So that was my predicament, ladies and gents. To test or not to test? Did I really want to assess the theory that when it came to the men of Rock Hard, I had no willpower? No, I didn’t. I really didn’t!

I was happy and relieved, but also a bit discouraged. I missed a learning opportunity. And like every time I avoided the guys of Rock Hard, I couldn’t help but wonder what if. What if I’d outgrown my irrational attraction to them. What if I was ready to move on but couldn’t realize it because I didn’t allow myself to be in their presence. What if I could actually be with one of them?… I’d daydreamt and wished. Tried dating and failed. No one ever compared. No one even came close to what Kenji and Alex made me feel. Therefore, I wasn’t risking meeting Dean and getting ensnared in his web. Famous last words.

***

I walked out of the bar’s restroom, shaking my hands to finish drying them, wondering what good automatic hand dryers were if you always ended up with partly wet hands, despite using the machine for the full recommended cycle.



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