Riches in Disguise

Chapter 19

Matthew was visibly excited. "Let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Isabelle Harrington."

So, she was Matthew's girlfriend. I was surprised. "You actually brought her here? Didn't the dorm manager say anything?"

"She snuck in," he replied with a mischievous grin while scratching his head. He was clearly smitten as his eyes kept darting toward Isabelle.

Benjamin and Liam, having little experience with girls, were tense. They didn't know what to say and just stood by the door as if they were being punished.

Suddenly, Isabelle crossed her arms and frowned. "Matthew, didn't you say your roommates were good-looking? What's with this lot?"

Matthew felt slightly awkward. "Aren't they? Guys are handsome as long as they're manly. Don't set your standards too high."

"Manly? You call them manly?" Isabelle scoffed, her disdainful gaze shifting between Benjamin and Liam. "One's a shorty, and the other's a skinny baldy. That hardly qualifies as manly!"

flushed red with embarrassment, and their

annoyed and was about to speak up when Isabelle shot me a glance. "And him, the vain loser who got cheated on

hell! Her words stung, and I took a step forward, ready to retort. Yet, Matthew pulled me back and pleaded

please let it go," he muttered.

bit my tongue and

girlfriend and quickly defended me. "They're

you know, my friends can be even harsher with their words. If you can't even handle what I'm saying,

planning, I had

"You two enjoy yourselves. I'll

someone like Isabelle would only lead to

listen to him. We want to go! Please let us join you. If

to hang out with a group of girls before. Please let us go and see what it's like! We promise we won't order any food or drinks—we're just there for

were hoping to hang out with girls. Even so, how could they choose