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!"

red with embarrassment, and their heads hung

to speak up when Isabelle shot me a glance. "And him, the vain loser who got cheated on by Lina. You want me to introduce him to my friends?

forward, ready to retort. Yet, Matthew pulled me back and pleaded

muttered. "I finally managed to

that, I bit my tongue and swallowed

"They're my roommates and good friends. Can you please

with their words. If you can't even handle what I'm saying, it's probably best not to come. I'd hate to see you cry in

wasn't sure what they were planning, I had no interest in

enjoy yourselves. I'll

like Isabelle would

listen to him. We want to go! Please let us

with a group of girls before. Please let us go and see what it's like! We promise

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