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!"

Benjamin and Liam flushed red with embarrassment, and their

felt annoyed and was about 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? Are

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

he muttered. "I finally managed to win her

bit my tongue and swallowed

forget his friends after getting a 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, it's probably best not to

were planning, I had no interest in

enjoy yourselves. I'll eat with

with someone like Isabelle

mouth and smiling at Isabelle. "Don't listen to him. We want to go! Please let us join you. If your friends

in, "Yeah! We've never had a chance 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

that they were hoping to hang out