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!"

with

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

and I took a step forward, ready to retort. Yet, Matthew pulled me back and pleaded with

it go," he muttered. "I finally

I bit my tongue and swallowed

friends after getting a girlfriend and quickly defended me. "They're my roommates and good friends. Can you please try

about being nice? Just so you know, my friends can be even harsher with their words. If you can't even handle what I'm saying, it's probably

planning, I

"You two enjoy yourselves. I'll

like Isabelle would only lead

the first to object. He rushed up to me, covering my mouth and smiling at Isabelle. "Don't listen to him. We

hang out with a group of girls before. Please let us go and see

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