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 embarrassment, and their heads

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 you trying

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

he muttered. "I finally

that, I bit my tongue and swallowed my

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

even harsher with their words. If you can't even handle what

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

"You two enjoy yourselves. I'll eat with Benjamin and

with someone like Isabelle

was the first to object. He rushed up to me, covering my mouth and smiling at Isabelle. "Don't listen to him. We want to go! Please let us join you. If your friends scold us, we'll just

group of girls before. Please let us go and see what it's

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