"By the look on Catherine's face, I'm dying to know it." Avery chirped as Quinn cocked a perfect brow at Catherine, completely saying, 'what did I miss?'
"So the professor introduced a new student today." Joseph started as Avery put her spoon down and grasped her hands together giving him her utmost attention.
"I'm all ears." She said,
These two should join a circus. Catherine thought with an eye roll as her eyes landed on someone sitting on the table, two tables away from theirs. He sat alone with his food and didn't bother to spare anyone a single glance. The dude looked as if someone had forced the crap out of him to attend the university.
"Catherine was checking him out when that dude rolled his eyes at her," Joseph said with a low laugh, causing Catherine to scrunch her nose at him in annoyance.
"Woah. He must be something to roll his eyes at such beauty." Avery said dramatically.
"Shut up, Avery," Catherine muttered.
"That's not it." Joseph mused.
"Oh, there's more?" Samuel asked with raised brows as he took a big bite of his burger.
"Professor asked him to take a seat and there were a total of 3 seats available, two at the front and one beside Catherine. Guess what?" Joseph chirped like a girl.
"You don't have to be that specific, Joseph," Catherine muttered, annoyed.
"What?" Avery, Samuel, and even Quinn, the three of them said simultaneously causing Catherine to glare at them with slight shock. Even Quinn was enjoying it. Great.
"That dude walked to the back of the class, sat beside Catherine, and Catherine, being over smart said 'Hey!' To him..." Joseph was snorting a type of laughing while telling the adventurous tale. He deliberately said Hey in a girlish voice as mimicking her.
"Then?" Avery inquired as Joseph tried to control his laughter.
"He ignored her existence, hahaha." Joseph laughed and everyone else busted into laughter as well.
"Not funny," Catherine muttered as she ate her pasta ignoring her laughing friends.
"I would love to see the hunk who ignored her." Avery mused as she ate her salad. She and her love for dieting.
Joseph's ears perked up as he rounded his eyes around the cafeteria until they finally landed on the man of their conversation.
"There to my right two tables away. The lone guy. That is Rasmus Colt." Joseph mused as Avery's jaw dropped and she gaped at Rasmus. Not only her, but Quinn also stared at Rasmus.
"He's f**king hot." Avery sang while eye-f*cking the guy. "I agree." Quinn quipped in and Catherine's eyes widened slightly because Quinn never finds anyone attractive.
Excellent.
"No wonder he ignored your existence. He looks like a Greek God." Avery mumbled.
"He didn't ignore me. He just didn't hear my voice. Yeah." Catherine said as if telling herself, causing the four of them to scoff at her.
"Is that so?" Avery cocked a perfect brow at her as Catherine hummed in response while eating her food.
"Why don't you go and get me his number?" Avery suggested with the waggle of her brows as Catherine let out a low laugh.
"Well, why don't you go get it yourself?" Catherine suggested.
"But that guy ignored you and you said he didn't hear you. Why not check it now?" Joseph joined in with Avery as Catherine narrowed her eyes at him in anger.
"I won't do all this just to prove you guys wrong." She muttered while munching on her food.
"What are you afraid of?" Joseph asked, clearly fuelling her anger.
"I'm not afraid of anything." She growled slowly.
"So why not prove these idiots wrong?" Samuel asked with a tilt of his head.
"I'm not in the mood." She said dryly.
"He ignored her, that's why she's not going, I can bet on it," Quinn said, causing others to titter.
"What will I get if I prove you guys wrong?" She asked calmly while moving back on her seat in a relaxed stance.
When the four of them drowned in thinking, she spoke up herself.
"Funfair." One word and the four of them groaned. "Not that," Joseph said like a scared puppy.
"Funfair or I'm not going." She mused.
She knew her friends hate rides, especially Joseph and Avery. They would run miles away from scary rides which simply means they would take their bet back.
"Fine. If you get his number. We all would go to a funfair and yes we'll sit on all those absurd rides which you would say." Joseph said with a smirk and Catherine's confidence wavered. The jerk knows that Rasmus dude would ignore her again.
But she was Catherine the Great. She would make the silent man talk.
"Fine." She muttered and stood up as her chair creaked and she walked towards him.
"Here goes nothing." She muttered with a deep breath.
"Here goes nothing." She muttered with a deep breath, taking slow and calm steps toward him. She smoothly sat on the chair opposite him. The man didn't even notice her presence, drowned in his food. She didn't dare look at her friends because they must be grinning like idiots right now. Catherine dramatically cleared her throat to get his attention, which did get his attention. He stopped eating for a complete two seconds before he started eating again. Eyes still on his food. Catherine again cleared her throat a little loudly now. He smoothly grabbed his can of coke and put it in front of her. Her cheeks tinted a bright shade of red as she heard the booming chortle of her idiotic friends. "Thank you." She said rather plainly as she opened the can and took a gulp of the drink, his eyes were still on the food so she timidly toasted the drink at her friends who were smiling at her. "So why did you take admission so late?" She breaks the ice. No reply. 'God. What was this man? Mu
"Horror," Adriel said. "Action." Catherine chirped. "Horror." "Action." "Horror." "Action." "Horror." "Fine then watch it alone I'm leaving," Catherine muttered as she tried to jump off the bed when Adriel immediately held her hand, stopping her. "Fine! You're a blackmailer you know." Adriel grumbled as he searched for an action movie on N*****x. "Aww thank you." She smiled while shuffling his hair as he grumbled and both the siblings watched the movie while eating popcorn. Half of the movie passed and Adriel was already snoring on her shoulder making her roll her eyes at his enthusiasm of watching a movie but ending up asleep in the middle. She moved carefully and laid him properly on the bed as she covered him up with the blanket. Turning the LED off, she kissed his forehead. She wasn't the one to show affection a lot but she loved Adriel dearly. He was her only family. She cherished him a lot. Closing the door she walked out only to halt in her steps when she found Mr. R
"He said what?" Avery asked with wide eyes. "I was about to fall, he grabbed my arm to save me and said, '' Careful!" Catherine said the last words in the same manner as he said them. "Wow, he ain't mute," Quinn said as Catherine nodded feeling stupid for all the things she has said to him. Gosh, he wasn't even mute which meant he's not deaf also. Why does she always embarrass herself? "You won't believe half of the things I said to him in my blabbering," Catherine muttered as she took out the books for her next class from the locker. "Awesome. Then what happened after that?" Avery muttered as she checked her nails. "He steadied me, stepped away from me as if I'm a cactus, and then strolled away," Catherine said with a sigh. "I don't know how to approach him. He's just too weird." Catherine mumbled. "Leave it, Catherine. Admit your defeat." Joseph mused with the waggle of his brows, causing her to scoff at him. "In your dreams." She muttered. "It's getting boring," Avery mutt
The next day passed in complete silence. Catherine didn't bother him. Nor did she pay him any attention. She made him want to believe that she had finally left him alone. She was sitting with her friends in the cafeteria as Avery brought the topic of Rasmus up gazillions of times, so Joseph spoke up. "I've heard from the coach that Rasmus will be joining us in the practice match tomorrow for player selection for the finals," Joseph informed which got her attention. "Wow. I didn't know that he was a player." Avery mused saying double-meaning words, causing Joseph to roll his eyes as Quinn munched on her food quite elegantly. Samuel too sat quietly eating and watching. "13 days left babe." Avery reminded her, making her sigh. "I know that already." She muttered as she noticed Rasmus walking in. He walked to his usual table and sat at it alone. The rest of the day followed smoothly. The next day Catherine left the home a bit early. She couldn't sleep the whole night. She wasn't feel
She inhaled sharply only for his rich cologne mixed with his earthy scent to fill her lungs. She tried to move back but she was frozen feeling his hard muscular body against hers. Her heart stuttered when his hot breath hit the crown of her head. A loud gasp left her lips when he grabbed her arms rather roughly in his calloused hand and pushed her away as if she had burned him. Luckily Joseph was right behind her as he held her arms to steady her. Her eyes barely raised as they met with his glaring ones. "Dude, it was an accident," Joseph said seriously as he came to stand beside her. Mr. Mute only glared daggers at her before he walked past Joseph. "He's weird," Joseph said. "He's terrifying." She muttered slowly. She didn't know why she found him scary and cold. "Let's go or we'll get late for class," Joseph said as she nodded her head and they went in his direction because Mr. Mute has the same class as them. She ignored him not because she was scared of him or anything. He
Catherine started whistling while looking at the sky as she tapped her foot on the floor in a cool nonchalant behavior, so he wouldn't think she was gaping at him. But how in the world could she not react when a giant of a man who smells like cinnamon and fresh rain was hovering over her like a looming death sentence? There was still some distance between them. Catherine pretended to just notice him as she furrowed her brows and gave him a confused look before a beautiful pearly smile adorned her face. "Hi. So you finally decided to talk to me. I wonder if you're here to give me your number. In case you don't know my offer still stands." She blabbered nonstop while comically moving her hands. "To be honest you'll be good together with my Avery and she keeps asking me about you, nonstop. I think she likes you a lot. On a serious note, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get in relation with Avery. Though she could be a pain in the ass sometimes and push your buttons to irrit
"How did he get to know about it?" She asked with menacing narrowed eyes as Joseph stepped back totally freaked out by her murderous behavior. "How am I supposed to know that?" He said while putting his hands in his pockets and staring at the comical changing expressions on her face. "You sure there was no one when we did the deed?" She asked with a questioning brow. Joseph's jaw dropped as he stared at her with wide eyes and then he raised one of his brows and gave her a flirtatious look. "When did we do the deed?" He asked in a fake deep voice making her frown for a second but when she understood what he said, she face-palmed herself and gave him a bored glare "I'm saying when we were putting our plan to action, was there someone who saw us?" She asked with forced coolness. Joseph made a thinking face as his finger tapped his jaw and each passing second was irritating her more. "Nope." Joseph plopped the 'p' and Catherine's eyes narrowed even more. "So was it you who told him
"Get the f**k away from her!" That deep voice growled in vicious menace causing her heart to stop beating as her eyes widened. Her head snapped in the direction of that deep voice. Even though she couldn't make out his features because of the lights behind him, that voice was so intense to be forgotten. He took a step further in so that now his face was slightly visible and as soon as his olive cold eyes met hers, she knew he was none other than Rasmus Colt, aka Mr. Mute. "And who the f**k are you?" Fredric hissed arrogantly. Rasmus stayed quiet like a night but the weird dominating vibe that oozed out of him was threatening, almost predatory. He took another step towards Fredric but Fredric didn't even move an inch. "Is she your chick?" One of the goons asked Rasmus to which he still stayed quiet. "If she ain't your chick then I suggest you f**k off." Fredric hissed as he painfully tightened his grip on Catherine's wrist causing her to wince in pain as she tried to get her han