Campus Good Girl: Curvy College Reunion
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It's time to dirty the good girl...
Landon Greer has pined for good girl Emily Houghton from the moment he caught her dancing in the rain their senior year. But after a lackluster first meeting, it's ten years before he sees her again at their college reunion, and he's ready to make his secret crush known through any means necessary. But will his curvy girl trust him enough to give in?
Emily Houghton lives by the rules, invisible to others until they need something from her. Except Landon Greer, the former playboy jock, sees her. But his sudden interest seems too good to be true. Can a cautious woman learn to trust the man willing to give her everything she desires?
CAMPUS GOOD GIRL features a curvy good girl who isn't used to being noticed and the basketball player whose obsession for her has never faded. A short & steamy romance for those who've wondered What If...?
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Campus Good Girl - Hallie Bennett
PROLOGUE
EMILY
THE CAFETERIA BUZZES with a hive of activity as students rush to snag a quick snack before class, while others settle down for a meal with their friends. Finding an empty table for myself, I pour a drop of sanitizer on my hands before digging into lunch, contemplating how much I’ve grown in my four years at Trinity College.
As a hermit my freshman year, sitting alone in the cafeteria would have been my worst nightmare. Embarrassment would’ve forced me to grab a to-go box and escape to my dorm room.
But senior Emily is more comfortable in her skin—mostly.
At least you’re not a hermit anymore.
Another wave of students enters the small cafeteria, and the volume increases exponentially with raucous laughter and friendly conversations. It won’t be long before a scene like this becomes a memory, since graduation is in a few short months.
Sadness dampens my spirit at the coming loss of safety and security college has provided. It’s been a bubble of peace in an otherwise drama-filled life.
Don’t go there.
Not ready to contemplate life and all its challenges after college quite yet, I focus on eating my turkey sandwich until the chair next to me is drawn back and someone sits down. A whiff of something spicy tickles my nose, and it’s a struggle to maintain my composure as this stranger’s All-American good looks sink in, making bottle rockets out of my nerves.
Careful not to choke on the bite of lunch in my mouth, I slowly chew and swallow, frantically searching for a reason he’d sit next to me. We’re a small, private college with a student body of three hundred people, so I recognize him as a basketball player—though his name escapes me—but I doubt I’ve registered on his radar before now.
Hey, I’m Landon.
Tan, muscular arms cross over the tabletop as he leans forward, and his charming smile short-circuits rational thought.
Introduce yourself!
Um, I’m Emily...
Confusion draws the sentence out, and a blush flames to the surface of my skin. Darn it. Just when I’m feeling confident about the growth I’ve made, here comes reality to show me how far I still have to go.
Because my ability to talk to attractive guys? Not great.
Boys who are in relationships or don’t trigger a physical reaction? I’m perfectly capable of having intelligent conversation with.
But Landon? He’s freaking hot. And I’m not equipped for this, especially when it’s so out of the blue.
A laugh comes from the table next to us where more basketball players congregate, watching our by-play with amusement. Landon glances over at them with a shake of his head, then turns back to me. I didn’t want you sitting alone, so I thought I’d join you.
Is this a joke?
His friends are laughing. He doesn’t have food to eat. He just plopped down next to me out of the kindness of his heart? When we’ve never talked before today?
Logic wars with hope. This could be the start of something. Maybe he actually wants to get to know me, and this is his excuse. But then I hear his friends loudly goofing off in the background, obviously making fun of him... or me, and I can’t shake the fear that this is some sort of bet he lost.
Take pity on the quiet girl.
Flirt with the chubby nerd.
Like a storyline plucked from a nineties teen movie, except we’re not going to fall in love in the end.
Rachel, a girl from my chemistry class, drops her things off in a chair, her gaze bouncing between the two of us, before getting in line for slices of pizza, and the presence of a witness to whatever the heck he’s doing must unnerve him. He fidgets in his seat for a second—probably wondering if he should continue this farce—before standing up with a jerk of his chair.
Oh, it looks like you’ve got someone already.
Right as he finishes his sentence, Kelly and Melanie take seats across from us, and he quickly excuses himself. But instead of heading to the table of basketball players, he leaves the cafeteria altogether. Another round of amusement erupts from his teammates next door.
Curiouser and curiouser.
What was that about?
Kelly asks, all three of us tracking Landon’s movements until he disappears from sight.
I have no clue. He said he didn’t want me sitting alone.
That’s nice...
Bewilderment creases Kelly’s brow. But wasn’t that Landon Greer? Nice isn’t how I would describe him.
"Yeah, I’d say he’s more of a friendly type of guy. Melanie’s eyebrows wiggle with insinuation, but she must read my ignorance because she explains,
I overheard one cheerleader bragging about their night together, then her friend chimed in to confirm his sexual talent. Seems the entire squad has