Hooped #3 (The Hooped Interracial Romance Series, Book #3) Read Free

do with Devon Sealy. He’s way too much of a player for me, and I’ve
seen him hurt way too many people.”
    “Kelly, he told me.” I held her gaze for a long moment
as she stared back at me, silent.
    “When would he have told you something like that?
That’s crazy. He’s just trying to get into your head, telling you your friend
is poisoning you against him.” I shook my head.
    “He has no idea you’re my friend,” I said quietly. “I
confronted him about seeing him with the girl and asked who it was. He told me your name. And that he had dated you a while back, and it hadn’t worked out.” Kelly rolled
her eyes.
    “You have got to be the most naïve freshman in the
entire school,” Kelly said, shaking her head. “Even if I had ever dated
Devon—which, by the way, I haven’t—I would have just told you from my own
experience what a jerk he is, and I definitely wouldn’t be going after him
still.”
    “So where were you the night of the game then?” I
asked, crossing my arms over my chest.
    “I told you, I had a date.” Kelly put her food aside.
“Look, I get that you’re all worked up about him because you lost your v-card
to the guy…”
    “That’s not it at all!” I said, my blood rushing into
my face. “I talked to him about the whole situation, and I got his side of the
story. That’s all.”
    “You talked to him? Jenn, what the hell were you
thinking? He’s already shown you what he thinks of you—nothing. He was kissing
some girl less than a full day after he hooked up with you because that’s what
he does. You might as well just get over him already.”
    “How long have we been friends, Kelly? Look, if you
just don’t want to admit it because you’re still hurting, I get that. Just come clean and we can work this out.”
    “There’s nothing to work out,” Kelly said. “I can’t
believe that you’d talk to Devon after the way he treated you, with the
reputation he has. I can’t believe you’d take his word over mine or even want
to believe it.” She shook her head, giving me a disappointed look. “You’re not
a stupid person, Jenn. You should know when someone’s just running a game on
you.”
    “If Devon’s just interested in running game, why would
he take the trouble to track me down, to beg me to talk to him? And anyway—it’s
not like he had to tell me it was you or I wouldn’t have believed him. He
doesn’t even know that you’re my friend. He could have picked any girl on
campus if he just wanted to give me an excuse.”
    “Of course he knows we’re friends,” Kelly said,
rolling her eyes again. “I was at the Phi Kappa party too, you know. We got
there together and hung out during. You
think he didn’t see you talking to me and dancing with me? Of course he did.”
    “So then how does he know your name if you’ve never
been involved?” I raised an eyebrow.
    “I’ve dated some of the other Phi Kappa guys. He
probably got my name from one of them. Look—this is ridiculous, Jenn. You’re
going crazy over this guy, and he’s totally not worth it.” I shook my
head.
    “It doesn’t add up. There would be no reason for him to
name-drop you if he was lying to me.”
    “There would be every reason!” I shook my head at
Kelly again.
    “Don’t you think he’s smart enough to figure I’d check
it out—if he picked your name deliberately?”
    “He knows you’re crazy about him because you’re about
as transparent as an un-tinted window!” Kelly scowled at me. “He figured that
you’d just trust his word on it because he’s so charming and sweet and gentle
and fucked your brains out.”
    “He came clean to me about everything,” I said. “If he
was just lying to me to get in my pants…hell, he’s already been in my pants!
That wouldn’t make sense. And it wouldn’t make sense for him to try and feed me
some story like that without thinking I’d confront you.”
    “He knew you’d do just what you’re doing right
now—believe