41 Roommate With The Monster

Jules' pov

I sucked in a deep breath while willing my heart to stop racing.

I was standing right in front of the closed door of the room which I'm supposed to be sharing with Blaze, of all people. I had been standing here for over five minutes, feeling crippled at the thought of knocking on the door.

I knew I'd have to knock at a point because I couldn't stay out here forever.

The room was at the far end of the fourth floor, in a completely secluded area, like the room was purposely placed away from the rest of the rooms.

That made me gulp as I tried to stop my hand from shaking.

'You can do it, Labyrinth.'

I whispered to myself as I sucked in another breath before tentatively knocking on the door.

It seems like I hadn't knocked hard enough, because I didn't get a response.

I swallowed emptily and wondered if I was supposed to knock again or to wait until whenever Blaze decided to leave the room, because I wouldn't want to unknowingly anger him by disturbing him with my knocks.

I remained in front of the door, chewing on my bottom lip and wishing the universe would stop placing in in situations like this, like I hadn't already suffered enough.

I was sure minutes had already passed since I last knocked, and I contemplated knocking again, because I sure as hell wouldn't want the other students on this floor to exit their rooms and sight me standing outside the room like a homeless freak.

That was what prompted me to tentatively knock again, a little louder this time.

I didn't count on the door swinging open the next moment. It happened so suddenly that a squeal left my mouth as my heart thumped sharply against my chest.

The door suddenly swung open and Blaze stood right in front of me, dark eyes trained down on me. He had an arm propped against the top of the door hinges, and I instantly noticed how his muscles bulged, and how he was practically shirtless right now.

His scent wafted into my nose almost immediately and it felt like I was getting light headed on the dark, dangerous and sinful scent.

That made my stomach clench and tighten up. My mouth fell open but nothing came forth, I blinked at him a couple of times, not knowing what to say.

My heart was racing fast and unconsciously, I unconsciously took a step backwards, but his hand reached out and tangled in the front of my shirt, causing another sequel to fly past my lips as I flinched and tightly squeezed my eyes shut.

As I got tugged forward so fast that my head spinned, I expected to feel a blow or a slap, but nothing came by, causing me to tentatively blink my eyes open, and that was when I realized that he had tugged me into the room and pushed the door shut, trapping me in here with him.

My gaze flew upwards and as a choked up sound spilled past my lips, I found myself inching backwards and pressing up against the door.

My heart was racing frantically and fright engulfed me completely, as I suddenly felt closed in with him right now.

The last two encounters we've had, were technically in public spaces, compared to this current one. The fact that he was currently shirtless wasn't helping matters in any way.

His shoulders were broad, and his pecs were thick. His biceps bulged with muscles, more muscles than I expected him to be packing underneath his dark clothes and I gulped on realizing that he could really snap my neck effortlessly.

I kept blinking at him, mouth opened but nothing coming forth. He was staring at me closely, dark eyes raking over every inch of my body in such a way that made it seem like his intense gaze was a magnet which was sucking the air right out of my lungs.

There was a gap between us, but it didn't create much difference, I still felt scared to the very core, and his scent was still so thick in the air, that it was all I was breathing in and out.

"Were you really trying to change your room?" He suddenly asked, voice low and eyebrow arched.

I felt myself grow more tense at his question, unsure of how he knew of that.

I swallowed emptily and slowly shook my head, stomach flipping around when a dark smile slowly stretched out on his face as he slowly inched towards him. I pressed up against the door even more, wishing I could disappear into the door right now.

He finally stopped a foot away from me, smile nowhere to be found. His hands were deep in his pockets, but that didn't stop me from being completely scared.

"I don't like liars." He hummed out and I felt my heart stutter in my chest.

He turned around after that, disappearing into the room at the far end of the narrow hallway, and I found myself remaining rooted in the same spot, mind reeling.

Of all fates out there, it was this one that got assigned to me by the universe.

For me to be roommates with a monster.

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I remained in the hallway, against the door, until I knew I had to drag myself away from it. Blaze hasn't reappeared and it made me super nervous, because I didn't know what to expect from him.

How had he known that I had been lying?

I asked myself as I peeked into the room which Blaze had walked into, about ten minutes ago.

It was a sitting room which was well furnished.

I sighted another door at the other side of the hallway and inched towards it, while wondering if this was where'd lead to the two bedrooms we'd both be sleeping in.

On pushing the door open, I was shocked to the core on coming face to face with a large, spacious room– and at the far end of both walls, stood two beds.

Two beds?!!

My mind spiraled almost immediately and I almost crumbled to the ground.

How is this possible? We're supposed to have separate rooms, not the same rooms?

I lamented as I tentatively stepped into the room, heart hammering against my chest.

How am I gonna survive two weeks like this?