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school.”
    “Okay.”
    “Princess,
one more thing. After today I can’t promise the world won’t know you’re here
with me. If that’s a problem, I can have sales associates bring the store to
us.”
    “No.
That’s all right. I can’t hide forever and I’m feeling a bit cooped up.”
    “Figured
as much. I’ll be right back.” He headed upstairs to his now shared room, picked
a long sleeve shirt, hat and pair of sunglasses, sprayed on his signature
cologne, grabbed his wallet and shoved it into his back pocket, then linked the
chain to his jeans. After picking up the phone near his bed and calling for his
car service, he headed back downstairs.
    Carlie
waited for him in a Crimson Rage T-shirt, the band name stretched across her
breasts. He whistled low, loving her toned body.
    “I
figured I’ll bowl in this and can just change for dinner while we’re out.”
    “Sounds
good to me.” The blush spreading across her face pleased him. “The driver will
be here in a few minutes.” He slipped his hand into hers and led them out,
stopping briefly to engage the alarm system.
    “What?
We’re not driving?” She tucked her face into the crook of his neck.
    “Nah.
I was going to take the bike but I’ll probably send whatever you buy back here
with the driver and we’ll stay in Manhattan.”
    “I’m
not getting much though, I can get a few things but mainly want a new dress. I
can’t afford a whole new wardrobe.”
    “Princess,
when I said I’d take you shopping, I didn’t expect for you to pay for anything.
You don’t have a job, babe. Besides what happened to your things wasn’t your
fault, you were victimized a second time when you were shamed and bullied at a
place you should’ve been safe at.”
    “Jackson,
you can’t just buy me a whole new wardrobe. That’s not proper. We’re not dating
or engaged or anything. We’re friends—well, I mean I don’t know what we are
since we fight so much,” she stammered on.
    “I
have more money than I know what to do with. Replacing what was destroyed isn’t
a big deal. No strings attached. Got it? I’m not nice to everyone. Let me do
something nice for you.”
    “Still
feels wrong.” The town car pulled up to them. He never waited for the driver to
open his door. Instead, he opened the backseat door and ushered her in and slid
into the seat next to her.
    “Raul,
downtown Manhattan, please. We’ll be stopping by Sacs, Bergdorf’s and Armani Fifth Avenue .” He buckled up and
motioned for Carlie to follow suit.
    Carlie
turned to him after clicking her buckle with a gaping wide open mouth, looking
like a fish gasping for air. “I meant take me to like a local mall, not to Fifth Avenue .”
    “Gorgeous,
as much as I like malls, it’s easier for me to shop at the boutiques. People,
if they recognize me, will take pictures, but there is less of an opportunity
to mass rush me there. I’ve already called the stores we’re going to stop into and
advised them we’re heading in. The perk of being my father’s son gives me more
leeway than just being a rock star.”
    “Oh?
Who’s your father? I sort of remember him but he wasn’t around much, not that
you ever talked back then. You just played music with my brother and kept to
yourself at school. Girls used to say you were so quiet they thought you were a
hot sociopath and talked about ways you’d fuck them, then kill them off.”
    “ Haha , funny.”
    “Okay,
so I made all that up. But really rumor mills had you pegged as the bad boy
who’d end up getting some cheerleader pregnant or end up in jail for dealing
drugs or something.”
    “I’ve
never been a big talker, princess. What you see is what you get. Like it or
leave it. You crazy ladies have insane imaginations.”
    “Crazy?”
    “All
women are crazy, babe, like all men are assholes, comes with the territory.”
    “Not
all men are assholes.”
    “Trust
me, we all have the asshole tendency, even if you don’t see it, it’s