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We really do. He’s a cool guy, but he makes your stock go down,” she said.
    â€œThat’s jacked up,” I replied, stunned not only that my friends actually felt like this, but that they were sitting here talking about my boyfriend.
    â€œIt is jacked up,” Sheridan added. “But it is what it is.”
    They exchanged glances again, and then Kennedi said, “Are you going to tell her or not?”
    Sheridan gave her a “shut up” look and now I found myself getting mad.
    â€œOkay, you two better get to talking and tell me what’s going on.” When nobody answered, I slammed my hand on the table and said, “Now!”
    They jumped a little bit and then Sheridan said, “Look, Savannah Vanderpool told me word from the award folks is that they don’t want you on the red carpet unless you’re with J. Love.”
    â€œWhat?” I said, shocked. Since when do they get to dictate who someone brings on the red carpet?
    â€œSavannah Vanderpool knows someone who knows someone, who works with the event coordinator,” Sheridan continued. “Apparently, they like the whole Maya—J. Love thing. And when they extended the invitation for you to walk the red carpet, they just assumed you’d be walking with J. Love.”
    â€œWhy would they assume that?” I asked.
    Both of them shrugged.
    â€œApparently, they saw the Miami Hot Gossip pics, so they had Savannah call me this morning to get the scoop,” Sheridan said.
    I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. “So, I’ll walk by my dang self, if it’s that big of a deal.”
    â€œI think they want you with J.,” Sheridan said, giving me a don’t kill the messenger look.
    â€œWell, I don’t care what they want,” I said. I was in a foul mood now. I was sick and tired of everyone trying to put me with J. Love. Been there, done that, had the T-shirt to prove it didn’t work.
    â€œLook, it’s probably no biggie. I’m sure they’ll be happy with you and your man on the red carpet,” Kennedi tossed in.
    The way Sheridan averted her eyes and looked down, I definitely knew that wouldn’t be the case.
    All I wanted was to live my fabulous life and love my wonderful boyfriend. Why in the world did everything have to be so difficult?

Chapter 4
    D espite my hectic world, I enjoyed this time most of all. Just chilling with Alvin, watching movies. It was a perfect way to finish a Saturday night. We’d just finished watching Scary Movie 5 and we’d laughed like it was the funniest thing ever, even though it was corny as all get out. But just hanging around Alvin was so relaxing, and it made me say screw all that mess everyone else was talking, this was where my happiness was.
    â€œSo you want to watch another one?” Alvin said, as he popped the disc out of the Blu-ray player.
    â€œNo, I’m not going to be able to stay much longer. My mom will call out the SWAT team looking for me soon,” I replied. My parents stayed super busy—my dad running the Morgan chain of hotels, and my mom spending the money my dad made from the Morgan chain of hotels. But they still tried to keep track of my whereabouts and would seriously get to tripping if I didn’t come home at a decent hour.
    Alvin placed the disc back in its case, and I grabbed the remote and flipped it to MTV.
    â€œSo finish telling me, when is the new design going to come out?” I asked.
    Alvin was working on yet another patent. This time, it was something that would revolutionize the Internet experience, and he was super excited.
    â€œSoon. My attorney is working out some last-minute legal stuff,” he said. He was just about to say something else when I noticed his eyes zoom in on the TV.
    I turned to see what he was looking at. One of the MTV VJs was interviewing J. Love. I groaned and reached for the remote to change the channel.
    â€œNo,” Alvin said,