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And once she was ready to return to the career waiting for her, they’d go their separate ways and back to their vastly different lives

Chapter 4

As soon as Collin parked the car in the Walradually woke up He watched her glance around at her surroundings and gave her a few extra seconds to gain her bearings on her own When she realized where they were, she glanced at hiuiltily

“Oh, etic “I am so sorry I fell asleep I closed ht, and—”

“It’s fine,” he assured her, finally letting go of the hand he’d held the entire drive into New Jersey “You clearly needed the rest”

She looked back out theto the store’s entrance, all lit up for evening shoppers, and groaned “I really need so this flashy dress and high-heeled boots that will immediately draw attention in a place like this, not to mention all this hair,” she added, because yes, that thick eous, iconic, and would turn heads her way

“Ugh” The as rife with frustration “I know it’s not busy this late at night, but the last thing I want to deal with right now is being recognized I just want to go in there and shop in peace like a normal person”

“Yeah, well, you, Raevynn Walsh, are not a ‘norh she didn’t look a able to blend in with her surroundings like an ordinary custoure out a way to allow her to walk into the store without having people stare or being bombarded by fans

Re he’d tossed a hoodie into the backseat of his car the previous weekend when he’d been out, he reached around and grabbed the dark navy-blue sweatshirt and handed it to her It wouldn’t be the first time she’d worn one of his shirts

“Here, this is the best I can do on a rin “You can wear this over your dress, and if you put the hood up over your head and tuck your hair inside, it’ll help disguise you a bit”

“You’re definitely resourceful,” she teased “I’ll give it a try”

After opening the passenger door, she stepped out, and Collin did the saed out of his for with his bow tie and unfastened a few of the buttons on his shirt to downplay his own appearance He locked the car as hethe sweatshirt over her head, then pushing her arh the sleeves The hoodie was at least two sizes too big for her, but once she had it on, the excess e and concealed her body’s curves She tugged the bottoh the hem of her sparkly dress still showed a few inches

She gathered her hair to one side and twisted it all together like it was silken threads of rope, then pushed it into the collar of the sweatshirt so it fell down her back inside the top before lifting the hood over her head

They were standing under a parking lot lalanced at his car’s tinted hich offered Raevynn a reflection of herself

She gri at Collin “Yeah, people are definitely going to stare, but not for the reasons I orried about From the waist up, I look like a delinquent, and from the waist down, I look like a hooker”