“What?” Lex raises his brows at me. “We don’t feed people to fish, Addi. We have other methods of disposing of bodies. Also, I’d never let anyone hurt you, not even my family.”
“Oh, great! You can just tell him I had to stay at school,” I suggest. “I can’t even afford to go to New York, Lex.”
“You don’t need to afford it. We own the jet, Addi.”
“What if I want to buy a bottle of water, Lex? I can’t afford New York water.”
“You can use my card for whatever you need or want to buy. It’s only for the weekend. We’ll be back at school on Monday.”
Chapter Three
The doc arrived at school twenty minutes after I got off the phone with my dad. Thirty minutes after that, Addison and I were seated on the family’s private jet. The doc has me hooked up to an IV with some kind of magicaldrugs being pumped through my system because I feel fucking great right now.
“You need to relax. Want me to get the doc to share some of the good drugs?” I ask Addison.
“No,” she hisses. “I’ll be fine. It’s only a weekend,” she says more to herself than to me. “Why do you think your father wants me to come home with you?”
“Probably because he wants to meet you,” I deadpan.
“Yeah, but why?”
I shrug. “I don’t know, but I promise it’ll be fine. My parents aren’t that scary.”
Addison squints her eyes at me. “When you passed out, everyone went pale, like they’d seen a ghost. They were very much scared of what your parents would do if something happened to you.”
“Well, yeah. They’re scary motherfuckers to outsiders.”
Addison points to herself. “I’m an outsider, Lex.”
“You’re my best friend. You are not an outsider.”
“Have you talked about me to them before?”
“No, but I don’t need to mention you for my parents to know about you. They know that we hang out every day at school. Nothing gets past my parents.”
“Gee, that’s so not reassuring.” Addison rolls her eyes.
Reaching over, I grab her hand. “I promise it’s going to be okay. I won’t leave your side the entire weekend.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
“Okay, just don’t pass out on me again,” Addison says.
“Holy shit, this is where you grew up? I knew you were rich. I didn’t know you were royalty.” Addison stares at the house through the windshield as the car approaches the twisty driveway.
“I’ve told you numerous times I was a dark prince.” I smirk at her.
“Yeah, but I thought you were joking.” Addi turns in her seat to look at me. “Lex, I love you and you know I’d do anything for you, but I do not belong here.”
“Hey, listen to me, Addison Marie Sanders. You belong everywhere and anywhere you want to be. You are the best friend of Lex Valentino-Petrov. Whatever door you approach will open for you, Addi.”
“Okay, that’s… a lot, Lex. And I’m not your friend because I want benefits,” she says.
“You literally just asked me to fuck you,” I remind her.
Addison gasps. “I did not. I said if you don’t want to help a girl out, I’m going to have to find someone who will.”
