[001] beautiful on the outside, rotten on the inside
Alice can sense that something's off with her boyfriend (if she could even call him that).
Max Sterling was the kind of guy to wear his emotions on his sleeve, Alice could never understand that about him. He was sensitive and always said what was on his mind, when most couldn't afford the luxury. Alice was one of those who couldn't. And yet the man who was in touch with his emotions and the woman who had shut off her emotions years ago had managed to form a (mostly physical) relationship that was on and off for seven months or so.
Max was way too good for Alice. She knew that. But she was greedy and liked beautiful things, and Max was beautiful. He was handsome and rich which was all Alice really needed. Other than that, they didn't seem to have a whole lot in common. Alice wasn't sure why she stayed with Max. After all, Alice was too cold hearted and closed off and just too plain bitchy to be with Max. But he managed to stick by her for this long, perhaps hoping for some sort of change within her that'd never come.