"Stop talking to my mother!" Nicholas seemed to be annoyed out of his mind. "Now why in the hell would I do that?" How could that even be possible? "She keeps telling me how I should date a nice girl like you! You're manipulating her to get me!" "Puh-lease, I could get anyone without any help or games. Besides, if I wanted you I would tell you." It wouldn't be a first time for me. "No, you couldn't." He seemed so sure. "Is that a challenge?" I was really just joking, but he took it seriously. -- Charity has been involved in charity work since she turned 14 years. From working she knows one person: the school's notorious bad boy's mother Matilda. But she calls her Maddy. Nicholas is like an onion, or like a cabbage: full of layers. He has many secrets, and Charity is just about to find out the truth about him. And maybe there will be some sparkles between them?