Lorenzo and ...Erica?

As I flipped through my Us Weekly Magazine this weekend, I was horrified when I reached page 36. There, staring me in the face was a picture of the last Bachelor, Lorenzo Borghese, with his arm around the socialite tramp of that season, Erica Rose. "Say it ain't so" was my first reaction. And it was in the "Spring Romance" section. Uh-oh.

Well, turns out that's exactly the reaction Erica and Lorenzo were trying to get. Here's what the mag had to say about the picture:

Lorenzo Borghese went public with his third fling from The Bachelor: Rome, Erica Rose, at a Children's Aid Society benefit in NYC March 31. "We know our hanging out would send tongues wagging, so at least we're helping a good cause," she tells Us.

I am pretty sure that's code for the fact that they aren't dating and that he was just trying to help out the charity. Am I just reading it to say what I want it to?