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“Supermodel?”

“Stephania.”

“Stephania? The woman who has a billboard up on Canal Street right now?ThatStephania?”

“Yes, no-last-name Stephania.”

“She’s on a dating app?”

“She is. I have video evidence to prove it,” Asher said.

“What?” Sophie laughed. “You’re serious?”

“We’re exchanging messages.”

“You’re messaging with Stephania?” Sophie asked.

Asher laughed then and replied, “Yes. But it’s not going to go anywhere. She’s in town for work.”

“Does she want to meet you?”

“I think so.”

“Holy shit, Asher!”

“Weren’t you just on Team Linden a minute ago? Now, you want me to meet a stranger?”

“She’s Stephania,” Sophie offered in explanation. “I’dmeet with her.”

“You already have your soulmate. Leave some women for the rest of us,” Asher teased.

“What does Linden think?”

“About what?”

“The supermodel, Asher.”

“Oh. I don’t know. I thought I was being catfished when I told her initially, and I found out that I wasn’t right before you walked into my office. Her face was weird, though, when I told her that it was really Stephania.”

“Weird, how?” Sophie asked.

“I don’t know. Like I told you, I can’t seem to read her anymore, and I hate it. I miss being able to tell what she’s thinking.”

“So, what are you going to do?”

“I haven’t figured that part out yet,” she answered honestly.

CHAPTER 18

“So, how does it feel to be back?” Linden asked.

“God, it’s good. I missed her so much. It hasn’t even been that long, but it’s like one night without her is too much,” Bryce said. “We were supposed to see each other right after Monica and Bridgette got engaged, but they wanted me in LA, and Sophie told me to go.”

“Can you believe that Kyle and Melinda are engaged, too, now?”

“Yeah,” Bryce said with a laugh. “I’m only surprised that Bridgette and Monica beat them to it because Kyle and Mel met first, technically. It’s good, though. It makes me wish that Sophie and I wouldn’t have gotten separated that night. We could’ve been engaged soon, too.”

“Yeah?”

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