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I’m about to head in when, to my surprise, I see Lexi standing by my doorway.
“Hey,” I say with annoyance. I still have all kinds of feelings when I see her, mostly of the regretful kind. We both said we wanted a casual relationship, but after a while, as is often the case, she came to want more. When she hinted at it, I was always honest. She could have left at any time, but she chose not to.
I wasn’t happy to have to end things, but I knew it had to be done.
“Mason.” She gives me a surprised look. Uh, I do live here. She doesn’t, so ... “Why are you here, Lexi?”
“Well, Mason, I live in Manhattan and I have a friend in the area, and after visiting her, I wanted to take a nice walk.”
I squint at her suspiciously. It’s chilly out and she never liked being outdoors in the cold. And really ... of all places in Manhattan ... she ends up here?
Lexi shakes her head at me. “Don’t overthink it, Mason. And honestly, I’m not trying to be mean, but don’t flatter yourself. I have no desire to get back together with you. I’ve moved on.”
I’ve got to admit, she’s not looking at me like a woman scorned, or a woman with any romantic interest.
“Sorry,” I shrug. I do get paranoid, but it’s kind of hard not to when everybody wants a piece of you. “So, uh ... how’ve you been?”
“Good, good. Just came back from a runway show in Milan. The offers are kind of slowing down. I’m taking some acting classes, and I’ve gotten a couple of commercials.”
“That’s great.” And I mean it. I only wish her well.
“Lexi,” a voice shouts. “Hey, Lexi.” And the next thing I know, two photographers are running down the street, aiming cameras at us like guns. I flinch. A car stops, and then another car, and more photographers pour out.
“Lexi and Mason,” one of them shouts.
Lexi stumbles and falls right into me, and instinctively, I catch her and set her on her feet.
“What did you do?” I bark at her. “You set this up? Seriously?”
“I did nothing of the kind.” She shakes her head at me. “For God’s sake, Mason, I’m paparazzi bait and so are you. They follow both of us. It’s not my fault.”
But I’m already backing away towards my doorway.
THE DAILY SNITCH
The Daily Snitch
The date doesn’t matter—it’s a sad day...
Lexi Caton, Mason Raker’s supposed ex-flame, was seen outside his apartment looking awfully cozy with him. We wonder if that other Rover stud is aware that his girl is handling multiple sticks...
What does this mean for the Rovers? Can these two alpha men work the ice together after all the drama? One can only hope that this isn’t the end of an era, because this star stalker can say without a doubt, if it were me, I couldn’t look my teammate in the face.
If the Rovers break up over this, poor Lexi will find herself an enemy of the state, no doubt.
Best save your clever costumes for your lover, Mason. She might need to hide out as a cock-a-doodle-do for a bit.
Now that we’d love to see.
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ROWAN
To stay ahead of Amanda,I have to go into stealth mode. I’m at my office, but typing all of my plans into a personal laptop with an encrypted password. I’m currently listing every possible thing I can think of that she might do to sabotage the event.
I pause to look over my list.Release radioactive mutated attack ratsseems unlikely, but this is Amanda we’re talking about here.
Replace waiters with lookalike trained assassins—maybe that’s going too far?
