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pride might have been a little hurt. “Yeah, don’t worry about it. You’ll land on your feet—you always do.” I tried to give her a smile, but I think it just came off as a cringe.
    She grinned nonetheless, shrugging. “I’ve been invited to another mixer next week. I have to stop by and see Natalie today, though. Do you need me to...” she trailed off.
    “Good luck.” I didn’t want to hear about any of it. “I have to get to work.”

Mason
    “Alright, so let’s start this off. How old are you?”
    The woman across from me crossed her long, toned legs, laughing lightly at my first question. “Age is just a number, but 45.”
    I tried giving her a grin as Hunter, who sat beside me, laughed. She gave him a smile, then turned her attention back to me. Kristen was a powerful potential client. As far as I could tell, she had a witty personality that might come on too strong for most average guys, but could easily attract smart businessmen. The analysis came so easily to me, now. I hardly seemed to have to think about it, anymore.
    “What do you do for a living?” Hunter asked.
    “I’m a CEO of a fashion house.”
    “Why are you looking for love?”
    She rolled her eyes. “I have a lovely asshole ex-husband who cheated on me with some models. He always liked the younger girls, but about a year ago I had had it. I wouldn’t usually admit this...” she leaned over, confidentially speaking to me. Her eyes took me in now, and I wondered if she had leaned over to present her large—likely fake—breasts to me. I stayed attentive. “I was really hurt, more so by the model he cheated with, than by him. It was his loss.” She gave me a wink.
    “Exactly.” I smiled back at her.
    “Well, I simply want a real man in my life, is that so much to ask?” She eyed me again, eyes glancing downward a little.
    I folded my hands over my desk and nodded at her. “Sure.”
    I instinctively rattled off the next question. “What is your biggest fantasy?”
    “Oooh,” she said, “Let’s see...”
    I had asked Harper that question not so long ago. Harper’s fantasy had been about me—at least, that’s what I had fantasized as she had described the scene. I’d wine and dine her and treat her like the beautiful woman she was, appreciating both her body and mind. And I had, in reality. I had taken her under the soft glow of stars, beneath nature’s greatest glories. I had opened her up to me, mentally and physically, willing her to trust me and give me everything. And she had, given me everything. 
    I could hear Kristen’s voice in the back of my mind, the words now incomprehensible, muffled. Harper’s voice was much more clear, describing to me things she had never said to anyone, trusting me. But the lies had been too much for her, and I couldn’t stop missing her, wanting her near me.
    “Asher,” Hunter mumbled, nudging me with his foot.
    “I’m sorry, what?”
    Kristen blinked. I realized she had asked me a question. Her face was a little flushed, as she stared at me.
    Natalie entered, making us all jump in surprise as she gave Kristen an apologetic smile. “Asher, I need you for a moment.”
    I excused myself as Kristen composed herself, watching me as I walked through the door. Avery Gaines stood before me, arms crossed. She didn’t back down as I closed the door behind me,  “Wow, you look like shit.” Avery quipped as she stood in front of me. She was definitely one to speak her mind, which is likely exactly why she was still single.
    I exchanged a glance with Natalie. She nodded, walking off to attend to her own business.
    “I guess I deserve that, it’s been a rough few days. I’ve been trying to get in touch with Harper for days and she won’t take my calls or answer my texts.” I paused, waiting for some information from the usually talkative Avery, but she didn’t say a word. She knew Harper better than anyone I knew, but she didn’t seem willing to share anything with me.
    “Why am