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beginning.  ‘ Just Sydney’, he laughed to himself, walking back to the head table.
    The day was finally coming to an end.  The bouquet had been thrown, the garter had been tossed, and all of the photos had been taken.  Jackson and Keri were standing near the doors hugging guests and shaking their hands as they were leaving.  Mason honestly couldn’t wait to get home.  As much as he may have enjoyed being there for his brother as his best man, he hated weddings, and since he wasn’t leaving with anyone this time he hated them even more.   Looking around with not much else to do, he spotted Erika and her boyfriend Chris walking out of the hotel.
    “Chris,” Mason shook his hand as they walked towards him.  “I’m glad the two of you made it out.”
    “The wedding was so beautiful,” Erika mentioned.  “I really had a great time.”
    If Chris didn’t pick up on her underlying tone, Mason surely did. 
    Chris knew the two of them had been friends for a long time, but he was entirely oblivious to anything else going on between them.  To some, the quirky comments, quick glances, and both of them disappearing at the same time would have been enough to put two and two together, but not with Chris.  He kissed Erika on the cheek and went to get the car, leaving the two of them in conversation. 
    “You’re really bold to pull that in front of him,” Mason said. 
    She looked off at Chris walking to the car,
    “Chris is in love with me. You and I could be fully naked in the same room and he’d think it was an accident,” she laughed. “I’ll see you later?” she asked, preparing to walk to the car. 
    She waited for a response, but Mason gave none.  In the midst of their conversation, he had toned out without her knowing, without him even knowing, and fixed his focus elsewhere. 
    Erika followed his eyes, looking off behind her, past the crowd of people, over to the taxi station.  The woman she saw was pretty, petite, and extremely well put together; she almost even admired her outfit.  She knew how Mason was, so she didn’t get upset at all.  She leaned in and gave him a hug as Chris pulled the car around.
    “Good luck with that one,” Erika whispered, lightly kissing him on his cheek. 
    By the look of her, Erika could tell she wasn’t his type.  She was too put together, too neat.  Mason was all about the one night experience; it was clear to her that this girl wasn’t. She bit the corner of her lip searching for something to say that wouldn’t make her seem jealous but enough to pull his attention back but it was too late.  He had already made his way in the other direction.
    Mason walked over to the taxi station before a cab arrived, thinking he still had a chance to close the deal with her.  He enjoyed the ease of conversation at the bar, but he wasn’t going to lie to himself.  She was sexy and he wanted to see and to know more of her.
    “Sydney, right?” he called out. 
    She looked down at her watch without making eye contact with him.  She had a smile on her face that was warm and inviting.  What he wasn’t sure of was whether she was smiling for him or if she just smiled to smile.  He tried to be his usual self, as he would with any other girl he intended to take back home with him. 
    “What, you’re not staying for the after party?” he joked.
    She laughed.
    “I have an early morning meeting tomorrow, so no, no after party for me.”
    “You know, I have a car not too far from here. If you don’t mind I can take you wherever you need to go,” Mason offered. 
    “And knowing that, where I need to go is home. I don’t think that would be a good idea at all.  Besides, we just met a few hours ago and technically you are still a stranger who knows very little about me.” 
    Mason laughed, feeling his chances dwindling by the second.  He had never worked so hard to get a woman’s attention, but this one was giving him a run for his money.
    “Well, tell you