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Xander let out a couple of startled coughs on the other end, clearly caught off guard by my overly sweet tone." What kind of favor?" he asked, trying to sound composed.

"DracoLux doesn't just have male models; they must have female ones too, right? Are you close to any of them?" I asked bluntly. Now that I was sure he was Hayden, I didn't see the point in holding back.

Honestly, it was almost laughable. After all my sneaky efforts to figure out if he was Hayden, a simple plate of meatballs had been the thing to out him.

"What are you planning to do?" he asked, still keeping up his act.

I couldn't tell if the meatballs were his way of dropping a hint, but since he was so committed to the undercover bit, I decided to roll with it. "Oh, nothing big. I just want to try something new-see what it's like to be a female model there." "What?" His voice cracked, loaded with disbelief.

"I want to be a female model in DracoLux," I repeated, biting back a laugh. "I figured you could help me get in."

"That's not happening," he said immediately.

Feigning innocence, I asked, "Why not? What, am I not pretty enough? Is my figure not good enough?"

those," he said, his tone suddenly serious-so Hayden. "It's just not a place

working there, aren't you?" I shot

quiet for a few seconds before he finally said, "I won't let you go there. And I

that's the Hayden I

still wasn't admitting it outright, I decided to keep up the act. As far as I was concerned, he was Xander-the perfect target for

myself," I said, acting like I was about

say it, and I'll help you," he said, clearly catching on

"I really do just

so I threw in a dramatic sigh. "Why is it

dropped, serious and angry. "Do you even know what the female models at DracoLux actually do? Do you understand how

of ice water. My chest tightened as his anger sank in. Demi hadn't been lying-Cole

thought about Hayden-no, Xander-spending months at that place. Before I could stop myself, I blurted, "And you?

silence that followed was suffocating. My thoughts started spiraling. "Why aren't you answering? Is

"None," he said.

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