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Maisie gave a wave of her hand to say it wasn’t that big of a deal.

“You’ll have to forgive them,” Winnie said. “They’re all a little shellshocked. This is the first time they’ve ever seen Finn take a girl up there to sing.”

“And the first girl he’s texted about,” Cedric piped in.

“And basically the first girl of his we’ve ever met,” Graham said.

“Who Finn is dating?” Matthew added with a questioning gaze.

Winnie nudged Matthew into silence, and Maisie would have laughed, had she not been thoroughly occupied with her own thoughts.

Was what they were saying true? Had Finn been messaging about her? Had he never introduced them to another woman before?

No matter the answer to any of those questions, she had to clear up one thing first, if only to avoid Finn getting into trouble at his job.

“No, we’re not dating,” she clarified. “I’m just a girl on his bus tour.”

“That’s not what Finn was sayin’,” Cedric said with a knowing look.

“Okay, you guys seriously need to chill,” Winnie said, then she faced Maisie again with a shake of her head. “So you’re from the US, I hear?”

“Yep. North Dakota. I’m guessing you’re from the States, too?”

“New York,” she said with a nod. “Though technically, I live in England now.”

She glanced at Matthew, and the guy finally tore his suspicious gaze off Maisie to look at Winnie. Maisie could have sworn she saw his blue eyes shift to heart-shaped. The two were definitely dating.

Silence ensued, and Maisie chewed her lower lip. She needed to say something—bonus points if it was something impressive.

“Okay, so let me see if I can remember your names,” she said, pointing first to Winnie, then moving right to left. “Winnie, Matthew, Graham, and Cedric?”

“Very impressive,” Cedric said, flashing another grin.

This one was as charming as Finn.

“What would be impressive is if I could name where you’re all from,” she said.

“Have a go,” Matthew said.

“Well, I know Winnie is from the States. Matthew is from England?” Matthew nodded. “Graham is obviously Scottish.”

“Obviously,” Graham repeated with a grin.

“And you…” She pointed at Cedric. “I have no idea.”

“Have a guess,” Cedric said, giving her a nod and a wink.

How did four attractive men from four different countries end up in the same group together—and how did Winnie win the jackpot by being included with them?

She hesitated. “Okay, you must have met at college in England,” she deduced. “But you definitely don’t sound like Matthew. So you could be from the…south of England?”

“No.”

He gave her nothing else.

“She’s not going to guess it because no one knows about your country, Ced,” Matthew joked.

Cedric frowned. “Because you lot are louder than all my country combined.”