Brody recently split with Kristin Cavalleri, the former star of the MTV reality TV show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Shortly after, he was seen with Nicole at an outdoor cafe, leaning in close and laughing. “They were hanging out and they were definitely ‘together’,�? said one eyewitness at the time. “They looked like they’re crazy about one another.�?

And while Brody said the pair were “just friends�?, they were spotted again the following day having dinner at II Sole.

Nicole seemed happy for the first time since she split with fiancé Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, earlier this year. Insiders say Paris is determined to hurt her former best friend and now bitter rival, and did so by forgetting about her “love�? for on-again/off-again boyfriend Stavros Niarchos to seduce Brody