PROLOGUE-BUCK
Ihad to admit watching my best friend find his happy ever after was fun at first. Delani was perfect for Sonny in ways I didn’t even think the man himself could guess.
I adored the woman, and not just for her chocolaty confections. She was sweet, kind, funny—simply put, a beautiful person all around.
There was only one thing wrong with Delani, and that was her best friend.
Jan Morrow.
I’d never met a more maddening woman in my life.
Fine.
Maybe that wasn’t entirely true.
My cousin Melanie was a helluva lot more annoying. Jan didn’t annoy me. She just drove me crazy.
I mean, she had some redeeming qualities.
Like her ass.
I wasn’t some male chauvinist pig.
Really, I’m not.
The woman simply had an ass that wouldn’t quit. One of those glorious round numbers that swayed from side to side when she walked.
It was the kind of ass that kept a guy up for nights on end thinking how good it would feel to sleep pressed against all that softness all night long.
Fuck. I’m sick.
I wanted to hit on her the second I saw her, but she was Sonny’s woman’s best friend. I wasn’t sure about the rules on that, then after meeting her it didn’t matter.
“Hi, I’m Buck,” I’d said, introducing myself.
But she took one look at me and shook her head.
“Don’t even think about it, Buckeroo. I am not in the market for any of what you’re offering,” she’d said, waving her hand in my general direction.
At the time, I didn’t know if she was referring to my job as a bartender, or my appearance, or what.
It didn’t matter.
What did matter was she had sent some rather strong no fucking way, pal vibes in my direction.
I liked to think I was smarter than I probably was. Just like a million other guys, I supposed. But I read the room, and I stayed away from Jan. Even though it wasn’t easy.
I mean, the woman drew me to her like a magnet without even trying. Still, I was raised to be respectful. She clearly was not into me, so I backed away, resigned to let this one get away.
Only, well, we were thrown together a lot. Like a lot a lot. Especially over the past few months. But that’s what happened when your besties became an item.
As Sonny’s best friend, it was inevitable I’d run into the woman with the sassy attitude and curvaceous body.
When Sonny proposed to Delani, he asked me to be his best man, which meant Jan and I were thrown together even more.
She was Delani’s maid of honor, of course, so yeah, we had to do a lot of crap together. Which was super hard since the exasperating female never agreed with anything I said.
If I wanted to host the engagement party outside, she found ten reasons why it should be inside.