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Fuck.

CHAPTER ONE—SONNY

Ihad no idea what she meant, but I knew the names of some talented chefs in the area. Blair Group wanted a tasting party, so I guess had to give one.

The Whiskey Bar, and more importantly, Whiskey Neat, my label, needed their support and if that meant some wining and dining, I could sure as shit provide that.

Afterward, everything would be gold.

The scent of chocolate got stronger, and I frowned. I just had one annoyingly sweet problem. How the fuck were my investors supposed to take me seriously if my bar smelled like a kid’s store?

It seemed avoiding my neighbor wouldn’t be a possibility anymore. I readjusted my dick and gave my balls a pinch to keep the damn thing under control.

I already knew how my body reacted to the lush woman, and I braced myself for it. But something happened next, I could not have predicted.

When I walked into the tight alley that connected our properties, I overheard a telephone conversation. Delani was on the phone with someone, a woman, I quickly discerned.

Shamelessly eavesdropping, I leaned closer to the door. Once I heard what was being said, I couldn’t have walked away if I tried.

“Sorry, Jan. It’s just it will be another Valentine’s Day alone. Again! I am fucking cursed. I can’t believe he cheated on me! Of course, I dumped his stupid ass.”

Was this real? She’d broken up with that asshat!

Holy. Fuck.

Finally, I had an opening.

But what was she going to say when I asked her to close for a few days? I pursed my lips and cleared my throat.

There was nothing else to do, so I raised my hand and knocked.

Time to confront the buxom beauty to find out.

CHAPTER TWO—DELANI

Icould not believe it. He cheated!

That dirty, lying liar!

“Ugh!” I grumbled as I fought with the lock to the front door of my chocolaterie.

I’d stuck with Pete, my disingenuous ex for the last eighteen months, even though I knew there was something missing.

That zing! You know, the one. It was that electric buzz of attraction you felt creep up your spine when you found someone you just clicked with.

Yeah, that. We didn’t have that. It just wasn’t there. And yet, I stayed.

More fool me.

Being a curvy girl I was used to having some not so wonderful choices in the dating world, but I never thought I’d be taken in by a two-timing jerk.

Why was I even upset?

I mean, I knew why I was upset. Seeing Pete with little Peter—yes, the loser named his tiny prick—inside the waitress from the coffee shop next to his apartment was quite the shocker.

I suppose I had a right to be angry. After all, Pete had pursued me.

No, I didn’t find him particularly attractive, but he was attentive and sweet. At least, he was at first.

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