Best Man...with Benefits by Nancy Warren

Author:Nancy Warren [Warren, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-06-02T23:00:00+00:00

12

SETH AND JACKSON usually got together once a week for a squash game and he was relieved that marriage hadn’t interfered with their games.

He liked the total focus, the speed, the squeak of the ball skidding on the court. He and Seth were well matched so it was always a fight to the finish. This time he eked out a win, but he’d had to fight hard for every point.

After they’d showered, they settled in the lounge for a beer.

“You hear about Willy?” Seth asked.

“Do I want to?” Not that he didn’t have a special fondness for their old schoolmate since his wedding-night prank had resulted in Jackson ending up in Lauren’s bed, but the guy was a pratfall on legs.

“He got arrested.”

Jackson almost choked on his beer. “What?”

Seth couldn’t keep the grin off his face. “He went to a bar, see. Got shitfaced. Fell for the cocktail waitress and wouldn’t leave her alone until she agreed to go out with him. She told him to pick her up the next day and gave him her address.”

“She must be as dumb as he is.”

“She would be if she’d given him her real address.”

“Oh, I’m liking this girl.”

“Yeah, so he’s too drunk to realize he’s got an address but no phone number. After they get kicked out of the bar because it’s closing time, our boy genius decides to surprise the waitress. He shows up at somebody’s place and starts banging on the door, screaming all the things he’s going to do to this woman.”

He knew Willy. He would not be cooing sweet nothings, but yelling crude suggestions. Also, Willy liked to sing when he was drunk. Loud, inappropriate songs. “Was there singing involved?”

“Probably. So the woman at the address calls the cops. They arrest him for lewd behavior or something. She also caught him peeing in her front yard so she decided to press charges.”

“Ouch.”

“Yep. Willy had to call in his dad.”

“Double ouch.” Willy’s father was a famous criminal lawyer who would not have been thrilled by his son’s antics.

“But there’s a silver lining.”

“I can’t even imagine.”

Seth leaned back, enjoying telling the story almost as much as Jackson was enjoying hearing it. “The story gets out on some blogs and the cocktail waitress tracks him down. I’m not implying that she’s figured out he’s a rich kid with a silver spoon. Maybe she fell in love with his mug shot—who knows? She tells him she made a mistake giving him the wrong address. The person whose bushes he peed in took a cash settlement and an apology, and his dad smoothed things over with the cops. Now Willy and the cocktail waitress are dating.”

Jackson threw his head back and laughed, which started Seth off. They laughed so hard that other club members turned to stare. “Ain’t love grand,” he said when he could finally speak.

They toasted Willy. Drank some beer. “Speaking of love, how’s married life treating you?” he asked.

Seth’s humor faded. “It’s okay. Takes some getting used to, I guess.

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