CLUSTERF*CK

Chapter 2

EDDIE

Icould have been more subtle when I first met April Devers, but subtlety has never been my specialty.

I learned long ago that women preferred a man who was upfront with his motives, even when that woman was married.

So I asked April for a coffee, a bear claw, and her phone number.

She looked me over for a few seconds longer than necessary. I knew she liked what she saw.

I mean, what woman didn’t?

A few seconds later, she flashed me her wedding ring. I’d expected that, but it didn’t give me any pause.

As I told her, that only made it more of a challenge.

Besides, I already knew April wasn’t happy in her marriage.

You see, April wasn’t just some random woman I was hitting on.

April had been selected.