Luca Reed played me like I was his favorite monopoly piece. When one foolish decision led me into his bed again, he said it was a mistake and I vowed to avoid him like the plague he was. A year later, my best friend dubbed me her maid of honor, and we booked it to a tropical paradise for her wedding. The hype of spending an entire week soaking up sun rays fizzled when I found out Luca was the best man. All I wanted was to pretend he didn’t exist. But there was something about the charismatic ER nurse that made my common sense fly out the window. Maybe it was the way his baby-blues stripped me of all my defenses whenever he looked my way, or maybe it was because he could make me feel things I didn’t feel with anyone else. My conviction stayed firm until enticing run-ins with Luca reminded me just how irresistible his charm could be.