A Complicated Summer of Love (Complicated Love Series #3) by D M Midgley Read Free Book Online Page A

like fun. I’m going to go and join…maybe I’ll see if I can play on Brandon’s team.” She winks and bounces away toward the guys. I see her race straight up to Brandon and he smiles at her and they are talking until Brandon grabs the ball and positions Maddison in front of him. He pulls her closer while he shows her how to serve the ball. It takes a few attempts for Maddison to get it, and I’m sure part of the time she’s playing dumb so she gets the attention from Brandon. I hear a growl beside me and I turn my head to see Lily looking furious. Her face is bright red, and she keeps clenching and unclenching her fists. She looks like she wants to race over there and knock her out. I can’t help but chuckle and Lily notices.
    “What?” she growls. Annabelle is hiding her broad smile behind her hands and trying to control her giggling.
    “Why can’t you just admit that you like him? You clearly do, going by the expression that’s currently on your face.” I chuckle again and I think we are seriously pissing her off.
    “You are way off the mark. I’m not interested in him, okay?” We don’t have time to say anything else. She gets up and storms back to the bungalows. I look at Annabelle and we can’t control our laughing and it gets to the point that I have tears rolling down my cheeks. After we finally stop, I glance at Annabelle to see that she’s also got tears rolling down her cheeks.
    “I can’t believe she won’t admit it. She likes him, we know it, so why’s she being so stubborn?”
    Annabelle composes herself and replies, “I’m not sure, but she definitely has some competition. Although, I’m not sure where Brandon stands on this. You know him better than me. Do you think he likes Maddison?”
    “You would think I’d know him being with him for over a year, but to be honest, I don’t think we really knew each other as much as we thought we did. Plus, I don’t really know Maddison, but they sure seem to like each other.” We glance back over and Maddison is whispering something in his ear, and she keeps touching him anywhere she can. She is definitely flirting.
    “I know someone else who’s being really stubborn right now, and won’t go after what she wants.” I snap my head toward Annabelle when I hear her words and see she’s smirking.
    “What do you mean by that?”
    “Well, you love Karl, but because you have some stupid thought going through your mind, you won’t give in and commit to him. You want to, I can see it in your eyes. Why won’t you just tell Karl?”
    “Tell me what?” I jerk my head around and stare wide-eyed at Karl standing in front of me. I can’t think of anything to say, and now he’s standing in front of me, I don’t know if I can finally tell him what I really want. I want him so much, but I don’t know how to tell him. Annabelle can see that I’m struggling so she tries to help me out.
    “Oh…she was…um…” Annabelle looks down and plays with her fingers. Well, that went well. She actually helped me out a lot with that answer. I can’t help but glare at her, but she won’t look up. Suddenly she bolts up.
    “I think I’ll go and see what Joshua is doing. Catch you later.” She hurries off and all I want to do is throttle her for leaving me here with no explanation. Karl smiles and grabs my hand to pull me up from the sun lounger.
    “What do you want to tell me, beautiful?” He places his arms around my waist and I can’t help but fall into his embrace. It always feels so damn right being in his arms, and sometimes I don’t understand why I can’t just admit to wanting him and commit to a relationship. The more time we spend together, I know it’s what I want. We are different to my parents, and if I’m honest, deep down I know that we won’t turn out like them. We have so much chemistry between us and I love spending time with him. We really get each other, and I can’t imagine spending my life without him.
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