The Perfect Match: A New Adult Erotic Romance (Inseparable Book 2) by Bella Chal Read Free Book Online

me to get home on the weekends if I wanted.”
    Polly smiled broadly. “Seriously? That would be so cool! We could hang out!”
    “I’d really like that,” Charlotte said. “And I’d love the chance to get to know Aunt Julie better.”
    “She’s so great,” Polly said. “I’ve known her since we were in third grade. We go out about once a week with some other friends. You’d fit right in!”
    Kurt barely listened to the happy banter while he plowed through his drink. Maybe when his sister went back to school in Lafayette, things would get back to normal and he’d recover that sense of peace he’d lost.
    Trey got his attention with a concerned expression on his face. “You okay?” he whispered as the girls kept chatting.
    “Naw,” Kurt said and bit the inside of his cheek to keep his cool.
    “Come on,” he said as he scooted his chair back. “Over there.”
    Kurt got up with his drink and leaned over the railing to peer into the brackish water under them. Trey leaned next to him and said, “Talk to me.”
    “Nothin’ to say, really. It is what it is.”
    “Kendall was going off about how you yelled at her. What happened there?”
    “Look, this has to stay between us, okay?” Kurt whispered. When Trey nodded, Kurt said, “I caught her trying to get pregnant on me. Things had been going sour for a while, but that was the end of it for me. Now she won’t take no for an answer.”
    Trey nodded and said, “It happens more often than you think. I got the same kind of problems at school, just like you said the other night.”
    “Wrap that rascal,” Kurt said with a sad chuckle. “She pushed my buttons hard, basically saying what you said the other night. That I’m gonna end up with her one way or the other. It kinda fucked me up. I shouldn’t have screamed at her like that.”
    “Yeah.” Trey paused for a moment. “Look, I’m gonna level with you. I know you like Polly, so I don’t want things to get weird between us.”
    “Why should it get weird? She’s going home today.”
    “I’m gonna go for her.”
    Kurt raised his drink and took a long sip. “She ain’t the kinda girl your mama’s gonna let you marry, Trey.”
    He chuffed a laugh. “I ain’t gonna marry her, I just wanna mess around with her for a while. That sorority girl you heard about is off doing a semester in Europe and I get lonely at Christmas.”
    “Wait,” Kurt said as he stood up to look at his cousin. “You tell Polly about your girlfriend?”
    “Naw,” he said, standing up slowly. “Why make it complicated? Besides, my girl let me off the hook for while she’s gone, so it ain’t even cheatin’.”
    “You piece of shit,” Kurt said, slowly shaking his head in disbelief.
    “What’s it matter to you anyway?” Trey asked. “You think she’s gonna come back here to the swamp to be with you ? Please!”
    “You can’t do this,” Kurt whispered.
    “It’s gonna get done by Christmas. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
    “I’ll tell her,” Kurt said, his anger rising at last.
    “I’ll just deny it and make you look a bigger fool than you already do,” Trey said as Kurt glared at him. “You think I can’t?”
    “We done,” Kurt said. “You and me, we done.”
    “Shit, Kurt, we never even started,” he said with a dismissive shake of his head and walked back to the table without a backward glance.
    * * *
    T he ride back to Pawpaw and Meemee’s house seemed much longer with Charlotte driving. Kurt hadn’t said a word to anyone since talking to Trey. The idea of Polly and his cousin being together was driving him insane. He opened his mouth a dozen times to tell them all what Trey had said, but the fear that no one would believe him kept shutting it.
    When they got back, Uncle Jack was loading up the van with their suitcases and the coolers full of snacks and drinks for the road. Polly and Charlotte headed into the house to get Polly’s things, while Trey went over to talk to Jack.
    Standing