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

there in the yard, Kurt kept hoping it was a dream and he’d wake up soon. The whole, horrible weekend replayed in his mind like the mirrors in a fun house. Everything was distorted and wrong, making him feel dizzy and disoriented. He tried blaming the daiquiri, Trey, and Kendall, but the truth was there like a sand bar under the surface of the river.
    Polly came out with her suitcase, but Trey raced over to carry it for her before Kurt could move. Charlotte came over to stand with Kurt near the van to say goodbye. Trey handed the suitcase to Jack, then the four of them came together one last time.
    Polly hugged Charlotte close. “Oh, I’m so glad I met you! You’ve got my number and my email. I expect you to keep in touch.”
    “Oh, I will, trust me,” Charlotte said as they let go.
    When she turned to Kurt, he felt his heart stop. She was gorgeous, with an inner light that glowed through her face like a sunbeam. She hugged and let him go again before he could move, but the brief contact burned away the fog in his head and left him smiling despite himself. “Kurt, I had so much fun with you on the boat yesterday. You are a great guy. Don’t let what happened with Kendall keep you down, okay?”
    “I’ll be fine,” he said with more enthusiasm than he felt.
    When she turned to Trey, he swept her up in a spinning hug that lifted her feet off the ground. He kissed her before he began to lower her slowly. By the time her feet touched the ground, she was kissing him back, her arms wrapped tight around his neck.
    Kurt felt his stomach lurch, but kept the fake smile plastered on his face until they parted.
    “Mommy,” Lisa shouted from the back steps. “Aunt Polly is kissing Uncle Trey!”
    “Trey and Polly, sittin’ in a tree,” Jen sang as she danced up to hug Polly’s leg. “K-I-S-S-I-N-G!”
    “I’ll be seeing you,” Trey whispered close to her face.
    “I hope so,” Polly said with a grin as she backed away. “Thanks again for everything,” she said to them all as she helped the girls climb into the back seat.
    There were a few more waves goodbye before Kurt felt his heart start beating again. When it did, the pain nearly took his breath away. He wasn’t going to be okay, he realized then. Nothing would ever be okay again unless he did something different.

Chapter 5: Polly
    P olly had just rung the doorbell at Julie’s house when her phone beeped to indicate an incoming text. After digging through her purse for her phone, she unlocked the screen to read the text with a chuckle.
    Jen opened the door and said, “Hi, Aunt Polly.” After stepping back to let her inside, she yelled in her childish sing-song voice, “Julie-Mom! Aunt Polly’s here!”
    Polly was still grinning as she stepped inside. “Hey, Jen!”
    “Come see what we made,” she yelled and dashed off towards the kitchen. Polly followed to find Jen and Lisa sitting at the kitchen table covered with paper, stickers, and glitter in every color of the rainbow. Both girls held up their pictures to show her, but the glitter that hadn’t been glued down yet drizzled down the pages to the fall on the table and floor.
    “Oh, those are beautiful,” she said as she moved Lisa’s arm a bit so the glitter would only fall on the table. “Tell me about them.”
    “Mine is the boat that Uncle Kurt took us on,” Jen said. “See? There’s him at the front driving, and there is you, and me, and Lisa, and Aunt Charlotte.”
    “That’s amazing,” she gushed, holding the picture still so she could see it. “Is that one of the birds we saw diving in the water?”
    “Yes! I haven’t finished drawing the wings, though.” She grabbed a crayon and began to draw them on the body immediately.
    “Tell me about your picture, Lisa,” Polly said as she moved around to the younger girl and bent down closer to see better.
    “It’s you and Uncle Trey kissing,” she sputtered out through a giggle.
    “Oh god,” Polly mumbled as she felt her face