Unveil by Amber Garza Read Free Book Online

she had chosen him he never would’ve let her go.” Janna pursed her glossy lips.
    “You read too many romance novels,” Haley replied. “Anyway, it doesn’t matter what Tanner says. Weren’t you paying attention? She chose Isaac. He’s her true love.”
    “I don’t know.” Janna tossed a strand of black hair over her shoulder. “I’ve never met this Isaac guy but I have seen Tanner and Kenzie together and there is some major chemistry between them.”
    Haley bit her lip. I knew she agreed with Janna because she had said the same thing before.
    I held my head in my hands, wanting to scream. They were both right. Tanner and I did have chemistry. Wasn’t that why Isaac broke up with me? And I was going to have to deal with my feelings for him if I had any hope of getting Isaac back. Only it wasn’t going to be that easy. Tanner didn’t want anything to do with me. And I was afraid of what might happen if he did.
    I looked up and my heart stopped. There was Tanner, and he was in the last place I ever expected to see him. My face must have registered the shock I felt, because the whole table turned around, following my gaze.
    “Why is he with Scarlet?” Haley shook her head in disbelief. “They’re not back together, are they?”
    “So much for undying love,” Janna said.
    Nausea crashed over me. I thought back to Tanner’s confession about how he drugged Scarlet’s drink. Would she really have taken him back after that? It didn’t seem like she would when she confronted me in the bathroom about it a couple months prior. Of course, at the time she thought Tanner and I were together so maybe it was just jealousy talking. I watched them sit at the jock’s table together. They looked so at ease, it made my heart ache. Although, I supposed it made sense. They had been going out all of high school and had only just broken up over the summer. I knew I should be happy for Tanner but all I felt was irrational jealousy.
    “Why would he go back to her?” Janna furrowed her brows in confusion. “Even if he can’t have Kenzie, there are plenty of girls at the church who like him.”
    “Scarlet’s safe,” Rick chimed in.
    “What’s that supposed to mean?” I stared at Tanner and Scarlet, unable to tear my eyes away. I noticed Derek and Chelsea near them and I finally understood how Haley felt having to watch her ex-boyfriend and former friend hang on each other every day.
    “Only that you hurt him. Now I think he’s looking for someone to fall back on.”
    Usually Rick hardly talked at all. Why had he become so chatty all of the sudden?
    “I didn’t do it on purpose.” I bristled.
    Rick shrugged his shoulders. “I’m just saying that you did lead him on a little.”
    There was no way Rick could come up with all of this on his own. He wasn’t the most perceptive guy in the whole world. “Have you been talking to him?”
    Rick’s face flushed.
    “When did you talk to him?” Janna asked. “I never saw him.”
    That did seem weird. Janna and Rick were pretty much attached at the hip.
    Rick sighed. “I saw him in the halls the other day and asked why he wasn’t at youth group or church. I also asked him why he didn’t eat lunch with us anymore.”
    I leaned forward, holding my breath. “And?”
    “He can’t stand to be around you right now. He really thought you felt the same way about him that he did about you.”
    My throat burned, my eyes stung. Haley reached out her hand and covered mine. The sympathy was too much and I thought it might send me over the edge, so I yanked my hand away. Sniffing, I glanced back at Tanner. He and Scarlet were deep in conversation. I thought back to last month when we sat on this very same bench deep in our own conversation. I remembered his forehead practically touching mine. I pictured his smile, the scent of his skin, and the feel of his touch. Jealousy reared its ugly head and I breathed deeply to ward off the anger I felt toward Scarlet. It was misdirected