Meant For Me by Erin McCarthy

Author:Erin McCarthy [McCarthy, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I texted Chloe and asked to see her before I left. Her answer was simple.

No.

As I dropped my backpack onto the floor before head out to the ferry¸ my sister gave me a hug and one of those long annoying looks.

“What?” I growled at her. I had barely slept the night before and I was cracked out exhausted. Frustrated.

“You’re back to your charming self this morning. Late night?”

We were in the kitchen and she was making herself lunch. I was drinking the coffee that had still been sitting in the pot from her morning brew. It was lukewarm and bitter.

“If you’re hungover I can make you eggs. They always help.”

She didn’t sound judgmental, but I was hyper-sensitive. “I didn’t drink anything last night. I’m just in a bad mood.”

Emma was on her hip and she held the baby while making a sandwich. She gave me an amused look over her shoulder. “Are you sad to leave your new girlfriend?”

Yeah. Some things never changed. Me and Aub would always take delight in giving each other crap. “We kind of had a fight.” I chewed my fingernail.

“What kind of fight?”

“None of your business.”

“I hope you’re not pushing her to have sex or whatever. I think she’s fairly innocent, Ethan.”

I snorted. “We had the opposite problem, trust me. She wanted to bang on the beach and I said it was too soon.”

Aubrey’s eyebrows shot up. “For real? You were the voice of reason?”

That made me smile, just slightly. “I know, right? But the thing is, Aub, I don’t know what she’s thinking because she can’t tell me. So I can’t just nail her without being clear on what it is.”

“So you just want to nail her and make sure she’s knows it’s just a hook up?”

“No. I don’t want just a hook up with Chloe. She’s different.” I meant that. “But I don’t want her thinking that we can have a relationship.”

“Then how is that different from just a hook up?”

“It’s more like a… I care about you but we can’t date. But in the end, I couldn’t do it anyway because even though I want her, I knew it would complicate the shit out of things and her feelings would probably be hurt. So I told her and now she’s pissed at me.” I knew it wasn’t exactly logical. But I couldn’t relegate Chloe to the same category as other girls I’d hooked up with. She was different. Very different. I liked her. But it wasn’t like we could date, so what did I do with all of it? Not having sex was the right thing to do, I knew that. I just hadn’t exactly gone about having the conversation in the best way possible.

“She’s probably just embarrassed. She’ll come around. Chloe isn’t a grudge holder.” Aubrey turned with a plate in her free hand and sat down opposite of me at the table. She put Emma into her lap, leaning against her stomach and picked up her sandwich one-handed.

“Do you want me to hold her so you can eat?” I asked.

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