Founded on Rejection: An Unrequited Love Age Gap Romance (The Mixtape Series Book 4) by Kat Singleton

Author:Kat Singleton [Singleton, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kat Singleton
Published: 2022-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

I don’t know what it says about me, but this is my first real date. At least what I’d consider to be one, and it isn’t even a date. Not for Poe at least.

When I’d hopped from one city to another, roaming from one country to the next, I’d met boys. I’d met men that I’d spend time with. I’d even be intimate with them. But it never felt real. I never felt butterflies with them. There was no excitement, it was something to do to pass the time. It wasn’t that I didn’t enjoy myself, it was just that in the back of my mind, I knew nothing was going to come out of me spending time with them.

With Poe it feels different even though I know we’ll never truly have a real date.

A fake half-date with Poe still seems better than a real date with anyone else.

Poe and I sit in his trunk, doing this weird not snuggling, but it’s awfully close thing. The space isn’t very large. Our legs press up against one another. I’m able to lean back and stretch my legs all the way out. My toes touch the end of his SUV, but I’m still able to do it. Poe has to have his legs bent at the knee to properly fit. His bent knee rests slightly on top of mine. It’s all I can focus on, feeling the way his weight slightly comes down on top of my knee.

I’m biting the head off a gummy bear when he speaks up. His voice is quiet, laced with emotion.

“Connor, my best friend, he died.”

My stomach drops. A funny feeling takes over my entire body as sadness washes over me. “What?” I ask. There are so many better things I could say, but that’s the first thing that falls from my mouth. I don’t know if it’s the sad funeral scene that plays that has him telling me this, or if he’s continuing our conversation from earlier about his best friend. Either way, it takes me off guard.

He adjusts his position. His arm comes to rest across the backseat. If I leaned back a bit, I’d be leaning into his arm. I’m almost tempted to do so, to find out if he would keep his arm there or move it.

Poe’s eyes are sad when he looks at me. “He died when we were still in high school. It was an accidental drowning. Veronica was dating him at the time. She was also there when it happened.”

Shock rolls through me. I feel terrible for pestering him with questions about his best friend. “I can’t even imagine.”

"Yeah.” He takes a deep breath. “The two of us had got into a huge argument the morning before it happened. We were supposed to hang out that day, but he wanted to see Veronica instead.”

The only thing I think to say is, “I’m sorry.” I hate that at the moment I can’t think of anything else. I know firsthand how terrible it is to hear people say “I’m sorry” when something traumatic happens to you.

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