Oh, Fudge! by Nancy Coco

Author:Nancy Coco [Coco, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Our walk took us by the stables on the way to Main Street. The scent of horses filled the air and the sound of their shoes clomping on the pavement was comforting. The stables belonged to Trent’s family, and he usually smelled of expensive cologne with a hint of horse and leather from the saddles and gear. The stables offered horse rides around the island. I’d never tried it. My horseman skills were sub-par at best. I was a baker, not an equestrian.

I glanced inside to see Victoria talking to someone. As I got closer, I paused. She was talking to Trent. I didn’t even know he was back on the island. They seemed to be in a serious conversation. That’s when it happened. She kissed him.

I froze. He put his arms around her and kissed her back. My boyfriend was kissing my cousin! That was not good. Mal saw Trent and pulled me toward him with great enthusiasm and I tugged her back. “No, Mal,” I said.

It was then that Trent saw me. “Allie.”

“Come on, Mal, we need to go home.” I pulled my dog away from the stables and down the street.

“Allie, wait!”

No, I wasn’t waiting. It was one thing to want to take a portion of the McMurphy from me. But it was a whole other thing to hit on my boyfriend. That was it. I was done with Victoria, and right at the moment I was done with Trent.

“Allie!” he called behind me, but I let the crowds of tourists slow him down as I practically ran to the McMurphy and slammed the door on him. I let Mal off her leash and stormed past Frances.

“What’s going on?”

“Tell Trent Jessop that I’m not talking to him.”

“What happened?” she asked as I hurried up the stairs. I didn’t take the time to answer because the door to the McMurphy opened and Mal went to greet her friend. Traitor.

I was trembling mad when I got to my apartment door. Maybe Rex was right; maybe it was Tori all along. I locked the door behind me and took two steps before Trent pounded on it. “Allie, let me in. It wasn’t what you think.”

“Go away, Trent.”

“Allie, please.”

“I’m not doing this right now,” I said.

“Allie, Tori and I—”

I stormed into my bedroom and closed the door, put on headphones, and listened to soothing music as I paced the length of my room. I figured it would take all of fifteen minutes before he had a business call that he would have to answer.

Trent Jessop was a busy man. Too busy to let me know he was back on the island and too busy kissing my cousin to kiss me. I wanted to stomp my feet and kick something. Back in Chicago when things made me mad I would go to the gym and work the emotion off. I didn’t have time for a gym here. I had taken to doing workout videos.

So I popped in a kickboxing video, put on my gloves, and spent the next forty minutes air punching Trent’s face.

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