Baby Love(51)

"I don't know. You seem distracted all of a sudden."

He didn't respond. He flipped his Blackberry on to check messages and emails.

"Trey," I said, still watching him. "What is it?"

"Oh - it's nothing I guess. It's just that when I went downstairs just now, Libby was in the kitchen getting a glass of ice water. My Blackberry was on the counter near the sink. When I retrieved it off the counter and turned to leave it was like her hand brushed against my crotch accidently."

"What do you mean accidently?" I hissed.

"I mean it was like she was turning away from the sink as I was leaving the room and her hand just kind of brushed against me as she went to get ice from the icemaker."

"Well did she say anything?"

"I thought maybe it was my fault for getting in her path so I said 'sorry' and she said there was nothing at all for me to be sorry about."

"That bitch!" I hissed.

"Tylar please let it go. I'm certain it was an accident. I don't want anything ruining Tristan's party, okay?"

"Trey she has been overly attentive to you since we got here."

"She has not Tylar. She's all about Tristan. Now let's forget about it okay?"

I gave him a mumbled 'whatever' turning over on my side away from him. Trey had it wrong. Tristan was all about her but she was not all about Tristan. She was about herself and getting anything and everything she wanted.

Trey and I awoke during the night to the sound of Tristan and Libby's relentless f*cking. There was no way it could be deemed 'lovemaking.' It was mostly Libby's high pitched shrieking and moaning and telling Tristan what she wanted and where she wanted it. It appeared that he aimed to please.

"Jesus Christ," Trey muttered after wrapping a pillow around his head to cover his ears had failed to drown out the sounds from the next room. He leapt up out of our bed and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going?" I whispered loudly.

"I'm going to tell them to f*cking keep it down," he snapped.

"Oh, so you're going to pull a 'Caroline' on them?"

"Bullshit Tylar. You and I were never that loud. This is ridiculous."

"Trey I thought you wanted to make sure that Tristan had a great 40th birthday weekend? If this makes him happy you can certainly endure it for the sake of your brother, right?"

I was right back at him for telling me earlier to keep quiet about Libby brushing against his crotch in the kitchen.

Trey relented grudgingly coming back to bed. We spent the rest of the night trying to cover our ears to drown out the sounds coming from the next room.





CHAPTER 18



Nigel and Tess had arrived the following morning. I had finally gotten to know Tess better. I found that I actually liked her. I could see how much she and Nigel had in common. It was funny but having spent more time with her I could see that she would never have been a good match for Trey.

We helped Susan get the house decorated for the party. Trey, Tristan and Nigel had gone over to the winery to see the progress being made on the expansion. Libby had tagged along with the men preferring their company to ours apparently.

Tess and I were working on one of Susan's candy corn centerpieces as she gave us directions from the kitchen. Clive was in the living room playing with Preston.

"So Tylar," Tess spoke up softly. "What do you think of Tristan's girlfriend?"

"What do you think of Libby?" I countered.

"No fair," she laughed quietly. "I asked you first."

"Well honestly, I don't know her all that well yet but at first blush - I think she rocks Tristan's world sexually and I wish you and Nigel's room was next to theirs instead of ours."

Her eyes widened in surprise.

"That loud huh?"

"Yep - and all night long."

She giggled softly. "We can't pick our in-laws I guess."

I smiled at Tess. The truth was, I could do a whole lot worse for a sister-in-law than Tess - Caroline or Libby for example.

"Exactly," I answered. "Speaking of which I understand that Caroline is now your sister-in-law instead of mine. Congratulations!"

This brought more giggling from Tess and I saw her blush.

"Yeah that was all pretty screwed up wasn't it?"

"Let's just say that Trey and I are never bored at a family get together."

"I hear that," she replied, putting the finishing touches on the centerpiece.

"You know Tylar, I am so glad that you are with Trey. You two are perfect for each other - I mean the same way that it feels like Nigel and I are perfect for each other. I'm glad that you and Trey discovered it before you had to go through disastrous marriages like he and I did."

"Thank you, Tess. I'm glad you are finally happy. Nigel seems so happy as well. Are you uncomfortable being around Caroline?"

"No, not really," she replied. "We finally came to terms with all that happened. I mean I'm not proud of what I did but sometimes it's like Nigel says, 'the heart wants what the heart wants' I guess."

I could picture Nigel telling her that. I saw a sweetness in him that I hadn't seen when he was with Caroline.