Free My One and Only: Book 1 in the Love and Weddings Trilogy by Shannon Guymon Page B

to know that there’s no way your parents or Kam would be okay with it.”
                  Pule’s mouth turned into a thin hard line as he looked past her shoulder at the wall. “Fine, but what if I didn’t care? What if my family’s opinion didn’t matter to me?”
                  Meredith stared at Pule as he turned back to face her. The door opened suddenly and Pule moved back on the couch as Tristan walked in with a brown grocery bag in his arms.
                  Meredith hopped off the couch like a bunny and practically ran to her brother, taking the bag from him and smiling in relief.
                  “Grapefruit! My favorite. Thanks so much for bringing them over. Come in and hang out for a while,” she said, her eyes going wide in a silent plea for rescue.
                  Tristan stared at her for a moment and then he turned and looked at Pule before he rolled his eyes and sighed.
                  “I’d love to stay for a while,” he said dryly and walked over to the chair opposite Pule and sat down.
                  “Hey, Pule. You playing Saturday?” Tristan asked Pule politely.
                  Meredith sighed in relief and walked to the kitchen to put the fruit away. She could tell by Tristan’s tone he was already bored and wanting to leave. Well tough . Sometimes brothers had to come to the rescue and she just happened to need rescuing.
                  She stayed in the kitchen a little longer than necessary before walking out to join her brother and Pule. She sat in the chair by her brother instead of joining Pule on the couch. By Pule’s sudden frown she knew he’d noticed. And didn’t like it.
                  “So Tristan, I’ve convinced Pule to be our first customer for my new dating website. It’s called, Your one and only . It’s specifically for this area and it’ll combine an awesome website where you’re matched to girls based on personality, likes and even morals. But we’re also going to do old fashioned matchmaking and have social events to meet people face to face. Asher’s joining, I’m joining, Pule’s joining. You should too,” she said, in all seriousness.
                  Tristan stared at her like she was insane. “You’re insane.”
                  Meredith glared at her brother. “I’m completely sane. Tell him, Pule,” she said, turning to Pule.
                  Pule rolled his eyes but turned to Tristan. “Dude, make your sister happy. She’s starting a business with Asher and Brogan Moore and if they don’t get enough people to sign up it’ll be a flop and she’ll be out on the streets, homeless and begging for food.”
                  Meredith stared in shock at Pule and then glared. Pule grinned at her as Tristan laughed. Meredith turned and stared in surprise at her brother. She hadn’t heard him laugh, really laugh , since before Julia had broken his heart.
                  “The honest approach. I like it,” Tristan said, his blue eyes twinkling at her. “Well, I have to admit I can’t imagine you on the streets begging. Would it be strange if I pointed out that you can always move back in with mom and dad?”
                  Meredith’s jaw clenched and she shook her head. “No, you may not point that out, Tristan. So are you in or not?” she asked, pouting and feeling irritated now.
                  Tristan let out a long sigh and stared at the ceiling. “An online dating website where I’ll have to meet strange women and attempt pointless and torturous small talk all for the chance to be rejected by a larger percentage of the female population. How could I say no?”
                  Meredith groaned and threw a pillow at her brother while Pule laughed. Pule stood up with the picture in his hands and gave Tristan a high five.