Chapter 189

When Alexander Barron came back after his call, the first thing he noticed was that Summer Knight was nowhere to be seen. He figured she must have snuck off to the kitchen. Nothing major seemed to be going on there, though, so he relaxed a little. “Hey, Alex, listen—I think your cousin Matthew Barron and his bestie Scott Jenkins, they’ve got something weird going on!” As soon as Summer returned, she pulled Alexander aside like she had some top-secret gossip to spill. “What do you mean?” “I mean, I think they’re kind of… into each other.” Summer leaned in, whispering like she’d stumbled onto the juiciest scoop. He got the word "into each other," sure, but in this context, it somehow left him confused. “Babe, when you say ‘into each other’… what exactly are you getting at?” Clearly realizing she was dealing with a clueless guy, Summer decided it was time for a serious crash course. She broke down the idea of “maybe-they’re-more-than-friends” and even highlighted all the moments she’d jus