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“Yes,” I grumbled. I was starving, but I wanted to give him the silent treatment. I thought about telling him to take me home, but knowing Wyatt, wouldn’t listen anyway.
“Oh, come on, Sadie. Don’t be upset.” He turned the radio down. “You just got back into town. Let’s have a fun evening. And who knows, maybe you’ll meet someone at the barbecue place.”
“Who am I going to meet at the barbecue place?” I said. “I know everyone around here.”
“You don’t know everyone around,” he said. “Maybe there’s some new guys in town.”
“Maybe.” I let out a deep breath. “You just don’t understand, Wyatt. It’s easy for you because you can get any girl that you want because you’re a Hamilton.”
“I can get any girl that I want because I’m hot, and I’m funny, and I’m smart—”
“Not modest, that’s for sure.”
“Well, I just wanted you to know I can get women just because I’m me. It has nothing to do with me being a Hamilton.”
“No, of course not. It doesn’t help you at all that you’re one of the Hamilton boys of Horseshoe Ranch.” I rolled my eyes.
“What, you think being a Hamilton boy means something in Montana?”
“Dude, of course, it does. Everyone wants to date a Hamilton man.”
It was true. I’d grown up around girls who wanted to be my friends because I was so close to the Hamilton family. They wanted to date one of the brothers. They didn’t even care which one. All the Hamiltons were handsome and rich, and there had been a rumor in school that they were all packing. Not that I’d ever told Wyatt that, or any of his brothers. I didn’t want to think about the Hamilton boys like that, though I was admittedly curious. Not so curious that I would ask Wyatt, though, or even check him out too much. That would just be weird. We’d been friends for so long.
“Sadie, Sadie, Sadie. What are you thinking?” he said in a singsong voice, and I blinked.
“Sorry, what?”
“I just asked you if you wanted to do something after the barbecue, and you ignored me.”
“Sorry, I was thinking about something else.”
“What were you thinking about?”
I could feel my face heat up. It wasn’t like I could turn to my best friend and say, “I was wondering just how big you were down there.” I would be absolutely mortified if he knew that had even crossed my mind.
“Why is your face red, Sadie? What are you thinking about?”
“Nothing,” I said quickly. “How are Beau and Olivia doing? And how’s Austin and, um—oh, shit.”
“Lucy?” he said.
“Yeah.”
“You forgot Lucy’s name? Isn’t she like, your new BFF?”
“I didn’t forget her name. I was just—”
“What is going on, Sadie?”
“Nothing. I’m just a little upset about Paul,” I lied. I couldn’t care less about Paul any longer, but I would rather Wyatt think I was upset about Paul than to know that I was wondering about if he was packing or not.
“Oh, Sadie, get over him. Trust me, he wasn’t worth it. Plus, you can’t date someone in Idaho. You don’t want to be in a long-distance relationship.”
“Well, if it would’ve worked out, I would’ve stayed in Idaho, duh.”
“You would’ve stayed in Idaho?” He sounded shocked. “But Montana is your home.”
“Montana is my home for now. But if I meet a man who wants to marry me, and he wants me to live in his state, and his state happens to be Idaho, well, my new home state will be Idaho.”
