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“What does Mom have to do with this?”
“You know Mom’s been hoping that you and Sadie will get together forever.”
“What? You’re stupid. No, she hasn’t.”
“Wyatt, how are you so clueless? I thought you were one of the smartest brothers, but you’re stupid. Or maybe you’re just stupid when it comes to love.”
“I’m not stupid when it comes to love, and no thanks, I’m not looking for love right now. Maybe you should start worrying about yourself, because Beau’s coupled off now, and Austin’s coupled up now, and guess who’s the next brother in line?” I gave him a hard stare. “Yep, you. So if I was you, I would be worrying about myself.”
“Mom knows that I’m never getting married.” He smirked. “Look at me. A man as fine as me shouldn’t settle down. That just wouldn’t be fair to all the women out there.”
“Are you seriously my brother, dude? I don’t know one woman who would care.”
“I think I know about twenty—including Sadie.”
“Sadie’s not interested in you, bro.”
“You want to bet?” He grinned. “I bet you if I asked her on a date, she’d say yes.”
“Don’t you dare,” I growled at him. I was pissed off at even the thought of him asking Sadie out. “If you ask her out or lay a hand on her…”
“You’ll what? You’ll beat me up? If you’re not interested, what do you care if I’m interested?”
“I’m going to stop you right there.” I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. “You better think long and hard before you say anything else about Sadie. You hear me?”
“Oh, shit.” He took a step back. “You’re going to fight me for this girl?”
“She’s my best friend, and I will not have you disrespecting her.”
“I’m not disrespecting her.” Chet chuckled. “I’m just saying, maybe I can take her on a date, show her how a gentleman would treat her.”
“You are no gentleman, Chet Hamilton. I feel sorry for any woman that actually believes that you are.”
“Oh, Wyatt, Wyatt, Wyatt.” He shook his head. “I have many things to teach you.”
“Oh, yeah? Like—”
“Hey, excuse me?” a soft voice said.
We both looked over to see that Arya had walked into the kitchen.
“Hey.” Chet’s demeanor changed all of a sudden. “You okay?”
“Yeah,” she said in her soft voice. “I just came into the kitchen to get some milk for Eloise. She couldn’t sleep, so I was going to warm some up for her.”
“I’ll help you,” Chet offered quickly.
“Oh, you don’t have to do that.”
“It would be my pleasure, ma’am. A cowboy at your service.”
“Thank you.” Arya blushed.
Chet looked over at me and winked.
I just rolled my eyes. He was such a douchebag. Now I understood why he’d been sitting in the kitchen. He’d probably been hoping that Arya would show up. I surely hoped he wasn’t going to seduce her. The last thing we needed was drama.
I didn’t know Arya very well. She’d shown up recently with Eloise, claiming that my older brother Beau was Eloise’s dad, but that had all been a mistake. Beau had never even met Eloise or Arya’s sister, who was Eloise’s mom, but we’d let Arya and Eloise stay because they had nowhere else to go. They were both sweet and good people, and I was glad that we could help them.
