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For a moment, my heart soared at the fact that he’d called me beautiful, then I remembered that wasn’t enough to make up for ratting me out to his brothers. And kissing me. He’d kissed me thinking I was betrothed to his brother! Okay, so I wasn’t exactly betrothed because his brother didn’t even know who I was. But if I was to have any chance with Beau, how would he feel if he knew that I’d already kissed his brother?
“Look, I know it’s really hard for you guys to understand why I would fly here, but your mom seemed really cool and really nice. And I was kind of at my wits end in New York, and I figured that—”
“Stop, Lucy. You don’t have to answer them,” Amelia interrupted.
“No, it’s fine.” I looked at Beau and then I looked at Austin. I took a deep breath. They deserved an explanation, plus I didn’t want them to think I was crazy. “I can tell you guys why I’m here,” I said quietly.
Beau held his hand up. “Actually, can you maybe wait till dinner? That’s when the brothers get back and we all have dinner together. It’d most probably be easier if you explain it to everyone at the same time because I know everyone else is going to want to hear.”
“Okay,” I agreed. “If you don’t mind, I’m going to go to my room now.”
“Of course.” Amelia walked over to me and gave me a big hug. “I’m sorry about this, Lucy. I didn’t expect my sons to be so rude and unwelcoming to a guest in our house.”
“But she’s not a guest,” Austin interrupted with a grin. “She’s family.”
Amelia fixed a stern look on him. “Austin, I am not going to tell you again to have some manners. Now, show Amelia to her room just in case she can’t find it and then come back here. I have some chores for you.”
“Mom!”
She frowned at him. “Don’t Mom me.”
“Fine,” he said. “Come on, Lucy.” He jerked his head toward the doorway and I took a step toward him.
“Hey, Lucy?” Beau said.
“Yeah?” I turned and looked back at him.
“For what it’s worth …”
“Yeah?” I said.
“I still think you’re pretty hot.” He grinned at me.
“Thank you,” I said with a small laugh and then turned back to leave.
Austin was scowling as we made our way down the corridor back towards my room. “What’s your game plan here, Lucy?” he asked as we stopped outside my bedroom door.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, what’s your plan?”
“I don’t quite understand your question.”
“You came here as a mail order bride, right?”
“Yeah.”
“And you didn’t know the name of the man you were supposed to marry?”
“No.”
“You didn’t know what he looked like?”
“No.”
“And you’re serious about wanting to get married to him, right?”
“Yeah.”
