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“Are you telling me that you don’t like it when I kiss you, Lucy?”
“I didn’t—”
“Think very carefully before you answer that,” he grinned. “You don’t want me to think you’re just a big, bad liar, do you?”
Chapter Thirteen
The sunlight poured through my window as I woke up and stretched, grateful to be in such a luxurious, soft bed. It’d been a long time since I’d slept in a queen-sized bed. In fact, I’d never had a queen-sized bed myself and only had slept in one when I’d been dating Mikey.
I groaned as I thought about my ex-boyfriend. I should have known from the moment that I had met him that he was going to be trouble. But he was a good-looking guy and I’d been flattered by the attention, and I’d overlooked all the signs. I shook my head as I got out of bed. The last thing I wanted to do right now was think about Mikey. I had bigger things to worry about.
I debated going to the kitchen to get a coffee. I didn’t really want to venture out through the house in just shorts and a t-shirt, but I knew that it might look kind of weird if I showered and got dressed before I even went to the kitchen. I prayed that no one would be in the kitchen as I made my way along the corridor. I paused outside the door as I listened to Amelia singing.
“Early one morning, just as the sun was rising.”
“I love that song,” I said as I walked into the kitchen. Amelia paused from flipping eggs on the stove and turned round to look at me.
“Good morning, Lucy. I hope you slept well.”
“I did, thank you. The bed was very comfortable.”
“I’m glad to hear that,” said a smooth voice to the left.
Of course. Austin was already up and in the kitchen. I almost groaned out loud but forced a smile instead. “Yeah, it was great. And thanks again for taking me for ice cream last night,” I said, hoping that he wouldn’t bring up the kiss in front of his mother.
“You’re welcome. We’ll have to go again.”
“Well, maybe Beau will take me.” I looked away from him.
“That would be nice, dear, wouldn’t it?” Amelia said as if she could sense the tension. “You know, I do think that you should go on a tour of the ranch today. Maybe Beau will be able to show you around.”
“I’m sure Beau will be too busy,” Austin said dryly.
“Well, I can wait until he is ready,” I said quickly, hoping that Amelia wasn’t going to ask Austin to show me around. The last thing I needed was for him to try something when we were in the stables or something because I knew I wouldn’t be able to resist him and I felt guilty about it. I was brought here to be Beau’s wife, not to flirt with his brother.
“Oh, and you’re going to get to meet Chet today,” Amelia said with a wide smile. “He’s going to be here for lunch.”
“Oh, awesome. I can’t wait to meet more of your sons.”
“Yeah. Maybe you’ll fall in love with him too,” Austin said. I just rolled my eyes.
“Now, now,” Amelia chided him. “Be nice to Lucy. I’m not going to tell you again.”
“I am nice, Mother.”
“Don’t mother me, Austin Hamilton.” She shook her head. “Now Lucy, I’m making eggs. What would you like?”
“Oh, whatever’s easiest.”
“Whatever you want, my dear. I can do fried, over medium, over easy, over hard. I can do scrambled. I can do boiled. I can do poached. I can do an omelet.”
“My mom’s the egg queen,” Austin chuckled. “Really, she’s happy to make you whatever you want.”
“Oh, you really don’t have to do that. I don’t normally have much for breakfast. Just some coffee.”
“Oh, you have to have more than coffee, dear. A young girl like you. Especially being on the ranch, you got to keep up your strength. Coffee’s not going to keep up your strength.”
“When I’m in New York, I normally just have coffee. And then for lunch, I’ll have something more substantial.”
