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“So, his name?” Austin said, jarring me out of my thoughts.
“Well, Austin, don’t you know them people there down at Horseshoe Ranch well?” The bartender interrupted.
I looked at Austin in surprise. Shit, I hoped he didn’t know them very well.
“I know them very well.” His green eyes were pinned to me. “I’m curious. I haven’t heard about you. What was your name again?”
“Lucy,” I squeaked. Shit. I didn’t want him to know the family that lived there. I just wanted him to know of the ranch, casually. If he knew the people that lived there, maybe even possibly was friends with them, this just made me look even worse.
“So, Lucy, you have a boyfriend that lives there?”
“Well, I mean, more like my fiancé.”
“You have a fiancé? Interesting. Interesting, indeed.”
“Well, you know,” I laughed self-consciously, “if you could just give me the address, then I’ll be on my way. I don’t want my fiancé to get worried about me.”
“Okay, then. Sure, I can give you the address,” he nodded. “You tell Amelia and Ranger that Austin said hello.”
“Who?” I said blinking. Then I remembered. “Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. The in-laws.” I looked down at my drink. Shit, I sucked at this. “I am old-fashioned, so I call them Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton.”
“You do know Amelia and Ranger, right? Seeing as you’re engaged to their son.”
“Oh yes. I know them very well. They love me. They said I’m like the daughter they’ve never had.” Which was true in a way. They said they’d never had a daughter and they really wanted a daughter-in-law and grandkids. I mean, they didn’t say that I was like the daughter-in-law they’d ever had, but they did want one, that I knew. “But only through phone calls and stuff.”
“Huh, okay.” Austin’s eyes narrowed. “So how often do you communicate with them?”
“Almost daily.”
“Really? Interesting.”
“Well, I don’t know why you find it so interesting. Do you know them or something?”
“Yeah. I know them,” he nodded. He finished his beer and then stood up. “Well, I’ve got to be going. Good luck, Ms. Lucy.”
“Are you not going to give me the address to the ranch?”
“Maybe.” He looked down at me with glittering eyes.
“Maybe?”
“If you do one thing for me?”
“What’s that?” Please don’t ask me for my boyfriend’s name!
“How sure are you about marrying that Hamilton boy?” He stared into my eyes and I held my breath.
“Why?”
“Because you’re a very attractive woman.” He grinned and his lips came closer to me. “I’d hate to think that the rest of us will never have a chance with you.”
“Well, you never know …” I wanted him to kiss me. I knew it was crazy, but I really wanted him to kiss me.
“Oh, yeah?”
It was as if he’d heard my thoughts because suddenly his lips were on mine and he was kissing me. I pressed my lips against his and reached up and ran my hands through his hair. He pulled back a moment later. He pressed his fingers against my lips, his eyes blazing as he stared down at me. “Well good luck with everything, Lucy.” He nodded his head and stepped back. “Enjoy Montana.”
I swallowed hard. “The … the address?”
