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“What does that mean?”
Olivia, let out a deep sigh. “Don’t mind me, I guess I’m just a little bit jealous. Here I am sitting in New York while you’re carrying on a love affair with not one but two hunky cowboys.”
“Olivia!” I snorted. “I’m not carrying on a love affair with either of them.”
“You know what I find weird, Lucy?”
“This entire debacle?” I asked her.
“No,” she laughed. “The fact that Beau is just going along with it. Like, if your parents sent off for a mail order bride and never told you, would you be showing her around your ranch all happily?”
“Yeah, I guess not.” I chewed on my lower lip. “I guess I didn’t really think about that.”
“And didn’t you say that the reason why his mom even created the ad was because all of her sons were confirmed bachelors and she was worried that none of them would ever get married and have kids?”
“Yeah. That’s what Amelia said.”
“Yet, Beau, who is super-hot by the way, didn’t even tell his mom off. Right?”
“Well, not in front of me he didn’t.”
“That doesn’t strike you as odd, Lucy?”
“I mean, I guess so. I didn’t really think about it like that, but the more that I am thinking about it, yeah, it’s weird.”
“Like, do you think he’s seriously entertaining the idea of marrying you?”
“I don’t know.” I let out a deep sigh. “I mean … Part of me thinks that we’re trying to get to know each other, yeah. But the more we get to know each other, the more I feel like he’s not the one for me.”
“Why do you say that? He’s absolutely gorgeous.”
“Yeah. He’s definitely cute, but I don’t have the same attraction to him as I do …” I let my voice trail off.
“You really have the hots for that Austin, huh?”
“I hate to say it, but yeah. We just have this chemistry. We vibe and we just seem to have so much more in common. Oh, why is this so complicated?”
“Don’t you think you should let Beau know?”
“What am I going to say? Hey, Beau, I came here to marry you even though I’ve never seen you before, but now I’ve seen you and I’ve seen your brother, I want him instead. And oh, by the way, we’ve kissed a couple of times and I like it and I want to bang him?”
“You did not just say you want to bang him!” Olivia started giggling.
“I know, but hey, you’re my best friend. I can be honest with you. He’s totally gorgeous. He’s tall and handsome, and he just has a body to die for. I totally, totally …” I paused. “Anyways, I’m not going to finish that sentence in case it incriminates me.”
“Oh girl, you’ve already incriminated yourself,” she laughed. “And I can’t imagine that he’s better looking than Beau.”
“You really think Beau is hot, huh?”
“Not going to lie, when you put me on FaceTime and I saw him, my heart stopped beating for a second.”
“Oh, Olivia. You’re so dramatic.”
“I know,” she laughed. “By the way, I checked my finances, and I asked at work and they said I can take some time off, but of course it won’t be paid.”
“Are you sure you’re okay with doing that?”
“Yeah. I want to come out there and make sure everything’s okay. I can come as soon as you want me to.”
