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“Sure. Hey, Olivia,” I put the phone to my ear.
“Yeah.”
“So Amelia and Ranger said it’s okay for you to come, and we can pick you up at the airport as well.”
“Oh, I don’t want them to go out of their way. That seems too much.”
“No, it will be fine. We’ll pick you up.”
“Well, if you’re sure it’s okay.”
“Yeah, come whenever.”
“Okay. Well, I’m going to look for a flight. Maybe I can get there in a couple of days.”
“That would be amazing.”
“And what was that thing about a ring you were saying?” Olivia’s voice sounded a little bit dry.
“Oh, Beau had asked me to ask his mom to show me some family heirloom, some ring that I guess whoever marries into the family first will get it.”
“Oh, so you are serious about marrying Beau, even though you’re hooking up with his brother?”
“I’m not hooking up with his brother,” I whispered into the phone. “It was a couple of kisses.”
“Okay. But you said you wanted to bang him.”
“I didn’t mean it like that. I—” I glanced over at Ranger, and I couldn’t tell if he was trying to listen to my conversation. “Anyway, I’ll call you later. Okay?”
“Okay. Well, I’ll check out flights now.”
“Bye.”
I hung up quickly and just stood there slightly awkwardly. I didn’t really know what to say to Ranger. He was a nice man, but he was very quiet. And while he hadn’t said anything that made me feel uncomfortable, I did wonder if he wasn’t judging me in some way. Some flighty, random girl had shown up on his ranch to marry one of his sons—what could he really think about me?
Amelia walked back into the kitchen then, a piece of jewelry in her hand. She showed it to me and I could see that it was a beautiful gold and ruby ring with diamonds around it.
“That’s absolutely beautiful,” I said, letting her put it in my hand.
“Isn’t it just?” Amelia said. “In fact, it’s promised to the—”
At that moment, Austin walked into the kitchen. “Well, what’s going on here?” He looked at me and then he looked at his mother. Then he looked back at me and the ring in my hand. “You’ve got the ruby ring?” His eyes narrowed. “Why do you have my Grandma’s ruby ring in your hand?”
“Your Mom was just showing it to me. I—”
“Yeah, I was just showing it to her. She asked to see it and—”
“You asked to see it. Why?”
“Well, Beau had mentioned it to me and—”
“Oh my God, you’re nothing but a gold-digger aren’t you?” Austin exclaimed, and the room went quiet.
“Austin Hamilton, you apologize to Lucy right now!” Ranger snapped. I looked at him in surprise.
“Dad. I—”
“Austin!” Ranger’s voice was deep and angry.
