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I was still there trying to figure out which box of cereal I wanted when Austin walked into the pantry.
“Hey, good morning,” he said to me.
“Hi,” I said, a little shyly.
“How are you feeling today?”
There was a look of care and concern on his face that melted my heart. “I’m okay, thanks.”
“I didn’t want to leave your room yesterday, you know?”
Heat crept along my cheeks. “What do you mean?”
He flashed me a wicked smile. “What do you think I meant?”
“Austin, really?”
“What? I’m just being honest.”
“Just being honest about what?” Beau said as he walked into the pantry.
Austin chuckled. “Oh, I was just telling Lucy that my favorite cereal is Frosted Flakes, and she doesn’t believe me.”
“I, uh, thought he was more a shredded wheat sort of guy,” I said, going along with it.
Beau started to laugh. “Oh no, he loves Frosted Flakes. Me, I’m a Rice Krispies man myself.”
“Really?” I looked at him in surprise.
“What? You don’t believe me.”
“I just never heard of a guy loving Rice Krispies.”
“Really?”
“Well, at least no guy I’ve ever known has told me that he liked Rice Krispies,” I said.
“Huh, interesting.” He grinned as he grabbed the box of Rice Krispies. “Did you sleep well last night? I’m sorry you missed dinner.”
“Oh yeah. I slept well, thanks. I was just feeling a little bit under the weather.”
“Because of my idiot brother here, huh?”
He nodded towards Austin, and I froze. Oh shit, what did he know? “What … what do you mean?” I asked.
“I heard he called you a gold digger because you asked to see grandma’s ring.” He glared at Austin. “I’m the one that told her to ask Mom to see the ring. I wanted to see if she liked it.”
“Why would you care if she liked it?” Austin snapped.
“What do you mean, why would I care if she liked it? Everyone knows that grandma’s ring goes to the first woman that marries into the Hamilton family.”
“And why would Lucy need to see the ring?” Austin growled.
“Why wouldn’t she?”
“You haven’t even gone on a date with her.”
“We went on a picnic yesterday.”
