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“You haven’t even kissed her,” Austin scoffed. “I hardly think you guys are close to getting married.”
“What’s it to you?” Beau’s eyes narrowed as he stared at his brother. “Do you have someone you want to marry and give the ring to? Because if you do, just let me know. She can see the ring, too. I don’t care.”
“No, I don’t,” Austin huffed. “You know what? Forget it.”
He stormed out of the pantry leaving me standing there awkwardly. Beau shook his head. “I have no idea what his problem is. If he was a woman, I’d say it was PMS, but…” He shrugged. “Who knows?”
“Maybe he got up on the wrong side of the bed,” I mumbled.
“Yeah, maybe.”
“I think I’m going to have some Frosted Flakes myself,” I said, grabbing the cereal box quickly.
“Sounds good to me,” Beau said with a smile as I walked past him out of the pantry.
I grabbed a bowl and poured some cereal into it before heading to the fridge for milk. I was about to go into the dining room to sit down when Austin grabbed my arm.
“What is going on?” he hissed in a low voice.
“What do you mean what is going on?”
“I can’t do this anymore. This whole thing with Beau, it’s just ridiculous. We’re going to have to …”
“We’re going to have to what?” I prompted.
“I don’t know.” He sounded frustrated. “This is really annoying.”
“What is annoying? I don’t even know what you’re talking about. I literally went into the pantry to get some cereal and I thought you did as well, and it seemed like that was what Beau was in there doing.”
“Well, I don’t like what he’s insinuating.”
“What do you mean, what he’s insinuating? What’s he insinuating?”
“That he’s going to marry you.”
“Well, like you said, he and I haven’t even really been on a date.”
“Do you want to go on a date with him?”
“What do you mean?”
“Do you want to go on a date with my brother?” His voice rose.
“Austin, keep your voice down, please. You know why I’m here. You know why your mom sent for me. She thinks that Beau and I would make a good match.”
“And do you want Beau to be your match?”
“I don’t know. I mean …”
But even as I spoke the words I knew they weren’t true. I did know what I wanted, and it wasn’t Beau; it was Austin. But Austin was promising me nothing. He’d literally told me he wanted to live in a log cabin by himself with a dog. He’d said he never wanted to get married. Where did that leave me? Amelia and Ranger were amazing, but I couldn’t just stay here rent-free forever.
“Austin, this is just so complicated. I …”
“What’s complicated?” he growled. “Come with me.”
“What are you—” I stopped as he led me down the hallway, we walked down another hallway that I hadn’t been down before and stopped outside a room. “Where are we?”
“This is my room.” He pushed open the door. I followed him inside to his bedroom and then he closed it and locked it shut. “Oh, so you get a lock?”
