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“I was hoping so.”
“Not going to happen.” I zipped his jeans back up, buckled his belt, and then stepped back. “Now, come on. Let’s pick some sunflowers, and then go and eat. I’m very, very hungry.”
“Well, I’m hungry too. And it’s not for the food on that table, believe you me.”
He looked me up and down, and I just smiled at him sweetly. I loved that I turned him on and I loved that he wanted me so badly, but this was not where we were going to make love for the first time. No matter how badly I also wanted him as well.
Chapter Twenty-Six
“Hey, Mom!” Austin called out as we entered the kitchen.
“Yes, son?”
“Lucy and I would like to talk to you if you don’t mind.”
“Oh, I was just getting dinner ready. Can it wait until after dinner?”
“Actually, no.” Austin shook his head emphatically.
I looked at him in surprise. “It can wait till after dinner, Austin.”
“No, it can’t because we won’t be here for dinner.”
“We won’t?”
“You won’t?” Amelia said, her eyes curious as she gazed at us.
“No, we won’t. I have something planned.”
“You never told me that.”
“Well, it was a surprise,” he said with a grin. “Mom, please, can we speak to you? It’s important.”
“Well, okay,” she nodded. “I guess everything can wait for a few moments. Shall we go in the study?”
“Yes, please. You can tell Dad to come as well if he’s not busy.”
“Of course. It sounds serious.”
“It’s not serious. It’s just important.”
“Do you want Beau and Olivia to come? What about Wyatt or—”
“No, just the four of us,” Austin said. “That’s okay, right, Lucy?”
“Yes,” I said with a small nod, unable to look Amelia in the eyes.
“Okay, let me go and get Ranger. We’ll meet you in the study,” Amelia said as she walked off.
Austin turned to me and squeezed my hand. “It’s okay. Okay? I’m just going to explain to them that we have feelings for each other and even though it didn’t work out as my mom had wanted and even though she’s got the wedding dress and all that already out of the closet, it doesn’t mean anything. I mean, I’m grateful that my mom put the ad in the newspaper so that you could come here to marry Beau, but Beau is not the man for you.” He kissed me on the nose. “You’re mine, Lucy. And I’m not going to play games anymore. That’s why I went to the log cabin.”
“What do you mean?”
“I went to think. I went to think about what I thought was the right thing to do. And I had to do that without being around you. I needed to think, and well, I came to my decision.”
“And what was your decision?”
“My decision was I didn’t give a fuck what my parents or Beau thought.” He lowered his voice. “Not that I would say that in front of my mom,” he laughed. “But you’re important to me, and what we have is special, and I’m not just going to walk away from that, especially because I know that you feel the same way.”
