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“I certainly did.” Amelia looked smug. “Please remember that.”
“I will,” he groaned. He then walked over to me and gave me a hug as well, his blue eyes sparkling. “Welcome to the family, Lucy. It’s a pleasure to have you. And I know that you and Austin are a perfect match.” He choked up.
I gave him a tight hug in response. “Thank you,” I said. “I’m so, so happy to be here.”
Chapter Twenty-Seven
“You’re taking me to the log cabin?” I asked as we made our way down a dirt path in Austin’s Ford pickup truck.
“Not yet, but later.” Austin glanced over at me and squeezed my knee.
“Where are we going? I’m so curious.”
“You’ll see. I want it to be a surprise.”
“I’m definitely going to be surprised because I don’t really know your ranch that well, and I do really want to know.”
He laughed. “Have some patience, Lucy.”
“I will,” I said. “Can you believe your mom, though?”
“No.” He shook his head. “Actually, yes. She’s smart. Smarter than all of us combined.”
“Are you mad at her?”
“Never. She brought you into my life. How could I be mad at her for that?”
“Yeah, I’m so happy. I was so worried that she’d be so upset that I didn’t like Beau and that Beau didn’t like me, and she didn’t even care because she already knew that Beau and I weren’t for each other. She’s amazing. I love her.”
“I’m glad.”
I wanted to say that I thought she’d make a great grandmother, but even though Austin and I were feeling each other, I didn’t want to push things. I knew that guys got scared easily.
All of a sudden, Austin stopped the truck. “What’s going on? What are we doing?” I looked around. We were just in the middle of a field.
“You’ll see,” he said. “Stay in the cab until I tell you to get out.”
“I’m so confused, Austin.”
“You’ll see. Now close your eyes,” he ordered.
“Close my eyes?”
“Yes. Close your eyes and no peeking.”
“Okay.” I closed my eyes and I listened to him clunking around. I had absolutely no idea what he was doing.
“Okay. Open your eyes,” he said a few minutes later.
I opened my eyes. He was holding the passenger door open for me.
“Come on, get out.”
“Where are we going? Are we going on a walk or something?”
“Or something.” He took my hand and led me around the back of the truck and then stopped.
“I’m so confused, Austin. You’re not about to kill me or anything, are you?”
