Page 30 of Beau & Autumn

“It’s just a besties thing.” I wave it off. I mean, she is right in what she’s saying. He did keep staring at me at the auction, and he looked so sexy just the other day on my roof…

My hot geeky cowboy.

I want to slap myself. Seriously. This has to stop.

There’s just no way…

“Bestie shmestie! What guy wouldn’t want to be with you? You are a fox, sweetie.”

“Well thanks, Caz. But Michael didn’t seem to think so.”

“Screw him. He was a douche. Beau is different to the rest, you’ve said it yourself. Think about it because I think I'm really onto something here. You can thank me later.”

“You might be the one consoling me when it all goes pear shaped, too.”

“Ooh, thinking about it already?”

“I am not!” I protest. But the cogs in my brain are turning. There’s no doubt about it.

“You’re going over there now, so gauge it at least. Put the feelers out. I might just put in a word for you if you’re not careful!”

“Don’t you dare.”

“Mark my words, if you wait, you wind up with nothing. Trust me, it took a lot of duds before I found Tom.”

“It sure is getting harder and harder these days.”

Carrie works at the local bank as a teller and her love life had been about as good as mine until she met Tom on a blind date.

“Maybe yours has been in front of you this whole time,” she goes on. “Okay once you’ve wrestled with the idea a little, you’ll see how perfect it is. I care about you and I want to see you happy. Plus, I think Beau would make a great hubby.”

“My grandmother wouldn’t go for it. She’s pretty set in her ways and we all know how she loves her rules.” What am I even saying? I’m not marrying Beau Bassett!

“I think at this point she would. I mean, you’re not getting any younger, sweetie.”

“Hey!”

She ignores me. “There’s only one way to find out…”

I feel the burn on my cheeks once more. This won’t do.

Hubby.

“Well, thanks for putting all of that nonsense in my head right before I have to see Beau.”

“Nonsense? You’ll be thanking me in your wedding speech. Plus, you’ll also get to see if those rumors about the Bassett Brothers being well hung are really true.”

I shake my head. “I have to go. Thanks for the pep talk.”

“Anytime. Break a leg!” Her laughter cuts off as we hang up and I sit back, resting on my hands for a moment, contemplating her words.

Autumn Bassett?

There’s no way. Not even to solve my financial woes. Aside from the fact Beau would be horrified, I couldn’t go through with anything like that for money. But I have to admit, the idea of being legally bound to a man like Beau stirs something within me.

Maybe Carrie is right and I need to at least see how he feels. Explore the flirting thing and figure out if Beau just feels sorry for me, or is there something between us?

But married? That’s insanity.

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