by Toni Aleo
Lucas had an obsession with Fallon’s ass that was borderline disturbing. It was so round, so perfect and was second best to her mouth. He loved that mouth. The things it said, the things it did, and the way it smiled. Like right now, it was glossed up to perfection and his lips begged to be on hers.
After nine years, he stilled wanted her like he did the day they met.
“Oh, I know your name Fallon,” he said before leaning towards her. She took a step back, but didn’t get far before he whispered, “I’m pretty sure I’ve yelled it out a few times.”
Fallon rolled her eyes as disgust went over her face. “Really? I haven’t seen you in seven years and that is the way you talk to me?”
“I’m just stating facts baby girl, you look great. Brings back nice memories.”
Fallon let out an aggravated breath, and his dick twitched at the sound. “For one, I am not your baby girl, and for two, you’re a pig.”
Lucas laughed, and Fallon looked away again, but he saw her hiding her grin. Her face was flushed and he knew she was thinking of those nice memories, just like he was. “How have you been?”
She looked back over at him, shrugging her shoulders. “Fine and you?”
“Alright, lonely.”
“Like I believe that,” she scoffed.
He smiled. “I have been.”
“I doubt that, you have no problem finding women, Lucas.”
Okay, not the topic he wanted right now.
“I tried to get a hold of you when you left,” he said without thinking. It was like he was 21 again, with diarrhea of the mouth. Fallon did that to him, made him share things he wouldn’t even share with Levi.
“And I ignored you,” she said so coldly that he was convinced he had frostbite.
Lucas slowly nodded, this was not going the way he thought it would. He thought that with one look she would remember everything they had, and maybe she would forgive him. He needed her forgiveness because he needed her. Lucas had needed her for years, but never had the chance to get her back.
Now, he did.
They stood, staring at each other while in Lucas’s head, Gavin DeGraw sung about not being over the girl he loved. Lucas could kill Levi for listening to the song on the way to the party because now it was the theme song of his reunion with Fallon.
“Why?” he found himself asking.
Fallon let out another aggravated breath before looking away. “I’m not doing this here. We had our awkward reunion, things are over, and nothing will change. So let it be.”
“Why does it have to be like that, we were good together.”
“Until you fucked it up, but it don’t matter, I have a boyfriend.”
Lucas narrowed his eyes. He knew when Fallon lied, and at that moment she was lying her ass off. Her face always turned red, and her eyes would go wide as she searched for something to look at so she wouldn’t have to look at him, just like she was doing now. What did she think? If she had a boyfriend he wasn’t going to try to get with her? Or maybe that he would move along. Shit. She belonged with him, no dude would come between that. He wasn’t going anywhere until he had her. So why was she lying? Lucas looked down at her a little longer before a slow grin went across his face when he realized the reason.
She wasn’t over him.
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Damn it!
Lucas always knew when Fallon lied, and she knew he was on to her. Why she thought saying she had a boyfriend would stop this little reunion was beyond her.
They both knew it wouldn’t.
Lucas was the kind of guy that if he set his mind to something, he wasn’t gonna quit until he had it. So basically she was screwed. He was gonna be her permanent hemorrhoid unless she called the cops and got a restraining order.
Hmm….not a half-bad idea.
“You should dance with me,” Lucas said. Fallon looked up to see his eyes filling with lust.
Lord, he was gorgeous. She knew exactly what Lucas was always feeling with just one look in his eyes. They said so much about him, they were what made him to Fallon. She loved when he would give her that look — the one that told her exactly what he wanted to do to her. By the way his eyes swept over her body, it didn’t take much to guess what he wanted to do. Fallon’s eyes said the same, he was a beautiful piece of man meat…but it didn’t matter!
Even if he was gorgeous, he was a pig! For seven years she hadn’t heard from him and one of the first things he brings up is sex! Even if it did make her hot from head to toe — because she could very well describe in detail how it sounded when her name was being screamed from his lips — it still screamed pig to her. There was no way in hell she was gonna let him see his child! He was still the same man-whore he was back then, and no way would she subject her beautiful, sweet boy to this monster!
Fallon rolled her eyes and looked away. “I told you, I have a boyfriend. He wouldn’t like me dancing with other guys,” Fallon lied, because really, she couldn’t handle being so close to him.
His body against hers? Um, No.
She’d forget all the reasons why he was the worst idea imaginable.
“I know you don’t have a man Fallon. If you did, he would be beside you. I know I would be,” he said with a knowing grin.
“He’s here,” Fallon said quickly as she scanned the room for Rob. She hadn’t seen him all night, and when her eyes fell on him, she wished the next statement wouldn’t have left her lips. “His name is…Robert Slater and he’s right over there actually.” Fallon pointed to where her assistant stood clad in his orange suit.
Why is God’s name did she say Rob was her boyfriend?
Lucas looked over at Rob, and his mouth pulled up at one side. “That’s your boyfriend? In the orange suit?”
“Why yes, company pride. You wear your team colors,” Fallon said defensively. Truth was she didn’t know why the hell Rob insisted on wearing such a God-awful suit. He looked plum crazy!
“So you want me to believe that you have a boyfriend that wears an orange suit that is tighter than your dress?” Lucas asked with laughter dancing in his eyes.
Fuck. She had forgotten that factor. Why did she feel that her plan was not working?
“Yes, he likes things fitted.” Just then, Rob made his way towards them with a big bright smile on his face. Fallon smiled up at her ‘boyfriend’ until she noticed his eyes were extra dark.
Damn it! He had eyeliner on!
“Fallon darlin’,” Rob said in his squeaky flamboyant voice, “I hadn’t seen you ‘til now, you’ve been hiding?”
“Oh honey,” Fallon said, begging Rob with her eyes to act straight. “I’ve been busy selling the wine.”
“Oh, of course, gorgeous as always,” he said with a wave of his long pale hand before looking over at Lucas. “And who is this hunk of a man?”
Oh Jesus. Really?
Of course, Lucas couldn’t contain his laughter and about fell over on the floor as he giggled. Fallon glared as Rob looked back over at Fallon.
“Was it something I said?” Rob said.
“No honey, ignore him,” Fallon said as Lucas sat up.
“So how long have you guys been together?” Lucas asked. Lucas’ eyes watered from trying to keep in his laughter, and Fallow swore if she could hit him, she would.
“Together?” Rob asked looking over at Fallon.
Acting before thinking - not one of her best traits - Fallon nodded before leaning up and placing her lips on Rob’s. It was only for a second but it felt like an hour because everything went quiet around her. Lucas stopped laughing and Rob froze underneath her lips. She swore the whole room stopped, but really it didn’t. Oh gosh, this just kept getting worse by the minute.
When she pulled back, she smiled up at Rob’s shocked face and said, “A long time, right honey?”
Fallon glanced over at Lucas, one of his eyebrows was arched as his face quirked up on one side. It made Fallon’s heart skip a beat since it wa
s the exact same smile Aiden would give her when he was amused. “It is that serious that you had to kiss this kid to make me believe you have a boyfriend?”
“He is,” Fallon answered.
“Who? Me?” Rob sputtered.
“Yes you, silly! Goodness me! Am I that horrible?”
“No,” Rob said with his hand in front of his chest, “not at all.”
“Thanks Rob,” Fallon said, and at that moment, Fallon knew her plan had just gone to shit. Rob was still wiping his mouth as Lucas just grinned widely at her.
“So Rob, this hot woman, is your girlfriend?” Lucas asked, and Fallon shot daggers at him with her eyes.
Rob looked at Fallon before looking back over at Lucas. He started to shake his head no as he said, “Yes, she is.”
That had Lucas in a fit of laughter as Fallon glared something crazy at him. “Thanks a lot Rob.”
“I’m sorry, but who picks an openly gay guy as their boyfriend!” Rob said throwing his arms in the air. “I’m wearing an orange suit!”
“A nice suit at that,” Lucas added.
“Thanks!” Rob said before looking back at Fallon, “but really, I’m the worst person to pick for a fake boyfriend, since I like guys.”
With that Rob walked off, leaving Fallon extremely embarrassed and actually considering firing him. She would if he wasn’t so good at the marketing reports that made her head spin. Fallon couldn’t help but to watch her ‘boyfriend’ clad in an orange suit walk away. She wished like hell that Rob wasn’t gay so he could act like her boyfriend because this reunion between Fallon and Lucas was not going the way she wanted it too.
Posing a gay guy as her boyfriend? Not one of her best ideas.
Fallon wanted to look successful, sexy — a stronger woman then he left behind. She basically wanted to make Lucas jealous, not give him the entertainment of the night! That’s what she paid the band for! She hated that she had made a mess of things. Lying was never her strong suit; and she knew Lucas wasn’t gonna let her live this down.
“So how about that dance, since I think your boyfriend is gay,” Lucas determined.
Heat filled Fallon’s face as she wished Lucas to the fiery depths of hell. “Oh fuck off, Lucas Brooks.”
As Fallon turned and walked away, Lucas couldn’t help but laugh. He stopped when he heard the sound of her high heels clicking on the floor. He looked over, his eyes falling on her fine ass swaying from side to side. Lucas couldn’t form a word or even breathe as he watched her ass move in that tight little black dress. His dick was rock hard and it begged to be inside her. Lucas knew she probably thought he was a dog because of how he was hitting on her, but it was hard not to. He had to have her. Plus, Lucas knew she used to like it when he openly hit on her.
But maybe that was something else that had changed about her?
Fallon was so different now, but so much was the same it blew his mind. She was polished but still knew how to cuss like a sailor and that alone turned him on. She was successful now, and he loved that because he knew how much she wanted that when they were together. She wanted her independence from her father, and Lucas could tell she had succeeded.
She was still single, which surprised him and also made him feel on top of the world. How was she still single after all these years? He expected that she would be married by now with a child or two. She always said that she wanted kids before she was thirty, but she didn’t have any. Lucas too wanted children, and at one point they both decided that they would want them as soon as they were married. But what if she did have a child? Surely, she would have told him if she had one. He couldn’t try to score with a mommy; that was wrong.
But then again, mommies needed love too.
So he would ixnay that last thought — even if Fallon had a kid he would still pursue her. He could deal with baby daddy issues and a little one, hell he loved kids, so no big deal. The big deal was getting Fallon back, and he was dead set on doing that.
No matter what.
“Lucas, I thought you weren’t gonna show.”
Lucas turned quickly and saw his boss and captain standing beside him. “Mrs. Adler, Adler,” he said shaking hands with both of them. “I was running late tonight.”
“Oh, well I’m glad you came, did you happen to meet up with Fallon?”
“Only for a second, she’s very busy,” Lucas said with a grin as Shea Adler glared at him.
Shea and Lucas were still not seeing eye to eye. Shea thought Lucas should jump when he said jump, and Lucas couldn’t disagree more. He wouldn’t say they hated each other, but they did dislike each other.
A lot.
“Really? She is never too busy for me. Where is she — oh there she is, Fallon!”
Lucas turned to see his past lover stop in her tracks as she glanced their way. He could tell that she was wishing she was any place but there as she made her way towards them with the fakest smile imaginable.
Apparently Mrs. Adler was right; Fallon wasn’t ever too busy for her.
Good to know.
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Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck.
Fallon sang as she made her way over towards Shea, Elli and Lucas. Elli wrapped her arms around Fallon and they hugged tightly before she broke away from Elli to kiss Shea’s cheek.
“Hey guys, enjoying the party?” she asked before she noticed that Lucas had his cheek out for her. She scoffed and turned back to Elli. Cold day in hell before her lips came anywhere near that man’s face. The sounds of Lucas’s chuckles ran down her spine as she tried to concentrate on what Elli was saying.
“I’m sorry, what Elli?” she asked when Elli just stood there looking at her.
Elli smiled, “So y’all know each other, right?”
Fuck. Shit. Hell. Damn it. Fallon mentally prayed for the Lord to take her anywhere but there as she tried to figure out what to say. She had already told Elli that she and Lucas had dated, why the hell was she bringing it up?!
“We used to date when Fallon lived in California.”
Fallon looked over at Lucas, hatred filling her eyes. How dare he throw their business out for the world to see! She wanted to keep what they had quiet!
“Oh really? When was that?”
“Seven years ago,” Lucas said again, and Fallon decided she was gonna kill Lucas Brooks. He must have not known that he was on his way to heaven because all he did was shoot her a cheeky smile.
“I didn’t know…” Elli stopped and looked back at Lucas. Fallon watched as the realization of who was standing in front of Elli sunk it. Fallon had never told anyone about Aiden’s father, but she had said once that it was some guy from California. Fallon felt like her world had just been pulled out from underneath her when Elli focused her eyes on her.
Elli Adler knew who Aiden’s daddy was.
Fallon’s eyes were wide and filled with worry as the two women stared each other down. She hoped that Elli knew not to say anything, not to utter a word about Aiden because she just couldn’t tell Lucas.
Not now, not ever.
“Um, well look at the time, I gotta go!” Fallon basically yelled as she started to back away, begging Elli with her eyes not to say anything. Elli nodded and Fallon almost fell to her knees to thank her.
As Fallon rushed off, she felt Lucas’ eyes following her every move. He made her self-conscious, and nervous. The same way he did nine years ago.
Yeah, this was not good.
Chapter 7
Fallon laid her face in her pillow later that night. She hated crying, she did, but after the night she had there was nothing left for her to do but cry. Why did she let Lucas affect her the way she did? He basically had won the whole time they were around each other. She knew that he was trying to get under her skin, and she had let him. She let him win.
After she promised herself she would never ever let that happen again.
Why did she do this to herself? Why couldn’t she just be over him? It had been so lo
ng, he was nothing to her anymore.
Right?
Right!
Yeah, they had a kid together but still, he didn’t even know! She had no reason to even deal with him anymore, or better yet talk to him. So why was she letting one night of seeing him affect her to the point of tears?
When her door opened, she wiped her face on the pillow before glancing over to see Audrey in the door way, still in her tutu dress. Fallon smiled sadly since Audrey looked so darn cute before moving her face back into the pillow. Audrey didn’t say anything as she tiptoed across the room, crawled into bed with Fallon and snuggled close to her.
“I heard you crying,” Audrey whispered, causing Fallon’s eyes to shut.
Great, if Audrey heard her that meant that Aiden could hear her if he was awake. Thank God he wasn’t.
“Sorry,” Fallon hiccupped before turning her face back into the pillow again.
“Why are you crying, Fal?”
Fallon slowly shook her head, she couldn’t speak. She couldn’t express the way her heart felt like it was breaking all over again. She thought she could be so strong through this, but she couldn’t. With just one look at Lucas, she felt like she was still the 21-year-old woman that ran all those years ago.
“Why ain’t I over him AA? Why?” Fallon said into the pillow. She wasn’t sure that Audrey heard her until she felt Audrey’s hand on her back, rubbing softly.
“I don’t know Fal.”
“I just don’t understand,” Fallon cried as she sat up looking over her. “Is it ‘cause of my secret or is it because I truly still care for him? How though? It’s been so long, and he hurt me so bad. How can I still care for him? I. just. don’t. understand.”
Audrey’s face filled with worry as she wrapped Fallon in her arms. “I feel so stupid, like a weak little whiny baby. I’m not that person. I am strong, I am amazing, I am successful. I am the best fucking mom ever! And look at me! I am a mess, cussing left and right. He fucking does this to me!”
