by Toni Aleo
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Fallon couldn’t stop the tears that rolled down her cheeks if she wanted too. She knew she was wrong for listening in on Lucas’ and Aiden’s conversation, but the momma bear in her had to make sure that Aiden was okay. What Fallon didn’t prepare herself for was the emotion that came from Lucas. Hearing him tell his son that he loved Aiden for the first time would forever be burned in Fallon’s brain. It was so heartfelt, so intense that tears streamed down Fallon’s face as she made her way down the stairs. Fallon went to the sink, wetting a napkin before patting her hot skin.
As she looked out the window, Aiden’s and Lucas’ conversation replayed over and over again in her mind while she stood there trying to compose herself.
“That’s up to her. Your mom doesn’t like me most of the time.”
Oh, if only Lucas knew how much she did like him. She was pretty sure that comment would have never left his lips if he knew the truth. It was all just so hard because no matter how much she wanted him, she just couldn’t do it. Fallon continued to tell herself that but her body wasn’t listening. Something needed to happen, maybe she needed to give him the chance, let him back in, but what if he fucked her over again. Could she do it all over again? The hurt, the betrayal, the depression? Could she? She had Aiden to worry about now, and if she hid him from Lucas then, what would she do now? Lucas had messed her up pretty badly, could she let her heart love him freely again?
“You okay?”
Fallon turned quickly to see Lucas standing by the fridge watching her. Fallon took in a deep breath, nodding her head as she wiped her face. “Fine.”
“You look like you have been crying,” he stated. Fallon shook her head turning back to the sink to continue patting her face.
“I’m fine.”
“Aiden’s cleaning his room and then we can go.”
“Sounds good,” Fallon said. She reached to turn on the faucet when Lucas’ arms came around her middle. He laid his head on her shoulder, pressing his body against hers. Fallon froze against him but when his breath ran along her neck, she relaxed.
Even against her better judgment.
“Why were you crying?”
Fallon shrugged her shoulders. “Come on tell me,” Lucas whispered against her ear before running his nose along her temple. “Were you listening in on us?”
A small smile came across Fallon’s mouth and before she could hide it, he laughed. “You are probably the nosiest person I know, Ms. Parker.”
“He’s my baby,” Fallon countered as she tried to move away, but of course, Lucas wasn’t going to let her.
“Have I told you lately that you are a good mom, Fallon?”
Fallon smiled. “Not today.”
“Well you are. And you know what?”
“What?” she asked as her heart warmed. For some reason, being told that she was a good mom by Lucas made it seem real to her. That was wrong too, because Audrey said it all the time, and Fallon knew she meant it, but hearing Lucas say it just meant something. Fallon had no clue what though.
“You are also a really hot mom.”
A giggle threatened to escape Fallon’s lips, but she kept it in, instead letting out a frustrated sigh. “Stop hitting on me.”
“No way! I have to. The world wouldn’t turn if I stopped.”
Fallon rolled her eyes. “Oh, please.”
“No, really. It’s a scientific fact that I have to tell you that you are hot or the world will stop. Do you want that on your conscience?”
Fallon couldn’t help it, she laughed. “I’m pretty sure something would happen to mankind, and I know that you couldn’t have that all blamed on you.”
“You’re impossible.”
“And you are gorgeous,” he whispered, sending chills down her spine. Lucas’ grip tightened around her waist and Fallon took in a deep breath. They were close to crossing the line that would bring them into a relationship status. Mindless flirting was one thing, but this was intimate. The way his arms were inching higher and higher towards her breast, and the way his nose lingered along her cheek a little longer than necessary all screamed relationship. And it wasn’t like she was stopping him!
“I don’t like you holding me like this, Lucas,” she stated. Fallon was sure he knew she was lying, but hell, she had to say something!
“Liar, I know you do. You are just saying that to say it. You don’t mean it.”
“Whatever, let me go.” Fallon went to move, but he wasn’t letting her go. She let out an annoyed breath causing him to laugh. When Fallon heard Aiden’s door slam and him run across the hall to the bathroom, she was sure Lucas was going to let her go. “Aiden is coming,” she stated, trying to get away, but Lucas wasn’t letting her go anywhere. Instead he pressed his pelvis into Fallon’s butt, taking her breath away.
“You are lucky our baby is coming down those stairs,” Lucas whispered, pressing into her so hard that Fallon felt every hard delectable inch of him. The sink bit into her own pelvis, hurting her a little, but the pain was welcomed. She liked it. “Because if he wasn’t, I would have you bent over this sink, tearing you apart to the point where you wouldn’t even be able to walk tomorrow.”
For the love of God! Really?!
Fallon’s eyes fell shut as he pressed into her once more, before letting her go and walking away. Fallon braced herself against the sink, breathing deeply in and then letting it out in a whoosh. Normal sane women would be offended by his statement and actions, but not Fallon. Nope, she was beyond turned on. She wanted to rip off her clothes, let him take her against the sink or hell, the table. ANYTHING! She just wanted it! Fallon wanted the feel of his teeth running down her body. She wanted him slamming into her, taking what he wanted. She was almost brought to begging for the way he used to look into her eyes as his hands roamed her body. She yearned for him to bend and contort her in ways only Lucas could do. God, she just wanted him!
When Fallon heard Lucas’ chuckles, she wanted to slap him but there was no way she could move yet. Not until she mentally removed him from between her thighs, because in her mind, he was ripping her apart like he said he wanted to do. She let out a ragged breath and Lucas’ chuckles stopped.
“Damn you’re hot, Fallon,” she heard him say but she wasn’t listening. Fallon was pretty sure that if Aiden hadn’t come down those stairs, she could have come right there. She didn’t even need Lucas or hell, even herself; the visions that were running through her brain were so vivid, so real. She took in another breath just as she heard Aiden jump from the bottom step, skipping two steps. Normally, she would yell at him since she was worried he would get hurt, but at that moment she was a little preoccupied.
“Are we ready?” Aiden asked. Fallon opened her eyes, turning the sink on so she could pat her face again with cool water.
“Waiting on your mom,” Lucas said with laughter in his voice. “I think she’s hot.”
Oh, damn fool man!
“Mommy! I’m hungry! Let’s go!”
Fallon took in a deep breath, willing herself not to be embarrassed, but when she turned around and looked into Lucas’ knowing eyes, her whole body caught on fire again. Yeah, she wasn’t going to make it through this breakfast with Lucas.
Nope, she was pretty sure she was going to spontaneously combust.
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Fallon didn’t say two words to Lucas the whole time they were at breakfast. Nor did she look him in the eyes. She was embarrassed. Why? He had a little bit of a clue, but still, she didn’t need to act like that. He loved that she got turned on so easily. He loved when she got that look on her face, the one that told him she was almost there. Lucas was certain that if Aiden had waited maybe a minute or so before coming down those stairs, that Fallon would have came right there in front of him.
Didn’t that tell her that she needed to just give in and have crazy monkey sex with him? Didn’t she get that he was affected by their intense flirting? That he woul
d probably be hard for at least a week every time he thought of her beautiful ‘I’m almost there’ face? That he would continually think of the way her mouth parted some, the way her eyelashes touched the top of her cheeks, and the way her chest would rise and fall as she tried not to think about him, as she tried not to think about the inevitable? That they were going to sleep with each other? Soon. He didn’t know when but he knew she couldn’t hold out much longer. She wanted him, and boy, did he want her.
Now.
Lucas looked over at Fallon from where Aiden and he stood looking out at the beautiful Nashville skyline. She was leaning against the glass globe looking out at who knew what, but she look sad. He hated that she got like this, all because she was fighting what was supposed to be. They were supposed to be together, raising their boy. Supposed to come home to each other, make sweet beautiful love, and then bring more children in the world. His heart ached at the thought of seeing Fallon pregnant — he hated that he had missed it with Aiden. Lucas couldn’t think of anything better than to see his life growing in the belly of the woman he loved.
“Did you know that we are 75 feet in the air?” Aiden asked. Lucas smiled down at Aiden.
“I didn’t,” he answered.
Aiden pointed to the sign right in front of them. “You should read the signs. They tell you everything!”
A lump formed in Lucas’ throat as he slowly nodded. Lucas didn’t know how to tell Aiden that he couldn’t read well, but he needed to. His son had every right to know everything about him, and Lucas not being able to read was something that his son should know. Lucas smiled down at Aiden before saying, “Will do.”
“Cool. Come on, let’s go to the Dino part. It’s my favorite.”
“Lead the way,” Lucas said. Aiden smiled fully up at Lucas and then took off past Fallon. Fallon glanced over at Lucas and their eyes met for only half a second before she was running off after Aiden. Lucas rolled his eyes and followed behind the both of them through the Science Center, only stopping when something would amaze Aiden. Which was basically everything.
An hour or so later, Lucas pulled out his phone since it was ringing.
“Hello?” he asked, since he had forgotten to look at the picture on the display.
“Hey, when you coming home? We got to be at the airport in an hour and a half,” Levi said.
“I’m not. Meet me at Fallon’s, we’ll leave from there.”
Levi paused before saying, “Okay, whatever.”
The line went dead and Lucas rolled his eyes.
“Levi?”
Lucas looked over to see Fallon looking at him, her cheeks a little red. Man, he loved her face. “Yeah, we need to go in a few. I’m leaving in an hour for the airport.”
“Oh, okay.” She looked sad as she called for Aiden. Aiden looked over at them, and his grin fell when Fallon said they had to go. Aiden sulked over to her and leaned against her as he looked up at Lucas.
“Do you really gotta go?” he asked with his little lips puckered out.
“Yup, but I’ll be back in no time and then we get to party cause its someone’s birthday from what I was told,” Lucas said with a grin. He held out his hand and Aiden took it eagerly.
“Yup! Mine!”
As Aiden talked about his awesome Ben Ten party, Fallon followed behind them towards the car. After Lucas got Aiden buckled in, he jumped in and started the truck. The car ride to Fallon’s house was quiet and Lucas hated quiet. One of his favorite things about Aiden was that he talked all the time, but Aiden didn’t say a word as they rode home. It was kind of freaking Lucas out. When they arrived to Fallon’s house, he parked and they got out. While Lucas helped Aiden out, he watched as Fallon walked towards the mailbox. Lucas couldn’t get over how much he loved her ass. He loved the way it moved from side to side, the way it filled her jeans to perfection, everything.
Aiden ran ahead of him into the house, leaving Lucas to wait for Fallon. She looked up at him right before she reached him with a letter in her hands. Her eyes looked worried as he held her gaze with his.
“It’s the paternity papers,” she said as she handed him the letter.
Lucas held the letter in his hand, looking down at it before looking over at Fallon. They held each other’s gaze until a car pulled into the driveway. Lucas looked over to see Levi walking towards them, looking angry as hell.
Fuck, he didn’t have time to deal with him.
“Hey, what are you guys doing?” he asked as he came to stand beside them.
“The paternity papers came in,” Lucas answered before looking back at the letter in his hand. He didn’t want to open it. He already knew that Aiden was his, what was a piece of paper going to do for him?
“Give it here, let me open it,” Levi said with his hand out to Lucas.
“No, let him open it,” Fallon said causing both men to look at her. “It's his letter, not yours.”
Levi’s eyes narrowed. “Yeah, but he can’t read it. I can, and I need to make sure you didn’t do anything to it.”
“For one, asshole, what the hell could I do to a letter that I just got out of my mailbox, and for two, he can read. So, fuck off.”
Levi’s eyes went wide as Fallon snatched the letter out of Lucas’ hands, tearing it open before handing it back to him. He looked down at the jumble of words and hated when the feeling of failure washed over him. He expected the silence around him, and he hated that too. He didn’t like when people waited on him to read something, that’s why he had Levi do it all. He felt Fallon move in closer to him, her body touching his side as she leaned across his arm to see the letter.
“Come on, Lucas. You can do this. Take your time, switch the letters,” she encouraged in a whisper. Levi let out a frustrated breath before walking to the truck and leaning against it. Sometimes, Levi really could be an asshole. “God, he such a douche,” Fallon whispered with a roll of her eyes. “Alright, Lucas. Read it to me. It’s only me and you.”
Only me and you.
Man, how he missed hearing her say those words to him.
Lucas blinked twice before focusing on where she was pointing. He stumbled a few times, but Fallon stood beside him, helping him through it. The same way she used to before.
“Probability of Parentage, 99.9999%,” Lucas finished before smiling over at Fallon. “That’s a lot of nines.”
“It sure is,” she said with a grin. “Good job, Lucas.”
He smiled and all he wanted to do was kiss her senseless. Didn’t she realize that he couldn’t have read it without her? That she was the reason he could do a lot of things. That he needed her?
“Thanks,” Lucas said just as Levi came up, taking the letter from Lucas. Lucas glared over at Levi and watched him as he read the letter.
“Fuck,” Levi said under his breath. “Guess I need to call Richard Price now, since we know it’s true.”
“Are you serious? Really, you doubted it?” Fallon snapped. “He looks just like Lucas, and I wouldn’t lie about something so serious!”
“So you say,” Levi said shaking his head before looking over at Fallon. “I bet you just love this, love that you are going to get that big-ass check. Man, you make me sick. Who keeps a kid from their father?”
Lucas’ temper was slipping and he was pretty damn sure that if Levi didn’t shut the hell up, he was going to kill him. “Shut up, Levi.”
Fallon and Levi looked over at Lucas. Fallon was breathing hard as Levi’s face was full of anger. “Leave her alone. Go ahead to the air field. I’ll have Fallon and Aiden drive me.”
“Whatever dude, I got phone calls to make anyways.”
After watching Levi get in the car and drive off, Lucas turned towards Fallon. She was still breathing hard, and her eyes were full of tears.
“I’m not looking for a fucking pay day,” she spat out.
Lucas nodded his head. “I know that.”
“Fuck him.”
“Yeah, I get that you don’t like him much.”
“I know, Fallon. You don’t need to explain yourself to me. I got you and I’ll talk to Levi on the way to Edmonton.”
Fallon bit down hard on her lip and turned to walked away but Lucas stopped her by grabbing her wrist. “Stop, it’s okay. Don’t let him bother you.”
“He’s going to poison you, Lucas. He’ll have you believing those lies in no time.”
Lucas shook his head. “No, I would never believe what he says. I know you. Okay?” Lucas said before bringing her face up so that she would look him in the eyes. “I know you.”
Her eyes watered more before a stray tear rolled down her cheek. “Stop. We are fine. Aiden is fine. Everything will be fine.”
She nodded slowly. Lucas smiled before she pulled away and started walking towards the door. Lucas stood there taking in deep breaths as he looked back down at the letter that told him he was a father to the perfect little boy. He had already known that but seeing it on paper made it that much more real. A small smiled formed on Lucas’ face as the door opened and out came the perfect little boy he was just thinking about.
His boy.
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Fallon was fuming.
She wanted to kill Levi Moss something serious, and if she ever got the chance, she would! How dare he! Fallon wasn’t a gold-digging whore! She could support herself, damn it! She didn’t need Lucas or his fucking money! Ah! Fallon had never been so mad as she rode in the passenger side of Lucas’ truck to the airfield. Aiden was running at the mouth about what, she had no clue, but she did know that she was madder than hell!
“Lucas, where are you going?” Aiden asked.
“Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver.”
“What teams are ‘em?”
Lucas laughed as a small smile form on Fallon’s face. Aiden was so country sometimes, it was so stinkin’ cute. “Oilers, Flames, and Canucks.”
“We don’t like those teams, huh?”
Lucas laughed again and Fallon joined in. Leave it to her baby to make her forget about that asshole, Levi Moss. “No bud, we do not. You like one team and one team only. Who is it?”