Trying to Score
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“What?” he asked, like she knew he would.
Fallon shrugged her shoulders. “It’s nothing,” she said with a flutter of her hand.
“Obviously it is, and we are trying this communication thing remember? So you kind of have to tell me,” Lucas said with a grin as he sat beside her.
He had her there.
“Well…it’s kinda silly.”
“I doubt that, tell me.”
Fallon bit her lip as she played with the bottom of her gray skirt. She looked up at him and smiled. “I wanna sophisticate hockey by opening a wine cellar for all the fans to buy wine for the after-party at their houses.”
Lucas’ eyebrows drew together as he looked down at her. “Sophisticate hockey?”
Fallon nodded since she knew he wouldn’t understand. No one did, but that didn’t keep her from trying to explain herself. “Yes,” she said turning to look at him. “I want people to go home and relax with a nice bottle of our Big Country or our Big Rock Syrah. I want them to discuss the awesomeness of the game with our wine in their glass. Hockey is so intense and people drink beer with it ‘cause that’s what you do, but what if I can change the norm and start a wine-drinking movement. I know I’ll never take the place of beer during the game, but if I can replace the after game drink with wine, I have succeeded, and that’s where my cellar comes in at.”
“Really?”
“Yes! Wine is so relaxing. Not only do you feel good but you feel sexy. Wine is sexy, beer is…not.”
A grin grew on Lucas’ face as he looked over at her. “You are the most amazing person I know. You know that?”
Fallon’s cheeks warmed as she looked away. She couldn’t believe how passionate she could get sometimes, but it only happened when she loved something so much. She looked over at Lucas and smiled at his grin. “Whatever, you think I’m silly.”
“Never. I think you are breathtaking and if this is what you want baby, you let me know what I can do to help. If I have to make everyone on the team drink wine so that our fans do, then you better believe I will.”
A lump formed in Fallon’s throat as she gazed into Lucas’ eyes. “You’d do that?” she choked out.
He scoffed. “Baby, I would do just about anything for you. I think Adler already drinks wine, and Jakob too, so I only have about 30 more guys to get to. The new kid is impressionable so I’m pretty sure I can get him to, oh no wait, he’s not old enough yet, but once he is, I will buy him a case of Rocky Top Wine and make him drink it all.”
Fallon was speechless as she looked deep into Lucas’ bright eyes. She swallowed loudly before wrapping her arms around Lucas’ neck and kissing him loudly on the lips. The words were on the tip of her tongue but she wasn’t ready to tell him that she loved him just yet. If she got onto him about moving so fast, how could she blurt out she loved him more than anything and not be a hypocrite? They needed to take things slow, but for the love of God, how could she when he was probably the sweetest man imaginable.
“Thank you,” she said against his lips when they parted.
Lucas’ eyes were full of love as he ran his nose against hers. “No problem.”
Lucas pulled back just as a worker passed by them. “Ma’am can you package this bedding up for me? Queen size please.”
“Lucas!” Fallon complained, smacking his arm.
“What? You want me to get one for my bed too?”
Fallon rolled her eyes. “No! You know I hate when you spend money on me.”
Lucas grinned big. “I don’t care.” He then turned to the associate, “Please, and thank you.”
“Yes sir,” the young girl said before walking away with a grin on her face.
“I won’t use it.”
“Oh, yes you will,” Lucas said with a naughty grin on his face, their serious moment gone. “And hopefully, you will let me break it in.”
Heat filled Fallon as Lucas walked away, chuckling that low sexy chuckle of his. Fallon stood up and shook her head. She knew there was no way of talking him out of buying the bedding or anything else for that matter, so she decided that she wouldn’t long for anything else while they were at the mall.
Yeah.
Fallon’s longing for nothing else while they were in Green Hills lasted until they came up to Kate Spade’s beautiful store. Fallon was in so much awe of the beauty in the window that Lucas laughed and dragged her inside.
They left with 19 bags.
“Lucas this is crazy! Please take it all back! I feel horrible.”
Lucas laughed, shuffling the bags he had in his hand. “I would think by now you would know that I love spending money on people I love. So get used to it cupcake, and come on. I wanted to go to that store Audrey liked. I need you to pick her out something she would love so that I can coax her into telling me about the dude I am going to kill.”
Love filled Fallon from the top of her head to the tip of her toes as she watched Lucas’ profile as they walked. “And you say I’m amazing.”
“I do, and I know I am. So basically, we are pretty much two amazing people, with an amazing kid.”
Fallon couldn’t agree more.
Lucas felt completely optimistic as he drove from Fallon’s work to Aiden’s school. Being able to spend the afternoon with Fallon was perfect, but getting an invite to dinner made his day. He couldn’t get enough of his two favorite people and he knew that the night ahead was going to be the start of many amazing nights. Things were looking as if they were going to go the way he wanted them to, which was straight to the altar and Fallon having another baby.
Fallon shrugged her shoulders. “It’s nothing,” she said with a flutter of her hand.
“Obviously it is, and we are trying this communication thing remember? So you kind of have to tell me,” Lucas said with a grin as he sat beside her.
He had her there.
“Well…it’s kinda silly.”
“I doubt that, tell me.”
Fallon bit her lip as she played with the bottom of her gray skirt. She looked up at him and smiled. “I wanna sophisticate hockey by opening a wine cellar for all the fans to buy wine for the after-party at their houses.”
Lucas’ eyebrows drew together as he looked down at her. “Sophisticate hockey?”
Fallon nodded since she knew he wouldn’t understand. No one did, but that didn’t keep her from trying to explain herself. “Yes,” she said turning to look at him. “I want people to go home and relax with a nice bottle of our Big Country or our Big Rock Syrah. I want them to discuss the awesomeness of the game with our wine in their glass. Hockey is so intense and people drink beer with it ‘cause that’s what you do, but what if I can change the norm and start a wine-drinking movement. I know I’ll never take the place of beer during the game, but if I can replace the after game drink with wine, I have succeeded, and that’s where my cellar comes in at.”
“Really?”
“Yes! Wine is so relaxing. Not only do you feel good but you feel sexy. Wine is sexy, beer is…not.”
A grin grew on Lucas’ face as he looked over at her. “You are the most amazing person I know. You know that?”
Fallon’s cheeks warmed as she looked away. She couldn’t believe how passionate she could get sometimes, but it only happened when she loved something so much. She looked over at Lucas and smiled at his grin. “Whatever, you think I’m silly.”
“Never. I think you are breathtaking and if this is what you want baby, you let me know what I can do to help. If I have to make everyone on the team drink wine so that our fans do, then you better believe I will.”
A lump formed in Fallon’s throat as she gazed into Lucas’ eyes. “You’d do that?” she choked out.
He scoffed. “Baby, I would do just about anything for you. I think Adler already drinks wine, and Jakob too, so I only have about 30 more guys to get to. The new kid is impressionable so I’m pretty sure I can get him to, oh no wait, he’s not old enough yet, but once he is, I will buy him a case of Rocky Top Wine and make him drink it all.”
Fallon was speechless as she looked deep into Lucas’ bright eyes. She swallowed loudly before wrapping her arms around Lucas’ neck and kissing him loudly on the lips. The words were on the tip of her tongue but she wasn’t ready to tell him that she loved him just yet. If she got onto him about moving so fast, how could she blurt out she loved him more than anything and not be a hypocrite? They needed to take things slow, but for the love of God, how could she when he was probably the sweetest man imaginable.
“Thank you,” she said against his lips when they parted.
Lucas’ eyes were full of love as he ran his nose against hers. “No problem.”
Lucas pulled back just as a worker passed by them. “Ma’am can you package this bedding up for me? Queen size please.”
“Lucas!” Fallon complained, smacking his arm.
“What? You want me to get one for my bed too?”
Fallon rolled her eyes. “No! You know I hate when you spend money on me.”
Lucas grinned big. “I don’t care.” He then turned to the associate, “Please, and thank you.”
“Yes sir,” the young girl said before walking away with a grin on her face.
“I won’t use it.”
“Oh, yes you will,” Lucas said with a naughty grin on his face, their serious moment gone. “And hopefully, you will let me break it in.”
Heat filled Fallon as Lucas walked away, chuckling that low sexy chuckle of his. Fallon stood up and shook her head. She knew there was no way of talking him out of buying the bedding or anything else for that matter, so she decided that she wouldn’t long for anything else while they were at the mall.
Yeah.
Fallon’s longing for nothing else while they were in Green Hills lasted until they came up to Kate Spade’s beautiful store. Fallon was in so much awe of the beauty in the window that Lucas laughed and dragged her inside.
They left with 19 bags.
“Lucas this is crazy! Please take it all back! I feel horrible.”
Lucas laughed, shuffling the bags he had in his hand. “I would think by now you would know that I love spending money on people I love. So get used to it cupcake, and come on. I wanted to go to that store Audrey liked. I need you to pick her out something she would love so that I can coax her into telling me about the dude I am going to kill.”
Love filled Fallon from the top of her head to the tip of her toes as she watched Lucas’ profile as they walked. “And you say I’m amazing.”
“I do, and I know I am. So basically, we are pretty much two amazing people, with an amazing kid.”
Fallon couldn’t agree more.
Lucas felt completely optimistic as he drove from Fallon’s work to Aiden’s school. Being able to spend the afternoon with Fallon was perfect, but getting an invite to dinner made his day. He couldn’t get enough of his two favorite people and he knew that the night ahead was going to be the start of many amazing nights. Things were looking as if they were going to go the way he wanted them to, which was straight to the altar and Fallon having another baby.
