Trying to Score
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“Elli, you look beautiful,” Lucas said with a grin just for the team owner. Fallon noticed the way Shea’s chest puffed out as he glared over at Lucas, but Lucas didn’t seem to care. If she was him, she would care. Shea was scary.
Elli smiled, running her hands down her belly. “Thanks, but one day, I will wear a dress like Fallon’s. Until then I will be wearing these kinds of dresses.”
Fallon laughed as Shea smiled lovely down at Elli. “I love your dress.”
“Yeah but I bet you like the purple Gucci dress I have at home that I’ve wore once, more,” Elli said with a pointed look. “I’ll never get into that dress again, Shea, if I keep having babies!”
Shea shook his head. “I don’t care. I love you just the way you are.”
A quiet, heated moment passed between them and Fallon felt like she was interrupting a private moment when she said, “You know Elli, you never did tell me what you’re naming this one. I had to find out from Lucas that you were having a girl!”
Elli blushed, tearing her gaze away from Shea and smiling over at Fallon. “Sorry about that, I was trying to keep it a surprise, but Shea’s got a big mouth,” she said with a grin for Shea. “We’re naming her Posey Rose.”
Fallon blinked twice and told herself not to laugh. It was their child and if that was what they wanted to name her, more power to them. Even if it was the ugliest name Fallon had ever heard.
“Posey Rose?” Lucas asked.
Fallon elbowed him in the gut, causing Lucas to let out an oomph as Elli said, “Yup. Shea got to name Shelli Grace so I get to name this one, and I love oldie type names, and Posey is just gorgeous. So Posey Rose is it, and then we are done. Right Shea?” Elli looked up at Shea and he nodded quickly. Elli looked over at them with a grin and Fallon noticed that Shea was shaking his head. When he put up two fingers and mouthed ‘more’, Fallon couldn’t hold in her laughter and almost fell over from laughing so hard.
“What?” Elli asked. She looked up at Shea, catching him with the two fingers up and she smacked him in the chest. “I ain’t having anymore! I’m done!”
Lucas pulled Fallon away, both of them laughing as Mr. and Mrs. Adler had it out by the cocktail table. Lucas wrapped Fallon up in his arms and kissed her neck as they stopped in front of the large portrait of them kissing in the vineyards.
“Shea’s going to keep her pregnant for the next five years,” Lucas said against her neck.
Fallon giggled. “You’re probably right.”
“He’s a lucky man.”
Fallon nodded. “He sure is.”
Lucas bit softly at her ear, causing Fallon’s eyes to slowly shut. As he ran his tongue down her lobe and along her neck, she let out a breathy sigh, wishing they were anywhere but at the party. “So am I,” he whispered in her ear. “God, I want you so bad.”
Fallon took in a shuddering breath. “You have no idea how much I wish we were anywhere but here.”
Lucas took in a jagged breath before biting down softly on her neck. “Wanna leave?”
Fallon was about to say yes, but before she could, she heard “Fallon?”
Fallon opened her eyes and looked over to where her mother and father stood, eying her and Lucas. Lucas took a step back before reaching out for William’s hand. After shaking hand with him, Lucas kissed Nora on her cheek and complimented her flashy red dress. Nora had come dressed to impress and Fallon figured she must have visited Dr. Swartz in the last few days. Nora didn’t look a day over 30 and her lips were too big to be real. Beside her, William stood tall and dashing in his black suit with orange tie. He leaned awkwardly over to Fallon, kissing her cheek before Nora did the same.
“Well darlin’ don’t you look stunning. I love this dress,” Nora gushed, running her hand down the lace of the bodice.
“Thanks Momma, I love yours too.”
Nora gave her a sweet grin as William eyed Lucas. Fallon glanced over at Lucas, wondering what William was looking at, just as Lucas cleared his throat. “I’m going to go visit with coach.”
“Why?” Fallon asked, begging him with her eyes not to leave.
“Because he is my coach,” Lucas said with a tight smile. “Visit with your mom and dad. I’ll be back in a few.”
“Actually Lucas, Nora hasn’t met Bacter yet. Why don’t you take her with you,” William suggested.
“Oh yes! I’ve heard so much about him,” Nora said, locking arms with Lucas. Fallon continued to beg Lucas with her eyes not to leave, but he gave her a small smile before shrugging his shoulders and walking away. Fallon felt as if she was having a panic attack as she watched Lucas and Nora walk away. Why on earth would Lucas leave her? He knew she had daddy issues! If Fallon wasn’t so damn horny, she would be rethinking going home with him.
“Fallon Ryane, everything looks amazing in here,” William said, looking up at the picture in front of them. Fallon glanced up and nodded even though he wasn’t looking at her.
“Thank you. Grace Justice is the party planner.”
“I know that, but that’s not what I mean. I mean about the campaign. It looks amazing,” he said. Fallon glanced over him, her breathing picking up as she looked at his profile. “I was wrong for doubting you. You knew what you were doing, and I’m sorry for what I said.”
Fallon couldn’t breathe; she couldn’t even form words as she looked up at the man that she had been starving for love from. Was this the moment he would say he was proud of her? Would he take her into his arms and tell her he loved her? Fallon watched as he took in a deep breath and looked over at her. “Since you have the capital for the cellar, I’m approving you to go with it. Let’s hope you don’t mess it up since it is a lot of money. Good job though, Fallon. You sure are a beautiful woman.”
Elli smiled, running her hands down her belly. “Thanks, but one day, I will wear a dress like Fallon’s. Until then I will be wearing these kinds of dresses.”
Fallon laughed as Shea smiled lovely down at Elli. “I love your dress.”
“Yeah but I bet you like the purple Gucci dress I have at home that I’ve wore once, more,” Elli said with a pointed look. “I’ll never get into that dress again, Shea, if I keep having babies!”
Shea shook his head. “I don’t care. I love you just the way you are.”
A quiet, heated moment passed between them and Fallon felt like she was interrupting a private moment when she said, “You know Elli, you never did tell me what you’re naming this one. I had to find out from Lucas that you were having a girl!”
Elli blushed, tearing her gaze away from Shea and smiling over at Fallon. “Sorry about that, I was trying to keep it a surprise, but Shea’s got a big mouth,” she said with a grin for Shea. “We’re naming her Posey Rose.”
Fallon blinked twice and told herself not to laugh. It was their child and if that was what they wanted to name her, more power to them. Even if it was the ugliest name Fallon had ever heard.
“Posey Rose?” Lucas asked.
Fallon elbowed him in the gut, causing Lucas to let out an oomph as Elli said, “Yup. Shea got to name Shelli Grace so I get to name this one, and I love oldie type names, and Posey is just gorgeous. So Posey Rose is it, and then we are done. Right Shea?” Elli looked up at Shea and he nodded quickly. Elli looked over at them with a grin and Fallon noticed that Shea was shaking his head. When he put up two fingers and mouthed ‘more’, Fallon couldn’t hold in her laughter and almost fell over from laughing so hard.
“What?” Elli asked. She looked up at Shea, catching him with the two fingers up and she smacked him in the chest. “I ain’t having anymore! I’m done!”
Lucas pulled Fallon away, both of them laughing as Mr. and Mrs. Adler had it out by the cocktail table. Lucas wrapped Fallon up in his arms and kissed her neck as they stopped in front of the large portrait of them kissing in the vineyards.
“Shea’s going to keep her pregnant for the next five years,” Lucas said against her neck.
Fallon giggled. “You’re probably right.”
“He’s a lucky man.”
Fallon nodded. “He sure is.”
Lucas bit softly at her ear, causing Fallon’s eyes to slowly shut. As he ran his tongue down her lobe and along her neck, she let out a breathy sigh, wishing they were anywhere but at the party. “So am I,” he whispered in her ear. “God, I want you so bad.”
Fallon took in a shuddering breath. “You have no idea how much I wish we were anywhere but here.”
Lucas took in a jagged breath before biting down softly on her neck. “Wanna leave?”
Fallon was about to say yes, but before she could, she heard “Fallon?”
Fallon opened her eyes and looked over to where her mother and father stood, eying her and Lucas. Lucas took a step back before reaching out for William’s hand. After shaking hand with him, Lucas kissed Nora on her cheek and complimented her flashy red dress. Nora had come dressed to impress and Fallon figured she must have visited Dr. Swartz in the last few days. Nora didn’t look a day over 30 and her lips were too big to be real. Beside her, William stood tall and dashing in his black suit with orange tie. He leaned awkwardly over to Fallon, kissing her cheek before Nora did the same.
“Well darlin’ don’t you look stunning. I love this dress,” Nora gushed, running her hand down the lace of the bodice.
“Thanks Momma, I love yours too.”
Nora gave her a sweet grin as William eyed Lucas. Fallon glanced over at Lucas, wondering what William was looking at, just as Lucas cleared his throat. “I’m going to go visit with coach.”
“Why?” Fallon asked, begging him with her eyes not to leave.
“Because he is my coach,” Lucas said with a tight smile. “Visit with your mom and dad. I’ll be back in a few.”
“Actually Lucas, Nora hasn’t met Bacter yet. Why don’t you take her with you,” William suggested.
“Oh yes! I’ve heard so much about him,” Nora said, locking arms with Lucas. Fallon continued to beg Lucas with her eyes not to leave, but he gave her a small smile before shrugging his shoulders and walking away. Fallon felt as if she was having a panic attack as she watched Lucas and Nora walk away. Why on earth would Lucas leave her? He knew she had daddy issues! If Fallon wasn’t so damn horny, she would be rethinking going home with him.
“Fallon Ryane, everything looks amazing in here,” William said, looking up at the picture in front of them. Fallon glanced up and nodded even though he wasn’t looking at her.
“Thank you. Grace Justice is the party planner.”
“I know that, but that’s not what I mean. I mean about the campaign. It looks amazing,” he said. Fallon glanced over him, her breathing picking up as she looked at his profile. “I was wrong for doubting you. You knew what you were doing, and I’m sorry for what I said.”
Fallon couldn’t breathe; she couldn’t even form words as she looked up at the man that she had been starving for love from. Was this the moment he would say he was proud of her? Would he take her into his arms and tell her he loved her? Fallon watched as he took in a deep breath and looked over at her. “Since you have the capital for the cellar, I’m approving you to go with it. Let’s hope you don’t mess it up since it is a lot of money. Good job though, Fallon. You sure are a beautiful woman.”
