“Things between us are serious Fallon. I’ve lost you once and now that I have you back, you should just accept that you aren’t going anywhere.”

Fallon smiled. “We said we are going to try. You are declaring love and saying I’m not going anywhere.”

Lucas shrugged his shoulders. “I’m a confident, cocky kinda guy, I know what I want and I will succeed.”

She ran her thumbs along his jaw over the rough hair. “It all scares me because I don’t want to hurt you,” she said quietly. “What if I can’t trust you?”

Lucas looked deep into her eyes, seeing the fear but also the love in her eyes. She might not have said she loved him, but she did. She just needed to realize it — she needed to trust her own heart. “You can. You just have to allow yourself, and maybe I need to reassure you.”

Fallon leaned against him, taking in a deep breath. “How are you going to do that?”

“By loving you.”

She smiled and he returned it. “You make it all seem so easy.”

“Because it is, you’ll see.”

She ran her hands along his shoulders as she took a deep breath in. “Okay.”

“Okay.”

Fallon nodded. “So we are doing this.”

“We are.”

Fallon looked around and then smiled. “What a day, huh?”

Lucas laughed. “It’s one to tell the grandkids.”

Fallon giggled as she got off his lap and reached for their plates. He smacked her ass playfully and she flashed him a dazzling smile before going to the sink to wash their dishes. As he watched her, the biggest, goofiest grin sat on his face. He loved her so much. For her to try, to actually take steps to forgive him and want to trust him, what more could he ask for? Everything he had wanted was coming together for him. He had the girl, the amazing kid, and he was on his way to the Cup.

Lucas was a happy guy.

Chapter 30

“You haven’t seen the house yet, have you?”

Fallon looked at Lucas over her shoulder from the dishes she was washing and shook her head. “I’ve seen parts, but I haven’t seen it all.”

Lucas smiled and stood up, stretching his fine muscular arms over his head. His muscles bunched and relaxed with each move he made and the naughty parts of Fallon screamed for him. She felt so much better since she had come to his house. Not only was the dinner a success but she was pretty sure Lucas said he loved her. Not outright but in so many words. Such a fulfilling, wonderful feeling overwhelmed her, and when she thought about it, it took her breath away. When she allowed herself to let go, she was ready for their future. All she hoped was that what Lucas said was true. She wanted nothing more than to trust him and be able to live as a family one day. She wasn’t planning their wedding or anything, but it was a fantastic feeling to think of the possibilities of where their relationship could go.

“Well come on,” he said with his hand outreached for hers. She smiled as she dried her hands on a dish towel. She was excited to see the house. It was huge. Fallon turned and took his hand as he smiled down at her. He brought her hand up to his lips and lightly kissed the back before tucking it in the nook between his chest and bicep. “The house is big.”

Fallon snickered. “I’ve noticed.”

Lucas grinned down at her as he took her down one of the halls off by the foyer, “It would be good for a family.” Fallon cut him a look, and he smiled. “Just saying.”

“Yeah,” she laughed. When she looked up at the wall they were facing, she was staring at a humongous picture of herself. “Good Lord, almighty!” Lucas chuckled as Fallon’s eyes almost bugged out of her head, “Why do you have this? Jeez, I was so young,” she gasped as she dropped his hand and took a step towards the picture. Her long hair ran down her back and only her profile could be seen. As she looked up at her beautiful young self, she wondered how many people had seen this, and if they knew it was her.

“It’s my favorite picture.”

Fallon looked back at Lucas. She remembered the day like it was yesterday. It was the second morning of their summer vacation. She could remember the sun heating her back, the way the breeze tickled her skin, and the way she knew that it was going to be one of the best summers of her life.

And it was.

She gave Lucas a shy smile before smiling. “That was a good day.”

“Oh hell yeah, it was. Damn good day.”

They both shared a long heated look as Fallon thought back to that day. They had made love all morning before going scuba diving that afternoon. It was a fantastic day, one that she thought of a lot. Lust filled Lucas’ eyes quickly and Fallon became hot from head to toe before she laughed, pushing him away. She turned and went back down the hall as Lucas’ laughter followed her, going up her spine. There was something about that low chuckle that made a girl want to get naked.

Lucas came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist before placing a kiss on her neck. They walked around the whole house like that, Lucas showing Fallon his favorite parts before showing her the ice rink. Fallon thought it was a little over the top, but that was Lucas. He was a ‘go big or go home’ kind of guy. As they made their way up to look at Aiden’s room, she couldn’t help but think it felt so great walking through the house in Lucas’ arms. He would only let her go for a second to show her something, and then he would be right back to holding her close. It was as if they were falling right back into the routine of each other. It kind of scared Fallon, but she pushed her fears away, telling herself not to live in the past. Not when the future looked so good for them.