God, she loved this man.

Chapter 33

“So Mickey will be there, right?!”

Lucas smiled over at Aiden, nodding his head. He wasn’t sure who was more excited about going to Disneyland, but Lucas was pretty sure he was. He had waited a long time to have a family to take to Disneyland — he still to this day could recall when he went with his mom and dad. It was one of the best vacations of his childhood and now that it was happening for him, Fallon, and Aiden, he couldn’t have been happier. Even though it was only a mini-vacation, it was their vacation. It was three whole days to spend at the most magical place on earth — to shop and play on the beach — all while being with the two people that completed him.

“Yup, it wouldn’t be Disneyland if he wasn’t.”

“Awesome!” Aiden said with a giggle.

Aiden turned quickly to look back out the airplane window. He was basically bouncing in his seat with a bright grin on his face. Lucas smiled, running his hand down Aiden’s back lovingly, before looking over at Fallon. She was looking through her phone with his hand resting in her lap, holding hers. She looked classic in her pale orange dress that crossed and weaved into a pretty bow along her back. Her hair was in a low bun and her makeup brought out the honey brown of her eyes. Her lips were glossed and Lucas couldn’t help but notice the small diamond hearts that adorned her ears. As he admired her beauty, he smiled — she was breathtaking.

Lucas’ eyes left her beautiful face down to a pair of long tan legs. He lingered at her knees for a minute or so until he came to where her legs ended at a pair of sexy, yellow high heels. Lucas had to shift a little from the sudden stiffness that left no room in his shorts at the sight of the heels. Ever since that one night against the car, he couldn’t look at a pair of her heels the same way. It was torture. His need to get her naked intensified with every sexy dress, every pair of high heels, every sexy kiss, and basically, anything that had to do with her. He needed her, he wanted her, and waiting around for a moment when Aiden wasn’t within 100 feet of them was honestly killing him.

Lucas shook his head before leaning over and nipping at Fallon’s earlobe. She let out a quiet giggle and then looked over at him with a grin.

“Hey,” she said, “I’m working.”

“How are you working when you are not supposed to have your phone on?”

Fallon gave him a naughty grin. “I had Rob send me all my spreadsheets before I boarded. I’m looking over them.”

Lucas shook his head as she giggled. “You are a workaholic.”

“Yup,” she said with a nod, “to the core, just like my dad.”

Lucas watched as a sad smile replaced her radiant one. Fallon covered it well by looking back down and moving her finger along her phone. Lucas hated that she didn’t get along with her father anymore. She used to be close to him, but Lucas did remember William always trying to run Fallon’s life. So maybe there wasn’t any hope for them. All Lucas could do was hope that he was there for her as much as he could be. He squeezed her hand, placing his chin on her shoulder, watching as she went through page after page. He had no clue what she was reading or doing, but he loved being so close to her.

“Can you give me three days of no phone?”

Fallon laughter filled the plane as she shook her head quickly. “I won’t answer it, but I need my e-mails.”

Lucas chuckled. “Okay, but that means you will be on the phone the whole way to Cali.”

She gave him a small grin before looking back down at her phone and then back up at him. “Yeah.”

Lucas let out a frustrated breath before taking his hand from hers. “Hey!”

“Hey nothing! You would rather be on the phone than spend time with me and Aiden,” he said in a huff. He looked over at the back of Aiden’s head. “Right Aiden?”

Aiden only looked back for a second to nod his head before he was looking back out the window. Lucas shook his head. What did he expect from the kid’s first plane ride? Lucas looked over at a wide-eyed Fallon and shrugged his shoulders. “We would like your attention, too.”

Fallon narrowed her eyes, giving him the meanest look as she slowly leaned over, never breaking eye contact, before dropping her phone into her purse. When she sat back, he gave her a cheeky smile as she said, “Happy?”

“Very.”

Lucas slid his hand back into hers and brought it to his lips, kissing the back of her hand. She leaned her head against his and took in a deep breath before letting it back out. Lucas looked down at their hands and took in a calming breath. As he looked down their hands to her skinny wrist, he thought of something and looked back up at her. “Why didn’t you ever get that wrist tattoo you wanted?”

Fallon shrugged her shoulders as she looked down at their hands. “If I do remember correctly, it was supposed to be both of us.”

Lucas smiled as it all came back to him. He would never forget that day.

“Get some ink.”

Fallon’s body shook with her laughter and it tickled Lucas’ stomach as he gazed down at her. She turned onto her stomach, looking up at Lucas before she slowly placed a strawberry in his mouth. As he chewed, his eyes drifted to where the skirt of her dress was riding up with every move she made. It was so hard to keep his hands off her, he wanted her all the time, and he couldn’t imagine not touching her. It scared him to think that they weren’t going to be attached at the hip after that afternoon. Fallon was starting school, and he was about to start training camp. What was he going to do without her every day?