“No bud, just you and Lucas tomorrow. I got work to do,” Levi answered.

“Cool, so are you gonna come over early?” Aiden asked, basically bouncing as he looked up at Lucas. When Fallon saw him put on his sad eyes, she couldn’t help but smile. Lucas was about to be putty in Aiden’s hands.

“Is that okay?” Lucas asked Fallon. She nodded. She liked that he asked, that he didn’t just assume or tried to overstep. “What time bud?”

“Seven.”

“I’ll be here.”

“Cool!”

Lucas smiled widely at him before looking over at Fallon. “Well since I got to be up early, I need to go home and get some sleep.”

“Okay, well Aiden honey, say goodnight to everyone, it’s time for bed,” Fallon said, moving her hand along Aiden’s back.

“Goodnight! See you tomorrow Lucas,” he said with a big grin as he headed for the stairs.

“Can't wait,” Lucas said with a wave. Fallon watched as Aiden waved and started up the stairs.

“I’m gonna go get him settled. Lucas, always nice seeing you. Levi,” Audrey said giving Levi a pointed look as she started for the stairs.

“Audrey,” Levi said as he watched her walk away.

Okay, that’s creepy. Fallon would have to warn Audrey about Levi. He was the epitome of a man whore.

“Goodnight Audrey. Thanks,” Lucas said as she walked by him. They shared a smile before Audrey disappeared up the stairs. Fallon went to the door, opening it as she waited them to leave.

“Fallon,” Levi said as he passed by with nothing more than a nod. Fallon stuck her tongue out at him just as Lucas stopped in front of her. Fallon looked up at him and froze as he reached his hand up, cupping her face in his hand. Fallon lost all sense of time as she basked in the warmth of his hand on her cheek. He moved his thumb along her cheek and down her lip before looking deep down into her eyes.

“Thank you Fallon,” Lucas said, and all Fallon could do was nod.

Oh, how she had dreamed countless nights of his hand on her cheek, and it felt just the way she remember it. Gosh, she missed it.

A cocky grin came across his face before he leaned in, pressing his lips against her nose. Her eyes slowly closed at the whisper touch of his warm, thin lips on her nose. She took a deep breath in and when she opened her eyes, Lucas was moving away from her with only a grin on his face. She watched as he walked confidently to his truck and climbed in before giving her one last look.

With that one look, Fallon knew she was in big trouble because Lucas Brooks was on a mission.

And she was the target.

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Lucas sat on the bed, his phone in his hand as he tried to get the balls to call his mom.

The night had been crazy.

Fallon was just like he knew she would be — mean, bitchy, and scared out of her mind. He didn’t understand why she was scared, he would never take Aiden away from her, but he would make sure Aiden was taken care of. He hated to fight with her. He didn’t like to watch her cry either, and that was all they did the whole night. When she wasn’t being a bitch, she was crying, and when she wasn’t crying, she was grinning at him. It was like she was bipolar when he knew she wasn’t. He hated that he drove her to the point of bipolar behavior, but he wasn’t going to stand by and let his kid run around with a father.

Wasn’t going to happen. Lucas had too much pride and too much love in his heart to let a child go without his father.

Lucas leaned his head down in his open hand, begging his fingers to find his mom’s number so he could tell her about her grandson. He knew that she was going to freak and want to jump on the first plane to Nashville, but he would beg her not to. He needed his time with Aiden — he needed to get to know the little person that was walking around looking just like him.

Lucas scrolled through his phone, looking for his mom’s picture. When he found it, he pressed the green button and waited for her to answer.

“Hello?”

“Hey Mom,” Lucas said, his face still in his hand.

“Sweetheart, are you okay? It’s late.”

“I’m fine, but I need to talk to you about something.”

“Okay, at midnight? What’s wrong?”

Lucas had forgotten the time difference and felt bad for calling his mother so late. For worrying her, but what else was he supposed to do? He had already gone three days without telling her about Aiden. He had to tell her.

“Mom, um, I don’t know how else to tell you but to just say it,” Lucas began.

“You’re scaring me sweetheart, what’s wrong?”

“I have a son, mom.”

Lucas closed his eyes as he tried to breathe evenly. Saying that he had a son always knocked the breath out of him. It was such a shock that he had made someone. It just blew his mind, and broke his heart at the same time because Aiden had to live without him for so long.

“I’m sorry sweetheart, I must have heard you wrong. Did you say you got some sun?” Molly asked. He could tell her breathing had picked up and that she was getting out of her bed.

“No, Mom, I have a son. As in a little kid that looks like me.”

Molly took in a deep breath. “You are messing with me, right?”

“No, I just found out.”

“What! With who!? Are you sure he is yours?”

Lucas nodded even though Molly couldn’t see him. “Yeah, he looks just like me — one look was all I needed to know he was mine.”