Hard feat for a pregnant woman.

It was three months before William found out about Fallon living with Audrey, and he again flipped out, saying Fallon was dead to the family and that if Audrey didn’t kick Fallon out she would be dead to him too. Audrey argued that Fallon was still in school, working hard to support herself — which was true — but William wouldn’t even talk to Fallon to find that out, Audrey had to tell him. He left that afternoon in a huff and didn’t talk to either one of them until the day Aiden was born.

Fallon shook her head as she reached her baby boy’s bright blue door. It seemed like a lifetime ago when everything happened, but in reality only seven short years. William still didn’t talk to Fallon much, but he did trust her enough to be the senior chief public relations manager, and he did love Aiden something crazy, so really how much more could Fallon ask for?

Her trust fund would be great.

Fallon pushed the door open and Aiden stood in the middle of his bright blue room with his army men in hand. “Mommy, Captain Timber is gonna kill everyone!”

“Yay!” Fallon gushed as she walked around the room, picking up as Captain Timber killed everyone. Aiden was so full of life, so busy. Sometimes he reminded Fallon of Lucas so much that it just blew her mind. How could he be just like his father when he had never met Lucas? It made no sense, but his face was Lucas all over. It probably had everything to do with the fact that Aiden looked nothing like Fallon and everything like Lucas.

Fallon looked over at her active little guy and smiled. He was taller than most kids his age, with shaggy brown hair that came into the exact same gray eyes of his father’s. His little nose was probably the only thing he got from Fallon because his lips were his dad’s. Aiden was a little stocky but not fat, more like thick. The kid could wrestle Fallon to the ground and have her screaming mercy in two seconds flat, just like his dad. Lucas had loved to wrestle, in and out of bed.

The kid was his daddy 10 times over.

And Fallon was the worst person ever for not telling either of them.

“Mommy, why are you staring at me like that?”

Fallon blinked twice before she smiled sweetly at him. “Cause duh! I’ve missed you all day! Come here and give me some kisses!”

Aiden grinned widely and ran to her, wrapping his small arms around her. Oh, Fallon had f**ked up, and she had a feeling that things weren’t going to work themselves out. She was gonna have to face Lucas Brooks and tell him the truth, and then she was gonna have to tell Aiden.

Fallon just didn’t know how she was going to do that.

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“I just got done checking your e-mail. You have practice tomorrow morning at six, a meeting with Mrs. Adler at two, and then interviews at three and on.”

Lucas looked over at Levi from the chair he sat in, a mouth full of food and nodded.

“Good, I’ll go with you to everything, just in case.”

“Sounds good,” Lucas said with a nod after swallowing his food.

“Um, I refuse to do that research for you.”

Lucas shrugged his shoulders. “Fine, I’ll get someone else to do it.”

“Why? Just let it go dude,” Levi said aggravated. Lucas knew that Levi hated that he still cared for Fallon and wanted to know what she was up to, but Levi didn’t understand. Lucas had never loved a woman the way he loved Fallon. She was everything to him, and after just one night of stupidity, he lost her. Fallon wouldn’t deal with a cheater, she was stronger than that. Levi had said that if she really loved him, she would have worked it out with him, not leave, but Fallon had made it pretty clear many times that she wouldn’t deal with being cheated on. Who could blame her?

“I did her wrong, she’s my one regret,” Lucas said before taking another bite of food.

“I just think it’s a waste of time.”

Lucas shrugged his shoulders again. “Then don’t worry about it. I’ll make some calls.”

A file appeared in front of Lucas’ plate and he looked up at Levi. “Fallon Parker is the senior chief public relations manager for Rocky Top Wines. She has taken the company from the bottom to the top-selling wine in the U.S. Rocky Top Wines and the Assassins are partners,” Levi said with a look of disdain.

“No shit, really?”

“Yeah, they have their own restaurant in the arena, supply all the wine to all the parties, and even have VIP seating to go with their own level of seating. Fallon has made a name for herself.”

“Is she married?”

Levi rolled his eyes. “Not that I read. Everything says she single.”

Lucas bit his lip. “I won’t know until I talk to her, or see her hand. She’s very secretive about her personal life. Remember how she wouldn’t even hold my hand in public.”

“Yeah, weirdo. More of a reason to cut her loose.”

“Shut up, she wasn’t weird. She was just private. It was nice. Most girls want to flaunt me to everyone.”

“I guess,” Levi said as he took a piece of the chicken that was on Lucas’ plate. “She’s throwing a huge party for the anniversary of some old wine.”

“Get me tickets.”

“Apparently, your boss will give them to you tomorrow,” Levi said with a pointed look. “You have to impress Mrs. Adler, Lucas, she’s huge right now. People LOVE her.”

“You know I impress females easily.”