Trying to Score (Assassins) Read online

  It wasn’t easy.

  Every time she talked about the hot, rugged, dangerous looking man that they needed for the campaign, all she could think about was Lucas. She knew for a fact that THAT man had the body of a God. Perfect and rugged, with hair on his chest, and sexy yummy tattoos. Oh Lord, she was getting hot all over again.

  “Fallon, are you still hot? You’re all flushed,” Elli asked as Fallon stood waiting for questions from everything.

  “Just a little, I’ll be alright,” Fallon said as she groaned inwardly. What the hell was wrong with her? She was always professional and composed! She was acting like a freaking school girl!

  “I’m sorry about the heat Fallon, hun, but I won’t have you wait long since I’ve kept you hot through the whole meeting,” Mr. Fisher said.

  All Fallon could think, was that Mr. Fisher wasn’t the one that kept her hot but she sure wasn’t going to say anything.

  “So I’ll just let you know now, that yes, we want to do the campaign. Sounds good, I’ll let you and Elli decided on what player y’all want.” Mr. Fisher stood and came to Fallon, shaking her hand while Fallon was about to burst with happiness.

  She had done it! Yes!

  Everyone stood, coming over to Fallon and shaking her hand before shaking Rob’s. Elli was last and instead of shaking Fallon’s hand, she hugged Fallon tightly.

  “Great presentation, you are just so passionate about it. I loved it.”

  “Thank you Elli,” Fallon gushed as Elli smiled and started for the door. “I’ll be in contact.”

  “Wonderful babe, see ya later.”

  Fallon watched Elli walk away as Rob came over to her. “You know I wasn’t hot at all through the whole meeting.”

  “Shut up, Rob,” Fallon said glaring over at him.

  “I’m thinking that someone couldn’t get a certain someone’s statement out of her head.”

  Fallon rolled her eyes as she picked up the mockups of the campaign.

  “You don’t know what you’re talking about,” she said. When she looked over at him, he started to laugh.

  “Oh, I’m sure I do. I’m thinking you were thinking about the same guy that you had me say very rude things too.”

  “Shut up, Rob,” Fallon said once more before letting out a frustrated breath.

  If Lucas affected her this much and she hadn’t even seen him, what was going to happen when she did?

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  “It was so embarrassing Audrey, so stinking embarrassing.”

  Audrey giggled before picking up her glass of wine and bringing it to her lips. They sat around their kitchen table, drinking a celebratory drink while Aiden was upstairs sleeping. Fallon was explaining her day and what had happened after the dreaded phone call from Lucas.

  “I say when you see him again that you attack him! Give him a kiss he’ll remember for the rest of his life!”

  Fallon giggled at that. “Oh please, I’ll probably just stand there, like a fish out of water, my mouth opening and closing!”

  Fallon demonstrated how she would look and that had them both laughing.

  “I don’t see why you are letting him affect you? I mean he is hot and all, but apparently he’s something if he’s got you, Ms. Calm, Cool, Collected, on edge,” Audrey said. Fallon smiled as butterflies filled her stomach.

  “Oh Audrey, you just don’t understand,” Fallon expressed, “I lived when I was with him.”

  “Huh?” Audrey asked confused, “You’re not livin’ now?”

  Fallon mouth picked up at one side as she thought back to all the amazing times she and Lucas had. “I am, but in a different way. Lucas could make me laugh just the way Aiden does now. He could get me in a hockey goal and shoot pucks at me and I would know I’m safe. We went on amazing trips, ate amazing food, sat on the beach, and just lived together. He loved me, and Lord, did I love him.”

  When Audrey didn’t say anything after a few minutes, Fallon looked over at her. Audrey was looking at her with wide eyes and a confused look on her face. “Fallon, I’ve never seen you talk about a man so passionately. Me, Aiden or your job, you always talk like that, but never a man.”

  “’Cause there hasn’t been anyone since him,” Fallon answered sadly.

  “’Cause you haven’t tried to be with anyone else,” Audrey pointed out. “A lot of guys want a piece of your crazy hot ass.”

  Fallon laughed. “I’m not crazy hot, and plus after being with Lucas, no one could ever compare. That’s probably why I haven’t been with anyone. I’m still so raw.”

  Audrey shook her head. “Fallon, it’s been seven years, and I have never heard of him. Now, not only do I know who Aiden’s daddy is, but I know that this dude was your dude. What the hell?”

  Fallon slowly shrugged her shoulders as she bit at the skin around her index finger. “Maybe I’m over him,” she then laughed, “Or maybe I know the truth is coming out, so I gotta tell someone!”

  Audrey laughed. “I don’t think you’re over him, sis. If you were, he wouldn’t affect you the way he does.”

  “Maybe you are right ‘cause Lord, I’m so scared about seeing him again.”

  “You should be, he is sexy as all get out,” Audrey gushed as Fallon smiled.

  “You have no clue on the amount of sexiness there is when that man takes his clothes off,” Fallon said breathlessly as she waved her hand in her face. It was suddenly very hot in Fallon’s small kitchen.

  Audrey giggled as she placed her face in her hands, looking up at Fallon. “Oooh, do tell!”

  Fallon giggled along as she just shook his head. “Oh Audrey, my favorite thing about him other than his eyes, was his chest. It was a little hairy but not much, his abs was something straight out of a magazine, ripped beyond all belief. He had this sexy ass tattoo along his pecks that said, ‘Never look back, never think twice’ and…”

  Audrey cut her off before she could go on. “How in the world do you still remember what his tattoo says!”

  Fallon gave her a shy, naughty smile. “When you’ve ran your tongue along them letters enough times, you tend to remember what they say.”

  Audrey laughed out loud, holding her stomach as Fallon giggled uncontrollably. “He was everything I wanted. I loved him with everything inside of me,” Fallon said sadly when she stopped laughing.

  They sat for a moment, and Fallon couldn’t help but think about seeing him again. It had been so long, what would happen? Would she do what Audrey said? Fallon knew that would stun him. It brought a grin to her face just to imagine the look on his face if she was bold enough to do it.

  “Why did y’all break up?”

  Fallon looked up and then back down as she shook her head. It hurt so bad just to think about. So damn bad. She would be lying if she said she didn’t think of him, if she still didn’t miss him, because she did. She hadn’t even seen him yet and just the thought of his eyes settling on hers brought her to her knees. That was why she was so nervous about seeing him. She may still be mad and not want anything to do with him but if he was persistent, the way she knew he would be, she wasn’t sure if she could resist.

  There was just something about Lucas Brooks that could stop a full room from talking and make them look at him. He was so intoxicating, so full of life. He loved living, he was fun, he had a joke for everything, and he was always smiling, even after all he had dealt with. His body was her Wonderland, she could still to this day remember every tattoo, every scar, every ab, the line of hair that ran from his belly button down, everything. It still broke Fallon’s heart every time she thought back to that day.

  The day that basically ruined her life.

  “You’re zoning out on me Fal,” Audrey said with a laugh. Fallon looked over at her.

  “He broke me,” Fallon said simply as she closed her eyes. When she opened them, Audrey was looking at her with a worried look on her face. Fallon gave her a small smile before she slowly retold why they broke up.

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