Fallon nodded again. “Okay.” Her words came out so breathy, so quietly that she wasn’t sure if he heard her, but when he smiled she knew he had.

“I also wanted to ask if you wanted to go to Disneyland,” Lucas asked with a shy smile.

Fallon giggled as she looked down at his lips. She could have sworn he was going to kiss her, but nope, he decided to ask about Disneyland. Gosh, he and Aiden were so much alike, always coming out of left field with things.

“Huh?” she asked with a grin.

“Aiden asked to go, and since I’ll be off, I thought we could go.”

Fallon looked up into his eyes. “I haven’t decided if I am giving you those two weeks yet.”

Lucas mouth picked up on one side. “I think you are leaning towards it.”

She raised an eyebrow. “I am?”

“Yeah,” he said with a cocky grin. “If you weren’t, you wouldn’t have your mouth pursed up like that, just waiting for me to kiss you.”

Fallon let out a breathy laugh. “I ain’t waiting for you to kiss me.”

“Sure you are,” he said before capturing her mouth with his. The kiss was sweet at first but it turned hot in no time. His hands left hers, cupping her cheeks in his hands as he continued to give her kiss after kiss. Fallon opened her mouth for him, wanting to deepen the kiss, but Lucas pulled back, looking deep into her eyes. She looked up at him questioningly, and he just smiled as he backed away.

“You can have more when you agree to those two weeks,” he said so confidently that Fallon wanted to scream.

“Oh, you ass,” she muttered as he reached for her hand, pulling her along with him.

“Agree to it, and we can go finish what we started in my truck,” he said with a grin. “The seats lay down,” he added with a wink.

Fallon’s body was on fire, and she was almost to the point of saying yes, but she really needed to think this through. She looked up at him, and shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t want to hurt anyone. I still need to think it through.”

Lucas smiled. “I figured that. Come on, Aiden is waiting on us.”

Fallon glanced down at their joined hands before looking up at him. She could do this every day if only she could get Allison and that moment out of her head.

After meeting up with Audrey, Aiden, and Molly, and wishing Lucas luck, they were all escorted to their seats. Fallon was surprised when Molly sat beside her instead of Aiden, but paid it no mind as she looked around the arena. It had been a long time since she had been in an actual rink. She had done the PR work upstairs but she hadn’t been near the ice in years. For some reason it felt like it used to, amazing. She used to love hockey, it wasn’t only that Lucas was playing but the thrill of it. Watching men beat the crap out of each other and skate with such skill did it for Fallon. It really was a hot sport.

As Fallon sat in her seat, she couldn’t help but think of Lucas. She was still a little lightheaded from her kiss with Lucas, but at least she wasn’t regretting it or questioning the hell out of it. Now all she wanted to do was trust him. She wanted to give those two weeks a chance. She wanted to take Aiden and go to Disneyland with him. She wanted to have sex with him so bad she could taste him. But she couldn’t do any of those things until she trusted him, or at least forgave him.

“Fallon, I wanted to talk to you.”

Fallon pulled her eyes away from the ice, where she was having an internal battle with herself, to look over at Molly. “Yeah?”

Molly looked down at her hands, and then back at Fallon. “I’m sorry for some of the things I said yesterday.”

Fallon smiled. “Some of them?”

Molly returned the smile. “Yes, I should have never called you a coward, or the scum of the earth. You are a good girl, so I’m sorry.”

Fallon looked down at her hands before turning in her seat to wrap her arms around Molly. Molly returned the hug, holding Fallon close as the tears sprang to Fallon’s eyes. No matter what, she would always love Molly. Molly was an amazing, sweet woman.

“I deserved it,” Fallon whispered before they pulled apart.

Molly gave her a watery smile before taking her hand in hers. “Water under the bridge. Now let’s talk about how amazing my grandson is.”

Fallon nodded before Molly hit her with question after question. She wondered about the pregnancy, the birth, his baby years, everything. It was so great to talk to Molly about it all. Fallon used to be worried about the way she would deal with things when it came to Aiden, but she learned that Lucas was the same way as a child. Hearing Molly say she had done a great job made Fallon’s day. Being a single mom, Fallon tended to second-guess herself, but hearing from one of the best moms she knew that she was a good mom really did put all her fears aside.

Just as they were finishing up the conversation the Assassins took the ice. Aiden was on his feet screaming for Lucas and soon the three women joined him. Lucas would glance back at them and smile as he did laps around the rink. It not only took Fallon’s breath away but it gave her butterflies. Fallon had been a very avid Sharks’ fan when Lucas played for them — she went to every game and sat in the exact same seat — and watching Lucas now was like déjà vu. It was so unreal. She found that she had missed it all, and standing beside Aiden cheering for Lucas was everything Fallon thought it was going to be.

Perfect.

When she was younger she used to dream of taking their children to Lucas’ games, and just as she had dreamed it, Aiden’s face was bright with excitement. He was bouncing as he leaned with his nose against the glass, watching every move Lucas did. Fallon soon found herself doing the same thing. Lucas was marvelous on the ice. He skated the way he walked, confidently. He knew he was one of the biggest and baddest guys on that ice. He didn’t care about anything but winning. He was a beast.