Trying to Score
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“Oh yay, wine,” she said with a fake smile, causing Fallon to laugh out loud.
“Oh hush, that’s a vintage bottle thank you, but the envelope is the real present.”
Janet must have not seen the envelope because when her eyes set on it, she tore it off, ripping it open before she started jumping around like a crazy person. “CLUB SEATS!” she screamed as she jumped up and down.
“Yup, my season tickets for next year, all yours.”
Janet looked up at her, and Fallon swore she had tears in her eyes. Janet was the biggest University of Tennessee football fan that Fallon knew aside from her granddaddy and dad, so when her dad gave her the tickets for next season, Fallon knew who to give them to.
Fallon hated football, especially UT football. It was something about the color that just messed with her head.
“You’re the best.”
“I know,” Fallon said with a grin, “Maybe you’ll start drinking wine?”
“No, but Elli will love this for when she has the baby, thanks for my gift to her,” Janet laughed. Fallon joined in as Janet called into Elli’s office. “Mrs. Adler, Ms. Parker is here.”
Fallon watched as Janet nodded and then hung up. “Go on in.”
“Thanks Janet, enjoy!”
“Oh I will! Thanks so much again!”
“No problem, babe!” Fallon gushed as she walked over to Elli’s door and threw it open. Elli stood beside her desk in a pair of wool shorts with a cute black blouse. Topping the outfit off was some thigh high suede boots that if Fallon could wear she would take. Like always, Mrs. Adler was dressed to impress.
“Hey Fallon!”
“Hello Mrs. Adler, looking amazing as always,” Fallon said with a jealous look, causing Elli to laugh.
“Please, you’re the hot one!”
Fallon looked down at her light blue wool dress that had a large black belt under her breast. She was looking pretty good, but while she was wearing Ralph Lauren, Elli was rocking Gucci, probably. Oh what Fallon would do for her Gucci days back.
“I am looking good today,” Fallon joked as she laid everything she brought with her on Elli’s desk while Elli giggled. “So I know your husband is a wino, so I brought him a bottle of our vintage Big Orange, and a couple bottles of our Moscoto. Also I brought the packets for all the players and staff that have all the tickets and other cool things in ‘em. Make sure you get everyone to go please.”
“It will be mandatory, don’t worry, and Shea will love you for forever while I will hate you because I can’t drink.”
Fallon laughed as Elli put the bottles of wine behind her desk and opened one of the packets. “I also brought an idea for you.”
Elli looked up from the packet as Fallon handed over the proposal she had been working on for weeks. “Rocky Top Wines thinks that we need to tie in closer with the Assassins, and the way we want to do it is with a campaign featuring one of your players. I don’t know which one ‘cause I only know two from the team and I doubt you and Harper would be okay with females all over your men.”
“You are right on that one,” Elli said with laugh as she looked through the proposal.
Fallon smiled as she went on. “So we would want a single, late twenties, good-looking guy that has all his teeth for the campaign.”
“Fallon honey, the whole team is missing teeth,” Elli laughed, making Fallon laugh.
“I know that but they would need to wear their teeth for the creative shoot.”
“Gotcha, let me run this by my uncle. We’ll set up a meeting and see what else you got for us. I hate to rush ya babe, but I have an appointment coming in, so can I call you when I got a time for you?”
“Sure can,” Fallon said as she stood, meeting Elli by the desk to hug tightly.
“I’ll talk to you soon,” Elli gushed as they parted and Fallon started for the door.
“Thanks so much, can’t wait to hear from you,” Fallon said as she opened the door and started out it. If the campaigns happened, then hopefully Fallon could propose the cellar idea. She knew it would be a hit, just as the campaign would be — as long as they got the right guy. They needed someone sexy and dangerous that had a soft, sophisticated side.
Lucas Brooks would be perfect.
A fit of giggles came out of her when she got on the elevator and pushed the main floor button.
Thank God that would never happen.
 
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Lucas was nervous.
If Eleanor Alder was anything like her husband, he was in for it. Adler had been hard on him all through practice, yelling and taunting him while he tried to do his best. But Lucas couldn’t keep up, he was dog tired.
“It’s going to be fine, Lucas,” Levi said from the other side of the elevator. Lucas looked over at him and shrugged his shoulders.
“I sucked at practice today,” Lucas stated.
“Yeah, but you were tired, they understood that. You’ll be fine tomorrow.”
“I hope so,” he said as the doors opened and they both exited. They walked down the purple and black hall and came to a large black desk that held a gorgeous blonde. Levi’s mouth twitched when the girl stood and said her greeting. The girl was thick, and Levi loved thick women. Levi was about to spit some game at the luscious blonde, and Lucas couldn’t wait for the show that would happen.
“I’m sorry what did you say? I was completely distracted by your gorgeous face. I love your eyes, they are so blue.”