Trying to Score
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When Lucas came out the tent, he pulled at the tightness at his neck from the tie he wore. He hated wearing ties, especially skinny ones. They seemed to choke him, and when he told the women that dressed him that, they laughed. He didn’t feel like arguing with them because they would probably call Fallon and then he would have to argue with her. He did not want that at all, so he sucked it up, ran his hands down the black suit, and went to look for Fallon.
When Lucas found her, she was standing with a busty blonde who wore a short orange dress. The dress was pretty but very plain; the only thing that made it pretty was the lace around the neckline. Fallon must have seen Lucas coming out the corner of her eye because she turned mid-sentence and said, “Tasha, this is Lucas Brooks. Lucas this is Tasha McNeal, she will be playing your other half.”
A person would think that with the grin that was plastered on Fallon’s face, she had just won the lottery or something. It was so damn big and fake that it irked a nerve in Lucas’ body. Lucas met eyes with Tasha as she gave him an appreciate smile and he cringed.
There was no damn way this was his other half.
Tasha held out her hand, and Lucas took it, shaking it lightly. “Nice to meet you.”
Lucas nodded, “You, too. Um, Fallon, this tie is tight.”
Fallon turned and moved her hands up under his chin, loosening the tie. When she gave him her real smile, his heart skipped a beat as their eyes met.
“Better?” she asked.
Lucas smiled as he nodded. “Much, thank you.”
“Anytime. Okay!” she said clapping her hands together. Lucas could tell she was nervous but she was hiding it well with that big fake smile. “Manuel, Elli? Can y’all come on over here real quick? Oh Dad, you too.”
Lucas turned to see William and Elli walking towards them. A very skinny man that had a camera in his hands followed behind them and when everyone reached them, they all smiled. Fallon flashed a big grin before turning and pulling a sheet off six large posters. Everyone took a step forward looking at the images as Fallon started talking.
“So here we go, first we’ll start outside, where Tasha will greet Lucas since he just came home from a hockey game. He’ll throw the bag down and pick her up before kissing her; she’ll be holding a bottle. Next we’ll move inside for a romantic dinner,” Fallon moved her hand along each poster and Lucas’ stomach twisted with each image of him and Tasha together. “Next, we’ll go out to the vineyard where there will be shots of them walking away, Lucas holds the glass, Tasha with the bottle.”
Fallon took a deep breath and smiled big as she pointed to the last image. It was a close up of Lucas and Tasha with Tasha’s lip in between his teeth. Lucas’ heart was pounding against his chest as Fallon clapped her hands in excitement, “This is the money shot. This will be everywhere, so it has to be perfect. That’s why I saved it for last.”
“Looks great, Fal,” Elli said with a great big smile on her face.
“Good, good, let’s get started,” the camera guy said walking away.
“So you changed the whole campaign?” William asked. He had his chin pinched between his fingers as he looked over each image. Fallon stood a little taller as she nodded.
“Yes, I think what I came up with is better than what we had.”
William nodded once before pinning her with a look. “I don’t like that you did it without the consent of the board, and I definitely don’t like that you did it behind my back.”
Fallon nodded. “I did what I thought was best for the company and for Lucas since he is our model.”
William looked over at Lucas, and Lucas shrugged his shoulders since he had no clue what Fallon was talking about. He didn’t know what was wrong with the last campaign and he wasn’t going to ask. He was still caught up on how he was basically going to be making out with some girl he didn’t know. Yeah, he had done it a lot before, but he was a changed man and there was only one woman’s lip he wanted to bite.
Fallon’s.
“Well let’s hope you have all your ducks in a row, Fallon Ryane. You better not mess this up.” William gave her one last look before he walked off, leaving Lucas with Tasha, Elli, and Fallon.
“Well that was nice,” Elli said biting her lip. “Reminds me of my dreaded mother. Blah.”
Fallon laughed. “I’m not worried about it; everything is going to be fine. I can feel it!”
Lucas slowly raised his hand causing everyone to look at him. Fallon’s eyebrow went up as she said, “Yeah?”
Lucas took a deep breath in since he knew that a fight was about to happen, but he couldn’t stay quiet. He couldn’t, so he said, “I think there might be a problem.”
Fallon didn’t understand why but her heart started to beat uncontrollably but it had. With just one look in Lucas’ nervous eyes, she knew something was wrong and there was no way anything could go wrong today. Her father was on her like white on rice, and he was ready to tear her apart for changing the campaign. He was just itching to and Fallon couldn’t afford to give him any reason to do it.
As she eyed a gorgeous, black suit clad Lucas, she took in shuttering breath before saying, “What, Lucas?”
Lucas looked over at Tasha and then back at Fallon before saying, “There is no way I can make out with this girl.”
Fallon took in a sharp breath as she watched Tasha give Lucas a dirty look. When she glanced over at Elli, she saw that Elli was holding in her laughter and Fallon had no clue what was funny. Fallon then looked back up at a nervous Lucas before clearing her throat. “Excuse me?”