Chapter 12

Riley set her phone down with a whirlwind of confusion rushing through her mind. "What's wrong sweetheart?" Lucas shut the door to her office and the brunette let out a light chuckle.

"Just got a call from Charlie apparently he wants Emily this weekend."

His eyes widened, "That's good right?"

She slowly nods her head, "Yeah that's amazing. I want her to have a relationship with her father no matter how much he gets under my skin." She bit her cheek and smirked, "I really am sorry about the other night I wasn't expecting anything like that to happen." The vet lifted her off the leather chair and set her in his lap.

"Don't apologize sweetheart, none of that was your fault. You're just amazing and I can't say I blame him for trying." His lips touched her shoulder when the door swung open.

"RILES!"

"AUGGIE!" The chef jumped out of his lap, "Auggie, hello." Lucas released a light laugh and stood up out of her chair.

"You must be Auggie, I'm Lucas Friar." Her brother and boyfriend shook hands.

"Nice to meet you. How come I didn't know you had a boyfriend Riley?"

She lazily shrugged her shoulders, "You've been busy with school. Either way you met him now, so bye see ya' later." A few seconds later the door opens again, "holy crap. HI MOTHER!" The brunette tousled her hair and sat down, "I feel light headed."

"Who's this Riley?"

Auggie interjects, "this is Lucas. Lucas Friar, Riley's new boy toy."

"Mom, Auggie you're embarrassing me!" Everyone starts to laugh, so she played it off like she was joking but in reality she was focusing on her cheeks, trying to prevent them from going red.

"I'm Topanga." Lucas and Riley's mom shook hands and he flashed a charming debonair smile. The brunette felt butterflies, she loved that smile. Her brown eyes shifted to her mother who was giving her a thumbs up. Yeah I know he's freaking hot, and perfect in every way. Way to point it out mom! She inhaled deeply, "OH MY GOSH! LET'S HAVE LUNCH!"

"NO! Nope, no. No. We don't have to do that." Riley rose from her desk and took Lucas' hand, "we were actually going to do anything else." She grinned feeling his lips touch her forehead, she glanced into his gorgeous emerald eyes and immediately was persuaded, "Fine."

"YAY! Because I've been craving your shrimp. I'll go get us a table." Topanga drug Auggie out of the office and the chef placed her face into the chest of her boyfriend.

"I am so sorry! I didn't know they were coming."

He sweetly stroked her hair and kissed her head again. "Baby I don't mind. I actually thought I'd meet your mom and brother before I met Emily. I want to meet them."

"Ugh, you're too perfect."

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"So you own your own ranch, and you're a veterinarian?" Topanga questioned.

"Uh yes ma'am. Like I told Riley on our first date it cuts back on medical costs. And the ranch was actually my Pappy Joe's it got passed down to me. I am very blessed." Lucas' arm wrapped around Riley's shoulder and she immediately laid her head in the crevice of his arm. "So what do you do Mrs. Matthews?"

Topanga cleared her throat, "Me? I am just a lawyer, no big deal?" Riley's brown eyes rolled.

"She is senior partner at a law firm I forget the name but my mom is one of the best in the city." The brunette felt the need to brag on her because she finished school when Riley was still a little girl. To do all of that and be a mother was something that couldn't be overstated. "And Auggie here is still undecided but he loves working out and what not so I suggested a personal trainer."

The vet nodded politely with a smile. "Yeah I've thought about it but it is so hard to get in that field and make a name for yourself."

"Well," the emerald eyed man interjects, "I have some buddies down at WFG, and if you do decide to do something in that field let me know. I can hook you up with a job."

"WFG?" The chef looked from her brother to her boyfriend, then back at her mother who looked just as confused as she did. "World Fighter's Gym? How do you have an in there?"

He chuckled lightly, "I used to train there. Adam, the manager is a friend of mine."

Auggie's jaw dropped again. "You used to train there?"

"What's the big deal?" The brunette questioned.

"Um just the fact they only allow professional fighter's in that gym." Riley craned her neck to see her boyfriend who was already glancing down at her with a smile. "So you used to fight then?"

He nods slowly, "Yeah to pay for school but I quit years ago. I don't intentionally like pummeling people. I use it now for defensive purposes."

"OH!" The chef jumped at Topanga's sudden outburst, "The real reason I came today was to see if I could kidnap Emily this weekend?"

"Normally yes, but Charlie has offered to pick her up tomorrow. So if he caves you absolutely can." She replied with a smile. Lucas took note of their lovely expressions at the mention of his name. "Come on y'all he is still Emily's dad and if I would have had a kid with anyone else it wouldn't have been Emily."

"True." Aug whispers, "He's just a real as-"

"August!" Everyone chuckles lightly, "What he was trying to say was that you're right, and where would we be without Emily? She is an amazing little girl, despite having him for a father and that's all that matters."

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The doorbell rang and Emily instantly shot up to go answer it. Riley's eyes met up with Lucas' as they meandered towards her ex. "Hey Charlie." Her chocolate orbs glanced behind him causing her jaw to clench. "Emily get inside now." The vet took notion of her aggravated voice. There was little protest, it seems as if the emerald eyed man wasn't the only one who caught the aggression. "Why the hell is she here?"

"She's my girlfriend."

"She's also the woman I caught you cheating on me with. Did you already date the entire city and now you're just making another round?" His lips separated to answer but she put her hand up. "Let me make something perfectly clear, you will NOT take Emily with her around." Lucas couldn't help but wonder why he cheated on Riley in the first place. Especially with her, long fake blonde hair, way too much makeup, and her boobs were obviously fake. "If you want to take Em this weekend. Drop her off and you can come back and get her."

"Why can you have a boyfriend and I can't have a girlfriend?"

"You are such an idiot! Lucas isn't wearing hooker clothes for one-"

"HEY!" The mistress snapped.

"SHUT UP!" Her gaze shifted back onto Charlie, "Second Lucas isn't going anywhere that I'm aware of. You seriously get sick of women after a week and I will not have Emily meet every single girl in the county that her father wants to bang that night. She needs stability."

"I can date whoever the hell I want."

The brunette nodded her head, "yeah absolutely. Anyone you want except her, you and her are the reason our marriage fell apart and I will not have her around Emily. If you two had dated consistently since we divorced that would be different but you haven't."

"Are you jealous Riley?"

The vet sauntered towards them. "You think I'm jealous of that? At one point and time yeah I was, when I was 5 weeks post-partum and my self-esteem was little to nothing. But right now, no I'm not. I have an amazing man who makes me feel beautiful."

"I made you feel beautiful." Charlie mumbled.

"Yeah you sure as hell did, especially when I caught her riding you. I am not and will never be jealous of anyone you date. But, let me just lay out your options for you. Drop her off and come back to get Emily I will even give you gas money, or you don't get her at all since it is technically my weekend anyway."

Lucas bit his cheek since he had made plans for the night. "I can drop her off since you and I have plans tonight baby girl." He whispered.

"It'll be fine if he doesn't want her my mom does." The vet nodded and started massaging her shoulders. "Oh yeah, this is why I can never get jealous." He laughed and kissed her forehead. "So what's your decision?"

"I'll come back to get her. 30 minutes." Within a few minutes they were turning at the stop sign.

"So that was the girl he cheated on you with?" The brunette agreed, "Why?" She giggled and gave him a hug. "You are way sexier, and more gorgeous, effortlessly beautiful." Riley kissed his cheek and led him back into the house.

"Hey baby doll, daddy will be right back to get you." She kneeled down in front of her little girl, "can you hang out with Luke while mommy gets ready for my date tonight?" After Emily agreed Riley kissed her cheek and rose from the ground as she was leaving, "Is that okay? I should've asked first."

"Of course it is." His lips touched hers and her entire body tingled, "Man I love kissing you. Go get ready sweetheart and I'll come get you when Charlie is here."

Riley sauntered down the hallway and after washing her face clean of all the makeup from the day she started to curl and tease her hair, they were going out with Maya and Zay tonight and then the rest of the weekend would be all them. Her best friend picked out the place and the brunette was pretty sure they were going to a club, Maya loved going dancing. Riley did too, whenever it was two stepping but the blonde liked Ecstasy. That's a great name. She hurriedly put on a smoky eye and just a little bit of powder with bronzer. The brown eyed girl had a feeling that she'd be kissing a lot tonight so she let herself wear a nude lip. "Clothes."

After a few minutes in her closet she slid on her black leather pants and an oversized cream colored short sleeve shirt. The chef tucked it in on her right side to accent her tiny waist and slid on her most comfortable black heels. The doorbell rang and a few seconds later there was a knock on her door. Riley shuffled across the hard wood and opened the door. "Holy s-"

"LUCAS!" She slapped his chest and he instantly pressed his lips against hers, the brunette released a light moan and continued their embrace. Deepening their kiss with every second, until there was another ring of the doorbell. "Sorry one second."

"Dang I've got a hot girlfriend." She scoffed and after calling Emily's name she opened the door and Charlie quickly pulled her outside and shut the door.

"What the hell Charlie? What are you doing?"

His lips pressed against hers, within seconds the front door was opening again. She shoved him off while the vet stormed outside. "Riley please go inside sweetheart." He didn't take his gaze off of Charlie for one second.

"Lucas."

"I'm fine sweetheart just go on inside with Emily please." He didn't speak again until he heard the door shut. "Keep your hands, lips and whatever else off of her. I'm sick of you kissing my girl. Got it?"

Charlie laughed, "Are you intimidated by me? Scared I'll take her away?"

"You had your chance." He replies through gritted teeth, "And the fact she keeps pushing you off should be a sign that she has no interest in you anymore. I want us to get along Charlie, but the way things are going it isn't looking like that'll happen." Her ex's lips separated but Lucas beat him to it, "Keep your God damn hands off of her, I'm serious."

"So am I. I want her back."

"Yet 40 minutes ago you show up with boobs for brains? Get your life together and have a fun weekend with your daughter, she's a fantastic little girl. Riley is mine and I don't like to share."

"DADDY!" The vet inched away from his face and put on a smile, "Ready daddy?"

Charlie nodded and the little blonde girl ran to his truck. He held out his hand for a shake that the green eyed man accepted. "Do I make myself clear?" His hold on Charlie's hand got tighter, and tighter until Riley pulled them apart.

"Easy boys. Charlie you should go." Lucas' hands found her waist as Charlie pulled away, "You have a temper Mr. Friar."

"He has some nerve, yeah you look incredible and beautiful and sexy but no reason to kiss another man's woman." She spun around to face him and her arms snaked around his neck, "I don't like to share." He whispered against her lips before crashing them together. His hands pulled them closer, filling any sort of gap in between them. The brunette released a light moan again and her right hand crept up his shirt to feel his rock hard abs.

"Do we have time?" He nibbled on her ear and before he could answer Zay was honking his horn. "Dang it."

"Don't worry baby, I'll take care of you tonight." He mumbled as they sauntered to Zay's truck.

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"A karaoke bar?" Riley questioned before looping her arm through Maya's. "You are impossible."

"What? You love this, we used to go karaoke all the time peaches. I missed it, so here we are and the boys can just drink and dance with us when we aren't singing."

The brunette giggled, "You are something else. Come on let's get a table." Zay and Lucas sauntered behind them, shooting the shit about random things. Right now they were talking about the woman up on stage who was dressed way too young for her age. "Alright who's DD?" Zay raised his hand reluctantly, "YAY! Can I get a sangria please?"

The vet ordered a beer and pulled her chair closer to him, "You look gorgeous."

Her breath had a hitch in it whenever he whispered those words. She loved the look in his jade eyes when he was serious. The way he looked when his eyes raked across her body, like she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. "Thank you."

"OKAY! Signed me and you up for a little 'Pistol Annies'." Riley gave her a knuck and started sipping on her sangria. "Oo, I want one of those."

The brunette giggled and laid her head on Lucas' shoulder. "So you used to karaoke a lot?" I nod, not really wanting to drag it out more than that because she was embarrassed. "I can't wait to hear you sing."

"You've heard me sing."

"Yeah, and you sound wonderful but up on a stage, with a melody, looking that good, I haven't gotten that lucky yet." He joked, "Zay have you seen them karaoke?"

"Nope, Riley would always tell me she was going for a bar crawl-"

"Every Friday night." The girls said in unison and gave each other a high five.

Zay's eyes rolled, "Anyways. Before Riley introduced me to Maya she'd ditch me to go do this I assume. Still stings Riley, that you'd ditch me."

She giggled and leaned off of his shoulder, "Oh Zay. I used to hang out with you every day but Friday. Don't get greedy." Lucas tasted jealousy in his mouth that Zay had spent so much time with her and he was only just now getting to know her. That Zay knows so much more about her than he does. That small notion was comforting at the beginning to try and navigate the emotional thunderstorm that was Riley Matthews. Now that Lucas thought there were some lingering feelings towards his girlfriend, it was more or less upsetting. Frustrating. "Besides if I wasn't friends with Maya who would you be with now?"

"Yeah, where would you be without me?" The blonde joked. Zay lightly laughed and shifted his gaze towards Riley before kissing Maya. The vet hoped it was his imagination.

"NEXT UP. MAYA HART AND FRIEND! PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE!"

Riley gave her boyfriend a kiss on the cheek before sauntering on stage. "Good luck beautiful." The blonde and brunette took places at the opposite ends of the stage. A slow steady melody started to ring throughout the space and the girls immediately started to laugh. Lucas took note of how absolutely perfect she is and clearly she's nervous because her cheeks held a red hue. It must have been a while.

Maya starts it off.

I'm hell on heels say what you will.
I done made the devil a deal.
He made me pretty.
He made me smart.
And I'm gonna break me a million hearts.

Riley chimes in.

I'm hell on heels and baby I'm coming for you.

Lucas and Zay both laughed as the girls point to them in the crowd.

Maya takes a few steps towards center stage.

This diamond ring on my hand's the only good thing that came from that man.
Got a GTO from one named Joe.
And a big piece of land down in Mexico.
I'm hell on heels and baby I'm coming for you.

Maya wanders towards the edge and Riley steps center stage. Lucas instantly sits a little straighter with a smirk across his face.

Got a pink guitar.
A Lincoln town car.
From oh what's his name I met in a bar.
Got a high rise flat, in Hollywood.
From a married man, wasn't up to no good.
I'm hell on heels and baby I'm coming for you.

Riley placed her arm over Maya's shoulder as they started to sing together.

"She's incredible." The emerald eyed man mumbled.

"Yeah." His gaze shifted from Riley to Zay who cleared his throat. "Maya, I've heard her sing before. Ya' know but still she's talented."

Then there's Jim I almost forgot
I ran him off but I took the yacht.
Poor old Billy,
bless his heart. I'm still using his credit card.
I'm hell on heels and sugar daddy I'm comin' for you.

I'm hell on heels say what you will
I done made the devil a deal.
He made me pretty.
He made me smart.
And I'm gonna break me a million hearts.
I'm hell on heels and baby I'm comin' for you.

"YEAH BABY SHAKE IT FOR ME!" Lucas instantly clenched his fist but the girls didn't seem to notice because they continued to dance together on stage. Laughing and having a good time, Riley doesn't get out enough so he didn't want to ruin it for her.

"Pig." Zay mumbles under his breath.

"No kidding. Hitting on girls who obviously have boyfriends, that's low." Zay took a swig of soda and avoided Lucas' unintentional blow. "Charlie kissed her again today."

"Damn, that man. I told her not to marry him."

"You did?" Zay nodded, "Why didn't you like him?"

He lazily shrugged his shoulders. "Something just wasn't right with them two. Complete opposites, he was a huge partier and Riley liked to have a good time but he took it too far. One girl was never enough and there were always rumors flying around that he was cheating on her. I just didn't like him. I didn't go to the wedding."

His green orbs widened. "Shoot, you should've introduced her to me sooner."

Zay released a breathy laugh, "Yeah. While you were fighting every weekend? Nah, she wouldn't have been interested."

"She sounded intrigued by it when I told her. She said it was sexy." The vet took a swig of beer.

"I really don't want to hear about y'alls sex life." He snapped and started clapping when the girls finished.

Lucas furrowed his brows, "what the hell is your problem man?"

"Nothing Luke, drop it."

The girls were only a few feet away. "We'll talk about this later." Riley wrapped her arms around his neck. "Hey beautiful, you did great." Her lips pressed against his and her fingers ran through his hair. His hands inched her closer by pressing against the small of her back. Her forehead landed on his and she let out a happy sigh, "I love you sweetheart."

"I love you too." The vet looked up from her and saw Zay glancing right at him. Not glaring, not angry but jealous. Definitely jealous.

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