CHAPTER 2

Hey guys!

I am so happy that some of you like this story ^^ So I hope to continue to deliver! Please let me know if you don't like something :3

Now about this chapter, it's ähm, very much like the show xD The middle of this chapter is pretty much a copy of the breakfast scene in 2x03 because I love it so damn much and I could use it to form my own idea of the ending. But well at least now you get Liams thoughts! (or to be precise what I think he thinks xD). Next chapter will separate the show and this story a lot and it's gonna be fun to write. Well you will find out ~

Liam

It was the sudden movement of something near him that woke him up. Liam had slept like an angel after his little situation with Fallon. Maybe it was the confirmation about her still liking him that made him sleep this well. As he slowly opened his eyes to get used to the sudden dark of the room Liam changed his mind. He didn't sleep this well because he knew Fallon wasn't running away from him. It was definitely about Fallon using him as a pillow that made him feel safer than he would have ever imagined.

Just after opening his eyes he could see her head resting on his chest. Her hair, which was usually perfect, was now all messy and disordered. It somewhat felt special seeing her without any make up on. And then there was her sleeping face. Watching her snore a bit made him forget how powerful Fallon was. He couldn't help but to push a strand of hair out of her face. All of this made him wish that she would choose him. It would probably destroy him if she went through with her wedding plans. Sadly it wasn't his place to tell her better, so he tried to accept it and then…things like this happen.

Fallon moved slightly again. She seemed to finally have woken up, so when she opened her eyes and looked up into his he let out a friendly "Good morning sweetheart." For a sleepy second she looked really happy to see him and leaned even closer to him – just to push away before her lips touched his.

"What the hell? Liam?!" Her voice sounded more surprised and confused than angry. Liam had to laugh about her baffled face expression, which slowly changed to a head shake as she realized what happened.

"Just to be clear, I wasn't the one who changed his side of the bed." He mentioned with a smack grin on his face. Fallon didn't take it as funny as he did. At least that was his interpretation of her annoyed sight followed by her almost direct escape out of the bed.

"No good morning?", Liam questioned with the intention to tease her a bit more. Fallon stopped in her movements and looked at him with a fake grin on her face. "Good morning honey." Liam had to smile about this as it reminded him of their teasing greetings on the breakfast table in the Carrington Manor. Obviously Fallon hadn't forgotten about it as well.

"Sweet." He let out a soft cough and then he shook his head in the direction of the bathroom. "Well I guess, you are going to take the shower first then? Should I show you how to turn it on?" If looks could kill, he would be in his not existent grave right now.

"Thanks I can manage on my own." Fallon turned away from him and went to the bathroom which was connected to the bedroom. On her way there she picked up her clothes and then disappeared behind closed doors.

Could have gone worse. Liam laughed about this thought and took a minute to remember the warmth of her body next to his. He could get used to waking up like this if it wasn't for her being in a relationship with another man. He let out a small sight and got himself up to make the bed and to pick some clothes out for the day. So when Fallon stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed and with perfect make up on, he took her place.

Fallon

While Liam was gone taking a shower, Fallon reached for her phone and tried to call Culhane. She truly needed to hear his voice, so she didn't feel like she betrayed him – what she didn't! It was all because of this stupid pillow throw that she got closer to Liam. Then again, somehow Fallon was angrier about the fact that she liked it than that it happened in the first place. Being near Liam was dangerous for her and Fallon felt the strong need to get away from this place as soon as possible. It just wasn't help that she couldn't reach Michael. He didn't pick up his phone. So she was stuck to write him a message about how much she loved him and missed him the past night. Writing the message felt more like a confirmation to herself than to her fiancé. Everything was okay; she had her feelings under control. The problem was, she hadn't.

As Liam walked out of the bathroom without his shirt on, she realized once more how strong his upper body looked. There was a part in her that wanted to run to him and pull her arms around his neck. But the other straighter thinking part of her kept her eyes locked on his. If Fallon was able to ignore her affection to his body once before, she could do the same right now. With a strict look on her face she opened her mouth to explain her day plan to him.

"So, the plan for today is simple. We make your mother fall in love with me while breakfast and get her to sign the contract before midday, so that I am gone from here in no time." Fallon rested her hands on her hips and waited for Liam's reaction. He wasn't answering her. Instead he walked up to her and of course he came closer than her personal space. What made Fallon forgot to breathe for a small moment.

"Sounds good, I wouldn't want to keep you away from your soon to be husband. You must have missed him this night a lot as we saw." Fallon knew that he wanted to tease her with this once again but… didn't his voice sound a bit hurt? While she tried to study him, Liams right hand went past her left side, where his shirt seemed to have been laying. As he pushed back he held it in his hand and stepped away from her to put it on. Even if Fallon wouldn't admit it, his movement made her speechless for a second. Her mind went to all the places she didn't want to be thinking of, especially not if it involved him leaning closer to her.

"Shall we?" His voice interrupted her thoughts and brought her back to the reality. Liam had raised his eyebrows and was waiting for her to join him on his way out. Of course she followed up, leaving behind the bedroom, Fallon believed to never see again.

Liam

They walked down the stairs and found their way outside to be welcome by Liam's mother who sat on the top seat of the table in the garden. As polite as possible Liam wished everyone a good morning and sat down on his usual place. Fallon placed herself next to him and just a moment later George joined them. Liam was kind of expecting Fallon to directly start sweet talking his mother but no, she didn't get the chance to. Instead his mother proofed once again, that she could be an evil witch.

"Aren't you going to ask your wife what she wants? Forgive my son, Fallon." Of course she would present him as a 'bad' person but Liam knew better than to say anything to his mother. So he repeated the words his mother wanted to hear from him.

"Fallon, can I please see your plate?" Ignoring his inner feeling of annoyance by following his mother's orders, he looked at Fallon and held his hand up in order to take her plate. As expected, Fallon wouldn't go through with it. She put her right hand in his and smiled at him.

"You're sweet. But I am an independent woman fully capable of serving myself salmon." That's the Fallon he knew. She truly was independent and Liam didn't know any person with a stronger mind set than Fallon. So as she spoke this last sentence directly to his mother and served herself Salmon, Liam couldn't help but to smile a little. But it only took his mother a second to make his smile disappear again.

"Well, of course you're an independent woman. God knows you wouldn't wanna have to rely on my eunuch son." Okay, that was…harsh. Liam was used to be treated like this from his mother. It was the exact reason why he had run away from his home and changed his name in the first place. But hearing her say these things in front of the woman he loved made him feel a lot angrier.

"Which is why after being married to you for an hour, Liam, she already has someone on the side." Now, that wasn't fully true. Liam slightly opened his mouth to tell her that she wasn't in the spot to say these things but closed it again, still taken back by the fact that his mother brought this up in the first place. So instead of him, Fallon defended herself.

"You—You have no idea what you're talking about." How could his mother anyways? Nobody else would come up with the idea of marrying some stranger while being in love with someone else.

"Don't think I didn't notice those calls to Michael." As much as he wanted to enjoy some silent breakfast and to forget all of this, his mother went on and on.

"But there's nothing to be ashamed of. My son, on the other hand. Weakness. That is an inexcusable trait. Sadly, you married the king of it." Hah, back to blaming him. He should have known that's what this was all about: Making him look bad. At least his mother enjoyed it while he was pretty much speechless. Liam should probably be jumping out of his seat by now and telling her all these awful things that came to his mind. But the thing was…he couldn't. And as it seemed, he didn't have to. It was Fallon who snapped at his mother's words.

"Okay. Listen up, you Joan Crawford psycho shrew. Your son doesn't fight back not because he's weak but because he's protective of you. Or are you too much of a self-absorbed witch to notice?" Might sound harsh, but right now Liam couldn't love Fallon more.

"Since I met him, he's asked nothing of me, and he's given me everything." Hearing these words made him smile and looking up to her. Fallon didn't have to defend him. He never asked that of her but she still did.

"Anyone could see his strength. But you have to look close to see his soul." Wow. This caught him even more off guard than his mother trash talk.

"So…open your eyes, if you still can, because you have no clue what you're missing." For once in his life, his mother had no answer ready. Something only Fallon Carrington could accomplish and Liam was absolutely blown away. Fallon saw his soul, that's basically what she said. And the more he thought about it, the more he doubted that she didn't have feelings for him. Especially the expression on her face when their eyes met convinced him otherwise. She seemed pleased with herself and Liam felt more thankful than ever. So as soon as Fallon left the table and walked away, he stood up and ran after her not even looking back to his mother.

Fallon

Why did she do this? She absolutely screwed it up with Liam's mother and so her chance of selling the company was more far away than before. And for what? Fallon bit her lips as she realized that she only did it for Liam because she cared about her ex-husband.

"Fallon, wait." The familiar voice of Liam sounded from behind her the moment she arrived at the car while trying to find Michaels number on her phone. Originally she wanted to call Michael and ask him if at least he was successful but now that Liam caught up with her, he got all her attention.

"Yes, I snapped. I am not even sorry, she deserved it." Fallon cross her arms in front of her body as if she wanted to defend herself from whatever Liam had to say.

"I know, it was still a stupid thing to do." Liam took a deep breath. "But…I need to thank you. You didn't have to stand up for me, I am glad you did." He really looked grateful and Fallon gave him a small smile.

"No problem, that's what you have a fake-wife for, isn't it?" She drowned in his eyes for a moment until reality hit her again.

"Any plans on how to turn your mother around after this?" She asked him a bit taken back by the fact that she had no idea if plan A named Culhane had worked out or if it all depended on her.

"As a matter of fact, I have." Liams words sounded like some powerful magic to her. It was probably because her eyes lighting up that he kept on speaking.

"There is a very important meeting for the Van Kirks and originally my uncle was supposed to represent our company but as you know that's not going to happen." Fallon listened up. Liam voice sounded a lot more careful than before. What exactly was he trying to tell her?

"And as my mother insists, I am supposed to go there and convince them to keep on investing in our company." He took a deep breath before he went on. "Until now I denied going there but that's another confirmation for my mother that I am useless. So…I decided to go and as a matter of fact, you should too." Fallon looked at him quite confused. Why should she…Oh.

"You want me to convince them to invest in our partnership. If everyone is into the whole Carrington-Van Kirk thing, your mother won't have the possibility to turn it down." Liam nodded slowly.

"Exactly. Besides there is one let's say difficult partner and if you can win him over, my mother will be kissing your shoes." Liam smiled at Fallon while she was feeling the overwhelming ambition to go there. If it was about business she was able to make anything work. There was just one little catch.

"Sounds great but let me guess, we would have to pretend to be married?" Fallon raised her eyebrows questioningly, already knowing where this was heading.

"Yes, but I assume that's not the biggest issue here." Liam avoided her look while saying the rest out loud. "The whole thing is taking place in…Cracow…Poland." And that's when Fallon starred at him as if he went completely crazy.

"Why? Why would a meeting like this be there? To inform you about some world geographies, Poland is not just around the corner." She huffed and shook her head while thinking about the whole thing.

"I know and I get if you don't want to go, but it might be your last shot." Liam went nervously with one hand through his hair. Fallon wasn't sure about all of this. She could say no, and just hope that Michael got his hands on the signed papers. Or she could go to Liam's mother and apologize, but that's something she would truly hate doing. So what were her possibilities? Of course she could search someone else to sell the Carrington Company to but… She didn't exactly found Liam's idea that bad. She was actually only afraid of the idea to spend more time with Liam in a different country for some particular reasons.

"When would we have to leave?" Fallon asked slowly.

"Tomorrow." Hah, that was…fast notice, but there was a bright side to all of this. Maybe Michael got the papers, and then she wouldn't even have to go.

"Fine, I'll go with you. Someone has to save your ass from these backstabbing partners." She declared, now turning to the car. Fallon expected Liam so send her all the details later on. Besides, there was a lot to catch up with her fiancé. So she got in the car and looked at Liam one last time before driving off, not expecting to see him again this soon.