As I opened the conversation after a few minutes of silence during our journey, I asked, "Why is Callie so casual to you? Are you close?"

He glanced at me briefly and shrugged.

"She's our family lawyer. Actually, you're the only one who calls me by my last name often," he explained, surprising me.

"Huh? Why? Don't you like your last name?"

"It's not like that. I just hate it sometimes, that's all."

I winced. "So, I'm forbidden to call you by your last name then?"

Lucas tilted his head to the side to look at me. "It's up to you, Natasha. Anything goes."

I nodded and smiled. "Alright then."...