rip lifted his brow at me. “You want to get the stain out?”
I nodded, my skin prickling as he leaned in. Within a few seconds, everything went from hot to cold as a shock of wetness hit me, seeping through the material of my shirt as he poured the soda water slowly and directly onto my chest.
“Ah! What the…what the hell are you doing?” I spewed, looking down at the wet spot on my designer shirt.
“You want to lift the stain out, don’t you? The carbonated water will do it. It just needs to soak for a while.”
“The stain isn’t that big. You just poured water all over the front of my shirt!”
“There was no easy way to avoid that.”
“You could have not done it!”
“That wouldn’t have been any fun.”
I looked down at myself. My nipples were peeking through the wet fabric. “You can see right through my shirt now!”
“I’m painfully aware of that.” He sucked a breath in, his eyes glued to my chest. “Christ, are you not wearing a bra?”
“Actually, I’m not.”
He finally looked up. “Might I ask, why you’re at an airport with no bra on?”
Clearing my throat, I said, “I wanted to be comfortable on the flight. Plus…I’m…perky. I don’t really need to wear one in general. Well, at least, I didn’t until you poured seltzer all over me! I wasn’t expecting a strange man to assault me with water.”
His eyeballs descended upon my chest again. “Perky…huh?”
“Could you not stare at me like that?” I crossed my arms over my chest.
“I’m sorry. I wasn’t expecting...”
“To see me practically naked? You don’t say…”
He laughed guiltily. “What am I supposed to say? Look, I came here for a bite to eat and got way more than I bargained for. You have fantastic tits. You’re right. They are perky…just like their feisty owner.”
He suddenly took off his leather jacket and wrapped it around me. “Cover yourself with this.” It was heavy and felt like a warm hug coated in his sandalwood scent. If this felt good, I could only imagine what his actual body would feel like wrapped around me. I shook my head at the thought.
Looking down while I zipped it up, I noticed a small pair of metal wings pinned onto the chest. “What’s this pin? Were you a good little boy on your flight or something?”
He smirked. “Something like that.”
When I cracked a smile, he reached his large hand out. “Let’s start over. Hi, I’m Carter.”
Carter.
Huh.
He sort of looked like a Carter.
I took his hand and felt shivers roll through me when he squeezed mine with a powerful grip. Narrowing my eyes, I said, “Carter…I thought your name was Trip.”
“No. You assumed my name was Trip because that was what Louie called me. Trip’s a nickname.”
“Where does it come from?”
“Long story.”
“How do they know you here anyway? Do you travel a lot on business?”