His eyes dropped to my cleavage. “No shit?”
I hoped they loaded that car on fast. This guy had a head start on the drinky poos, and was going to be on me like white on rice. I could feel it coming.
“My name's Ryan Perin,” he said, extending his hand.
“Stephanie.”
He kept hold of my hand. “Stephanie the lingerie buyer. That's very sexy.”
Yuk. I hate holding hands with strange men. Damn Ranger and his horizons. “Well, you know . . . it's a job.”
“I bet you have a lot of great lingerie.”
“Sure. I have everything. You name it, I've got it.”
The bartender looked at me expectantly.
“I'll have one of those,” I said, pointing to Perin's drink. “And could you hurry?”
“So tell me about your lingerie,” Perin said. “You have any garter belts?”
“Oh, yeah. I wear garter belts all the time-?red, black, purple.”
“How about thong panties?”
“Yeah, thong panties.” Every time I feel like flossing my ass.
The alarm went off on his watch.
“What's that?” I asked.
“It's a reminder to check on my car.”
Damn! Don't panic. Don't panic. “What's wrong with your car?”
“This isn't such a great neighborhood at this time of night. I had a radio ripped off last week. So once in a while I just look out and make sure no one's messing with anything.”
“Don't you have an alarm system?”
“Well, yeah.”
“Then you don't have to worry.”
“I guess you're right. Still . . .” He looked toward the door. “Maybe I should check just to be safe.”
“You're not one of those obsessive-?compulsive types, are you?” I asked. “I don't like those types. They're always so uptight. They never want to try anything new like, um . . . group sex.”
That got his attention back.
Some spittle collected at the corner of his mouth. “You like group sex?”
“Well, I don't like to do it with too many men, but I have a couple girlfriends . . .” My drink came. I knocked it back and went into a coughing fit. When I stopped coughing, my eyeballs got hot and watery. “What is this?”
“Bombay Sapphire.”
“I'm not much of a drinker.”
Perin slid a hand up my leg to just inside my skirt hem. “Tell me more about the group sex.”