Page 260 of Champagne Nights

“Addison?” I laughed.

“Yeah. My sister is a little spitfire. Anyway, Kirsten lied about when she got pregnant. Addison found out and called her out on it. I got her to confess that the baby wasn’t mine, which happened to be right in front of my parents.”

“Oh shit.” I laughed. “Your mom must have been heartbroken.”

“She was very angry, and after saying a few choice words, she kicked her out.”

“Good for her, but I’m not a fan of your mother.”

“Neither am I.” A smirk crossed his lips. “By the way, I never asked you how your flight was.”

“Before or after Frankie screamed at the guy in the aisle seat next to me?”

“What?” He cocked his head.

“I was sitting in my seat reading a book and all of a sudden, Frankie was practically on top of me and in the guy’s face.”

“Wait. I booked you the window seat. Why was Frankie sitting in it?”

“He doesn’t like to fly.”

“I know that. But I figured he would be a gentleman and let you have the window seat.”

“It was fine. I offered because he seemed nervous.”

“So why did he get in that guy’s face?”

“I guess the guy was asking me a question, and when I didn’t respond, he called me a bitch. Frankie told him I was deaf with a few other choice words.”

“Did the guy apologize?”

“He did.”

“Remind me to thank Frankie. And please don’t be mad at him. I really gave him no choice. He was so worried you were going to hate him.”

“I don’t hate him. I’m a little mad, but I’ll get over it eventually.” I smiled.

“He’ll be grateful to hear that,” his smile widened as he signed.

“Did you feel that?” I held out my hand in front of me.

“Feel what?”

I let out a laugh as a large raindrop hit him in the face.

“Yep. I felt that.” He wiped it from his face.

Suddenly, the sky opened, and it began to pour out of nowhere.

“Oh my God,” I jumped up. “Where did this come from all of a sudden.”

“I don’t know, but we better get back inside,” he signed and then held out his hand.

Without even thinking about it, I placed my hand in his as we ran back up to the house. When we stepped inside, we were both soaking wet.

“Stay right here. I’ll go get us some towels,” he said.

He was back within moments and wrapped a towel around my shoulders.

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