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Walking up to the counter, I take in a deep breath before saying, “Hi! I was wondering if you happen to take walk-ins.”
The receptionist smiles. “Hi unfortunately, we are not today. Today is fully booked with appointments and the boys sadly do not have any open time.” She pauses and looks at the screen once more, and says, “I have one on Sunday. Would you like to book that?”
Frowning, right now may be the only time I will have the courage to get a tattoo, I sigh.
“Oh, really? I leave for Seattle on Sunday. I guess I wasn’t meant to get a tattoo today then. Thank you.” I sigh. Before I turn around, there is a deep velvety voice that comes from the back room.
“Tyler, I can take her. I have no appointments today and was only here to do paperwork.”
I glide my eyes off Tyler and focus on the voice coming from the backroom.
Out emerges a viking and I stop breathing. I mean, he looks like a goddamn viking. The first thing I notice is his piercing blue eyes. Moving mine down, I take in his chiseled jawline with the right amount of scruff. His head is shaved on the sides with his dirty blond hair pulled into a man bun on top. I used to always find that funny, men who would have a man bun, but fuck me, he makes it look hot. He’s covered in tattoos from his neck to his bulging biceps. The tattoos cover his forearms, hands, and fingers. His white t-shirt is hugging every muscle on his upper body. There are two gold chains hanging from his neck and a few rings on his fingers.
His husky voice breaks the trance I am under. “Hi, I’m Jameson. I am the owner. I have some free time if you would like to get a tattoo.”
I lick my lips that are dry all of a sudden. I watch as his eyes stare at my mouth. “Hi, I’m Aria. Yes, I would.” When I say yes, it comes out breathy. Shit, could I sound any more desperate?
He chuckles, and when he does, it is rich and my body becomes covered in goosebumps. What in the world is happening?
“Aria,what are you looking to get done today?”
When he says my name it makes me want to melt into a freaking puddle. The way my name sounds coming off of his lips is pure honey. Taking a deep breath, I say, “Um, not sure. This is my first time getting a tattoo. Any suggestions?”
Jameson smirks at me while raising his eyebrows. “That depends. Are you looking to remember a special moment in your life? Or celebrating one? Tattoos have different meanings for different people. Some are looking to heal, and some are looking to mourn a loved one. Some are even looking for the pain to distract them from the demons in their life. But, I think you are looking to celebrate something by the excitement in your voice the way you walked into my shop.”
Wait a minute here. He was not out front when all of us walked in. Right? I would’ve remembered him if he was.
Grinning at him, I say, “Are you a mind reader or something?” I turn to look at my four best girl friends to get a read on the situation. They all are beaming and wiggling their eyebrows at me and telling me to go for it and Hope mouths to me, ‘do it’, “But you are right. I’m celebrating something. Celebrating no longer being married to a cheating bastard.”
Jameson licks his bottom lip before biting it. “Sounds like a fucking asshole if you ask me. Good thing you walked into my shop then,Aria.” He gestures for me to follow him to the back room.
Three
Jameson
Iwasn’tsupposedtocome into the shop tonight, but here I am doing bullshit paperwork, reordering supplies, payroll and other mindless shit. Though I am pleased to see the shop is nonstop busy with clients and Sin City Tattoo is making waves in the Vegas tattoo scene. After all the shit I had to deal with in the past fourteen years, it feels great to be flourishing at something. Fuck, after for so many years torturing myself with my inner demons from my past and thinking that I was a huge fuck up, I have finally built something and there are many more things that I am grateful for.
After the bullshit of administrative work is all set, I go into the back room off the side of the front desk. When I created Sin City Tattoo, I designed the set-up to have all the other stations lined up next to one another, so it was an open floor plan. But for me, I like to tattoo without an audience watching my every move, it makes me feel uneasy and anxious. Being in my room, it’s just me, my client, and the peaceful sound of my tattoo gun buzzing away. The sound of the tattoo gun grazing against someone’s skin is a calming sound to me where I shut out my inner demons that still like to try to break through my walls.
As I’m cleaning and organizing, I hear this voice come from the front desk, and I find myself inching closer to the door to listen more. Her voice washes over me, and I am drawn to it, as if an angel has entered my shop.
I overhear Tyler tell her that we are booked up and not taking walk-in’s at this moment in time, which is true. Tyler knows I am very particular on who I select for clients which is why she didn’t ask me.
The angel responds with a sigh, but before she finishes her sentence, I take three large steps to the front desk in my curiosity to see her. I am drawn to her.
As I walk around the corner, I am met with her stunning green eyes that sparkle when she talks. They instantly have a hold over me. Slowly removing my gaze from hers, I trail mine down her body. She has curves in all the right places. Her large breasts that would fit into my hands and my mouth perfectly. I lick my lips as I take in her thick thighs, and I imagine them over my shoulders clamping around my head as I flick my tongue against her sweet pussy. The angel in front of me is exactly my type of woman, and my mouth is watering at the sight of her in front of me.
Moving my eyes back to hers, I say, “Hi, I’m Jameson. I’m the owner. I have some free time if you would like to get a tattoo.” Watching her tongue glide over her lips, I suppress a groan.
“Hi, I’m Aria. Yes, I would.”
Seeing how pink her cheeks are turning. “Aria,what are you looking to get done today?” I love how her name feels rolling off my tongue.
She takes in a deep breath. “Um, I’m not sure. This is my first time getting a tattoo. Any suggestions?” Her eyes get big at the end. She is a little nervous.No need to worry angel, I got you.
Out of the corner of my eyes, I can see Tyler trying to hold in a smirk on her face. She gathers the paperwork ready for Aria to fill out prior to getting her tattoo. All standard questions we ask from our clients as well s state the proper tattoo care. We have a full list of clients in our system that keeps track of their sessions, what they have done and personal information.
Though hearing how her ex-husband cheated on her made my blood boil with anger and all I could do was see red. Something about Aria makes me feel protective, and a primal urge washes over me. I would love to have his face meet my fist. He is not a man, period. A real man would never cheat on this beautiful woman in front of me. “Good thing you walked into my shop then,Aria.” I gesture for her to follow me to the back room. Once she walks around the front desk, I place my hand on her lower back, and I instantly feel like the contact creates a fire beneath my palm. Still, I don’t move it.
