"Look it," he tells Alice a few days after he first appeared on earth, waving a newspaper at her. She looks up from the notebook she's scribbling in and sees just below his finger an article that causes her to groan. "What, I think it's flattering." His grin is quick and dangerous as she gives up on her notebook and joins him, leaning over to read.
"Local construction worker is a hero," she reads incredulously, not responding as his hands curl around her middle, pulling her closer to his side. "But that was just a cover you used on my mother to explain how you found me so quickly... How is that rumor spreading?"
He looks a little impish and guilty all at once, which somehow makes him look even cuter, but she holds her ground, purses her lips at him unhappily until he breaks, raising his arms up in an oh-so innocent shrug. "The construction company that's working on that building the Looking Glass was in contacted me," he says quickly. "They need some good publicity or what have you, so this gentleman who's very willing to please contacted me with an offer."
Her jaw drops a little. "You... seriously?" How these things happen to Hatter, she's never sure. "What kind of offer?"
He just smiles up at her, the naughty glint in his eyes exasperating her at the same time it arouses her. She sighs as he brushes his lips down her wrist before tugging her into his lap. "I'm not going to forget this conversation," she warns him but sighs, melting slightly as his kisses trail to her throat, humming "Mm hmm" against her skin.