"Are we allowed to be out here?" I whispered as we walked down a back hallway.
Two men in servers’ outfits approached us. One said, "Sir, I'm sorry, but the party is that way."
"Hey Garrett, is that you?" his colleague asked.
"Diego." He and Garrett did a fist bump. "It's fine." The other server shrugged and walked off.
"Security just made the rounds, so you should be good. Just let me get that tray and those glasses off you when you're done."
"Sure thing."
"Whoareyou?" I whispered when we were out of earshot.
I thought I saw Garrett smile under the mask. "He does some work for me."
"What type of work?" I asked.
"Eyes-and-ears work."
"Remind me never to piss you off," I said after a moment.
"You could never," Garrett said emphatically. "You're perfect."
He led me up a grand staircase. The walls were covered in mirrors. I admired our reflections. Garrett looked smoking hot. I looked pretty good, too, very sexy and mysterious. Off the landing, there was a large room with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the courtyard off the large event hall. The trees with fairy lights cast a faint glow into the room. The music drifted up from the event below, filtering faintly through the glass. Garrett sat on the floor, and I lay back, resting my head in his lap.
I sighed then poked him. "So…"
"So, what?"
"Are you a Halloween fanatic now?"
"I suppose."
"Do I sense pumpkin-spice lattes in your future?" I teased.
"I wouldn't go that far. But I do have something else planned that is in line with Halloween."
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Garrett
"So," Penny said, curling up against me when we were in the limo. "Did I change your mind?"
"Hmm? Change my mind about what?"
"Still want a marathon runner who eats vegan food?"
"Hell no. If you ever left me, I'd just wander around in a circle, dreaming of your curves and tits and legs wrapped around me." I kissed her or tried to through the mask. I reached up to take it off.
"Not yet," Penny said. "I'm really turned on by it." She planted kisses along my neck and the exposed part of my jaw.
When the limo stopped in front of my condo building, she ordered, "Carry me!"
"I thought you said you weren't drunk," I told her, picking her up.
"Oh, I'm drunk," she said, licking my ear. "And very, very horny." Her breath was hot against my ear.
In the elevator, she kissed the mask then my jaw and down my neck to nibble at my earlobe.
