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Until now. Being with Erin was the highlight of my day, every day. And since we finished work at about eight in the morning, the rest of the day was pretty much all downhill.
“The coast is clear,” she whispered, stepping out from behind the curtain.
I took a few deep breaths before following her, still coaxing away that hard-on. Even then, I made sure not to look at the desk, though my dragon insisted on imagining her there with her long, toned legs wrapped around me — Erin, not Candy.
Hell no,my dragon huffed.
I cleared my throat, trying to get back to business.
“You need to get out of here,” I said, picking up where we’d left off before.
“I’m the one with the invitation. You’re the one who needs to get away before someone sounds the alarm.”
“Like you?”
“Believe me, I’m tempted.”
“Harlon is the bad guy here, not me.”
She crossed her arms. “I know Harlon is the bad guy. It’s you I’m still deciding about.”
Ha. Me, a bad guy? I worked for the Agency for the Detection and Monitoring of Supernatural Activity. I was the one who hunted down bad guys.
Then I remembered, and my dragon murmured sadly,Not any more.
I swallowed hard, trying to concentrate.
“I’m on your side, Erin.”
She looked deep into my eyes. Deeper than I thought the view in there could go. Then she jutted her chin. “Prove it.”
I would love to, but I had to coax her out of Harlon’s lair first.
I pointed toward the hallway. “All right. You make a quick exit out the front door. Tell Harlon you’re tired…sick…whatever. Then we’ll meet.”
“Meet? Where?” She narrowed her eyes, and I nearly sighed. Did she think I was planning to lure her to some dark, quiet alley and murder her?
“Back on the main road. The first big intersection with a light. There’s a quad rental place there.”
Her eyes flickered with recognition, but she didn’t agree — yet.
“We’ll talk there,” I promised. “You tell me what you know, and I’ll tell you what I know.”
She shook her head. “The other way around.”
“Fine. Just go.” I shooed her toward the door.
She made a face but finally edged out of the office and into the bathroom, then out the far door, murmuring, “Easier said than done.”
I looked over her shoulder. The bathroom opened on a side hallway, but it was close enough to the mezzanine that someone at the party could see her if they glanced up at the right time. Even if she snuck out unnoticed, she couldn’t just saunter down the stairs. How would she explain where she’d been?
I cursed the young lovers who’d made us waste so much time.
“Maybe that way?” I pointed the other way down the hall.
Erin shook her head, thinking. Then she pulled out her phone, squared her shoulders, and stepped boldly out into the hall. Without bothering to conceal herself, she paced to the mezzanine and back, holding her phone to her ear.
“What are you doing?” I hissed.
