The room got warmer at that comment. Eron had never told another man anything was cute, let alone someone’s appreciation for clip-on ties, but Garrett didn’t seem fazed by the comment. Eron relaxed.
“Johnette hates them, too.” Garrett laughed.
“She does? Then I have to buy you one,” Eron said.
“No, you don’t have to do that.”
“Come on, it’ll be fun to tease a little.”
Garrett ignored the sour looks from a couple of other men a few years older than them and giggled. “You really do want to get me into trouble don’t you?”
Eron shrugged and grinned. He didn’t know what brought this on. Garrett was good looking, there was no doubt about that. But there was something more about him. He was plain and uncomplicated. Nothing like the phony standards that Mary Ellen or anyone else pushed on hi
