From the corner of his vision, Kade saw a man’s steady approach. He started to smile bitterly but managed to pass it off as a smirk at the last moment.
‘That’s faster than I expected,’ he thought.
Ren, meanwhile, had been too lost in his own head to notice anything until Rhys had already stopped in front of their table.
The sudden sound of his voice pierced through Ren’s bubble. “Can I talk to you for a sec?”
For an embarrassing length of time, Ren could only blink up at him as he saw beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was the one being addressed.
Then he swallowed and said, “Go ahead, chief.”
“…Privately, I meant.”
From the side, Kade butted in with a distinctly unfriendly smile. “What’s it about, chief? You have a problem with him or something?”
Rhys turned to Kade with a chilly
