Jalis bit into it. “It’s nice. Thank you.”
You are so cute. Too thin, too mysterious but cute.It wasn’t the right time to be having these sorts of thoughts but another time and place and Kaden would have wanted to get to know him, maybe ask him out.
“Another drink?” Kaden asked.
“No, thank you.”
“Why were you in hospital? Were you in the toilet with me?”
“I went in there with you.”
“But that’s not what the cameras showed.”
“No, but I was there. I pulled the cord to get you help. Then I collapsed in a different stall.”
“You knew me?”
“Yes. I was in Brighton with you.”
“Where do you live?”
“I don’t have a home.”
“Where did you used to live?”
Jalis bit his lip before he answered. “A long way from here.”
“Which country?”
“I can’t tell you.”
“What do you do for a living?”
“I used to be in…personal protection.”
“Like a bodyguard?”
“Sort of.”
“But not now?”
“Not now.”
Kaden felt as though he was interrogating him.
“It’s fine to ask questions. I’ll answer as best I can.” Jalis spoke as if he’d understood what Kaden was thinking.
“More toast?”
“No thank you.”
“What about family? Friends?”
“My parents are dead. I had no siblings that I knew of. No friends. Only you.”
Kaden swallowed. “How did I meet you? You said it was at Lixian, but how?”
“You did something very kind. You saved my life. I was trying to escape from somewhere, there were others after me, and you helped me get away.”
