04-11-2024, 05:05 PM
Hayden took a moment to mull it over. Gideon supposed he could give him that to catch up, so long as he didn’t take too long about it. He leaned back against the bar, sipped his drink, and glanced over at Saelia with a devilishly raised brow. After a moment he shifted to whisper in her ear, arm slipped briefly about her waist. Whatever he said made them both laugh. He gave zero acknowledgement to the legitimate customer at the bar, and once they had gone spoke to Hayden as though there hadn’t been the brief interlude.
“I presume you mean disappointed to miss out.” He indicated down himself with a flourish, ice clinking in his glass. As for the imaginings Hayden might have to scrub from his head. Well that was a him problem, and not something Gideon dwelt on.
Afterwards he wagged a stern finger. “Let’s not go down that other path.” He was grinning when he said it, but there was a flash in it which suggested Gideon might actually be truly offended if what Hayden had meant was that he was disappointed to discover he had a brother.
For the rest, he just laughed. “Of course the fun doesn’t stop. For me at least. I don’t do boring.” He swirled his drink, and practically purred; “Tell me more.”
“I presume you mean disappointed to miss out.” He indicated down himself with a flourish, ice clinking in his glass. As for the imaginings Hayden might have to scrub from his head. Well that was a him problem, and not something Gideon dwelt on.
Afterwards he wagged a stern finger. “Let’s not go down that other path.” He was grinning when he said it, but there was a flash in it which suggested Gideon might actually be truly offended if what Hayden had meant was that he was disappointed to discover he had a brother.
For the rest, he just laughed. “Of course the fun doesn’t stop. For me at least. I don’t do boring.” He swirled his drink, and practically purred; “Tell me more.”