‘You know what I mean.’
‘Kade, I’m the most boring guy on the planet.’
Kade squints.‘Hardly.’
‘I am, though.There’s nothing about me that isn’t—’
‘Pretend we’re on a date.’
‘What?’
‘Pretend we’re on a date and you’re trying to land me.’
‘Land you?’
‘Precisely.’
‘I wouldn’t know what to say.’
‘Make the effort, Bodyguard.Tell me something personal that’snota fun military fact or your kill count.’
Lachlan has to think.Kade pretends really fucking hard he doesn’t have the same problem.‘OK, well.I like this old movie.It’s dumb.But.’
Oh, he’s nervous about it.‘What movie?’
‘You’re gonna laugh.’
‘I could use one.’
He rolls his eyes slightly.‘Hocus Pocus.’
‘The witch movie?’
‘It’s a perfect movie.’
‘I’m not judging,’ Kade says with a grin, hands raised at the defensive tone.‘It’s just not what I expected.What do you like about it?’
‘The colours.’
‘Oh?’
‘It’s very distinct and rich.Plus, I like the cat.’
‘Of course you like the cat.’
‘Have you seen it?’
‘Everyone’s seen it.’
‘When?’
Kade’s about to answer but he instantly knows that he hasn’t watched a single movie in the Tower, so his knowledge of that movie comes frombefore.
He probably watched it with Lachlan.
‘Don’t know, but OK, this is good!Hocus Pocus,I can work with that.I really like,’ he says, thinking hard because so much about him is being a professional, is Iron Star, Riley, the Tower, ‘… being outside in the rain.’
‘That’s a nice one.OK, I like wet sun.’
