"I'm glad to hear it." His smile stays soft but his expression is a little distant. It's not until she puts her hand in his that he snaps back into the present. "That I'm not like the other alphas you've dealt with, I mean. I try not to be...the quintessential."

Cassian has a little shudder at her hand in his, and he stops himself from licking his lips as he runs his thumb across her bruised knuckles. "Should put some ice on these though, when you get home." She smells nice, he thinks, and he needs to keep his head about him.

His phone rings, with the tone that tells him it's Ruby's father. So much for thaat job, but he's pretty good with money so it's not like he'll do poorly without it til he finds something else. He takes out his phone only long enough to silence it after letting go of Ruby's hand.