"Better they think that and not the truth," he replied easily enough, acting almost disinterested by the topic. The ones who were here, they weren't smart enough to connect all the pieces by themselves. It was due to poking their noses in places where they didn't belong that caused the trouble. Diego himself knew because unlike them, he was smart enough to put the pieces together. "Then I don't have to clean bits of them out of your hair."

Just like that, Diego seemed to wipe away any sign of weakness as they walked, the only sign of interest being how close he was walking beside Noah, purposely pressing the gripped elbow between their sides. He wasn't a man who showed a lot of emotion, so the soft chuckle at Noah's words said far more than how it sounded. "You'll have to work hard to make me beg, Noah. Just because I want it doesn't mean I'll make it easy for you."