“I’m sorry if I seem awkward. I’m not an asshole, I swear. I’m just nervous, I guess,” Arkady blurts out when he realizes he hasn’t responded quickly enough, but Cade doesn’t look pissed off.
“It’s cool. You don’t have to be nervous, though. I’m not an asshole, either, and I don’t bite. Besides, Prisha would kick my ass if I was mean to you. She really likes you. She doesn’t tell me any personal stuff, or medical, but she’ll talk about how tough you are, and how you make her laugh, even though she knows you’re in pain,” Cade says as the waitress comes over with their drinks.
It gives Arkady a moment to think. He knows his grumpy sense of humor does make Prisha laugh, and when they talk about TV shows and books she’s gotten him into now he has more free time, they end up laughing. Arkady
