96 Party 10 (1/2)

Gale watched Kyro's every expression, noting down that he was genuinely shocked after seeing that young woman who called herself Iris. His reaction wasn't faked, which raised a lot of questions.

The girl herself wasn't acting out any obvious script, either. She had been wide-eyed and trembling when Gale had caught her. In a moment, she calmed herself and even laughed lightly, but it couldn't hide her dismay for being caught.

However, she didn't seem to be afraid of the two of them. Even though she wanted to escape, it seemed like it had more to do with the fact that she was dressed in a blanket than that they were there.

”You know her?” he finally asked.

Kyro slowly shifted his gaze from the bathroom door and shook his head, then ran a hand through his hair. ”I've never seen her in my life.” Gale gave him a disbelieving look, and he elaborated, ”I'm serious. Do you think I'd actually get some tramp from the street just to spite you?”

His points had merit. Gale himself would totally do it, but that was him, not Kyro who liked his personal life to be a clean slate, avoiding any kind of womanly charms.

This didn't add up, though. If he didn't let the girl in, there was no way for her to enter. The apartment was on the third floor, with all doors and windows closed and locked, and there was a tight security around the building itself. No one not specialized in espionage would be able to get past that.

”Could she have stolen something important?” he asked, going through the options. There shouldn't be too much important material in the apartment itself. Kyro was smarter than to bring confidential documents back home.

Kyro's eyes narrowed and moved to the bathroom door. ”I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to think that I'd hide it under my pillow or in the underwear I'm wearing.”

Gale burst out laughing. He couldn't help it, the image of this reticent man that avoided human contact being searched by that vixen was just too amusing. 'I should have arranged something like that myself, I could have even made it more high profile.'

While he was mourning the loss of such a great prank, Kyro started moving, and Gale grabbed his hand. ”Wait, we still don't know who she is.”

”That's why I'm going to ask her,” he said in a low growl.

”Ask my ass, you want to interrogate the little thing, and do you really think she's just gonna open the door for you? We shouldn't frighten her. I have a feeling we're missing something here.”

Kyro glowered at the locked door, then went to the kitchen and poured himself a cup of cold water. ”Yeah, like why the fuck she entered my bed and then kicked me out of it.”

”What?” Gale asked with a laugh. He hadn't seen that when he entered, just that the girl rushed out in a hurry.