"You really shouldn't be so coy, darling, it doesn't do much for you." But he smirked anyway. "Do you want to try it again?" If nothing else, it would test his mettle, Hadyn figured.

And at least, if necessary, he could weather the resulting argument with some claim that it was all in the name of finding the truth. Then again, it might also have been because kissing someone else was a rather empty thing in Hadyn's opinion, when acting was involved.