Ragnar felt Eli kiss him on the lips just briefly but it was still an attempt at a full mouth kiss and that was what mattered. It meant the American had interest in him even through his drunken state.

"Thank you."

The words hopefully getting through to Eli because Ragnar could still see how upset he was over the whole thing with Rekker. The Swede putting some more food onto his plate and hoping that Eli wouldn't get too depressed through the amount of booze he was drinking.

"Now, back to my food and I shall be more careful with the lime."