Leo didn’t add that all he’d have to do is piss off his bosses, his shift leader, his co-workers, and the customer waiting for him to finish rebuilding the engine of a much-needed dozer. He reached down and scrubbed the spot between Belinda’s small horns. “Keep your phone close. Just in case. And I’ll see you tomorrow.” He looked at Gordy and grinned. “You, I mean. Not her. Unless she has a phone that I don’t know about. And then both of you can keep your phones close.”
One thing Leo knew when Gordy looked back, smiled, and said, “I promise. See you tomorrow,” was that if Gordy knew how to fake the adoration in his expression, then he was wasting money doing whatever he was doing at college. Because that was Oscar-worthy acting if it was, in fact, acting.
He gave Gordy a quick kiss on th
