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hand?” Reva asked.
Todd shrugged and bent to scruff the dog’s ears at eye level.
“It’s just a little fun. Serves them right for prying. Besides,
we’re not hurting anyone, are we?”
He turned his face up to hers and grinned. Why’d the guy
have to be so ridiculously delicious-looking?
“But
I
can’t
have
them
thinking
I’m
moving
in
with
someone who—”
“You met on the internet? Or has a kid?” Scooter, the traitor
dog, lifted and lashed out a tongue to swipe Todd’s cheek.
Todd didn’t even back away or scrunch his face up, although
he did close his mouth.
“That I barely know,” Reva finished. “I’ve never been that
careless.”
Todd laughed. “Even more funny. Do they really think
you’re that stupid?”
It’s complicated.
He leaned to a knee and looked past Reva’s hip. Over her
shoulder, she noticed her parents headed their way. By the
decisiveness of their steps, she expected a confrontation.
“Guess the game’s over, roomie,” Todd said.
Clearly he had no intention of continuing the charade with
her parents. It was one thing to fool her siblings—they spent
too much time nosing in her private life anyway. If he
thought she was going to lie to her parents about him just
for fun, he was shit-out-of-luck. Reva knew better than to
cross
her
mother. The woman had a temper
that was
unrivaled; even Reva’s dad knew when to back down against
Angelina Zamora. Reva braced herself for the explosion as
she looked at the red puffy cheeks and blazing eyes on the
otherwise beautiful face.
“Reva Zamora, you better not…” Her voice pitched as she
raised a finger and punched it toward Reva’s face. Todd
stood, left Eric, and quickly strode to intercept.
    “Hello, Mrs. Zamora.” He held a hand out daring her not to
take it. “I’m Reva’s neighbor Todd, and that is my son, Eric.
We met her a few days ago and she very kindly invited us
over today when we were out working in the yard. I hope
you don’t mind us crashing your family get-together.”
Angelina’s mouth dropped open as she choked back any
further chastising of her daughter. “But Ben said you…I
mean, Maria thought…”
Reva chuckled at the way she quickly deflated.
“We were just playing around.” Todd ran his fingers through
his hair.
Reva’s parents stared at them with cautious curiosity. They
seemed unwilling to let him off the hook so quickly.
“Besides, from what little I know about your daughter, I
doubt she’s the rebellious type that would do something
crazy. Especially without your knowledge or approval.”
Right on cue, Reva’s brother, Tim arrived behind her Dad.
His height spanned an extra three inches over her father’s
round frame, which added serious intimidation to his words.
“Do I need to kick some ass here?” Tim asked.
José Zamora prided himself in the fact that his sons were
almost as protective of their sisters as he was. When Tim’s
chest bumped protectively against his back, he turned and
pressed a calming hand to the chest that certainly could do
some damage. “Easy there, big boy. If there’s an ass-kicking
required, I’ll be the one to do it. Why don’t you take Todd,
here, over and get him and his kid a burger?”
“Dad, this isn’t the divide and conquer trick is it?” Reva
asked. She settled her hands on her hips in a mocked
warning. “Take it easy on the guy, will you? I just met him a
couple days ago. It would be embarrassing if you get him
arrested before we even know anything about him.”
Todd shot his head up and looked at the group. Oh, yeah.
She
should
have
remembered
that
José
was
prone
to
overreaction when it came to his daughters. She hated the
idea of a guy being involved in a Spanish inquisition with her
family, which is why she had hesitated to introduce Nick
until they had dated a few months. Nick was straight-laced
and conservative. Stiff, if she wanted to be honest. They
were merciless with him, teasing and pranking until he was
completely confused. Still, when