Chapter 21

Cool, cool.” Leonid drums his fingers on my steering wheel. “So did Lindy finally man up and make his move?”

My eyes go wide. Did Alex make a move on me? I mean, we did kind of hold hands. But it’s not like that’s a move move. I’m not going to tell Reeve that, though. Better he thinks Alex did. “Why? Are you jealous?”

Leonid makes a “pfft” sound and looks out the window. “Is Lind jealous of our pool time?” he counters.

I force a swallow. “He doesn’t know about it.” I want to tell Leonid, Please don’t say anything, but I can’t do that. Instead I think fast and say, “Does Rennie?” even though I’m sure of his answer. Because if Rennie even had a clue about us, I’d definitely know.

Leonid scrunches up his forehead. “Nah. I haven’t mentioned it.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

So neither of us has told anyone. Rennie and Alex don’t know. But I’m dreading the moment they do. Because this is happening. The train is on the tracks, and it’s speeding up.

Leonid takes his hands off the steering wheel and lets