movements, trying not to startle the man.
“No.” Sidney reached out and grabbed his arm. “You must promise me you won’t tell Torem that I confronted you.”
Dino pulled his arm free as he curled his lip at Sidney. “He just tried to cheat on you. Why shouldn’t I?”
“No he didn’t,” Sidney said a little too quickly.
“But you just said—”
“No I didn’t,” the guy cut him off.
Dino noticed a can sticking out of the guy’s pocket and wondered if he wasn’t some delusional alcoholic. Was Torem even his boyfriend? Dino wasn’t in the mood to dig any deeper. He wanted to go finish his lunch and get back to work. And if he was lucky, forget about this whole ordeal with Sidney.
“Look, I don’t have time for this.”
“Good, that’s right, we never even met.” Sidney winked at him and then took off, running down the sidewalk.
“What kind of fucking town is this?” Dino wondered as he walked back into the deli.
* * * *
“You fucking fell over the damn thing like a greenhorn.” Mickey chuckled and tossed a beer cap at Quinn.
“Only because you left the damn thing lying out.”
Dino chuckled as the men who worked for him bantered back and forth. He loved his life and the men he employed. Not everyone on the site worked for him. When a job was this big, he contracted a lot of the work out, but he did have six men who worked for Tiziano’s Contracting.
“There he is,” Quinn teased and nodded toward the door. Dino twisted around and saw Torem walk into the tavern. For some reason, every time Dino looked at the guy, his mouth started salivating. He felt like Pavlov’s dog, only Torem was the bell. Dino turned back around. He knew Torem would find him and he didn’t want to look desperate.
Mickey whistled low. “He is one good-looking guy, if I swung that way.”
Quinn cuffed Mickey on the back of the head. “He’s Dino’s, back off.”
Dino ignored the two. He was too busy concentrating on not turning around as he felt Torem’s presence behind him.
“Can I speak with you?” Torem’s deep voice vibrated down Dino’s spine and straight to his cock. He nodded as he slid from the booth and followed the guy out to the sidewalk right outside the tavern.
“Okay, talk.” Dino waited to hear what Torem had to say and wondered if he would mention Sidney. Torem smoothed his hand over his head and Dino’s eyes followed the action.
“Can we go for a ride? I have a lot of explaining to do, and I would prefer not to do it in front of the tavern.”
“Sure,” Dino said as he followed Torem to his truck. They headed down Route 22 as Dino sat in the passenger’s seat, stealing glances at the handsome man.
“How did your back window get busted out?” Dino asked after fifteen minutes of silent driving.
“There is no easy way to say this,” Torem said. Dino noticed how the guy ignored his question.
“That you’re a cheating bastard?” Dino had tried to hold it in, but the thought that Torem was stringing him along pissed Dino off. He wasn’t going to end up another notch in the guy’s bedpost.
“What the hell are you talking about?” Torem asked in shock. His eyes left the road for a moment to stare at Dino in utter confusion.
“I met Sidney.”
The truck jerked, but Torem quickly righted it. “When?”
“So he is your boyfriend,” Dino snarled darkly. “Pull the fucking truck over now.”
Torem shook his head as he continued to drive. “No, not until you tell me what he said.”
Dino couldn’t take it anymore. His anger hit the roof as he snapped his head around to glare at Torem. “If you think for one fucking second I’m going to help you cheat on your partner, you have balls the size of Texas. I met Sidney. He’s a little off, but he seems like a nice guy. How the hell can you do that to him?”
Torem slammed on the brakes. When the truck stopped, the large man spun in his seat to face Dino. “I’m not cheating on him. I would never do that to