And even though he got this weird vibe from Mika sometimes, like he was somehow emitting waves of power, which was just ridiculous. The guy was a full-blown macho man, alpha to the core. Todd wasn’t sure Gabe was telling him the truth about where they’d met—Gabe had been alone, then Mika seemed to just appear. But if Gabe wanted to keep who they met a secret, well, that was his business. Todd tried not to be hurt that Gabe didn’t confide in him. He knew it was juvenile on his part and so he tucked it deep down and did his best to forget about it. All that mattered was his friend’s happiness. It was evident Gabe was head over heels for the man, and, since Todd hadn’t ever seen Gabe so happy, he decided to back off and let Mika be. Plus, he had his own personal life to deal with. And his parents. He’d thought… Well, he should have known his folks wouldn’t just let him go. Even Kaufman seemed to be in on the new ‘let’s all stalk Todd’ plan. The result of which was he and Adam hadn’t had any time alone, not face to face.
