Leonardo inadvertently raised his head and saw Summer sitting there with a thoughtful expression as if she was thinking about something.
"A penny for your thought?" He asked.
Summer stood up and walked towards Leonardo.
As she approached Leonardo, Leonardo stretched out his hand and pulled her into his embrace. He held Summer in one hand and the book in the other. His eyes seemed to be fixed on the pages he was reading.
He meant it!
Summer deliberately tilted her head, blocking his sight, stopping him from reading.
Leonardo switched the book to the other side so that he could go on with his reading.
And this time Summer tilted her body to block it.
Leonardo was not offended at all. He chuckled and put the book on the desk. He asked Summer, "What is it?"
"Nothing at all. I was just trying to annoy you so that you can't read." Summer raised her head and looked at him meaningfully.
These days she had found out that Leonardo did not seem to get mad anymore. She had tried to provoke him on purpose many times, yet he was never really offended.
Leonardo poked her face.
"What?" Summer touched her own face, "Anything on my face?"
Leonardo's finger lightly tapped on her cheek. "It's all there. It reads, 'I have something on my mind.'"
"No." Summer tried to get up and said, "I have nothing on my mind."
She wasn't lying. She had no worries. It was just that something didn't make sense to her.
Just as she was about to get up, Leonardo pulled her back.
"What? I've said that! I have nothing on my mind..."
"Then stay with me for a bit of reading."
"It's too hot."
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