He looked up and to the side, watching without moving his head so that he didn't disturb her work. "I don't know where she got that idea," he said, all innocence. "No reason to chase him down, you know. Boyfriends, they come and go."
When he felt that she was done, he shook his head with all the violence of a wet dog to restore his bird's-nest to a proper level of tangled mess. Then he turned his head and grinned at her. "I wouldn't take anyone away from you," he said, and nudged her under her chin.