Page 178 of His White Moonlight
The phoneon my desk rang.Miranda beat me to answering it and put it on speaker.
“You have guests, Wrenly.Mr.and Mrs.Shane and their daughter.Do the Wulfs know you’re socializing during business hours?”
“Check your tone, Paisley,” Miranda said.“And put them in the conference room for the big spenders.Tell them Mr.Wulf will be with them soon.”
“I already put them there.I have eyes and can see they’re in the Wulfs’ circle.They wanted to speak to Wrenly alone, though.”
“Do you want to give them what they want or what Bennett wants?”
“Whatever.I delivered the message.”She hung up on Miranda.
“She’s lucky she doesn’t drive,” Miranda said.
“Why?”I asked.
“I’d key her car if she did.”
I shook my head at her and started to stand.
“Wait.Where are you going?”she asked, catching my arm.
“I’m going to tell Bennett that they’re here.”
Miranda shot me a pleading expression.
“But don’t you want to find out what threats they’re going to deliver that they think they can get away with drugging you?Tell Bennett they’re here, but ask to talk to them alone first.”
“No thanks.I like breathing.”
“Alone as in without Bennett.Your personal assistant, Miranda, will be with you.”
“He’ll never say yes,” I said.
“He doesn’t have to.”
If I were honest with myself, I was curious about what tricks Lindi and her parents had that they thought would work after the ultimatum Bennett gave them.
“Can I trust you, Miranda?”I asked, watching her.
“To overspend on Bennett’s credit card every time he hands it over?Yes.To betray you in any way that would cause you physical harm?Never.I like breathing.”
I sighed, and she gave me a sad smile.“You might not want it, but you have my pity, Wrenly.I can’t imagine what kind of life you’ve lived that you have no one you can depend on.If you take me into that conference room with you, I promise to prove you can depend on me.”
“What’s your plan to circumvent Bennett?”
She popped out of her chair and opened his door without knocking…again.He was on the phone.
“I’m taking Wrenly to a conference room.I can’t wait ’til lunch.Be back in five.”
He nodded without pausing in his conversation, and she closed the door.
“Come on.”
“You’re an ace at telling the truth-not-truth,” I said, following her.
“We all are.”She winked and towed me out of the office suite while I wondered what truths-not-truths Bennett might have told me.
I already knew he was going to make it impossible for me to meet the criteria he set to leave without him, just like he knew I would reject him the moment we mated…ifwe mated.We were stuck where neither of us was willing to give any more ground than we already had—a silent war of wills.
