Page 30 of His White Moonlight
“It’s a comfortable couch, isn't it?”Bennett said.
I looked up at him and managed a weak smile.“Yep.”
“Are you ready to get back to work?I have a call I need to make.”
I draped his jacket over the back of the couch before fleeing.
The stack of papers was missing from my desk, and when I glanced back at the closed office door, I saw the note I’d written the day before.
Knock and DIE!!!
Had he actually let me sleep on purpose?I snorted.Of course he had.I’d acted like a scent sponge.Now his napping couch didn’t smell like random hoe anymore.Just me.At least I knew he didn’t hate me, despite all of the times he’d refused to acknowledge me as family.
Idly, I wondered which woman had been daring enough to sit uninvited.The one who’d delivered lunch seemed unlikely.She’d been too timid to knock.
Too curious to let it go, I got up and slowly made my way to the bathroom, trying to listen for office gossip.However, everyone was quietly focused.
Disappointed, I used the bathroom.Two women entered before I finished.
“If he would just pick already, the rest of us could move on.How is it Lily’s fault that Olivia already interrupted him?And it wasn’t like some made-up reason.She was just bringing him his lunch that the normie ordered.”
“You mean the normie who set this all up?She knew what was going to happen when Lily brought his lunch.”
I recognized the voice and rolled my eyes before opening my stall door.Neither woman looked surprised to see me, which made sense since they’d probably known who was in the bathroom the moment they entered.
“Sorry to disappoint you, Milena, but this normie did not set anyone up.Lily wanted a reason to interact with Bennett, and I offered the lunch delivery optionafterwarning her that he was in an extra insane mood.She took the chance anyway.How is that my fault?”I turned on the water to wash my hands.“And neither is the fact that Olivia interrupted him first.You’ve all worked with him longer than I have and know he doesn’t want anyone around him.Yet, you keep trying.”
The other girl crossed her arms and glared at me.“How can he be okay being around you but not the rest of us?”
“Gee, maybe because I’m not trying to molest him every chance I get.”
I saw her reach for me from the corner of my eye.Reacting instead of thinking, I had her arm twisted around her back before either of us knew what I intended.Our gazes met in the mirror as I stood behind her.
Her pupils exploded wide, and I could feel the tremor running through the arm I gripped.A second later, I was pinned face-first against the bathroom door.
“At some point, the Wulfs will forget about their charity case,” she said.“When that time comes, I’ll find you.”
She pushed me hard into the wood and then released me.I could feel where I’d have bruises from the encounter but didn’t show how much it hurt as I backed up a step so they could leave.Once they did, I leaned against the counter and stared at myself in the mirror.
Eleven weeks, then you’re free, Wrenly.
After splashing some water on my face, I left the bathroom.I could hear the whispers, which meant they wanted me to hear.
“Useless normie.”
“Charity case.”
“Even her real parents didn’t want her.”
“Oh, look,” I said aloud.“I dropped my give-a-fuck.”
The chorus of growls faded behind me as I made my way back to my desk.I waited until I was sitting to rub my shoulder and ear, which had taken the brunt of the door contact.How stupid could I be to use that move on a wolf?How long would it take for me to remember I’m not at that school anymore?
Wolves didn’t hurt humans unless in defense.Humans did that.
I leaned back in my chair and started to close my eyes before I remembered what had happened last time.Sitting up straight, I resisted the urge to look at Bennett’s window and instead focused on the spreadsheets I was working on.
The rest of the afternoon passed in relative silence.I found myself so lost in a spiral of numbers that I didn’t realize Bennett had left his office until he grabbed my chin and turned my face toward him.
