Page 53 of His White Moonlight
“Oh?”I stopped walking and faced him with my arms crossed."Then who’s your mate?”
His gaze dipped to my crossed arms, and he said nothing.
“See?We all keep things to ourselves, Bennett.They’re not secrets, there’s just parts of us we don’t feel like sharing.”
He didn’t look happy with the valid point I’d made, but he wasn’t angry.
“Tell me where you ran, and I’ll make sure you can leave whenever you want as long as you have your phone with you.”
“Deal!”I said, not hiding my excitement.I couldn’t believe he’d actually initiated a deal first.My plan had actually worked.“I ran on the road outside of school.”
He frowned.“How?You didn’t have permission to leave, and they monitored the gate.”
“That bit of information would require another deal,” I said.
“What do you want?”
“I’m not sure yet.I’ll let you know when I think of something.”
He didn’t say anything else until we reached the front door.
“Did you think of something?”
“Not yet.”
His pupils dilated, and I shrugged.
“I think I’ll wait to see how good you are at keeping your first promise before making more deals.”
“You don’t trust me?”
“Nope.”
He scowled at me and then stalked off to the study.
Too happy from the run to care about his grumpiness, I jogged upstairs and closed myself inside my room to take a shower.
As I washed off the sweat, I considered my next move.If Bennett kept his word and I had permission to leave, that meant I could meet up with Sophia.
Giddy at the idea, I hurried to blow dry my hair and rushed out to my bedroom, only to stop short at the vast emptiness where my bed once resided.
It was gone.Not just the mattress, but the whole damn thing.
“Bennett!”I yelled angrily.
He appeared in my open doorway and opened his mouth, but no sound came out.He just stared at me as his pupils slowly grew.
“Where is my bed?”I demanded.
He stuck his hands into his pockets and leaned against the doorjamb.
“I took it.”
“I already figured that part out.Where is it?”
“How did you leave school?”
“I already told you.I’m not making a deal until I verify the first one.”Stomping my way to my closet, I grabbed a pair of underwear and slipped them on underneath the towel I had wrapped around my torso.
