Page 13 of His White Moonlight
Rather than back down, I crossed my arms and tipped my head back to look up at him.
“I will become your worst nightmare if you push this,” I said, meaning every word.
He took a slow, deep breath.“Will you tell me why you don’t want to change?”
“Tell me why I need to.”
His jaw ticced.“Why are you nice to everyone else, but defiant or rude to me?”
“You reap what you sow, Bennett.When have you ever been nice to me?”
He frowned slightly, studying me, then backed up a step.
“Mom and Dad asked me to take you somewhere right after work.It’s supposed to be a surprise.You’ll feel out of place if you go in jeans.”
I uncrossed my arms, hating that Mom’s manipulations were already starting.
“Thank you for telling me.How dressy do I need to be?”
“Business casual is fine.”
“What will the other women there be wearing?Business casual or something dressier?”
“Dressier.”
“Okay.”I turned to look at the rack, and the saleswoman magically reappeared, proving she’d probably been listening from the other side of the wall.
“Do you have any cocktail dresses and flats?”
She hurried to bring me two options—a dusky blue and a mauve.I tried them on and decided to go with the blue one, along with a nude flat, strappy sandal that didn’t hurt my feet.When I left the dressing room in jeans, Bennett didn’t comment.He just paid the bill and carried the bag back to the car with me.
The drive to the office only took another ten minutes.We were late when we pulled into the underground parking garage, but I didn’t think it would matter much.
To show that I could be cooperative, I waited in my seat until Bennett opened the door for me.I even threw in a thank you to prove I was the bigger person.He still had the nerve to be annoyed, though.I saw his pupils dilate slightly before he looked away.
Whatever.
I followed him to the elevator, which required a badge to operate.The doors opened to a lobby teeming with people and a bank of main elevators.
People said good morning to Bennett but gave me curious side glances—whether it was because I was with him or because I was wearing jeans while everyone else was in skirts or slacks was up for debate.
We rode the elevators up to the twelfth floor.A reception desk sat just inside a set of glass doors.
The woman smiled at Bennett and said, “Good morning.”
Her sweeping glance at me bordered on rude, and I internally sighed.It was going to be a long summer.
Did I need the money that badly if I had already saved the first year’s tuition?Unfortunately, I did.I wasn’t sure what Mom and Dad’s reactions would be when I revealed my plans, and I wanted to be financially prepared for complete independence if necessary.That meant tuition and living expenses.Possibly a car payment too.And experience working at Wulf Enterprises would look good on my resume if I had to work somewhere else next summer.
Bennett didn’t even acknowledge the woman as he opened the door to the right of the reception desk.It led to a larger area filled with desks.He continued along the wall, reaching a hallway that had a few conference rooms and connected to another area filled with cubicles and desks.
He stopped by the first one, where an impeccably dressed brunette woman sat in a pantsuit that hugged her curves so tightly that it probably gave her back support.Her caramel gaze lifted to Bennett’s without even a flicker in my direction.
“Milena, this is Wrenly.”He looked at me.“Milena will show you around and get you set up with an access badge.Let me know if you run into any trouble.”
“Yep.”
I heard a disbelieving snort from the nearby sea of desks.Bennett looked away to stare at the offender.Some poor idiot would be lucky not to be fired by the end of the day.
