Page 181 of His White Moonlight
“If you have the sex video you said you do, I think they’re going to get more desperate as their investors start withdrawing, but I don't think they’ll abandon her yet.They’ll try to talk to their connections and pull in investments from other resources.”
“Will anyone help them?”
He finally removed his hands from his pocket and wrapped his arms around me as he kissed the top of my head.
“No.With the Steeles and the Wulfs blacklisting them, no one will take that risk.Not even the small players.They might attract some foreign investors, but it will ultimately be a loss for the Shanes.I’ll make sure of it.”
I reached up to feather my fingers through the hair at the back of his neck.Another tremor ran through him.Tipping my head back, I looked up at his tortured expression and closed eyes.
Then I quickly glanced at the clock.
“I know what you’re doing, Wrenly,” he said roughly.
“Is trying to comfort you a bad thing?You’re making it sound like it is.”
His eyes snapped open, and he searched my gaze.
“We both know this isn’t about comfort.At least, not mine.Is living with me that bad?”
I didn’t pull away and kept touching his hair.
“It’s not about bad or good, Bennett.This is about what I want.And I want to go to school like a normal person, not as a mate who has no freedom.”
He frowned.“Haven’t I been better?”
“Yes, you’ve been very careful about giving me choices and explaining what you’re doing.But is that what you want, Bennett?A mate you need to tiptoe around?”
“It wouldn’t be like this forever.We’re learning more about each other.Adapting is normal.”
I set my head on his chest again, which gave me a view of the clock.Four minutes had passed.
“Is it?Don’t people with the same interests and backgrounds have it easier?Less adapting?”
He started pulling away with ten seconds left.I let him go and watched him walk around to his desk.His hands were fisted, and tremors were running through his body.
“You want me to want you like you want me.That won’t happen, Bennett.The faster you adapt to that, the sooner we can both move on.”
I walked out and closed the door behind me.
Miranda looked up at me.
“Well?What happened after we left?”
“They tried begging.It didn’t work.”I sat next to her as her gaze shifted to Bennett’s office window.
“Yeah, begging Bennett for anything would be a waste of time, considering his current mood.”
I turned to look at him with her and caught him with his elbows on his desk and his head in his hands.
“What did you say to him when you were hugging him?”she asked.
“That I won’t ever want him as much as he wants me, and the sooner he accepts that, the sooner we can both move on.”
“Really?”Olivia said, coming around the corner.“I’m happy to help him move on.”
“You’re an idiot,” Miranda said.“We both have noses and know he’ll never—” She cringed and cleared her throat.“Is there a reason you’re here other than to tempt fate and the drywall?”
“I just thought I’d join in the gossip session and say that those people you all talked to left smelling like rage and revenge.”
