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“What do you think he’ll do then?”
I shrugged.She gave me a speculative look as she shut down her computer and grabbed her bags.
“We’ll talk tomorrow,” she said.“Wear comfortable shoes and bring pain relievers.”
The door opened behind me as she walked away.
Hands settled on my shoulders.
“We can leave early, too,” Bennett said.
“You’re the boss.”
He reached around me to pick up the remaining bag.
“What did you buy?”
“Earrings for Miranda.I don’t know what’s in that bag.Mom got it for you and handed it to Grandma when we got here.”
He looked inside it and stared for so long that I tried looking too, but he closed it and took my good hand, leading me out of the office.
“What is it?”I asked.
“Replacements for what I accidentally wrecked in your closet.”
Aware that everyone was listening, I waited until we were alone in the elevator to ask, “Is that why you asked me not to go into the closet?You wrecked my clothes?”
“And the door.”
I wasn’t sure how I felt about that.Not the wrecking part.That I understood.Asking Mom to replace my clothes instead of me.Sure, I didn’t like shopping, but I also didn’t like dressing in the clothes Mom had previously bought me.
Not Mom,I silently corrected myself.Bennett.
“Did you warn her that I don’t like anything fancy?”
“No.I told her not to purchase anything expensive.That it needed to be something you could wear at school to blend in with the other students.”
That didn’t sound so bad.Why had he stared at it so long, then?
Curious, I glanced at the bag that was in his opposite hand.
He shifted it back so his leg blocked my view of the bag.
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
My attention was stillon the bag when we reached the parking garage, so I didn’t notice the familiar car idling near the elevator or Milo until he waved.
“What’s Milo doing here?”I asked as Bennett steered us toward the car.
“Giving you a ride home.I promised Konni I’d help him after work.”He opened the passenger door for me.
“Wait… Do I get a say in where I go after work?”
“Yes.”
“Then I don’t want to go home.I want to know what you and Konni do together.”
He grimaced.“Not this time.You still need to make an offer.”
