Page 22 of His White Moonlight
“Aye-aye, Captain.”I gave him a small salute and made a beeline for the bathroom.When I exited, a server happened to be by the door with one flute left on his tray.
“Perfect timing.”I snagged the flute, downed the contents in a few large gulps, and set it back on his tray.
CHAPTER FOUR
Bennett was stillwhere I’d left him.He glanced at his watch before he spotted me, and I made a face at him.Was he seriously timing me?
“Did I miss anything interesting?”I asked.
“No.”He reclaimed my hand and wrapped it around his arm.
I moved to stand beside him, but he suddenly captured my chin with his free hand and leaned in, bringing his face close to mine.
My eyes went wide, and I tried to push him away.
“What are you doing?”I whispered harshly, which only called more attention to us.
“What did you drink?”he demanded.
My face started to heat, and the urge to kick him warred with the need to run and hide from the embarrassment of the moment.
“Wine, remember?”
His gaze narrowed.“Wrenly.”
The warning in his tone spoke volumes.I was poking his wolf.Why then weren’t his pupils going crazy?I had no idea.Nothing about Bennett ever made much sense to me.
“Let go of my face while I’m asking nicely,” I said.
His gaze dipped to my mouth.
If he leaned in and sniffed, I would not be responsible for my actions.
He leaned in…
…and brushed his mouth against mine.
My eyes nearly popped out of my head.I jerked myself out of his hold so hard that I stumbled into someone else.A few giggles rang out around us.I barely noticed as I spun around and pushed my way through people toward the exit.
Mom caught me before I reached it.
“Come with me.”She steered me toward the sectioned-off area of the museum.
A guard nodded and unclasped the rope for us to pass.She kept leading me along a hall until we’d turned several corners and entered an office with a sofa.
“I’m sorry,” I said as soon as the door shut.“I didn’t mean to make a scene.It won’t happen again.I promise.”
She hugged me hard.“It’s okay, Wrenly.I brought you here so you could calm down, not to scold you.What happened?”
She didn’t know?She didn’t see?
My face heated further at the thought of her having witnessed my supposed brother kissing me.
“I snuck a second glass of wine, and Bennett embarrassed me because of it.”One hundred percent true.“Do I have to keep working for him?”
Mom smiled and walked me over to the couch.
“He’s a bit difficult, isn't he?”
