Page 25 of His White Moonlight
Grandma and Bennett were sitting at the table.Both had already finished eating as I sat and accepted a plate from Sandy.
“I heard you get to work with Bennett,” Grandma said.“If he gives you trouble, let me know, and I’ll break his legs for you.”
I paused with my fork halfway to my mouth, unsure if she was serious or not.Shifters healed remarkably quickly after all.
“A clean break or something that’s going to need pins?”I asked.
She laughed so hard she cried.
“And that’s why you’ll always be my favorite, Wrenly.Don’t you ever change.”
I still wasn’t sure if she’d been serious, so I just smiled and listened to her scold Bennett while I ate.
“If you drive Wrenly away, you’ll have more than me to worry about, Bennett.Six in three months is going too far.”
“It wasn’t six in three months, Grandma,” he said calmly.“And no one complained.”
She snorted.“Only because some of them were female and desperate.Heard you tried to throw one out a window.”
I looked at Bennett in shock, waiting for his denial.He didn’t sayanything.
“Instead of getting him a different assistant, you should have gotten him therapy,” I said to Grandma.
She grinned at me.“Doubt that would have helped.”
“So are you just here for a morning lung workout?Not that I mind hearing you lay into Bennett,” I added quickly.
“No.I’m going to work with you two.It’s been a while since I visited the office, and I thought we could chat on the way.”
Skillfully managed yet again, I found myself in the backseat with Grandma, going to work like I didn’t want to, while Grandma told me about her neighbor’s vacation mishap that had landed her in the hospital.
Honestly, I loved Grandma.She treated me like I was her favorite person.Whenever I’d gotten into trouble with Aiden or Karter in my youth, she’d always sided with me.Not that Mom and Dad hadn’t, they’d just tried to be a tiny bit more impartial.Grandma was blatant in her favoritism.And it never bothered anyone in the family, even though I occasionally felt guilty about it.
When we arrived at the office, she rode the elevators with us to the administrative floor, but as soon as she saw me to my desk, she excused herself to visit Mom, saying she’d return later.
I shook my head and sat down, knowing full well she wouldn’t be back.Her only purpose today had been to ensure I went to work.She’d been like that when I’d gone to boarding school, too.I hadn’t wanted to go, but Grandma had shown up that morning, and I’d found myself on a plane anyway.
Mom was a master manager of people and situations, and she’d learned it all from Grandma.
Sighing, I opened my laptop and got to work.Movement in the glass drew my attention.I looked up at Bennett’s office and saw him standing behind the glass, the shade wide open.He crooked a finger to beckon me.
“What do you want?”
He shook his head and tapped his ear.
As if I believed for even a second that he couldn’t hear me.With a sigh, I stood and poked my head into his office.
“What do you want?”
He caught my wrist and pulled me in, shutting the door firmly and leaning a shoulder against it so I couldn’t leave.His pupils were doing their thing again as he stared at me.Saying nothing, I waited.
His jaw started to twitch.“Why are you being so difficult?”
“Difficult?You beckoned, and I came in.You’re the one being difficult, pulling at me and scowling for no reason.”
The tic in his jaw grew more pronounced, and he looked away from me.
“Why don’t you just say whatever is eating at you so we can both move on with our day?”
