Page 27 of His White Moonlight
I picked up my phone.
Me: Do you know what some people my age do after graduating?
Karter: What?
Me: They travel.I wish I’d switched my ticket to Iceland instead.I hear it’s lovely this time of year.
Aiden: Don’t you like being home?
Me: I feel like this conversation is going to be screenshot and sent to Mom and Dad.
Karter: Nah, we’re just trying to figure out what’s wrong.
Did he honestly not know?My only two friends weren’t here.What was the point of coming home?Just so Mom and Grandma could manipulate me into doing what they wanted?
I tossed my phone onto my desk, leaned back into my chair, and closed my eyes.
Just eleven weeks, Wrenly.You can do this.Eleven weeks and then you’ll be moving into the dorms at?—
Something tickled my nose, and my eyes flew open at the same time my hands came up.
Bennett choked and coughed, grabbing his throat, which I’d hit, as he straightened away from me.
“One, I didn’t mean to do that.Two, being tolerable means not sneaking up on people.”
He stopped coughing, studied me for several seconds, then pivoted on his heel and retreated to his office.The slamming door didn’t even make me jump.
I picked up my phone from my desk.
Me: How much am I making an hour?
Mom: Administrative assistants start at ten dollars above minimum wage.However, since you’re working with Bennett, we added another five dollars.
Me: Add another five for the person who comes after me, or they’ll never make it past a week.
Mom: I’ll talk to him.
Me: Don’t bother.It only makes him worse.
I tossed my phone onto my desk again and happened to look up and catch him staring at me through the window.With slow grace, I lifted my hand and flipped him off.He closed the blinds.
Psychopath.
And Grandma wanted me to flatter him?It would never work.Any flattery that didn’t send him into a rage would probably only stroke his already unstable ego.
“Is Bennett in?I need these documents signed.”
I looked up at the woman and debated my answer.
“Bennett’s in…sane.If you open that door in the hopes of gaining his attention, it’ll work, but probably not the way you want.He’s extra crazy today, and I heard he likes making people cry.So you do you.”
She looked from me to the door.
“You’re not going to stop me?”
“Even if I could, I’m not sure I’d want to today.He’s being an ass and deserves some irritation.”
She looked torn.
