Page 7 of Battling Bright
She got her tea and sat there, thinking about how her small hobby of helping different extranaturals hold events had turned into the serious situation looming ahead of her.
When Matthias and Leo returned, they were both in work mode.Leo smiled.“Krys, how’s the tea.”
“The earl himself would be proud.So, what am I here for?”
Matthias looked at her and nodded to Leo.Leo picked up her phone and punched it with her thumb.
Silence filled the space, and she got closer to the bottom of the cup when a familiar voice said, “Is she here?”
She glanced up and swallowed the tea.The golden gargoyle, the comptroller of Redbird City.“Me?”
Matthias smiled.“Since we are embarking on a new business at the Grunwald mansion, you need financial assistance.He is the best, so we are offering Reynal’s assistance to you to help train you to enforce your value, actually.”
Krys was mortified.“I will get better at it.I promise.”
“Don’t want to spend time with me, Miss Bright?”Reynal’s voice was a smooth tumble through her thoughts.
She smiled weakly.“No, not at all.I promise to be a quick study so you don’t waste your time.”
“Come on.My office awaits.”
She winced and glared at Leo, who was looking at her with fascination.
Matthias was surprised as well, and he opened his mouth, but a wad of paper caught him in the temple.
Leo said, “I thought vampires had better reflexes than that.”
Krys got up and followed Reynal out of the office as the mayor proved that he had excellent reflexes, based on the squeak from Leo’s desk.
Krys walked through the halls, and the butler smirked.“You look like a wet kitten, Miss Bright.”
Reynal turned to look at her and frowned.“Are you unwell?”
“Just a little tired.Otherwise, fine.”
“Hm.You are going to bed after this?”
“Uh, yeah.”
He led her to his office and thankfully entered before her.She stepped in, and he said, “Close the door, please.”
She swallowed and was suddenly stuck in a room with the only man in Redbird she wanted to jump, but she couldn’t.Clan restrictions meant he had to make the first move, and he was completely clueless or disinterested.
Krys sat through a lecture on pricing her skills based on the amount of estimated time she was needed.“What if the couple can’t afford my involvement, or it’s for a charity?Currently, I don’t know if I am working for the mayor, for the mansion, or for the couple.”
His solid black eyes blinked slowly.“Let me make a call.”
She sat back and finished her tea, setting it on the corner of his desk.
He spoke quietly for a moment and nodded.“For this contract, you are working for the mayor.Do you have all your bills?”
“The ones I have already, yes.There are several that arrive on the day.”
“Send them to me.”He gave her his card, and she began sending him the invoices, the lists, and the spreadsheets.
He looked at the spreadsheet and smiled.“You are very organized.”
“Thank you.”
