[Evelyn’s POV]
Once more the room fell silent.
I wasn’t even sure Alexander knew what to say. Surely, he was as shocked as me. Between the two of us, I was certain we both thought that it was going to take a lot more than a single conversation for Wendy to feel so obliged to want to work together.
Caroline looked as though someone had the audacity to slap her across the face. For a brief second, I was mildly nervous to turn my head to look at her. But she was quick to recover from her bout of shock.
An amused smile curved her painted lips while a mocking laughter filled the air.
“Grandma Wendy, you can’t possibly place such an important task on someone like Evelyn,” she said briskly. “How could she possibly understand the dynamics of a pack’s financials?”
I hadn’t missed the s
