Chapter 6 Another One Bites The Dust

Moana

I stood frozen in the middle of the living room, my back turned to the door as I heard footsteps approaching. How did this happen? How did I wind up finally becoming employed, only for it to turn out that my new employer was the same person who I had a one night stand with just two nights ago?

The footsteps came closer. I felt like a deer in headlights.

“Good evening, Miss Moana,” that all-too-familiar voice said from behind me. “Can we speak privately for a minute?”

I slowly turned around to face Edrick Morgan, the handsome and wealthy werewolf CEO, the extremely well-known public figure, the man who I had slept with two nights ago… The man who tried to throw money at my feet like I was a prostitute.

He stood in front of me with Ella in his arms, the perfect picture of a loving father.

him; as I did, it felt like I was swimming through mud, like

rose all the way to the ceiling, with a large carved stone fireplace and two tall, arched windows. There was a mahogany desk in the middle of the room and a small seating area by the fireplace. At the time that Ella showed me this room, I had found it stunningly

Edrick casually walked over to one of the plush chairs by the

eyes. “I knew it was you when I hired you. I

together. “What do you

completely detached from the hiring process,” Edrick replied. “I wanted to give you

treated me like a beggar. Like I was a…” I lowered my voice so Ella couldn’t hear. “…a prostitute. And

than paying your rent. I may seem like an arrogant asshole to you, but I do not owe anyone and I know a desperate person when I

interview fair and square,” I said. “Why are you making it out like I’m a…

pile the first day you sent it. I decided to give you a second chance, when there were dozens of

Was this all I was? A charity case? A pathetic example of someone who was just supposed to be grateful that

was just after him for money, it’s awfully convenient that you would suddenly want

signed the contract,” he replied, fixing his steely gaze on me. “You know the stipulations of the clauses. And

the door creaked open. Edrick and I both looked up to see Ella standing in the doorway, tears streaming down

I stood, I could see

“Ella–”

and ran away, sobbing. I whipped back around to glare at Edrick, whose gaze had shifted from cold to

found Ella’s room, but the door was locked when I tried to open

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