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.

I stammered. I watched as he set Ella down, then gestured for me to follow him; as I did, it felt like I was swimming through mud, like my limbs were heavy and

enormous bookshelves lining the walls that 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

watching as Edrick casually walked over to one of the plush chairs by the fireplace and sat down. “I didn’t know that you would be the employer. If I had known,

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

scrunched my eyebrows together. “What do

from the hiring process,” Edrick replied. “I wanted to

a…” I lowered my voice so Ella couldn’t hear. “…a prostitute. And now you

paying your rent. I may seem

passed that interview fair and square,” I

day you sent it. I decided to

spoke. Was this all I was? A charity case? A pathetic example of someone who was just supposed to be grateful that the all-knowing and powerful Edrick Morgan gave me a chance to work for him after sleeping with me in a hotel

who complained that his one night stand was just after him for

steely gaze on me. “You know the stipulations of the clauses. And I highly doubt you have the courage

Edrick and I both looked up to see Ella standing in

where I stood, I could see her little

“Ella–”

from cold to concerned in a matter

out of Edrick’s office and found Ella’s room, but the

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