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.

as I did, it felt like I was swimming through mud, like my

tour with Ella earlier. It had 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 a small seating area by the fireplace. At the time that Ella showed me this room, I

I said as soon as the door clicked shut behind us. I stayed by the door, 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,

eyes. “I knew it was

my eyebrows together.

be stubborn, but I’m not completely detached from the hiring process,” Edrick replied. “I wanted to give you

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

to give you after our one night stand, because apparently your pride is more important than paying your rent. I may seem like an arrogant asshole to you, but

few steps toward him, clenching my fists. “I passed that interview fair and square,” I said. “Why are you making it out like I’m a… a charity

scoffed and folded his arms across his chest. “Oh, please. Your application was tossed into the reject pile the first day you sent it. I decided to give you a second chance, when there were dozens of other people with

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

stand was just after him

know the stipulations of the clauses. And I highly doubt you

up to see Ella standing in the doorway, tears

she snarled. Even from where I stood, I could see

“Ella–”

whipped back around to glare at Edrick, whose gaze had shifted from cold to

and found Ella’s room, but

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