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.

follow him; as I did, it felt like I was swimming through mud, like my limbs were

I remembered it from 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,

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, I wouldn’t have applied. I promise

Moana,” Edrick said, rubbing his tired eyes. “I knew it was you when I hired

scrunched my eyebrows together. “What

detached from the hiring process,” Edrick replied. “I

Ella couldn’t hear. “…a prostitute. And now you give

tried 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 I do not owe anyone and I know a desperate person when I see one — so I did the next best thing since you don’t seem to like handouts, and I

passed that interview fair and square,” I said. “Why are you making it

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 better experience and

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

another step closer, “for a man who complained that his one night stand was just after him for money, it’s awfully convenient that you would suddenly want me

me. “You know the stipulations

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

promised you wouldn’t try to steal my daddy away,” she snarled. Even from where I stood, I

“Ella–”

glare at Edrick, whose gaze had shifted from cold to

but the door was

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