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.

to follow him; as I

large carved stone fireplace and two tall, arched windows. There was a mahogany desk in the

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 this isn’t a

it was you

my eyebrows together. “What do you

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

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

paying your rent. I may seem like an arrogant asshole to you, but I do not

him, clenching my fists. “I passed that interview fair and square,” I said. “Why are you making it out

pile the first day you sent it. I decided to give you a second chance,

was? A charity case? A pathetic example of someone who was just supposed to be grateful that the all-knowing

growled, taking another step closer, “for a man who complained that his one night stand was

me. “You know the stipulations of the

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

promised you wouldn’t try to steal my daddy away,” she snarled. Even from where I stood, I could see her little fangs poking out and her

“Ella–”

whose gaze had shifted from cold to

Edrick’s office and found Ella’s room, but the door was locked when I tried to

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