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 limbs were heavy and

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

over to one of the plush chairs by the fireplace and sat down. “I didn’t know that you

rubbing his tired eyes. “I knew it was you when I hired you. I did it on

scrunched my eyebrows together. “What

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

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

the street,” he replied coldly, standing. “After that, you wouldn’t take the money I 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

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

across his chest. “Oh, please. Your application was tossed into the reject pile the first day you sent it.

spoke. Was this all I was? A charity case? A pathetic example of someone who was just

“for a man who complained that his one night stand was just after him for money,

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

Edrick and I both looked up to see Ella standing in

she snarled. Even from where I stood, I

“Ella–”

Edrick, whose gaze had shifted from cold to

but the

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