Chapter 29: The Unexpected Alpha Philanthropist
Moana

My trance with the TV was broken by the sound of Selina’s voice coming from beside me.

“Interesting,” she said, wiping her hands on her apron. “That’s more than I expected.”

I turned to face her, still surprised by Edrick’s sudden act of generosity. “He doesn’t do things like this often, does he?” I asked.

Selina shrugged. “Every so often. It’s usually once a year or so these past few years, but it’s never made public, and it’s rarely this much. I wonder what changed to make him donate such a large amount and for him to allow it to be televised.”

“And to an orphanage, no less,” Lily chimed in from behind me.

Shrugging again, Selina turned around and started to head back to the kitchen. I followed her, still curious about the situation. “You said it’s been happening just for the past few years?” I asked.

she scrubbed so hard at the stovetop with a damp sponge that it was making the

of the coffee table. The interview with Sophia ended on the TV while I was in the kitchen, so now Ella was flipping absentmindedly through the channels as she searched for cartoons. I searched WereCorp’s most recent public

said suddenly from behind me. I hadn’t realized it, but she must have grown bored of flipping through the television channels and was now hanging over the back of the couch, watching as I scrolled through my

grabbing her, pulling her onto my lap and beginning to tickle her. “It’s not very nice to look over

the sweet sounds of the little girl’s giggles, but I couldn’t quite

laying in my own bed; I wondered if he was coming back to the penthouse at all, and if he did, I wondered if he

didn’t answer before he opened the door and came in. He was already in his pajamas, and stormed over to the other side of the bed without

today,” I said, glancing up from my sketchbook to look at Edrick as he sat on the

Edrick asked. His tone

really. I just think it’s interesting that just yesterday you thought that compassion

“I have to do certain things sometimes to uphold the

continued working on my most recent drawing: a

back turned to me. The only sounds in the room were the sounds of the city below, which was nothing but white noise to me after growing up in the city. Aside from the sounds of the city, there was the sound of my pencil scratching on the paper as I shaded in some of the buildings

of a

workers in the factories think that they’re not treated as equally as their werewolf counterparts,” he said. “It’s absurd, really. I’ve always tried my best to be fair to everyone in my company. And now the media is trying to contact

to look over at Edrick. “Why do they say

“It’s

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