Chapter 23: The Alpha Pups
Moana

As I was drying off my hands on the plush hand towel, I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder.

It was Kelly.

“Oh… You scared me,” I said, taking a step backwards. “Do you need something?”

“Why haven’t you been doing your job?” she asked abruptly, her voice somewhat shrill. She seemed incredibly irritated, and her face was a bit red from alcohol.

“Um… Excuse me?” I asked.

eyes abrasively, folding her thin arms across her small chest. I was never much of the type to judge other women negatively for their bodies, but it was apparent that she was wearing a pushup bra through her almost-sheer dress, and it wasn’t working. In fact, now that I thought of it, I had hardly seen her eat anything at the luncheon the other day or at the banquet just now. It

basically just a glorified maid whose only duty is to play with children all day. So, pray tell, why

blinked, taken aback by Kelly’s

snarled. “When someone asks you a

I attempted to step around Kelly, but she moved with me and stood in my way. She had her

said. “She doesn’t need you, but

in front of her face and inspected her nails. “There are children here who need watching, nanny,” she said, glancing up at me over her nails with an

at the door. “Well, I promised Edrick I’d stay

Edrick. He said that he doesn’t care,

I asked, my voice quivering slightly as I felt

Kelly interrupted, turning on her heel and heading for the door. “I’ll take

Kelly, but decided to follow her; I couldn’t hide in the bathroom for the remainder of the night, but I also didn’t want to see Edrick at the moment if that was what he was saying about

my face, essentially making me jog to keep up with her so that I didn’t get lost in this maze of a mansion. If I was being honest, I wasn’t sure how I would find my way back to the party on my own if Kelly left

over her shoulder as she rounded a corner in a flash of long blonde hair. “I’m sure

Kelly that no, I didn’t need the cardio and that I was actually quite fit, but I decided to keep my mouth shut and just follow her for the sake of keeping my job. If Edrick really thought that I was trying to sleep with his own brother after sleeping

wooden doors, coming out into another courtyard garden. This one was larger than the other with a massive oak tree in the center, but it was much further from the banquet hall. In fact,

we are,” Kelly said, gesturing with a condescending flourish toward the two children who were standing in the middle

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