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.

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.

me and poking her index finger into the center of my sternum. “You’re basically just a glorified maid whose only duty is to play with children all day. So, pray tell, why are you

aback by Kelly’s

snarled. “When someone asks

I attempted to step around Kelly, but she moved

with Verona,” she said. “She doesn’t need you, but I know

children here who need watching, nanny,” she said, glancing up at me over her nails with an almost evil look on her face. “Do you

promised Edrick I’d stay with him and Ella for

doesn’t care, so long as you’re preoccupied and not trying to f**k

voice quivering slightly as I felt my face flush hot with embarrassment. “I

Kelly interrupted, turning on her heel and heading for

to follow her; I couldn’t hide in the bathroom for the remainder of the night, but I also didn’t

winding palace hallways. She always stayed a few steps ahead of me, taking sudden corners and slamming doors in 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

in a flash of long blonde hair.

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 with him and becoming his employee, then it would also be a risk to talk back to his childhood best friend. Regardless of how much Kelly aggravated me, one wrong word from

rounded one last corner and pushed open a set of heavy double 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, it was so

with a condescending flourish toward the two children who

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