Chapter 27: The Invitation
Moana

The following morning, I woke up early to get Ella ready for training. She was tired after the party, but was cooperative, and her sweet disposition distracted me from the strange experiences I had at the Morgan residence.

While Ella ate breakfast, I sought Edrick out and found him in his study. Taking a deep breath, I quietly knocked on the door. He glanced up and gestured for me to come in before promptly looking back down at his work again.

“Did you need something?” he asked.

“Yes,” I replied, still feeling somewhat uncomfortable around the Alpha billionaire’s cold demeanor even though I thought I should be used to it by now.

“Well, spit it out.”

I swallowed. The last time I had done anything like I was about to ask permission for, it had ended horribly and completely stunted both Edrick’s and the servants’ confidence in me.

“I would like to take some time today to visit the orphanage while Ella is at her training session,” I said.

Edrick paused and slowly set his pen down, then looked up at me and leaned back in his chair. He folded his arms across his chest and looked down his nose at me, narrowing his eyes. I prepared myself for the inevitable.

“Are you planning on losing my daughter again?”

get there and back before Ella even finishes her training. That’s how it would’ve worked last time, too, had I not gotten stuck in

can’t predict traffic in the city,” he said.

be leaving,” I replied, the words flying out of my mouth quickly this time as I

the Alpha CEO’s cold eyes. It looked like worry. “Alright,” he said finally, picking up his pen again. “Don’t let anything happen

emotion for his daughter flash across his face like that immediately reminded me that he wasn’t entirely cold to his core. Seeing the way that he interacted with his own father the

orphanage to do some volunteer work, alright?” I said, crouching to Ella’s level as we stood outside the training facility. She nodded vehemently, and I ruffled her hair. “Okay. I’ll be here when you’re done. If

nodded vehemently again, her little face hilariously serious as though I had just given her

to meet up with her werewolf friends. Once she was inside,

spent the next hour and a half playing with the children on the playground. While I always enjoyed every activity with the children, playing outside was one of my favorites; I always loved helping the kids cross the monkey bars, playing hide and seek with them, and participating in their games of kickball. By the time it

ready to flag down another taxi to get back to the training facility when an unfamiliar black

down the window. It

into the passenger seat, buckling my

facility,” I said. “You

“I heard about what happened last time, and I’m

I replied, looking out the window. “He’s like one big

I’m sorry about that, by the way. I should’ve warned you that my relationship with my brother is…

as I looked out the window at the city passing by

I ask why you

his half brother. I think he sees me as this great big symbol of a wrench being thrown into a so-called ‘perfect’ family dynamic, when really, it’s not like the Morgan family has ever been even close to perfect to begin with. But, I think that the way I came

“What do you mean?”

get too into it,” Ethan replied as he drove around a corner. “I’ll just say that… I came after Verona and Michael were married and had Edrick. And you already know that Verona is not my biological

said, looking down at my lap. “I

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