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.

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

now Ella was flipping absentmindedly through the channels as she searched for cartoons. I searched WereCorp’s most recent public relations campaigns,

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

tossing down my phone and grabbing her, pulling her onto my lap and beginning to tickle her. “It’s not

I couldn’t quite shake the feeling in my mind that Edrick’s newfound “compassion” was all just

wondered if he was coming back to the penthouse at all, and if he did,

door and came in. He was already in his pajamas, and stormed over to the other side of the bed without a word. I could tell that

today,” I said, glancing up from my sketchbook to look at Edrick as he sat on the edge of the bed. “Something about a billionaire CEO donating a hefty sum of money to

it?” Edrick asked. His tone of voice was cold and

think it’s interesting that just yesterday you thought that compassion was pointless, and

different things,” Edrick interrupted. “I have to

my sketchbook and continued working on my most recent drawing: a picture of the city at night, using the view from my balcony as reference. “Is something threatening

his 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

a sudden,

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

to look over at Edrick. “Why do

shrugged. “It’s

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