Chapter 138: Us Against the World

Moana

I knew that I should have just walked away, but I was too stubborn to just let these women get away with talking so poorly about Edrick like that.

When I pushed the door open, the women suddenly stopped talking. Their eyes were wide as they turned to face me.

“What are you talking about?” I said as I stepped into the bathroom.

The women were silent. I felt like I was being appraised and judged as they looked me up and down, but I didn’t care. If people were going to say such nasty things about Edrick, then they could judge me all they wanted; but I was going to say something about it, and I felt as though I caught them in the act.

However, the women’s shock quickly wore off. Their wide-eyed looks turned to plastic smiles.

of the women, a blonde with an enormous diamond ring on her finger, said. She leaned into the mirror and wiped a bit of her lipstick away from the corner of her mouth with her pinky finger, eyeing me in the reflection as she did

women quickly realized that their rudeness left me speechless, which meant that they had won. All I could do was stand there with narrowed eyes while all three of them brushed past me, one after the other. The last

with an Alpha billionaire. If I went on to continue to be in a relationship with Edrick, real or fake, I couldn’t help but feel as though I would never be able to make any true friends again. If this was what wealthy women were like,

have a nice time with Edrick during the comedy show, and that was the most important thing. None of the other things, such as

too tired to even hide my sadness anymore.

taken my makeup off, which always made me sad because of how beautiful Tyrus’ work was — and I didn’t care one bit if those horrible women thought that my green eyeshadow was ugly. I thought it was perfect, and from now on, I knew that I would always ask Tyrus to give

as I looked in the mirror, I could still see the deep frown at the corners of my lips and the sad look in my eyes. Edrick noticed, too, and

arms across his chest. “Just tell me. Is it the paparazzi? I promise you’ll get used to it, and they’ll calm down eventually so it won’t

my head, unsure as to how to broach the subject. I didn’t know if I should have told Edrick about what those women were saying or not; maybe he would have just told me that it was nothing more

“Go on,” he urged.

me and talking about me.

I talked, but I finally worked up the nerve to turn to face him. I didn’t realize it at first, but I

of those people think?” he asked, his voice low and quiet as he fixed his gray eyes

“They’re your colleagues. Your peers. I assume

said with a laugh. “None of those people are

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