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.

wiped a bit of her lipstick away from the corner of her mouth

mouth to answer, but nothing would come out; and the women quickly realized that their rudeness left me speechless, which meant that they had won. All I could do was stand

was alone, I stood there feeling a combination of both sadness and anger; sadness that my social status would never let me be worthy of respect, and angry that these seemed to be the types of women I had to look forward to in the future now that I was involved 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, then I didn’t want any part of it. And I

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

was too tired to even hide my

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

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 wouldn’t let me get

“Just tell me. Is it the paparazzi? I promise you’ll get used to

It’s just…” My voice faltered. I hung my head, unsure as to how to broach the subject. I didn’t know if I should have told Edrick

“Go on,” he urged.

I’m ruining your image,” I finally admitted. “At the event, I knew that people were staring at me and talking about me. And I’m worried that it’s going to reflect on you in a negative

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

think?” he asked, his

colleagues. Your peers. I assume some of them are even

of those people are my friends. In fact, I can’t stand

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