Chapter 146: Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater

Moana

I hoped that Edrick wasn’t too upset with me or jealous. After all, I did just reveal to him that I had conceived our child with him on the very night that my ex-boyfriend and I broke up, which would certainly seem like rebounding. I felt my voice shaking a bit as I told him what happened, but at the same time, it felt better to get things out in the air.

And, much to my surprise, Edrick didn’t say anything about the fact that I slept with him on the same night that Sam and I broke up. In fact, he seemed entirely focused on Sam’s transgressions. It really made me realize that Edrick was on my side above all else, and it made me feel safe with him.

“I’ll take care of it,” Edrick said. His voice was low and stern, and even though I felt better after telling him everything, I instantly became worried that I was about to cause a scene after all.

“I-I don’t want to cause a scene,” I began, but Edrick waved his hand for me to stop. With his arm still wrapped firmly around my shoulders, he steered me away from Sam and in another direction, which took me by surprise. I had thought that he was going to march up to Sam and confront him with me, but he didn’t.

In fact, he was heading toward someone else entirely.

Mia.

on the phone,

in her

Edrick said as

I; in fact, I was utterly

depends on the offer,” she

He lowered his voice so no one could

there? The one with the tall blonde?” he asked, nodding his head subtly toward Sam and his new girlfriend. Mia casually glanced over at Sam, looking him up and down, then

“Yeah. What about him?”

“And he just threatened Moana. If you can make him betray his new girlfriend, I’ll give you

Edrick about what Sam did to me. I just wanted him to know about the situation so it could be handled in case Sam

want a new sports

chest. “Whatever you want. If you can expose him for the asshole that he really is, I’ll go to the car dealership with you and buy you a dozen cars if you

patting him on the shoulder with a grin. “But I’ll tell you what… If I get this done in thirty minutes — and

It seemed that Mia wasn’t even aware that our relationship was fake, and I couldn’t tell if Edrick simply didn’t want

Sam. I watched with wide eyes and a slack

didn’t want anyone to

always follow the same pattern,” he said matter-of-factly. “Once a cheater, always a cheater. Maybe this will teach him a little

still shocked. This mischievous side of Edrick was entirely new to me, but it was becoming more and more abundant lately. And I couldn’t help but admit to myself that it was something that I was attracted to… And Sam did deserve to learn a lesson for being a cheater. Not just a cheater, but a jerk who said such horrible things to me when

on,” Edrick said, taking my hand and flashing me

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