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, but when she saw us

swirling her mimosa around in her glass. “You two look like you

Edrick said as he stopped in front of her. “Are

raised an eyebrow. So did I; in fact, I was utterly confused. What was

offer,”

glancing over his shoulder at Sam again. He

that guy over there? The one with the tall blonde?” he asked, nodding his head subtly toward Sam and his new girlfriend. Mia casually glanced

“Yeah. What about him?”

cheater,” he said. “And he just threatened Moana. If you can make him betray his new girlfriend,

I was still too stunned to talk. This wasn’t what I had in mind when I decided to tell Edrick about what Sam did to me. I just wanted him to know about the situation so it could be handled in case Sam tried to expose the

“Sure. I want a new sports car,

his arms across his chest. “Whatever you want. If you can expose him for the asshole that he really is, I’ll go to

knocked back the rest of her mimosa and shoved the empty glass into Edrick’s hands. “One is enough,” she said, patting him on the shoulder with a grin. “But I’ll tell you what… If I get this done in thirty minutes — and I will — you two had better invite me to your

but nodded. It seemed that Mia wasn’t even aware that our relationship was fake, and I couldn’t tell if Edrick simply didn’t want to tell her the truth right now

but it was too late. She was already on her way over toward Sam. I watched with wide eyes and a slack

I asked, turning to face him. “I didn’t want anyone to get in trouble. I was

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

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 I was the one who

on,” Edrick said, taking my hand and flashing me a smile. “You

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