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.

was standing by herself when we walked up to her. She was talking on the phone, but

in her glass. “You two look like you

said as

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

the offer,” she said

his shoulder at Sam again. He lowered his voice so

blonde?” he asked, nodding his head subtly toward Sam and his new girlfriend. Mia casually

“Yeah. What about him?”

you can make him betray his new

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 lie that I was Ella’s biological mother. I didn’t tell Edrick in the hopes that he would get revenge

Mia shrugged. “Sure. I want a new sports car, though.

that he really is, I’ll go to the car dealership with you and buy you a dozen cars

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

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

mouth to tell Mia not to go, but it was too late. She was already on her way over toward Sam. I watched with wide eyes and a slack jaw as she let down her long, black hair,

turning to face him. “I didn’t want

matter-of-factly. “Once a cheater, always a cheater.

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

on,” Edrick said, taking my hand and flashing

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