Chapter 147: Humiliation

Moana

“Ugh! I can’t believe you!” Sam’s new girlfriend shouted, causing Edrick and I to run over to the scene while a group of other intrigued employees gathered around as well. “You’re a cheater!”

“Baby, it’s not what it—”

Slap.

Sam’s face went red with a mixture of embarrassment and redness from the hard slap that his girlfriend gave him. A chorus of gasps and confused mutters erupted amongst the people who had gathered around, and meanwhile, Mia only stood leaning against a tree with a subtle smirk on her face. Her eyes finally met mine and Edrick’s, and she winked.

I knew then that she had accomplished what Edrick had essentially hired her to do: she had made Sam betray his new girlfriend. I wondered if his new girlfriend even knew that he cheated on me to be with her, or if he just brushed me off as some crazy lady who he didn’t even know when I found them in the restaurant that day.

Either way, Edrick was right. Once a cheater, always a cheater.

have this job if it wasn’t for me,” his girlfriend, a Beta, said

girlfriend — well, ex-girlfriend now —

tried to chase after her, but Mia suddenly ran after him like a flash and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. “H-Hey! What

Sam over by his collar, causing him to struggle the entire way, and presented him to Edrick and I like a cat that had just dropped a dead

Edrick and myself. He began to stutter out a series of apologies for causing

ruin your nice afternoon.” People in the crowd snickered at the way that Edrick referred to it as nothing more than petty high school drama, which caused Sam’s face to turn an even deeper shade of red. His eyes shifted back and forth between Edrick and I, and Mia continued to stand behind him with her arms folded across her chest in case he decided to try to

herself. But now, Sam stood here like a little kid who got in trouble in front of Edrick, and I had to focus all of my energy on containing my smile. It felt good to see him get

nose at Sam, who was practically trembling by now.

like before. “I have half a mind to fire

ground. I had always thought that Sam was pretty tall, but Edrick was far taller and towered over him. Edrick especially towered over him now as Sam began to shrink into himself, slouching as though he wanted to make himself appear smaller. He looked like a dog

think you should fire this jerk,” Mia said. She wrapped her arm around Sam’s shoulders and gave him a lighthearted shake as

as usual, Mia,” he replied. “We’ll fill the role with someone

clasped his hands together in front of them, pleading with me. “Please, Moana. I need this job. I have to pay my rent. I-I need to pay off my expensive

couldn’t hide my scoff. Of course Sam would be the type to get a fancy apartment and an expensive car as soon as he got a job at WereCorp, even going so far as to go into

it was like to struggle financially. I had come from the lowest caste in our society; not just a human, but an orphan, too. I knew how it felt to barely make ends meet, and even though I knew that Sam would have little trouble finding another job

“Please, Moana…”

and turned to face Edrick. “Don’t fire

widened.

shook my head. “I know what it’s like to live as a lower status, and I wouldn’t wish it upon

that he felt uncomfortable by my request, but I just didn’t like the idea of causing someone

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