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.

his girlfriend, a Beta, said with a scowl. “I can’t believe you would pull a stunt

ex-girlfriend now — turned on

after her, but Mia suddenly ran after him like a flash and grabbed him

causing him to struggle the entire way, and presented him to Edrick and I like a cat that had just dropped a

widened as he stood in front of Edrick and myself. He began to stutter out a series of apologies for causing a scene, but

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

I thought that she was either joking or that she was too full of 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 a little taste of the humiliation I felt when

crowd dissipated, Edrick only continued to stare down his nose at Sam, who was practically trembling by now.

Edrick said, his voice low and serious and not mischievous at all like before. “I have half a mind to fire you on the spot just for disturbing my company picnic. And you should apologize to your colleagues for causing so much of

Edrick was far taller and towered over him. Edrick especially towered over him now

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

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

me and 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

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 debt to appear

knew what 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…”

I sighed and turned to face Edrick. “Don’t fire

eyes widened. “Why

a lower status, and I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone else. Not even

with his eyebrows raised. I knew that he felt uncomfortable by my request, but I

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