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.

a Beta, said

Sam’s new girlfriend — well, ex-girlfriend now — turned

Sam called. He 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 are

over by his collar, causing him to struggle the entire way,

he stood in front of Edrick and myself. He began to stutter out a series of apologies for causing a scene, but Edrick only stared down at him with narrowed

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

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

down his nose at Sam, who was practically

and serious and not mischievous at all like before. “I have half a mind to fire you on the spot

Edrick especially towered over him now as Sam began to shrink into himself, slouching as though he wanted to make himself appear

said. She wrapped her arm around Sam’s shoulders and gave him a lighthearted shake as though they were old friends, but it was entirely condescending

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

further. “No, please,” he whined. He then turned to face 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 my expensive

expensive car as

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 as a werewolf, and even though he

“Please, Moana…”

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

widened.

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

I just didn’t like the idea of causing someone to lose their job entirely over this. Sam got humiliated,

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