#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.

“You know, you wouldn’t even have this job if it wasn’t for me,” his girlfriend, a Beta, said with a scowl. “I can’t believe you would pull a stunt like this. We are over!”

With that, Sam’s new girlfriend — well, ex-girlfriend now — turned on her heel and stormed off.

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

him to struggle the entire way, and presented him to Edrick and I like a cat that had just dropped a dead bird on our doorstep.

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

standing around us. “Let’s not let pretty high school drama 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

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

to stare down his nose at Sam, who was practically trembling by now. Once we were

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

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

shoulders and gave him a lighthearted shake as though they were old friends, but it was entirely condescending and

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

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

to get a fancy apartment and an expensive car as soon

knew how it felt to barely make ends meet, and even though I knew that

“Please, Moana…”

to face Edrick. “Don’t

eyes widened.

what it’s like to live as a lower status, and I

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

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