#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.

but Mia suddenly ran after him like a flash and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. “H-Hey!

with a smirk. She yanked 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

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

to the picnic,” Edrick said, addressing the crowd that was still 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 and I, and

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 he berated me

at Sam, who was practically trembling by now. Once we were alone, Edrick

all like before. “I have half a mind to fire you on the spot just for disturbing my company picnic.

especially towered over him now as Sam

around Sam’s shoulders and gave him a lighthearted shake as though they were old friends, but it was entirely condescending and emasculating. “He did threaten your fiancee, after

he replied.

“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

fancy apartment and an expensive car as soon as he got a job at WereCorp, even going so far as to

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

“Please, Moana…”

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

widened. “Why

status, and I wouldn’t

uncomfortable by my request, but I just didn’t like the idea of causing someone to lose their job entirely over this. Sam

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