#Chapter 205: …But Satisfaction Brought It Back

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With an exasperated sigh, I picked up my phone to call my chief security officer.

“Afternoon, Mr. Morgan,” he said when he answered. “Everything alright?”

“Yes,” I replied. “But I need a favor. Do you have any female bodyguards you could send over for an interview?”

The chief security officer paused for a moment, thinking. “I do,” he replied. “I can send them over tomorrow. Is there anything you need them for specifically?”

I sighed again, thinking back on the incident with Moana and the male bodyguard that I had assigned to her. She clearly felt uncomfortable with him, and it was obvious that the other teachers and students were uncomfortable as well. All I wanted was for Moana to be protected, but it wasn’t going to help any if she kept pushing away the bodyguards.

“I need someone who can work closely with my… fiancee,” I replied, still feeling strange about referring to Moana as that. Even though we had marked each other and had become a lot more affectionate since it had happened, we were still technically not in any sort of official relationship. At least, we hadn’t talked about it yet. “She needs someone who can be helpful with kids, and someone who’s easy to get along with but who will also provide good protection. Do you have anyone like that?”

other end, like he was looking something up. After a little while longer, he finally said, “Aha! I found

it?” I

name is Katherine,” he replied. “She’s twenty-eight, has experience working on one-on-one jobs in family settings, and it looks like she performed excellently on all of her physical and

nodded, letting out a small sigh of relief. “Send her over to the penthouse tomorrow,” I replied. “I’d like to

with the security officer. Perhaps having a female bodyguard who was good with kids might lift Moana’s mood and make her feel a bit more comfortable. Not only that, but maybe I could finally rest easy during the day knowing that Moana had an experienced bodyguard by her side in case of an emergency… Although part of me felt as though I would never really rest easy. Not as long as I

prepared what I would say to Moana. She hadn’t exactly been out of line with how she handled her first bodyguard, per se, but I needed her to understand why it was so important for her to be more open to this new bodyguard. When she came home that afternoon, however, judging from the angry expression on her face and the way that she stormed toward me it seemed as though my

Ella off to her room to play before grabbing me by the arm and pulling me unceremoniously into

he would drive me to work and wait in the car, not that he would sneak around with binoculars and spy on my every move. Yesterday, he mistook another red-haired teacher for me. Today, one of

bodyguard. I don’t feel comfortable with you and Ella returning to school with someone just sitting

“I think that I would know

lot of damage. Normally, people shift for the first time as children, in a safe environment with teachers. But as a late bloomer such as yourself, things are different. I understand that you’re entitled to your independence, but do you want to potentially destroy your classroom and terrify your students if you shift suddenly? What if you injured

she finally said quietly. “I get it… I get that I’m just a late

eyebrows, shocked at this sudden use of words. “What are you talking

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