Chapter 121


    Chapter 121: Unwanted Attention


    Moana


    I was stillpletely and utterly shocked that Edrick announced that we were in a rtionship on live


    television. Even long after Selina shut off the TV and ordered the maids to return to their work, and


    even after I woke E up and got her ready for the day, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.


    In some ways, I was ted that Edrick announced that I was his “secret fiancee”, since it meant that he


    may have been slowlying around to the idea that we could be together. However, I still didn’t know


    exactly what all of this meant.


    Would we only be in a fake rtionship?


    If this really did only ever turn out to be a fake publicity stunt, I couldn’t help but wonder if it would only


    cause more confusion and pain. Our rtionship was already rocky enough as it currently stood; even


    though Edrick knew that I was a werewolf now, I could still tell that he had hangups about real


    marriage. Not only that, but I didn’t even know if we were mates. If Mina never fully emerged, then


    bing true mates wouldn’t even be possible. That was why so many wolfless adults wound up


    being shunned by the majority of the werewolf world; obviously, there were countless other reasons for


    it as well, but one of the major reasons was that wolfless adults couldn’t create a mate bond. Therefore,


    werewolves who did have their wolves wouldn’t want to waste their time trying to bond with someone


    who could never feel the same way.


    Aside from that, the thought of only ever being a fake wife made me uneasy. I wanted to be with


    someone who loved me and devoted themselves to me and our child, not someone who only


    pretended to be in love with me to keep the media from creating negative news articles about us. The


    whole thing felt somewhat fishy, and I couldn’t decide by that point if I should have just been happy that


    this potentially meant that Edrick wouldn’t marry someone else and make our home life confusing for


    our baby and E, or if I should try to find out what his true intentions were.


    Either way, I waspletely confused.


    …


    Later that evening, after putting E to bed, Edrick still wasn’t home. I couldn’t sleep after everything


    that happened that day, so I sat on the couch and looked at my phone to pass the time until Edrick got


    home.


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    However, I quickly realized that I made a mistake when I started looking at social media.


    My eyes widened as I began to read all of the posts made about Edrick and I.


    Somehow, within mere hours of Edrick announcing our fake rtionship, there were already hundreds


    — if not thousands — of posts about us. And the more I read, the more I began to realize that the


    majority of those posts were distinctly not positive.


    In fact, the majority of those posts were extremely negative.


    I always knew that Edrick had a sizable fanbase of women who adored him. After all, he was an


    incredibly handsome Alpha billionaire, and up until today, he was always known as being single and


    avable to the public. It seemed that a lot of those women believed that they had a chance at


    bing the Alpha CEO’s next wife, and my presence seemed to royally piss them off.


    Even though I knew that it was never a good idea to readments on these sorts of things, and that I


    should have turned off my phone, I couldn’t stop myself from scrolling a little. My heart sank as I began


    to read some of the nastyments that were made about me.


    “I can’t believe Edrick Morgan is actually nning on marrying a human,” onement read. “And he


    really had kids with her! Gross!”


    “It’ll be okay,” anotherment replied. “She’s clearly just a human ything. Plenty of the werewolf


    elites like to dabble with humans when they’re bored and waiting for their true mate to appear. When he


    finds his real mate, he’ll throw her in the trash where she belongs.”


    As I read even more nastyments, many of them seemed to fall into this simr vein. It seemed that


    most people agreed that I was nothing more than a “human ything” for Edrick, as they didn’t yet


    know that I wasn’t even a human; not that it made it any better, of course. My entire life, I had been


    raised thinking I was a human, so seeing people speak about humans like that made my blood boil.


    Eventually, I came to my senses and realized that it was best to shut off my phone for the night. I


    tossed my phone down on the couch and let out a deep sigh, shutting my eyes as I leaned my head


    back on the pillow.


    This was too much attention, too fast. I never asked for this. Even though Edrick’s announcement of


    our fake rtionship made me excited in the moment, I realized now that it might not have been a good


    thing. In fact, I couldn’t help but worry if the stress of it all would impact my baby. I wished that he had


    at least talked to me about it first before jumping to that decision, and now it was toote — the news


    was out.


    I couldn’t help but feel incredibly sad after that. Would my baby only ever be viewed as an impediment


    to other women’s chances to be with the Alpha billionaire? Even more so, would my baby be in danger


    with so many women being furious about my “rtionship” with Edrick, regardless of whether it was


    real or fake?


    Suddenly, I wished that I had simply stepped away from all of this as soon as I found out that I was


    pregnant. Maybe I should have taken Michael’s offer and used the money to move to another city; but


    at the same time, I couldn’t deny the fact that I enjoyed being near Edrick and E, and even Selina


    and the maids. In a way, this ce had be my home, and these people had be my family.


    Even after just a couple of months of living here, I already couldn’t imagine living somewhere else. But


    the stress of the public finding out about our “rtionship” still made me rethink whether or not this was


    a safe situation, not only for myself, but also for my baby.


    I tried to read a little to pass the time after I shut my phone off, but I found myself unable to focus with


    my mind racing, so I finally gave in and closed my eyes as Iid on the couch.


    Finally, a little whileter, I heard the elevator doors open. I quickly jerked my head up and peered over


    the back of the couch to see Edrick stepping into the foyer.


    He didn’t see me at first. During those moments, as I watched him take off his jacket and his shoes, I


    swore I saw a slight smile faintly flickering across his lips. I couldn’t help but wonder if he was smiling


    about his announcement earlier.


    And even the thought of his announcement making him happy enough to smile made my heart flutter.