Chapter 205


    Chapter 205: …But Satisfaction Brought It Back


    Edrick


    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 ufortable with him, and it was obvious that the other teachers and students


    were ufortable 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 be a lot more affectionate


    since it had happened, we were still technically not in any sort of official rtionship. 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?”


    For a few more moments, the security officer paused. I could hear him typing on a keyboard on the


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


    someone.”


    “Who is it?” I asked.


    “Her 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 intellectual exams.”


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


    to have an interview with her.”


    I felt infinitely relieved by the time I hung up 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 morefortable.


    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 still had to worry that Moana could shift at any point out of


    nowhere.


    For the rest of that day, 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 pre-nned speech might fall on deaf ears.


    As Moana stormed into the apartment, she immediately sent E off to her room to y before


    grabbing me by the arm and pulling me unceremoniously into my study. When the door was shut


    behind us, she folded her arms across her chest and shot me an angry re.


    “He can’t keep stalking me like this,” she growled. “The agreement was that he would drive me to work


    and wait in the car, not that he would sneak around with binocrs and spy on my every move.


    Yesterday, he mistook another red-haired teacher for me. Today, one of my students started crying


    because she was scared of the enormous man on the park bench who kept staring into the ssroom


    window! Do you want me to lose my job?”


    I sighed and shook my head. “No, Moana,” I replied. “Look… I’m sorry, but you need a bodyguard. I


    don’t feelfortable with you and E returning to school with someone just sitting outside. Someone


    could sneak in. You could shift during ss and wreak havoc if no one is equipped to handle it.”


    “I won’t shift,” she insisted. “I think that I would know if I was going to shift.”


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    “It’s not that simple,” I replied exasperatedly. “When someone shifts for the first time, they can’t always


    recognize the warning signs. Many people can lose consciousness during their first time shifting, and


    their wolf can cause a lot of damage. Normally, people shift for the first time as children, in a safe


    environment with teachers. But as ate bloomer such as yourself, things are different. I understand


    that you’re entitled to your independence, but do you want to potentially destroy your ssroom and


    terrify your students if you shift suddenly? What if you injured someone?”


    Moana fell silent for a few moments while she chewed the inside of her cheek. “Fine,” she finally said


    quietly. “I get it… I get that I’m just ate bloomer who could cause all sorts of problems.”


    I raised my eyebrows, shocked at this sudden use of words. “What are you talking about?” I asked.


    “Where did thate from?”


    “Everyone keeps saying that I’m bad luck as ate bloomer,” Moana said, her voice quiet and almost


    timid. “My colleagues keep whispering about me. No one wants to be near me, and with this whole


    security guard nonsense, it’s even worse. I’m not only there for a job, you know. I was hoping that


    maybe, just maybe, I could… I don’t know. I thought that I could—”


    “Make some friends?” I asked. Moana nodded and I sighed, running my hand through my hair. “Would


    you want to be friends with superstitious people who spread nasty rumors like that anyway?”


    For a long time, Moana stared nkly at the floor in front of her. Her jaw shifted from side to side as


    she seemed to be thinking deeply, before she finally dropped her arms to her sides and shrugged. “I


    guess not,” she said. “But either way, this bodyguard business is causing problems, and I do have a job


    to do. Besides, people know that E is my ‘daughter’, and I don’t want anything bad to rub off on her.”


    “Well…” I smiled slightly. “You’ll be happy to know that I found an alternative. A new bodyguard that you


    can have in the ssroom with you. Wouldn’t that be better?”


    I expected Moana to feel better, but for some reason, this only seemed to make her even angrier. Her


    cheeks turned a shade of red that almost matched her hair, and she folded her arms across her chest


    again and shook her head vigorously.


    “Did you not just listen to what I said?” she asked. “I won’t allow a bodyguard in my ssroom! And if


    you try, I’ll… I’ll send them away again!”


    “No.” Now, I finally felt the need to put my foot down, and I narrowed my eyes at Moana. “No,” I said.


    “You won’t send them away. You’re going to just have to deal with this new reality, Moana, or I’m going


    to have to take us to the mountain estate for real this time.”