His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 15: The Game
Edrick

Moana and I both shot each other a somewhat annoyed glance as Ella decided, against our wills, to volunteer us to participate in the game as her parents. I didn’t know how to explain to the staff member standing in front of us that Moana was just Ella’s au pair, not her mother — and we were certainly not married, nor would we ever be.

The teenage staff member looked back and forth between Moana and I with a somewhat disbelieving expression on her face. I knew she could tell that Moana was human and I was a werewolf, but thankfully she didn’t say anything.

“Right this way,” the girl said, stepping out of the way and gesturing toward the center of the park where a group of parents and children had gathered in front of a gazebo with a small stage.

Moana and I followed reluctantly, Ella tugging on our hands with even more excitement than she had all day, if that was even possible. As we approached the crowd, we started to get some strange looks from other parents.

I was still wearing my mask, so my identity as one of the world’s most famous Alpha CEOs was still hidden, but I knew that people could tell there was something off about our pairing. I was still wearing my work clothes — a sleek white button-up shirt with the collar partially undone and the sleeves rolled up from the summer heat, a pair of tan trousers that had been freshly pressed, and my hair was well-groomed — but Moana appeared rather plain next to me. She was a pretty woman, but wore a plain linen dress and sandals. I hadn’t quite gotten around to taking her shopping yet for some new clothes that would be more appropriate for an au pair of a wealthy family, although if I was being honest I wasn’t quite sure if she would’ve accepted my generosity anyway.

What was even more jarring for the other parents, aside from our differences in appearance, was that Moana was human and I was a werewolf. It was extremely rare for a married couple to have such differences, and it was often frowned upon. I was just glad that my identity was hidden, because as attractive as I found Moana, I didn’t want people thinking that I, Edrick Morgan, was married to… a human.

stood along with all of the other families. While most people gave us snide looks and pulled their children away, there were — surprisingly — a couple

“And what a cute little girl…” she stooped down to Ella’s height and pinched her

glanced over her shoulder at me with a sheepish look in her eyes for a

say to you?” I asked quietly, leaning

seeming embarrassed by the entire

me on having such a handsome husband and

couldn’t bring myself to disappoint her on her birthday, so I would play along with it for now. Ella was right about her birthdays; I hadn’t exactly been the best father because I was so afraid of our identities being discovered by the papa ra zzi in public, but it wasn’t fair for me to make my daughter miss out on her birthday just because of my

stage then and cleared his throat into the microphone, quieting the

he addressed the crowd. “Thank you all for participating in our family event tonight. I hope you all have fun as you compete to win

one of the staff members pulled a sheet off of a table with a flourish. Ella gasped as the grand prize was revealed to be an

you will all be trying to find your way through a maze,” the announcer said. “But — not just any maze! One parent from each couple will volunteer to stand at various pre-assigned points throughout

enough,

Mindlink to guide their searching parent to the waiting parent, as well as the searching parent’s job to use their child’s advice and their

that Moana was a human. This game was clearly geared solely toward werewolves, which put us at a major disadvantage. I let out a small sigh as I looked down at my excited daughter. If we didn’t win, I would definitely have to figure out

other staff members guided the children

embarrassed. I nodded and watched her follow the attendant that was leading the waiting parents to their hiding spots, then watched as she disappeared in the

once all of the parents were hidden. “If all of the seekers could line up, we will begin. And please, put on

Ella one last time, who shot me