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.

most people gave us snide looks and pulled their children away, there were — surprisingly — a couple of women who approached

what a cute little girl…” she stooped down to Ella’s height

turning back to Moana and whispering something to her that made Moana’s face turn even more red than it was before. Moana glanced over her shoulder at me with a sheepish look in her eyes for a split second before turning back to the woman, muttering a word of thanks, and staring embarrassingly at the ground with wide eyes as

she say to you?” I asked quietly, leaning a bit closer to

throat, obviously seeming embarrassed

on having such a handsome husband and a cute daughter,”

up with a mischievous look in her eyes and put her hand over her mouth, stifling laughter. At some point I would have to give my daughter a talking to about how rude it was to put Moana and I in a situation like this, but I simply 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

into the microphone,

crowd. “Thank you all for participating in our family event tonight. I hope you all have fun as you compete

gasped as the grand prize was revealed to be an extremely rare doll that she didn’t yet have in her collection. There were other prizes as well, but I could tell already that she was going to be hell-bent on winning

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 the maze, while the other parent will be tasked

sounds easy enough,

the announcer continued, holding up a small black blindfold. “Both parents will be blindfolded. It will be the child’s job to use their Mindlink to guide their searching parent to the waiting parent, as well as the searching parent’s job to use their child’s advice

how fun!” the woman from before said, clasping her hands together. I looked over at her to see her casting an almost condescending glance at Moana — she certainly knew 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

and handed out blindfolds next while other staff members guided the children toward a tall platform that

a little embarrassed. I nodded and watched her follow the attendant that was leading the

said after a couple of minutes, once all of the parents were hidden. “If all of the seekers could

and glanced up at Ella one last time, who shot me a grin and a thumbs