His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Family Ties
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“Ahem.”

Ethan and I jerked our heads up from the portfolio of his childhood drawings, our train of conversation now broken, to see none other than Edrick standing in the doorway — and he didn’t look happy.

“Oh, hello,” I said, feeling a bit nervous under the billionaire’s strangely disapproving stare. “Ethan was just showing me some of his work.”

Without a word, Edrick slowly walked into the studio. His shoes clicked loudly on the concrete floor, echoing through the room’s tall ceilings. For several long moments, the Alpha billionaire slowly circled the studio and looked at all of the art with his hands in his pants pockets. I noticed that he wasn’t looking around with wonder, like I had when Ethan first turned on the light, but rather with an almost disgusted look on his face. He almost seemed repulsed by the art, which was surprising considering the fact that he had plenty of expensive artwork hanging in both his mansion in the mountains and his city penthouse.

Finally, Edrick turned to face me and slowly walked up to where Ethan and I stood, stopping in front of me. He hardly paid any mind to Ethan, as though his brother wasn’t even there.

“Ella is looking for you,” he said to me in a deep, irritated voice. “You should be with her.”

“I’m sorry,” I replied, feeling even more nervous as the Alpha billionaire towered over me, looking down at me with an aggravated look on his handsome face. “I thought she was with her grandmother.”

“She is,” Edrick said. His gaze finally slid over to Ethan. There was something dark about the way he looked at his own brother, as if he didn’t trust him. Meanwhile, Ethan only looked back at Edrick with an almost amused sparkle in his eyes, as if he had been experiencing this behavior from his brother for a long time already.

“Hello to you too, big brother,” Ethan said.

palpable air of discomfort, and it involuntarily made me take a step backwards. “I’ll go back

on each other for a moment before I glanced over at Edrick, who seemed to look at me with a hint of fiery jealousy in

with you,” Edrick suddenly

us, and the last thing I saw before the door closed was Ethan’s face. He was

was being a bit rough with me and

your problem?” I asked, feeling my hands curl into fists at

glared down at the floor for a few moments, then back up at me. “You shouldn’t be so trusting of him. He’s not who he

“He’s your brother–”

not my

anger as he said those words. We stood there silently in the dark corridor for a few moments. The ceiling, I was now realizing, was

either of us said anything else, he turned on

want you to leave my side for the rest of

my shoulder at Ethan’s studio before jogging to catch up with Edrick. We briskly descended the stairs back to the main floor, then passed

lull by the time we entered, while the guests milled about and sipped their drinks. I felt my face flush hot as I crossed the room right next to Edrick, wondering if he noticed that

smiling eyes

before pushing himself up out of

me a present.” On Ella’s wrist was a delicate silver bracelet with a small charm that had the letter “E” on it. Smiling, I took the little girl’s hand and

pretty,”

“As Ella gets older, she can add more charms to

spoil Ella,” she

granddaughter, after all,” Verona replied, squeezing Ella’s shoulders. “It’s my job

He had a sour look on his face as he stood behind his

c*****g her head and twirling a bit

didn’t answer, partially because it seemed he didn’t want to answer, but also partially because the orchestra began to play again. I immediately recognized the song as one of my favorite classical pieces: Vivaldi’s Winter. Verona, seeing the smile on

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