Chapter 26: Confessions of a Nanny
Moana

“Good morning.”

I jumped, clasping my hand over my heart and taking in a sharp breath as I slipped out of Edrick’s room, only to be immediately met with a familiar voice.

Ethan’s smiling face stared back at me. From one look at him, I knew that he knew that something was going on.

“Uh– I-It’s not how it looks like,” I stammered, looking around frantically with my back against the bedroom door in the hopes that no one else was watching.

Ethan merely chuckled. “Are you really an au pair?” he asked. I could sense a hint of humor behind his voice and it helped me relax just a tiny bit, but I still feared that I had ruined Ethan’s impression of me. I liked him as a person and desperately did not want him to think that I was just after his brother for money or s*x.

“I am, I swear,” I replied, grabbing Ethan’s arm without thinking and pulling him away from the door in case Edrick was awake and listening. “I’m not a mistress, or anything like that.”

does

I said, lowering my voice so that no one else could hear. “Edrick and I

again. “A

reason, my presence helps him sleep better than the pills and the alcohol, so he asked me to sign a

a bit surprised. “Edrick has

He usually falls asleep as soon as I do and wakes up as

his brow. “How did

admit to Ethan that I had already had a one night stand with his brother, so I merely shrugged. “We both nodded off in the living room

subject and turning to walk down the stairs.

firmly planted in my spot as he walked away, my eyes still wide. Ethan, noticing my absence by his side as he took the first step down, turned back to face

words helped to allay my fears for the moment, although the lingering possibility of Edrick’s and my secret being discovered still loomed heavily above my head. What made it even worse was knowing that, should we be caught, it would ultimately somehow wind up being entirely my fault. I couldn’t be entirely sure that anyone, including Ethan or

wake Ella up and give her breakfast. When I arrived downstairs, however, she wasn’t

the center that was covered by a lace tablecloth and laden with a beautiful array of breakfast foods. Ella, who was sitting next to her grandmother, jumped up when she saw me and skittered across the room to throw her arms around me excitedly. She was still in her pajamas and had a bit of whipped cream on the side of her mouth, and obviously appeared to be currently

legs. “Breakfast today is Bell-jam waffles and… om–” She paused, chewing on the syllables on her tongue, before

with a chuckle. “And it’s Belgian

Ella said, turning back to face me. “Will

at Ella. She still had whipped cream on the side of her mouth, so I wiped it away with my thumb

lift the silver dome that was covering my plate, but before I could, a servant scurried over and did it for me,

said. “This

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