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 sort of appear as though you might be,” he

head vehemently. “No, really,” I said, lowering my voice so that no one else could hear. “Edrick and I have

chuckled again. “A

that,” I insisted. “An actual sleeping arrangement. For some reason, my presence helps him sleep better than the pills and the alcohol, so he asked me to

bit surprised. “Edrick has had

some reason, it just works. He usually falls asleep

furrowed his brow. “How did you both come

night stand with his brother, so I

on,” he said, changing the subject and turning to walk down the

eyes still wide. Ethan, noticing my absence by his side as he took the first step down, turned back to face me. “Don’t worry,” he said with a smile. “We’re friends. Your secret’s safe

would ultimately somehow wind up being entirely my fault. I couldn’t be entirely sure that anyone,

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

tablecloth and laden with a beautiful array of breakfast foods. Ella,

om–” She paused, chewing on the syllables on her tongue, before

du fromage,” Verona said with a chuckle.

said, turning back to face me.

who cast me a warmly approving look, then looked back down at Ella. She still had whipped cream on the side of her mouth, so I wiped it away with my thumb before it got smeared all over

beside her. I went to lift the silver dome that was covering my

I said.

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