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.”

it does sort of appear

vehemently. “No, really,” I said, lowering my voice so that no one else could

again.

better than the pills and the alcohol, so he asked

has

shrugged. “I don’t know why, but for some reason, it just works. He usually falls asleep as soon as I do and wakes up

brow. “How did you both

Ethan that I had already had a one night stand with his brother, so I merely

he said, changing the subject and turning to walk

side as he took the first step down, turned back to face me. “Don’t worry,” he said with a smile.

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 Ella, wouldn’t still take the Alpha CEO’s side of the story over the poor human nanny’s side of

to wake Ella up and give her breakfast. When I arrived downstairs, however, she wasn’t in her room. I heard the sound of voices and silverware clattering, so I went to look for her

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

clung to my legs. “Breakfast today is Bell-jam waffles and… om–” She paused, chewing on

Verona said with a chuckle. “And it’s Belgian

turning back to face me. “Will you eat

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

the silver dome that was covering my

you,” I said. “This looks

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