His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 27: The Invitation
Moana

The following morning, I woke up early to get Ella ready for training. She was tired after the party, but was cooperative, and her sweet disposition distracted me from the strange experiences I had at the Morgan residence.

While Ella ate breakfast, I sought Edrick out and found him in his study. Taking a deep breath, I quietly knocked on the door. He glanced up and gestured for me to come in before promptly looking back down at his work again.

“Did you need something?” he asked.

“Yes,” I replied, still feeling somewhat uncomfortable around the Alpha billionaire’s cold demeanor even though I thought I should be used to it by now.

“Well, spit it out.”

I swallowed. The last time I had done anything like I was about to ask permission for, it had ended horribly and completely stunted both Edrick’s and the servants’ confidence in me.

“I would like to take some time today to visit the orphanage while Ella is at her training session,” I said.

Edrick paused and slowly set his pen down, then looked up at me and leaned back in his chair. He folded his arms across his chest and looked down his nose at me, narrowing his eyes. I prepared myself for the inevitable.

“Are you planning on losing my daughter again?”

was thinking, since the orphanage isn’t too far from there, I could get there and back before

can’t predict

I replied, the words flying out of my mouth

cold eyes. It looked like worry. “Alright,” he said finally, picking up his pen again. “Don’t let anything happen to

Seeing the way that he interacted with his own father the night before also reminded me how sour behaviors like the one that Edrick often exhibited were frequently a product of nurture, not nature… And I knew that Ella would grow up to be a sweet young

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as we stood outside the training facility. She nodded vehemently, and I ruffled her hair. “Okay. I’ll be here when you’re done. If I’m not, it’s just because of traffic, and I want you to go back inside and wait with the attendant until I do get

hilariously serious as though I had just given her marching orders

stood, watching as Ella ran to meet up with her werewolf friends. Once she was inside, I flagged down a taxi and headed to

playing with the children on the playground. While I always enjoyed every activity with the children, playing outside was one of my favorites; I always loved helping the kids cross the monkey bars, playing hide and seek with them, and participating in their games of kickball. By the time it was over,

taxi to get back

he rolled down the window. It

buckling my seatbelt as Ethan pulled away from the

training facility,” I said. “You really didn’t have to do this. I

said with a smile. “I heard about what happened last time, and I’m sure Edrick is all over you like a cheap suit because of

it lightly,” I replied, looking out the window.

that, by the way. I should’ve warned

out the window at the city passing by around

if I ask why you don’t get

brother. I think he sees me as this great big symbol of a wrench being thrown into a so-called ‘perfect’ family dynamic, when really, it’s not like the Morgan family has

“What do you mean?”

get too into it,” Ethan replied as he drove around a corner. “I’ll just say that… I came after Verona and Michael were married and had Edrick.

I said, looking down