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?”

back before Ella even finishes her training. That’s how it would’ve worked last time, too, had I not gotten stuck in

was silent again for a few agonizing moments. “Well… You can’t

the attendant knows that I’ll be leaving,” I replied, the words flying out of my mouth quickly this time as I became more desperate. “I promise, it

Alpha CEO’s cold eyes. It looked like worry. “Alright,” he said finally, picking up his pen

cold to his core. Seeing the way that he interacted with his own father the night before

…

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

as though I had just given

with her werewolf friends. Once she was inside, I flagged

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, I

ready to flag down another taxi to get back to the training facility when

face said as he rolled down the window. It was Ethan. “I’ll give

passenger seat, buckling my

from the training facility,” I

about what happened last time, and I’m sure Edrick

I replied, looking out the window. “He’s like one big ball

got a good dose of that last night. I’m sorry about that, by the way.

I looked out the window at the city

you mind if I ask why you don’t

shrugged. “I’m his half 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 ever been even close to

“What do you mean?”

drove around a corner. “I’ll just say that… I came after Verona and Michael were married and had Edrick. And you

I said, looking down at