His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 29

Chapter 29: The Unexpected Alpha Philanthropist
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My trance with the TV was broken by the sound of Selina’s voice coming from beside me.

“Interesting,” she said, wiping her hands on her apron. “That’s more than I expected.”

I turned to face her, still surprised by Edrick’s sudden act of generosity. “He doesn’t do things like this often, does he?” I asked.

Selina shrugged. “Every so often. It’s usually once a year or so these past few years, but it’s never made public, and it’s rarely this much. I wonder what changed to make him donate such a large amount and for him to allow it to be televised.”

“And to an orphanage, no less,” Lily chimed in from behind me.

Shrugging again, Selina turned around and started to head back to the kitchen. I followed her, still curious about the situation. “You said it’s been happening just for the past few years?” I asked.

replied curtly. She had her back turned to me as she scrubbed so hard at the stovetop with a damp sponge that it was making the metal racks on the inside of the oven

table. The interview with Sophia ended on the TV while I was in the kitchen, so now Ella was flipping absentmindedly through the channels as she searched for cartoons. I searched WereCorp’s most recent public relations campaigns, and lo and behold: there was a list of articles with vague information on Edrick’s donations over the past few years. It seemed, starting just four years prior, that WereCorp was trying to improve

I hadn’t realized it, but she must have grown bored of flipping through the

my lap and beginning

of the little girl’s giggles, but I couldn’t quite shake the feeling in my mind that Edrick’s newfound “compassion”

…

he did, I wondered if he wouldn’t want to sleep together after our argument.

and stormed over

an interesting interview on the television today,” I said, glancing up from my sketchbook to look at Edrick as he sat on the edge of the bed. “Something about a billionaire CEO donating a hefty sum

asked. His tone of voice was cold

that

to do certain things sometimes to uphold the image of

curious. “Why is that?” I asked as I looked back down at my sketchbook and continued working on my most recent drawing: a picture of the city at night, using the view from my balcony as reference. “Is something threatening the image of

the room were the sounds of the city below, which was nothing but white noise to me after growing up in the city. Aside from the sounds of

of a sudden, he

said. “It’s absurd, really. I’ve always tried my best to be fair to everyone in my company. And now the

up from my sketchbook to look over at Edrick. “Why do they say that they’re being

“It’s the

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