His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 34: The Exhibit
Moana

I couldn’t bring myself to avoid Ethan’s exhibit after he had asked me to go so many times. So, after putting Ella to bed, I went to Selina with my hand on my stomach and a frown on my face.

“I’m afraid I might have contracted food poisoning,” I said, feigning illness. “Can you keep an eye on things if Ella wakes up? I’m going to go to urgent care.”

Selina frowned, looking at her watch. “Do you need a driver?” she asked.

I vehemently shook my head. “No. It’s okay. I’ll call a cab.”

“Well… Alright,” she said, pursing her lips. “Be careful.”

After that, I put on a simple dress that could pass for urgent care attire if anyone were to question me, and flagged down a cab outside of the penthouse.

Just as I suspected, the art gallery was packed to the brim when I arrived. As I got out of the cab, I felt a lump rise in my throat; all of the other patrons seemed to be dressed lavishly, which made me feel incredibly out of place.

There was a line with a bouncer to get in. I stood in line, patiently waiting my turn.

“Name?” the bouncer said, eyeing me up and down suspiciously as I walked up to him.

“Moana Fowler,” I replied.

not on the list,” he said. His voice was gruff and indifferent, and before I could say anything else, he waved

from Ethan,” I replied, clutching my

wasting my time and get out of here.

voice said from behind the bouncer, “I

of people waiting. The bouncer’s eyes widened, and without another word,

in through the foyer with his hand on my back. “He’s just doing his job. These art

looked around at all of the wealthy-looking

have to participate in some involuntary networking with a few of the patrons here, but feel free to take a

and nodded, watching as Ethan disappeared into the

for courage, I made my way into the gallery so I could get a better look at

played lively music from a small stage at the back of the gallery, creating an atmosphere that almost made the artwork come alive. Groups of patrons milled about, many of them using sophisticated

studied each and every piece of artwork. Each piece seemed to fit into a similar

but I did. I felt entranced by the depiction of a young boy, staring out at the viewer from a black void. His face was sad, but there was also a hint of something else behind it that I couldn’t quite read. It was as

suddenly said from behind me, breaking me out of my trance. I jumped a bit at the

me,” I said, feeling my face flush.

too,” Ethan replied. “I haven’t

a bit of a silence before Ethan spoke. “Did you remember to bring some of

bit nervously as I reached into my purse and pulled out a single, folded piece of paper and held it out to Ethan. “It’s not much. Just a

rate quicken as he carefully studied my drawing. It was the same drawing that I had been working on

he finally said after a few moments, “this is stunning. You didn’t mention that you

felt my face go red at the famous

“You’ve got some real talent. You should try to tap into it a bit more; I could see you doing really well