His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 36: Afterparty
Moana

I felt a hand on my arm in the crowd and turned around, expecting to see Ethan or one of his friends standing there. But it wasn’t any of them.

It was Edrick. Without speaking, he kept his grip firmly on my arm and pulled me away from the crowd, into a private room.

“What are you doing here?” he asked, although I was certain that he had already seen me with Ethan and his friends. “I thought you were sick and had to go to urgent care.” I felt my heart rate quicken. “I…”

Before I could answer, he raised his hand to indicate for me to stop speaking and then rubbed the bridge of his nose exasperatedly. “I don’t know how many times I have to tell you that you’re making a mistake by hanging around Ethan. And now you lie about your health so you can sneak out and galavant all over town with him?”

“I wouldn’t feel it necessary to lie and sneak if it wasn’t for the fact that you seem to have boundless enmity for your own brother.”

Edrick’s face darkened. “He is not my brother,” he snarled. “Besides… Do you have some fantasy of being with him? Because I’ll be the first to tell you that he would never be interested in someone like you.”

across my chest and took a step back, but Edrick closed the distance

ordinary human nanny. And you’re pretty enough, sure, but you don’t do yourself any favors by dressing so plainly and homely. Don’t

I glanced down at my plain black dress, thinking about how Ethan had

continued, “but you can rest assured that he’s not interested in someone with a

up in my eyes, but I wasn’t about to let Edrick make me cry on a night that was supposed to be

about my health,” I said, reaching for the doorknob, “but you and I only have an employer-employee relationship.

word, I left Edrick standing speechless in the private room. A few moments after I walked out and continued to make my way to the restroom as I had originally intended, he stormed out after

counter, sighing deeply as I tried to calm my nerves — but as soon as I looked up at my reflection in the mirror, the tears that were welled up in my eyes began to spill over, smudging

to the orphanage, and how he had opened up to the children, and even me. Was I

to wipe the black tears from my face, but it was too late; the woman who had come through the door was Ethan’s friend, Haley, and she noticed me crying immediately. She came over to me with a concerned look on her face and pulled a handkerchief out of her pocket, beginning to

check to make sure you didn’t get lost,” she said as she wiped the black tears away. “I didn’t expect to find

shook my head vehemently. “Not at all,” I assured her.

to talk about

shook my head. “No. It’s okay.

nodded and stepped away once the black streaks were cleaned off of my cheeks. “I’ll meet you out there

couple of minutes later, once I’d taken a few more deep breaths and calmed my nerves, I walked back out to the table. Ethan jerked his head up as I approached, and

you alright?”

him to furrow his brow. “What

with me for coming to see you. I think I should just go home