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.”

chest and took a step back, but Edrick closed the distance again by taking a step

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 pay you enough to

at my plain black dress, thinking about how Ethan had told me that I

not interested in someone with a

tears begin to well up in my eyes, but I wasn’t about to let Edrick make me cry on a night that was supposed to be fun and lighthearted. I turned on my heel and took a few steps toward the

the doorknob, “but you and I only have an employer-employee relationship. Nothing more, nothing less. And if I wanted to be deceived

A few moments after I walked out and continued to make my way to the restroom as I had originally intended, he stormed

through the bathroom door. I walked up to the row of marble sinks and set my purse down on the counter, sighing deeply as I tried to calm my nerves — but as soon as I looked up at

time that I’d worked for him so far, I had thought that I had begun to earn a bit of respect from him. I thought back to the day we went to the orphanage, and how he had opened up to

had come through the door was Ethan’s friend, Haley, and she noticed me crying immediately. She came

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

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

need to

I shook my head. “No. It’s okay. It’s

and stepped away once the black streaks were cleaned off of my cheeks. “I’ll meet you out there in a minute,” I said, to which she nodded again

few more deep breaths and calmed my nerves, I walked back out to the table. Ethan jerked his head up

you alright?”

to furrow his

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