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.”

with a scoff. I folded my arms across my chest and took a step back, but Edrick closed the distance again by taking a step toward me. He towered over me, even when I wore high heels. “What’s that supposed

Edrick said, gesturing toward my appearance. “You’re just an 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

glanced down at my plain black dress, thinking

you can rest assured that he’s not interested in someone with a social status as low as that of a human nanny who couldn’t find a job until someone

Edrick make me cry on a night that was supposed to be fun and lighthearted. I turned on my heel and took

employer-employee relationship. Nothing more, nothing less. And

to the restroom as I had originally intended, he stormed out after me, brushing past me. I watched over the crowd as he stormed

but as soon as I looked up at my reflection in

my 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 the children, and even me. Was I correct in assuming that

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 dab at my cheek with it as she

as she wiped the black tears

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

you need to talk

my head. “No. It’s okay.

convinced, but she nodded and stepped away once the black streaks were cleaned off of my cheeks. “I’ll meet you out there in a

walked back out to the table. Ethan jerked his head up as I approached,

you alright?”

causing him to furrow his brow. “What is

coming to see