His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 47: Secret Kindness

Moana

“Wake up, Moana! Wake up!” I awoke the next morning to the sound of Ella’s voice and the feeling of the bed shaking beneath me. The sun was shining blindingly bright through the window, and outside, I could hear the sound of the city bustling below. I could hear the sound of distant music; I had completely forgotten, but there was supposed to be an event in the park across the street today, and Ella was excited to go.

“Come on!” Ella exclaimed as she jumped up and down excitedly on my bed. “Wake up! Let’s go outside!” I groaned, feeling my stomach turn from the bed moving beneath me. If Ella continued her jumping, she would make me throw up.

“Give me a minute, Ella,” I said, but she wasn’t listening. She was too busy jumping and giggling and chattering about getting ice cream at the park.

I didn’t think before I spoke next, and as soon as I did, I realized how my voice sounded. I felt so nauseous from being jostled around that I didn’t consider how I might have come across as being mean. “Ella,” I said firmly, “stop jumping on the bed. Right now.”

Ella suddenly fell silent. Almost as soon as the words escaped my mouth, I knew that I had made a mistake. Without another word, Ella sniffled and quickly jumped off the bed, running from the room before I could stop her.

climbed out of bed and went after her. I walked next door to her room, but when I tried

sighed and knocked on the door. “Ella?” I called. “I’m really sorry for snapping

door, I heard a sniffle, followed by a muffled

Selina’s voice suddenly said

to face the housekeeper. “I wasn’t feeling well and I snapped at Ella for jumping on my bed,” I admitted.

return to my room

my head. “I’m just sick with food poisoning,” I lied. “Ella jumping on the bed

but I couldn’t bring myself to admit my pregnancy just yet. If I was being honest, I still wasn’t certain if I would tell anyone, as the possibility of aborting

snack from a food truck the other day,” I

stared at me for a moment, but didn’t say anything else. With a nod, she turned on her heel and returned to her work. I let out a sigh

…

my sleep so unceremoniously, and we went on with our day. I even kept my promise of taking her to the park for ice cream; the fresh air actually helped with my nausea, and we spent the entire day outside without realizing it. By the

I must

to the feeling of someone watching me. As I cracked my eyes open, I realized that I was laying on the floor. Edrick was standing

said, his voice sounding annoyed. “Why did you fall asleep on

and started to stand. “I’m

more annoyed now and began to walk away before I could apologize again. Suddenly, as I started to stand, I felt another bout of sickness come over me; this time, it presented

fall, but Edrick quickly realized what was happening and leaped forward, catching me in his strong arms. I lingered there for a moment, half because I was unable to right myself due to how fast my head was spinning and half because the warmth of his embrace was too