His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 56: A Good Match

Moana Just as Sophia was going to ask if I was going to dance, her eyes caught something behind me and her face lit up. “Kelly!” she exclaimed, waving over my shoulder. “How nice to see you!”

I felt myself tense, as did Ella, who was still holding my hand. I turned around slowly to see Kelly approaching. I hadn’t noticed before from where I stood and because she was standing behind the podium, but her dress was inappropriately tight and low cut for a charity gala, and she appeared to already be tipsy as she walked up to us. She brushed right past me, as if I wasn’t even there, and walked straight up to Sophia.

“Thank you so much for your donation,” Sophia said, smiling widely and holding her hand out for Kelly to shake.

Kelly gave Sophia’s hand a half-hearted — and almost disgusted — squeeze and swirled the bubbly champagne around in her glass. “It’s my pleasure,” she said.

I was still surprised that Kelly, of all people, would donate any money at all to a foundation for human orphanages, but perhaps she really wasn’t as bad as I had originally thought. “That’s very kind of you,” I said.

Kelly looked over at me as though I hadn’t been standing there at all, and as though she only noticed me when I finally spoke. “Oh, Moana,” she said, flicking a strand of blonde hair over her thin shoulder. “I didn’t know you were here… You know Sophia?”

excitedly, unaware of the implications of revealing something like that. Kelly’s eyes immediately narrowed, and as she looked at me, her gaze felt as sharp as

asked. As she looked at me, I sensed a hint of mocking humor behind

choosing to not let her nasty demeanor take hold of me as I pushed my shoulders back proudly.

“It’s funny,” she said, licking her lips and taking a sip of her champagne, her eyes still fixed on me over the top of the glass, “I actually didn’t know that at

Orphanage was the orphanage that I grew up in,

walk across the dance floor ahead of us. “Well, I’m going

for a minute, then walked over to the dance floor and pressed their bodies together closely. Knowing now that I was carrying Edrick’s child in my belly, I felt even more jealous than I had on the day that I first met Kelly — but I had to push those feelings down, because as both Edrick and Selina said, I was just the nanny. I wasn’t a romantic option for him, and I likely never

a different opinion of Kelly — one that was likely

she said, watching them dance. “They seem to be a good

chest at Sophia’s words. Suddenly, as though she shared my mind, Ella spoke up again. “No way!” she said, folding her arms. “They are not a good

Sophia and I couldn’t help but laugh

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table. With a promise to say goodbye before we

at a table nearby, beckoning

I approached. “My, look at your little green dress. You’re as cute as a button.” She looked up at me then, and cast

Verona gestured for me to take the open chair on the other side of Ella, which I