His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 61: The Love of a Child

Moana

“It’s your baby!” I blurted out. Edrick fell silent, his eyes wide with disbelief. Beside me, Selina gasped and clapped a hand over her mouth. Even I was shocked by my own candidness.

“I– I’ll leave you two alone,” Selina muttered. I didn’t break my gaze from Edrick, but I heard the sound of her feet scurrying toward the door followed by the sound of the door closing.

Edrick was silent for the longest time before he finally spoke. “Is this true?” His voice was so low it was almost a whisper, a stark contrast from how angrily he was speaking to me before.

“Yes,” I replied, nodding solemnly. “It’s yours. Five weeks along — six, now, actually.”

Edrick went silent again. He seemed to be calculating. I just hoped that he trusted me enough to believe me. Finally, he nodded and I felt my heart rate go back down in relief. I watched as he sat down on the armchair across from my bed and sank down into it, holding his hand on his forehead as he stared at the floor.

Finally, he said something. “Are you going to keep it?” he asked.

replied. “I guess I want to, but I think

on his knees, looking at me with a somber expression. “It’s your choice,” he said.

question of whether or not the baby would have

asked, my voice quivering slightly as

course not,” Edrick said, much to my surprise. “Ella is too attached to you for

“So you

more I felt as though my heart was going to pound out of my chest. My anxieties only increased when his face, which

marry you, so if all of this was some sort of twisted scheme to marry a rich man,

but I was more concerned by

would never use a child for some sort of sick ulterior motive.”

“Good.”

expression cold and emotionless, and started to head toward the door before pausing and turning back to face me with that steely gray

provide the necessary financial support to ensure that the child leads a good life, just like Ella. But keep in mind as you make your decision that you will never get a

he were simply giving a financial report to his business colleagues and not speaking to the mother of his

tears begin to well up in my eyes at the Alpha billionaire’s cold demeanor. To him, it seemed that discovering that he was potentially going to have another child was just another business transaction. Regardless, I swallowed my emotions

about it,”

nodded as well. Then, without another word,

alone once more, the tears began to flow. Because of my low social status as a human nanny, not only was I undeserving of respect, but my child was also undeserving of parents that were in a committed, loving marriage. It sickened me to my

what the implications

In fact, I hardly felt her presence at all. Even though her presence had always been sporadic since the first dream I had about her, I could tell that this pregnancy and the heartache surrounding it was weakening her. If I went through with the pregnancy before she emerged, would