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.

don’t know,” I replied. “I guess I want to, but I think that you should have a

and leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, looking at me with a somber expression. “It’s your choice,” he said. “If you want to

still the looming question of whether or not the baby would have a father in its life,

asked, my voice quivering slightly as I tried

not,” Edrick said, much to my surprise. “Ella is too attached to you for me to send you away, and above all

sigh of relief. “So you

he didn’t speak, the more I felt as though my heart was going to pound out of my chest. My anxieties only increased when his face, which had softened temporarily when I told him about my pregnancy, suddenly hardened again. He

finished. “But not publicly. And I hope you understand that I will never marry you, so if all of this was some sort of twisted scheme to marry a rich man, then maybe you should abort

stopped suddenly in the middle of his sentence. I furrowed my brow and c****d my head for a moment, wondering what he was going to say, but I was more concerned by how he mentioned that he would never marry me. Not only that, but he also

would never use a child for some

“Good.”

turned around, his expression cold and emotionless, and started to head toward the door before pausing and turning back to face me with that steely gray gaze I had become so

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 marriage

though he were simply giving a financial report to his business colleagues and not speaking to

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 and nodded, averting

think about it,” I

Then, without

also undeserving of parents that were in a committed, loving marriage. It sickened

Mina,” I said out loud, not thinking what the implications could be

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