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 that

looking at me with a somber expression. “It’s your choice,” he said. “If you want to keep it, then it’s

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

within the month?” I asked, my voice quivering slightly as

for me to send you away, and

sigh of relief. “So you accept the baby

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

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

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 seriously thought that I would come up

a child for some sort of sick

“Good.”

and emotionless, and started to head toward the door before pausing and turning back to

I said, the choice is yours. If you want to keep the baby, I’ll provide the necessary financial support to ensure that the child leads a good life, just like Ella. But keep in mind as you make

steady and matter-of-fact, as though he were simply giving a financial report to his business colleagues and not speaking to the mother of his

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 and nodded, averting

about

as well. Then, without another word, he left

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 core, and as I began to sob, I couldn’t stop myself from thinking that this really would not be a healthy situation to bring a child into. Any child deserved to be accepted and loved unconditionally by

do, Mina,” I said out loud, not thinking what the implications could be if someone overheard me. I just needed guidance and

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