His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 71

Chapter 71: End of the Line

Moana, The gap that existed between Edrick and I could never be bridged; I knew that now.

Our ride home was silent. The steak that I could still taste on my tongue now tasted foul. To think that I had spent the entire day feeling as though we could have some semblance of normalcy; even if we never became romantically involved, why couldn’t we still be proud of what we had created between us? Why did he always have to hide me and Ella? Would the new baby also face the same struggle of having a father who didn’t want anyone to know about his or her existence?

We went home that night, still without a word spoken between us. I took Ella to bed with only a brief word of thanks for everything he did that day, but after that, I didn’t look at him again.

…

On Monday morning, I awoke to the sound of someone knocking on my door.

“Come in,” I called, sitting up and rubbing my eyes. The door cracked open and Selina poked her head in.

Your first appointment is in a couple of hours,” she said. “I’ve already made breakfast for you. Come and eat before you get dressed.”

I sighed, having completely forgotten about my appointment that day, and climbed out of bed. As I followed Selina to the dining room in my robe, I noticed that Edrick was nowhere to be found.

coming to the appointment?” I asked as I sat down at the table and began to spread

some hot coffee into my cup. “He has something to deal with at work,

little. It was my first prenatal appointment; I was hoping Edrick would be there to

go alone, then,” I

Selina said. “I’ll

very least, hearing that Selina would be there with me was a bit of

and comfortable shoes, then met Selina out in the foyer. As we took the elevator down, I realized that this was only the second time that I’d ever seen her going out into public, with the first time

go out?” I asked as we

said. “Only if I have

to go out with friends for a

simply shrugged. “No one ever

a little for her. I decided, then and there, that I would start inviting Selina out more — even

I couldn’t have gathered that myself, just from the enormous modern building with the

waiting room. I even recognized a few of them as well-known celebrities. Of course, they all looked up at Selina and I when we entered and gave

to me as we approached the counter. I quickly averted my gaze, feeling embarrassed as I realized that I probably

receptionist

“Moana Fowler,” I replied.

that they were also a well-known werewolf couple that I’d seen in

you to step out of the way so I can

here first,” I said. “And I

is a werewolf hospital, and our policy is to

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