His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 72: Love at First Sight

Moana, My eyes widened when I saw Edrick, but at the same time, my body relaxed knowing that he was here to — hopefully — help us. He glanced over at me, but clearly didn’t want anyone to know we were together, and walked up to the desk.

“Is there a problem here?” he asked the receptionist.

“Yes, Mr. Morgan,” she said, gesturing to me, “this woman is a human and she’s trying to be served before werewolves. It’s our policy to serve werewolves first.” Her eyes were wide as she spoke, and her voice shook a bit. I could tell that she knew that she would be in deep trouble if Edrick Morgan himself was here.

“Well, break policy just this once,” he said. He turned to the werewolf couple next, who still stood nearby looking utterly confused. “So sorry about that,” he said, then turned to Selina and me and addressed us. “I’ll take you to the VIP room.”

With that, he turned on his heel and began to walk toward the examination rooms. Meanwhile, the director dealt with the receptionist and the werewolf couple. I couldn’t make out exactly what was being said to the receptionist, but she seemed as though she was being reprimanded — and rightfully so, in my opinion. Just because it was policy to serve humans after werewolves didn’t mean that it was morally right to treat humans like inferiors.

Still, I followed Edrick, keeping my head down to avoid the strange looks from other patients with Selina trailing behind me. Once we were out of the waiting room, I let out a sigh of relief.

“Thank you,” Selina said, scurrying along to keep up with Edrick. “That receptionist–”

“It’s okay,” Edrick said calmly. “She was only doing what she thought was right… It is policy to serve werewolves first.”

private room. Selina went to sit on a chair in the hallway to give us some privacy, but Edrick stopped her and gestured for him to come in with us. “You deserve to see

back and forth between Edrick’s face and mine, finally landing on mine. I nodded approvingly with

red, but she followed us in, where the doctor

with mousy brown hair, welcomed us with

the pleasure of being your doctor for the duration of this pregnancy; if you ever need anything, you can always call me, no matter the time of day or night. Here’s my card.” She pulled a business card out of her pocket, which I took

around Edrick and Selina, to which I nodded — and she covered my lower half with a sheet, which wasn’t entirely necessary, but I supposed it would make things a little less

a little cold,” she said as she picked up a tube of ultrasound gel. She squeezed a generous amount on my belly, which I gladly accepted over the internal ultrasound that I

as the doctor moved the probe around on my belly. The only sound that filled the room was the soft sound of my own

There’s your little one!”

was tiny, not even the size of an avocado, but it was there and it was alive. Seeing it for the first time filled me with such a strong and vast array of emotions that I didn’t even know what to do with

a healthy little one,” Doctor Melrose said with a smile. “Give it a few more months, and we’ll be

dabbing at the tears of joy in my eyes with a handkerchief. “I don’t know… I don’t think I would have

little inappropriate and quickly released them, but he didn’t even seem to notice as he was staring intently at the screen with a childlike wonder on his face that I’d never

“Edrick?” Selina asked.

broken from his trance.

as an obstetrician, I often hear that same thing. I think that most people have a preference until they see the fetus for the first time, and then they suddenly don’t care about the

I saw some of the most stony-faced fathers who only ever wished for a boy ultimately melt into

how his face would look when he held our

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