His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 73: Keeping Secrets

Edrick “Edrick…” My mother dropped her tone of voice and leaned closer to me. She took my hand in hers and gave me a serious, knowing look that only a mother could have. “Is she pregnant?”

I frowned, hiding the fact that my heart had just started beating rapidly. “What?” I said, shaking my head. “What makes you think that?”

My mother folded her arms across her chest and narrowed her eyes. “Edrick, I’m your mother. You can’t lie to me.” There was a long silence after she spoke, but her eyes never wavered from mine. Even in her old age, she was still just as astute and level-headed as ever. I had never been able to lie to my mother, and she knew that. Finally, I caved.

“Yes,” I replied quietly. “She is pregnant.”

“I knew it,” my mother said. I could tell that she was hiding a bit of a smirk at her miniature victory, but at the same time, she was dead serious. “Is it yours?”

I didn’t answer right away. I felt a lump rise in my throat after being put on the spot. Sure, I was planning on telling my mother eventually, but now? Like this? It felt so out of the blue, and I had no time at all to prepare an explanation.

“It’s not—”

know, the way you act around Ella,” my mother interrupted, lowering her voice even more, “if you had another illegitimate child… It would only cause more problems for you, for the daughter you already have, and the baby. Not to mention the emotional toll it would take on that poor girl to feel like she birthed a baby that could never be truly loved by

time taking care to hide my lie even though it pained me

believe me. “Darling, I already heard all about your visit to the hospital this morning,” she admitted. “You know, the couples that you let her ahead of are well known, after all, and they were very put out by the entire thing. But I digress, and it was well within your rights to do such a thing if you felt it

I lied once more. “She doesn’t have anyone else, and those human doctors…” What was I supposed to say? That I cared about my daughter’s nanny out of the kindness of my heart and didn’t want her visiting some shoddy doctor who wouldn’t give her and the baby in her belly the

further. “Well then,” she said with a slight sigh, leaning back in her chair. “That’s very nice of you. I wish

the tray

said, standing. “I only wanted to pop in for a few minutes. I

obliged, honestly relieved to know that such a difficult conversation was over for now. At the same time, however, I couldn’t help but feel guilty for lying to my mother… And I couldn’t help but feel even

…

the day. I spent the majority of my time there pacing back and forth in my study, wondering what to do. I would have to address this soon; eventually, my family would find out. I couldn’t hide it forever, and already I was on thin ice for

father already… But no, I told myself; if he knew, he would have certainly been here by now, berating me for hours. That was what he had done with Ella, and she was a purebred werewolf. I could only imagine his reaction when he found

arrived. Moana was tucking

this afternoon.” Of course, I wasn’t going to divulge to Moana that I’d actually spent the afternoon

I began to get suspicious. When I glanced up from my steak, I saw her glaring at me. She quickly looked away and popped a bite of glistening steak into her mouth, chewing slowly, but I saw the look she gave me. It was akin to the look she gave me in the