His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 80: A Little Kindness

Moana

After I put Ella to bed, I decided to read in the living room for a little while to relax. The summer evening air was pleasant, but it was also warm, which made me sleepy. Before I knew it, I had dozed off entirely.

However, I woke up the next morning in my bed instead of in the chair.

That was strange… I didn’t remember getting up and going to bed, but I supposed that it wasn’t entirely unheard of. I yawned and rolled over onto my back, feeling the morning sun stream in through my window and hit my cheek…

But then, I saw something next to me: a person.

I immediately yelped and jumped out of bed instinctually. I relaxed a little when I saw that it was Edrick and not some stranger, but what was he doing in my bed? He was still wearing his clothes and even had his shoes on.

As I stood there, my brow furrowed, Edrick’s eyes suddenly snapped open and shocked me even further.

as I had, before he came to the same realization that I did and abruptly jumped out of my bed. For several long, uncomfortable moments, we just stared at each other in disbelief from the opposite sides of

hand through his hair with an embarrassed expression on his face. “I saw you were sleeping on the armchair last night when I got home, and I didn’t want to wake you, so I carried you to bed. I… I guess I was so exhausted I fell asleep without even

that that explained it. While it was strange, hearing that he cared enough to carry me to bed without waking me made my

response, feeling my

turned on his

for a moment, watching as the door clicked shut behind him. Did the cold Alpha CEO really go out of his way to carry me to bed last night? The thought of it admittedly made my heart flutter, although the fact that he

we couldn’t go for our morning walk just in case we drew too much attention due to the tabloid, but Ella didn’t seem to mind as we spent the afternoon playing inside and doing arts and crafts instead. By mid-afternoon, however, she had completely tired herself

she was fast asleep for her nap, I made my way over to the kitchen to make myself

to my surprise, Edrick was standing

you were at work,” I said, glancing at

shrugged. “Meetings were short today,” he said. I nodded, feeling my face get red as I remembered waking up next to him, and quickly turned my back to hide my face as I

I methodically spread some peanut butter and jam on two slices of bread, then cut the sandwich diagonally and poured myself a glass of milk. When I turned back around, I felt my face go red again when I saw that Edrick was looking right at me over the top of his newspaper. When he saw that I noticed him, he

somewhat abruptly. “It’s not for a

the other. Many of my dresses were getting to the point where my belly showed, aside from the couple of loose dresses that I had, but neither

wrong?” Edrick said. “Do you not want to go

had set his newspaper down and was now looking at me intently. “No, no, it’s not

loose to wear?” he asked. “It’s only a few weeks from now. You

I really didn’t have anything appropriate for a Morgan family banquet. Even at the last party, when I wore Selina’s nice dress, I