His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 87: Another Woman

Moana

Somehow, I managed to fall asleep that night. In the morning, I woke up with a headache after the night spent in emotional distress.

Edrick and I had kissed last night in the darkness of the kitchen. Even now, I could still feel his hands on my waist and could feel his body pressed up against mine. Even now, I could still taste his lips and his tongue, and I had spent the night dreaming about him. The sun was shining through my bedroom window, but I just wanted to go back to the darkness of the night before and be with Edrick; I hadn’t realized it before, but I was admittedly lonely, and his touch was welcome. I hadn’t been with anyone since our one night stand and didn’t realize how starved I was for intimacy with another adult.

To add insult to injury, I felt like an i***t for thinking for even one moment that Edrick was beginning to fall for me. The way he doted on me while we went shopping together despite the tabloid incident… The way that he scared away the creepy man at the mall and put his arm around me protectively, genuinely worried for my health and safety… The way that he kissed me so gently in the kitchen. Was any of that even real, or was it just a moment of weakness on his part? Was he lonely, too, and just looking for intimacy?

As I laid there, I remembered that Edrick and I promised to take Ella to the orphanage today so she could play with her friends. Even though I didn’t particularly want to see Edrick after our kiss in the kitchen the night before, I knew that I would have to see him eventually, so I groaned and got up and headed to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee and ease my headache.

When I walked through the living room, however, the soft sound of snoring caught my attention. I furrowed my brow and peered over the couch to see Edrick sprawled out; he was dressed up with his shoes on as though he’d gone out, and there was an empty bottle of whiskey sitting on the floor next to him.

drunk on the couch, so without taking a second thought, I snatched the

snapped open and he groaned as he came to his senses. Before he even had a chance to say anything, I shoved the bottle in his face and

said, gesturing to his appearance. “Your daughter will be awake soon. It’s a good

up and swung his legs over the side of the couch, then stood after pausing for a

hands. “It’s really not as bad as it looks; the bottle was almost

a whiff of something other than alcohol: something sickly sweet and flowery.

a one night stand last night, right after

and I instantly became nauseous. I quickly covered my nose and mouth

he did, the smell of the perfume hit my nose again, and I covered up a gag with my hand. The smell was too strong, and I could only imagine the father of my baby sleeping with a strange woman at the bar, or even

right after our kiss in the kitchen, but also had a one night stand on top of it… It made my heart hurt. Inside of me, Mina became stronger, but not out of love this time; rather, she became stronger with rage, like a lion pacing in its cage at the zoo. I could tell that she felt just

Ella, and despite Edrick’s confused look as I stepped away from him, I lowered my hand and tilted my chin

hide it. After everything, I couldn’t let Edrick see me get emotional over his one night stand with another woman, even though Mina was reacting strongly to the cheap scent as

walked over to the kitchen, where he tossed the empty bottle in the trash. I followed him, waiting to see what he would say about his promise

surprise, he said exactly what I