His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 88: Broken Promises

Moana

“To have a one night stand like that, not only right after you came onto me, but also on the night before you’re supposed to have a wholesome day with your daughter… It makes me sick.”

Edrick’s eyes widened at my words.

“Moana, I think you’ve got the wrong idea,” he said abruptly, taking a few steps toward me and folding his arms across his chest with a huff. “I didn’t sleep with anyone last night.”

I scoffed and shook my head. “I can smell the cheap perfume all over you,” I replied. “It stinks.”

Now, it was Edrick who scoffed. “It’s not like that… But honestly, Moana, you and I are not together. It’s not really up to you who I see in my free time.”

told myself earlier. I couldn’t let Edrick or Ella see me cry today. Blinking rapidly to dispel the tears, I quickly turned on my heel and headed for the door. “Well, I’m taking Ella to the orphanage just like I promised,” I said coldly. “Whether

as disbelieving as I walked away from him. “I won’t be going, then,” Edrick called after me, running over to the kitchen doorway, as

back more tears, I

…

the orphanage. We got dressed and headed down to the lobby; Edrick was nowhere to be found, just

where’s daddy?” she

than anything. I secretly hoped that he felt badly for what he did, but I also was beginning to doubt

Ella pushed out her lower lip in a pout. “He promised we would go together. As

said softly as I got into the car with her. “We’ll go as a family another time. You

paused, sniffling as tears began to well up in her eyes, but she nodded nonetheless and held my hand for the entire car

by the time we arrived at the orphanage, Ella was too excited about seeing her friends to pout anymore about her father’s broken promise. Almost as soon as we stepped through the front doors, she ran off to play with her friends. I grinned as I heard a chorus of other children yelling Ella’s name excitedly as she disappeared into the recreation room, and made my way over to the kitchen to

my way upstairs to her office and found her rifling through her filing cabinets and muttering to herself. I quietly knocked on the door as I

Just a moment,” she said absentmindedly. Her back was turned to me, so I figured that she thought

“Busy?” I asked.

was relieved because I didn’t feel like addressing it today. Not after what happened with Edrick. Once again, I wondered

managing

thin right now,” she said. “I really need a secretary, but it’s just so darn expensive these days and I want to make sure that I can pay someone well for the job… I couldn’t live with

the older woman’s kindhearted nature. Although the foundation for the orphanage seemed to be doing well at the gala, I was certain that a lot of the money went toward repairing the orphanage, purchasing supplies and clothing for the children, and putting money away in savings for the children when they grew up, so it made sense that Sophia wouldn’t have the extra cash to pay a receptionist. Now, more than ever, she was probably neck deep