His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 126: The Mountain Estate

Moana

I agreed to sleep with Edrick that night. Even though I was still a bit upset by what he had said the night before, I couldn’t deny the fact that I missed him and wanted his company, especially after the fact that he saved Ella and myself from the paparazzi.

The next morning, I awoke to the sound of the shower water turning off. Edrick was already awake, and before my eyes were even fully open, he came out of the bathroom in his robe with his toothbrush in his mouth.

“Rise and shine,” he said, his mouth full of toothpaste as he rifled through his dresser drawers. “We’re leaving in an hour. You should go and pack.”

I sat up and furrowed my brow. It was still early; I knew that he had planned on leaving for the mountain estate today, but not this early. Nonetheless, I obliged and quickly rushed over to my bedroom to pack some clothes and toiletries for the upcoming few days. I packed my painting supplies and my small travel easel as well, just in case I did decide to do some painting after all.

Within the hour, all of us were packed and ready to go. Selina helped Ella pack while I got ready, so there was no lag in our preparation time. Soon enough, all of us — including Selina and the maids — were piled into the car and on our way out of the city.

her legs happily as Edrick drove. She had a little breakfast sandwich in her tiny hands from the bakery downstairs from the penthouse; Edrick had purchased all of us something to eat there, as we didn’t have time to eat breakfast and deal with cleaning up before we left. Once again, I was immensely grateful for the Alpha billionaire’s sudden kindness, and I was even more surprised that he still wasn’t even remotely bothered by the paparazzi incident the day

us up into the mountains. I could feel

I felt myself become motion sick from all

road hadn’t bothered me at all. In fact, I loved the drive, and the view was amazing. However, now that I

to finally get out of the car as quickly as possible and breathe

that overlooked the mountain range, surrounded by tall pine trees on all sides. The pebbled walkway was lined with fountains and statues that were covered in moss,

should have someone clean these off,” Edrick said suddenly, picking at a bit of the moss and

turned toward him, shaking my head vigorously. “No!” I said. “Don’t clean it off. The

eyebrow.

“It makes everything look so

paused, then shrugged. “I guess you’re right,” he replied thoughtfully. “Maybe I will leave it

feet on the wooden floors. I called after her to slow down before she hurt herself, but it was too late; she was already long gone, exploring the mansion on her own. I

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room with a bay window overlooking the garden in the back, which was lit by little lights that were dotted around on the stone fence. The sun was on its way down, casting the mountains in a bluish glow. I couldn’t wait

I heard a knock on my

Selina’s head poke in. I waved for her to come in the rest of the way, and when she did, I saw

you,”

stood from the chair I was