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.

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

the mountains. I could feel the air in the car begin to cool down the higher we got, which was

myself become motion sick from all

interview, the road hadn’t bothered me at all. In fact, I loved the drive, and the view

up. I was relieved to finally get out of the

my time to walk up to the front door of the mansion. It was a huge and sprawling Tudor-style mansion that overlooked the mountain range, surrounded by tall pine trees on all sides. The pebbled walkway was lined with fountains and statues that

at a bit of the moss and looking at it between

head vigorously. “No!” I

eyebrow. “Really?” he

nodded. “It makes everything look so lush and natural. Leave

right,” he replied thoughtfully. “Maybe I will

the wooden floors. I called after her to slow down before she

stone fence. The sun was on its way down, casting the mountains in a bluish glow. I couldn’t wait to get outside in the morning and paint the sunrise, but it had just begun to rain, and so I

I heard a knock on my

open and Selina’s head poke in. I waved for her to come in the rest of the

wanted me to give this to you,” she said, setting the box down on

chair I was sitting in by

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