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.

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

estate took a lot of winding and twisting roads that slowly led us up into the mountains. I could feel the

time, I felt myself become motion sick from all of the twists

on the day of my interview, the road hadn’t bothered me at all. In fact, I loved the drive, and the view was amazing. However, now that I was pregnant and prone to nausea, I felt sick

up. I was relieved to finally get out of the car as quickly as possible

front door of the mansion. It was a huge and sprawling Tudor-style mansion that overlooked the mountain range, surrounded by tall pine trees

Edrick said suddenly, picking at a bit of the moss and looking at

shaking my head vigorously. “No!” I said. “Don’t clean it off.

an eyebrow. “Really?”

“It makes everything look so lush and natural.

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

maids ran around in a frenzy opening up windows and curtains. Meanwhile, Ella ran about wildly, pounding her feet on the wooden floors. I called after her to slow down before she hurt herself, but it was too late;

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was lit by little lights that were dotted around on the stone fence. The sun was on

a knock on my

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

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

brow and stood from the chair I was sitting in