His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 129: Wildflowers

Moana

Later that morning, after enjoying breakfast in the garden in the fresh air with Ella and Edrick, Ella reminded Edrick that she wanted to go for a hike. Edrick of course agreed, as it was nice outside.

“Go put your shoes on,” he said. “And pants, too. I don’t want you falling down in a dress.”

“Okay!” Ella exclaimed as she sprinted off to her room to get changed.

Edrick stood and stretched, accidentally revealing the lower portion of his abs as he did so. He was dressed casually in a simple polo shirt and trousers, which was strange to see as I had grown so accustomed to seeing him only dressed in business attire. He must have forgotten that he wasn’t wearing his shirt tucked in when he stretched, and seeing even just a small portion of his abs made me blush a deep shade of red.

“We won’t be out for too long,” Edrick said then. “Feel free to explore anywhere you want in the mansion or the gardens while we’re out.”

I furrowed my brow. It was too beautiful outside, and I had

thinking I would go with you, actually,” I said,

and looked at me. His eyes traveled down

asked. “I don’t want you to get sick or get hurt if it’s

“I’m only a few months pregnant. I’m not a complete invalid just yet.

and chewed the inside of his lower lip for a few moments before finally nodding. “Alright,” he replied. “I guess some exercise could

somewhat athletic, and never had any problems with exercising. Being a few months pregnant may have stopped me from doing crazy things like rock climbing or downhill skiing, but a nice hike through the forest was something that I knew I could handle. Besides, the doctor told me that exercise was extremely healthy for the baby, and I had done enough research of my own to learn that many women could do all sorts of athletic things, even while they were eight or nine

of my dress and into something more suitable for a hike. Once I was ready, I headed back

woods, I couldn’t help but notice that Edrick kept glancing at me on occasion while we walked. He seemed to be looking at my outfit, and I didn’t realize it until a while later that he had never seen me in anything that wasn’t purely professional. Now, I was wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans with boots and a zip-up hoodie on top, with my hair up in a bun, and he almost seemed fascinated by it. Seeing the way he looked at me made me blush and feel a bit embarrassed until I realized that I had looked at him the same way earlier. In a strange way, seeing each other in casual clothing almost felt like another layer of the

was extremely relaxing. Every so often, Ella would run ahead with

however, Edrick’s phone rang. I tried not to look as he pulled it out of his back pocket, but

dark. Before, he had been smiling and chatting happily, but now he was sullen and gloomy like the flick of

growled. Before I could answer, he stormed off a ways into the

I stayed where I was and sat down on a large boulder to rest my feet, keeping an eye on Ella while Edrick was busy. I hoped that his father wasn’t berating him for announcing our “relationship”, but I knew

running up to me. Her fist was full of wildflowers and she shoved it in my face to show me all of the delicate petals and muted

took the flowers from

she said. “I picked lots of daisies, see? And Selina once told me that those flowers are called… Hmm…” She pointed thoughtfully at one of the flowers. It was a cluster of white flowers that were spread out on their stem in an umbrella-like shape, causing the petals

called Queen Anne’s