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.”

was too beautiful

was thinking I would go with you, actually,” I said, standing from the

pursed his lips and looked at me. His eyes traveled down to my belly; he

it’s a good idea?” he asked. “I don’t want you to get sick

on my hips and frowned. “I’m only a few months pregnant. I’m not a complete

and chewed the inside of his lower lip for a few moments before finally nodding.

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 months pregnant. Once, I even read about a woman who was a marathon

quickly ran upstairs and changed out of my dress and into something more suitable for a hike. Once I was ready, I headed back downstairs with Ella’s hand

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

the forest around us was extremely relaxing. Every so often, Ella would run ahead with a

of his back pocket, but I couldn’t keep myself and took a quick peek, only to see that it was

saw his father’s name on the screen, his face went dark. Before, he had been

growled. Before I could answer, he stormed

stayed where I was and sat down on a large boulder to rest my feet, keeping an eye

me. Her fist was full of wildflowers and she shoved it in my face to show me

couldn’t help but tear up as I took the flowers from Ella. “Aww, love,” I said, touching the flowers gently, “is

pointed thoughtfully at one of the flowers. It was a cluster of white flowers that were spread out on their

are called Queen Anne’s Lace,” I