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.”

furrowed my brow. It was too beautiful outside, and I had been looking forward to

with you, actually,” I said, standing

lips and looked at me. His eyes traveled down to my

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

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

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

about our baby, but I knew that he worried too much when it came to certain things. I had always been 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 months pregnant. Once, I even read about a woman

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

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,

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

rang. I tried not to look as he pulled it out of his back pocket, but I couldn’t keep myself and took a quick peek, only to

Edrick saw his father’s name on the screen, his face went dark. Before, he had been smiling and chatting happily, but now he was sullen

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

eye on Ella while Edrick was

Moana!” Ella said, 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 colors. “It’s

from Ella. “Aww, love,” I said, touching

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

Queen Anne’s Lace,”