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.”

brow. It was too beautiful

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

and looked at me. His eyes traveled down to my

“I don’t want you

on my hips and frowned. “I’m only a few months pregnant.

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

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

into something more suitable for

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

Every so often, Ella would run ahead with a flower or a cool rock or anything else that she would demand for Edrick to keep in his pocket, and soon enough his pockets were

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

he had been smiling and chatting happily, but now he

Before I could answer, he stormed off a

my feet, keeping an eye on Ella while Edrick was busy. I hoped that his father wasn’t

she shoved it in my face

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 to look almost like

Queen Anne’s Lace,” I

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