His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 131: Under Pressure

Moana

Even though I was enjoying spending time at the mountain estate, it seemed that maybe it wasn’t very safe here right now. Edrick didn’t say much about it, but he seemed to be worried ever since that wolf came after Ella and myself, and I couldn’t help but wonder if he knew something that I didn’t. I trusted Edrick to make the right decisions, so when he told me that it was best for us to return to the penthouse for now, I agreed. My only regret was that I didn’t have any time to paint while we were there, and I hoped that I would have another chance to paint soon.

When we finally arrived back at the penthouse, it was already late that night. Selina and the maids prepared a quick meal, but I was too tired and uneasy after what happened to have much of an appetite, and only wanted to go to sleep. Ella was hardly keeping her eyes open, too, so I put her to bed before heading over to Edrick’s room to get some sleep myself.

I couldn’t stop myself from feeling worried, though. Edrick had been extremely quiet ever since what happened in the forest; in fact, he had been quiet ever since his father called him that morning. I couldn’t help but wonder if it was because of me, and if this would mean that he would distance himself from me again.

“Don’t worry,” Mina said, noticing my anxiety. “He’ll come around. He just needs a little time. But I know that he cares about you deeply, so you shouldn’t worry about it too much.”

me. The way he treated me at the mountain estate, even after the horrible things I said to him

him with my eyes fixed on the canopy above the bed. It was well after midnight now, and I still hadn’t seen or heard him, so I began to get worried. I thought that maybe he fell asleep at his desk or got too absorbed in work to notice what time it was, so I quietly got out of bed and threw my

I suspected, Edrick was still in his study. I could see a little bit of light pouring out from underneath the door, and I walked over to knock and see why he wasn’t coming to bed, but before I could I froze when I heard

and it sounded strained

growled, sounding exasperated. “Just admit it. Were you just trying to scare them, or are you actually such a horrible

he talking to his father? It sounded as though he was referring to the incident with the wolf earlier that day. I had thought that it was just a random wolf that happened to stumble upon us in the woods, but judging from the way that Edrick was talking about it, I realized that maybe it

me here to protect them. If you want to hurt them,

eyes widened. So he was talking to his father. Had his father really sent a wolf — a

that he wanted to hurt me. I was, after all, a threat to his family’s image. But to put his granddaughter, as well as an unborn child, in harm’s way… It made me sick. I instinctively put my hand over my belly protectively as though that would be any help if Michael were to try to

down. I bit my lip as I stood there in the darkness outside his study door, wondering if I should go in there and talk to him. I knew that he needed someone to be there for him, and I understood his frustrations. If I could only show him that he could be open with

I would go in there and

to put my hand out to knock