His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 135: Public Debut

Moana

The next morning, I awoke with a pounding headache. I felt more confused now than ever with my relationship with Edrick; if my wolf really was right about Edrick being my mate, then it only made all of this even more complicated. I couldn’t help but wonder, too, if Edrick also knew that I was his mate and that he wasn’t telling me about it. But I couldn’t imagine why he would want to keep something like that a secret from me.

I finally got out of bed and made my way out into the living room, expecting Edrick to be locked away in his study after what happened the night before.

But, much to my surprise, he wasn’t. In fact, he was standing in the living room and looking out the window when I walked in. As I approached, he turned to face me directly without even a hint of remorse or embarrassment on his face.

“Sorry for the late notice,” he said, glancing at his watch, “but I just found out that I’ll need to go to a networking event tonight. You’ll need to be there as my fiancee, of course. Selina will keep an eye on Ella tonight.”

My eyes widened. “A… A public event?” I asked. The thought of going out into public with Edrickas his “fiancee” made me nervous, especially after all of the media attention we were already receiving. As our debut as a couple, it would no doubt be even more chaotic.

but once we

feel better, but it didn’t. My heart was already racing just thinking about how out of place I would feel as the only human there; of course, I was a werewolf like the rest of them, but they didn’t know that. To them, I was still just a lowly human… And I was sure that many of them agreed with

already made it clear the other night that I would have to play the role of his fiancee, and that meant that I couldn’t always be hidden away. I would need to attend things like this with him for appearances, even though it freaked me out. At least now I had some hope that Edrick really was my mate, though, which would mean that maybe in the future these sorts of things wouldn’t need to

out, my face going red as Edrick’s steely gaze stayed fixed on me,

“I booked an appointment for you with Tyrus to do your hair and

couldn’t help but think that it was a bit sweet that Edrick hired his old college friend for this. I had never envisioned Edrick as someone who seemed to have many friends, and I never was sure if Edrick

…

clockwork, Tyrus came at exactly four o’clock to do my

gold,” he said as he did my eyeshadow in front of my vanity

though; green and gold went perfectly with my hair and skin tone, and when he was finished, I was awed yet again by his work. He gave me a subtle sage green eyeshadow with flecks of gold in it, as well as subtle pinkish lipstick that looked natural. My hair was pulled back into a half bun with curls that came down on either side to frame my face, and he even took the extra effort to add tiny, delicate braids woven with green thread in my hair. With the simple black satin dress that I wore to the end of summer banquet —

me and led me out to the living room,

exclaimed, gesturing to me with a flourish. “The belle

to look at me. It was only a brief second, but I swore that his eyes widened slightly, and I felt myself blush. Tyrus gestured with his finger for me to spin, and I did; and when I stopped, Edrick’s face was

schoolboy as he stared at

…

before seven o’clock, Edrick and I took the car to the event. Both of us were silent for the ride — I was too nervous to speak and Edrick didn’t seem to want to

when the driver pulled up to the event, I heard myself let

at a huge theater with marble pillars out front, and a long red carpet that led up