His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 164: New Horizons

Moana

When we were finished with the tour, we stopped in the downstairs foyer. Headmistress Hawkins smiled at us, her brown eyes radiating with kindness.

“Well?” she asked. “What do you think?”

I looked over at Edrick expectantly. He was fairly quiet throughout the entire tour, only occasionally asking questions. I was a bit worried that he wouldn’t like it and that he would make up some excuse to say no, but much to my surprise, he looked down at Ella with a gentle smile.

“It’s up to you, Ella,” he said. “Do you like this school?”

Ella nodded excitedly. “I really like it here!” she said, squeezing Edrick’s hand tightly. “I really want to go to school here!”

Edrick smiled and looked up at the headmistress. “Well, I guess that’s that,” he said with a bit of a chuckle.

Headmistress Hawkins grinned. “Perfect,” she replied. “Let’s get you enrolled.”

…

day, we got Ella enrolled in school. The school year would begin in just a few short weeks, which was fairly

was going to let Ella start going to school. Ella hadn’t stopped talking about it all day, and even getting her to sleep was a battle because she was so excited. It made me feel warm inside to see her get so excited over school, and I was glad that Edrick had made the right decision after all. Even though I

thing that was on

badly, and it was the perfect place for her to go, but it made me uneasy to think that she would be without a proper art class for the foreseeable future. Sure, I could give her some art lessons and make sure that she had time to be creative

thoughtful look on Edrick’s face that he was dealing with an internal dilemma as well. He was leaning on the balcony railing and looking out over the city, and when I came out, he looked over his shoulder at

said, walking

a few moments. But I knew what he was thinking about: he was

“You’re worried about her.”

he didn’t want to admit that

always, and it would never stop. Even though the walk to Ella’s new school wasn’t very far and was a nice walk in a safe neighborhood, it was still the city, after all. Anything could happen, and I understood why Edrick was scared. Even the paparazzi alone were bad enough,

But I also knew that having her away from the

don’t need to worry so much. And it’s in a safe neighborhood, and she’ll be surrounded by teachers and staff

in schools all of the time, but it didn’t mean that he should spend the rest of his life worrying. For all we knew, someone could have walked into the penthouse right then

open art teacher position once more. I did, after all, have a degree in early childhood education with a concentration in art therapy. I did also have some teaching experience

“Then I can be with Ella all day in case

then slowly turned to look at me. I knew that he had been thinking the same thing when we were touring the school together earlier that day, but it seemed as though he

asked, gesturing lightly toward my growing belly. “Won’t it be too much for you, especially

happened with the Rogues. “I’m not worried. I might need a little extra help at home since I’ll be working every day, but it’s not

asked. “Won’t it be stressful to start working and then have to take maternity leave

head. “I’m not worried. I have Selina, and the maids, and I have you. And don’t forget that they