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.”

…

school. The school year would begin in just a few short

couldn’t stop beaming over the fact that Edrick 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,

that wasn’t the only thing that was

classroom. It was important for any child to have access to a good art program in school, and it made me sad to think that the children at that school had been without a proper art program for years since the last art teacher passed away. Ella loved that school and wanted to go there so 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

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 me with a strange expression on

thinking about something,” I said, walking up to him. “What

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

“You’re worried about her.”

he replied, almost as though he

him. The city was bustling as 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

course need to be chaperoned both two and from school until she was at least a few years older. But I also knew that having her away from the penthouse during the day, when anything could

it’s

wasn’t wrong. Bad things happened in schools all of the time, but it didn’t mean that he

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

apply,” I said. “Then I can be with Ella all day in case something happens. You

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

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

need a little extra help at home since I’ll be working every day, but it’s not like taking care of Ella is a chore in the slightest. Besides… With Ella at school, I won’t have much to do during the day

be stressful to start working and then have to take

and the maids, and I have you.