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.”

…

begin in just a few short weeks, which was fairly short notice,

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

the only thing

go there so badly, and it was the perfect place for her to go, but it

bathroom after my shower, drying my hair with a towel, I could tell instantly from the 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,

said, walking up to him.

about: he was worried

“You’re worried about her.”

he replied, almost as though he didn’t want to admit that he actually had a soft

next to 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 was scared. Even the paparazzi alone were bad enough, not including the danger of cars and people

would of course need to be chaperoned both two and from school until she was at least a few years older. But I

so much. And it’s in a safe neighborhood, and she’ll be surrounded by teachers and

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 and there and killed all

art teacher position once more. I did, after all, have a degree in early childhood education with a concentration in art

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

he had been thinking the same thing when we were touring the school together

you sure?” he asked, gesturing lightly toward my growing belly. “Won’t it be too much for you, especially later on in the

worried. I might 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…

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

and the maids, and I have you. And don’t forget