His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 172: Control

Moana

As I listened to Edrick playing the piano, I couldn’t wipe the smile off of my face. I wished that I could see him, but if it made him too nervous, then I was happy to just listen. He played beautifully, and I hoped that I could always hear his music from then on.

The song that he was playing came to an end, and was followed by silence. I didn’t realize it, but I had shut my eyes as I lost myself listening to the music. I opened them again and turned, expecting him to still be sitting at the piano, but he wasn’t.

He was standing right behind me, looking down at me with those glowing silver eyes.

Edrick was so close to me that I could smell his cologne coming off of his shirt and could feel his warm breath on my face. Being this close to him made me tremble, but only in a good way.

“Edrick…” I whispered, looking up to meet his gaze.

eyes conveying his emotion. There was something harsh and dominant about them, but something soft,

lips as our breaths intertwined. I felt his arm wrap firmly around my waist, and he pulled me close. It was almost a little too rough, but at

as he cupped my face. I felt a soft, involuntary moan escape my lips, and I pressed my

I weighed nothing. I wrapped my legs around him as he carried me to his bedroom,

against me and reminding me of the night that we first had our fated one night stand. I remembered how big he was, and it made me want to feel that

then down my neck and down to my chest, only stopping where the lace of my nightgown covered my skin. Once he reached that point, he looked up at me, as though silently asking permission to remove my nightgown. I bit my lip and nodded slowly, watching as he slid a finger under the strap and slid it

he was about

again before sitting up and putting distance between us. His face looked red with embarrassment, and

wrong?” I asked, feeling a pang in my chest as

head and stood. “You have to stop releasing your scent,” he said, his voice low

yet again, and I would have to reprimand her for it later as we had agreed that she would ask for permission first. But at the same time, I didn’t fully understand why we had

it matter?” I asked, standing and letting my thin nightgown fall back down around my legs. “We want

replied, sounding

furrowed my brow. “I’m carrying your baby,” I said. My voice was beginning to raise slightly. “We’ve announced ourselves publicly as a couple. We sleep in the same bed, for goodness’ sake. Why do we need to

the door to leave, but I ran after him. I wasn’t going to let him just storm off, just like he always did when we got too close and he felt the need to distance

for too long. I want to