His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 173: Said Too Much

Edrick

“I want to know the real reason behind why you find it so abhorrent to be intimate with me,” Moana said, chasing after me and grabbing my arm as I tried to storm out.

What I said next was a mistake. I knew that as soon as the cruel words came out of my mouth, and I wished that I could take them back when I saw the look on Moana’s soft face.

“Because!” I said, whirling around to face Moana. “I will never marry you! Not you, and not anyone, and I don’t want to give you the wrong idea! I don’t care that you’re my mate. The mate bond means nothing.”

Moana’s eyes widened. She released her grip on my arm and covered her mouth with her hand, taking a step back. We stared at each other in shocked silence for several long moments before she suddenly brushed past me and ran out of the room.

“God dammit, Edrick,” I whispered to myself once she was gone. I slapped my hand on the wall and cursed under my breath. I felt like such a fool for saying too much; not only had I revealed that Moana was my mate too early, but I had completely misconstrued what I wanted to say and I had hurt her feelings because of it.

advice when I specifically asked for it. Every wolf had its own personality, and Eddy was definitely the stoic type. But even he realized

I responded out loud as I paced restlessly around my bedroom. I sighed and flung the balcony doors open to let in the fresh air, and stepped out into

I did want to mate with Moana. I knew how I felt about her; I knew that, eventually, I would no longer

had spent my entire life hating the entire idea of the mate bond. I hated everything it stood for. I hated the lies that it spread, how people were so blinded by the idea of it that they just assumed that nothing could ever break the mate bond. My father and my mother were both living proof of the fact that the mate bond was complete and utter bullshit. They were supposed to be fated mates, and he still cheated on her. He still treated her poorly, and yet she continued to love him unconditionally. It

would never betray me. I knew that I could never betray her, either. I knew that I couldn’t bring myself

that “late bloomers” like Moana — rare cases where people’s wolves wouldn’t appear until later in life — would

I still hurt her because I couldn’t keep control of my stupid tongue. Why was I cursed with always saying the wrong things at the wrong

right with her. I decided to go over to her room and apologize, and explain what I really meant earlier. At the very least,

tried to open the door, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. My hand froze

inside, followed by

for a few moments, battling with myself about whether I should go in there and talk to her

me. “Don’t just ignore

show my face and make it even worse. Ultimately, I

wishes,

was I, admittedly. But I couldn’t bring myself to look her in the face — not after I had made her cry with my words. I would have never admitted it to anyone, not even to myself, but I was embarrassed

we had both had a good night