His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 186: Mousetrap

Moana

“Don’t worry, you two,” Kelly said as she turned around in her seat to look at us. There was a sick, twisted grin on her gaunt face. She looked even more skeletal than before, as though she hadn’t eaten or slept in days, maybe even weeks. “I’m going to take you far, far away. And I’ll make sure that Edrick never finds you.”

“K-Kelly?” I whimpered. I tried the car door again, but it was still locked. And it was too late now; the light turned green and Kelly hit the gas, speeding down the mostly empty street.

“Didn’t expect to see me, huh?” she said, laughing almost maniacally as she gripped the steering wheel tightly. Even in the dim light of the car, I could see that her knuckles were as white as a sheet.

Ella, who had caught onto the danger by now, was beginning to panic. I felt her little arms slip around my waist, and when I looked down, she was looking up at me with terror in her eyes. I pulled her close, holding her tightly, and took her head and buried it in my side so she wouldn’t have to see in case Kelly did anything insane.

“Kelly, what is all of this?” I asked, my heart practically pounding out of my chest. “Do you know Olivia? Why are you here?”

sounding almost like a child. “Oh, her?” she asked. She took a sharp turn, causing Ella and I to slide across the seat. I quickly buckled Ella into a seatbelt as I mentally prepared for Kelly to do something rash like intentionally crash the car. “Yeah, of course I know my good friend Olivia,” she continued. “If it wasn’t thanks to her, I wouldn’t be

with what?”

really. First that little snot-nosed brat,” she gestured over her shoulder at Ella with her thumb, “and then you, with your stupid pregnancy.” Her eyes met mine in the rear view mirror then.

had a relationship with Edrick,” I growled. “He can’t stand

Her face was twisted into such an evil expression that she looked like a demon, and I covered Ella’s face with my

up,” she snarled, “before I come back there and

decided that it was best for me to stay quiet, as she seemed so unhinged that I wouldn’t have

hit the gas once more, causing us to lurch in our seats.

sweetheart,” I whispered into her ear. “I’m gonna protect you. Momma’s gonna protect you.” In the moment, I didn’t even think twice about referring to myself as Ella’s mother. In fact, now that I knew that Olivia was indeed either an actress or simply a horrible person who led us right into a trap, I

out the perfect way to finally make Edrick understand that I’m the only one

you let us go right now, you can have him,” I begged. “Please, just let

care if it’s his baby, honestly. If I need to get pregnant before I ever even sleep with him, then so be it. It doesn’t matter whose baby it is, so long as he thinks that

inside of me as we picked

lately. Ever since you survived the Rogue district — which you weren’t supposed to, by the way, in case you already didn’t know — my parents have been punishing me. I’m sure

subtly look around for anything that I could use to defend Ella and myself or escape with: a heavy flashlight, an ice scraper, anything that could have been in the back of the car. But there was nothing. Outside the car, the streets of the entry of the Rogue

could shift once the car stopped, but I couldn’t. It was too early, and she was too weak. I was certain that Kelly

city lights were nothing but dots in the distance. Even in the car, I could feel the weight of the darkness and the silence all around us as we went further and further into the

least, I told myself, Ella could shift when we got out of the car and make a run for it. At least she could stand a