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?”

buckled Ella into a seatbelt as I mentally prepared for

what?”

Kelly said, speeding through a yellow light, “you’ve done nothing except get in the way of my relationship with Edrick. Both of you, 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. They looked hollow and pale, like ghosts of

Edrick,”

Kelly came to a screeching halt at another red light. She whipped around in her seat, her eyes shooting daggers. Her face was twisted into

“before I come back there and shut you

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

Kelly hit the gas once more, causing us to lurch in our seats. I heard Ella sob quietly beside me, and

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 felt more maternal over

with the other, “I’ve figured out the perfect way to finally make Edrick understand that I’m the only one for him. I know that we’re meant for each other, but

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

swoop in. I actually learned a little lesson from you, believe it or not, and that’s that I can lock him down by getting pregnant. I don’t even 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 it’s his. Then, he’ll never

took another sharp turn, and by now we were headed into the Rogue district. I felt my stomach twist inside of me as we picked up speed, and all I could do at this point was hold Ella as tightly as possible, as though that would keep her

case you already didn’t know — my parents have been punishing me. I’m sure you remember how hard it is to be a peasant. I’ve been miserable. Edrick had them cut me off from the money;

could have been in the back of the car. But there was nothing. Outside the car, the streets of the entry of the Rogue district were

searched for ways to escape. I even pleaded with my wolf to see if I could shift once the car stopped, but I couldn’t. It was too early, and she was too weak. I was

dots in the distance. Even in the car, I could feel

could shift when we got out of the car and make