His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 201: A Close Eye

Moana

By the end of the weekend, I was dying to get back to work. Since we decided not to leave the penthouse after all, I decided that it wouldn’t hurt any to return to teaching. Besides, Ella needed to go back to school as well, and since she didn’t remember the events of the night that we were kidnapped she was only getting more aggravated by the day. With each passing day, Ella was becoming more confused and agitated and I was feeling more stir crazy, which only led to increased flashbacks from the whole ordeal.

So, on Monday morning, I got dressed for work.

“Where are you going?” Edrick asked, looking up from his newspaper as I walked through the living room.

“I need to get back to work,” I said. “I can’t just use a substitute forever. Tomorrow, maybe Ella should go back to school as well.”

Edrick’s icy gray eyes widened. He threw his newspaper down and stood abruptly, shaking his head. “You can’t go. It’s dangerous.”

be in a school just a few blocks away in the middle of the afternoon,” I said. “There’s a security guard

Alpha billionaire stared wildly at me as he gritted his teeth. I held my head high to show that I wasn’t going to back down; despite what had happened almost two weeks

and he let out a sigh, passing his hand

of the bodyguards with you, then,” he said quietly. “Take Darren. He’ll protect you. Actually, I’ll drive with you as well.” Before I could say anything, Edrick rushed over to the foyer and began to slip his shoes on. I watched as he pulled two surgical masks out of his pocket, then held one out to me along with my wide-brimmed sun hat. “Here. To protect your identity during the walk. We’ll go out the back, and if you tuck in

with you and wear the disguise, but I can’t bring a bodyguard to school. Darren is big and looks threatening. He’ll scare the children, and I don’t even think that the headmistress will allow it anyway. And also, I want to walk, not drive.

another few moments. I could tell right off the bat that he wouldn’t give up on the bodyguard, nor was he likely to give up on most of his stipulations. I figured

at each other,

it’s still dangerous for you out there,” he said firmly. “But how about this: can you just let one of the bodyguards drive

even if no one knew that I was the Golden Wolf yet and I wasn’t yet at risk of being hunted, the paparazzi were on another frenzy because of the news

I said. “I’ll let one

walked up to me and kissed my forehead. I felt myself blush a bit; he had been a lot more

back to school, too?” I asked,

although a bit hesitantly. “I’ll talk to her about it today,” he replied. Secretly, although I wasn’t going to pressure him, I hoped that he would also talk to her about what really happened, and what her mother was really like. I doubted that he would do it so soon, though. Part of me thought that he should set up counseling for her ahead of time, as that news would

about this, flashes of seeing Ella’s little sleeping body tied up to the chair in the warehouse suddenly and unexpectedly flashed through my mind, followed by images of Ethan holding the gun up to my face. I felt a pang in my chest, as though something was weighing me down and restricting my breathing. For the briefest of moments, I felt as though I was back there again… Back