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.”

guard on the campus who

moments, the 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 prior, I wasn’t

see that I wasn’t backing down and he let

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

walk 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

few moments. I could tell right off the bat that he wouldn’t give up on the bodyguard, nor was he likely

a long time of staring silently at each other, Edrick seemed to relent a little

drive you? They can just wait in the car and keep an eye on the school entrance while you’re at

I wasn’t yet at risk of

one

relief, then walked up to me and kissed my forehead. I felt myself blush a bit; he had been a lot more physically affectionate ever

go back to school, too?”

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 no doubt come as a major shock to her. She might even resent him for lying to her. Ella was a smart girl, not just an airheaded little kid who couldn’t comprehend such complicated topics. She deserved 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

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