His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 225: Pulling the Rug

Moana

I woke up after a night of dreamless sleep to the sound of someone rushing around the room. When I cracked open my eyes, I saw Edrick pacing back and forth. He had a pile of shirts in his hand, and I watched in a state of shock as he walked over to a suitcase and quickly shoved the shirts inside.

“What are you doing?” I asked, sitting up.

Edrick didn’t even look up at me. “We have to go,” was all he said.

My eyes widened. “Go where?”

“We’re going back to the mountain estate for real this time.”

As Edrick spoke, I felt my heart sink. My limbs still felt too heavy from the sleeping meds to move quickly, and as I threw the covers off and swung my limp legs over the edge of the bed, it felt as though I was moving through a thick mud.

“Why?” I asked. “You didn’t mention that we would be leaving before. Was it because of last night?”

this up?” he asked. I nodded slowly and walked over,

it because of last night? I’ll be okay, I promise. We

scurried over to the bathroom, where he began tossing toiletries into a bag. “It’s not that,” he said. “It’s for your own safety.

heart sink even

was stern and his eyes were still glowing silver, as though he was on edge. “Just do it, Moana,” he demanded.

didn’t seem to matter anyway. Edrick clearly had made up his mind, and there was no way to get around it

as I painfully made

It still

said, Selina had already packed my things. Only a single outfit was left out for me on the bed, and a few toiletries so I could get ready for the day. Other than that, my other necessities were all packed up. Everything except my valuables and sentimental items

skirt with tears streaming down her

defeated herself. “But we have to. It won’t

a childish fit, plopped down on the ground and wailed loudly. Sighing, I rushed into the room and past the exhausted-looking Selina and crouched down to Ella’s

Ella wailed,

love,” I said. I grabbed her stuffed duck off of the dresser and

tears as I wiped hers away, and then led her to my room with me

a pretty good reason why. It certainly had something to do with my dream

for that, I was a bit

was spent mostly in silence, with only Ella speaking up on occasion to whine about how she wanted to go home or how she needed to go potty. Edrick just drove with his hands gripping the steering

it was for a lovely vacation. That time, the mountain air felt fresh, the view was beautiful, and the trees calmed me. However, this time it just felt like we