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?”

eyes as he stuffed more clothes into his suitcase. “Come help me zip this up?” he asked. I nodded slowly and walked over, then

of

the bathroom, where he began tossing toiletries into a bag. “It’s not that,” he said. “It’s for your own safety. And that’s all I’m going to say. Go

felt my heart sink even

wasn’t mean, but it was stern and his eyes were still glowing silver, as though he was on edge. “Just do it, Moana,” he demanded. “Selina already packed your bags. Just get dressed so we can leave.

matter anyway. Edrick clearly had

with you,” my wolf said as I

It still

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 were packed away, like Selina was rushing to get just what I needed into my bags. In Ella’s room next door, I could

walked over to see her tugging on Selina’s skirt with tears streaming down

replied, sounding quite defeated herself. “But we have

down on the ground and wailed loudly. Sighing, I rushed into the room and past the exhausted-looking Selina

making me leave!” Ella wailed, sobbing loudly.

my fault. “Here, love,” I said. I grabbed her stuffed duck off of the dresser and put it in her hands, and that seemed to calm her down a bit. “We’ll be

hers away, and then led her to my room with me and let her sit on my bed while

Ella, had a pretty good reason why. It certainly had

I was a bit bitter

the mountain estate 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

time, the mountain air felt fresh, the view was beautiful, and the trees calmed me.