Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#Chapter 19: The Alpha’s Mistress
Moana

I decided not to go to Edrick’s room that night. I couldn’t bring myself to do it in good conscience after discovering that he had a girlfriend, and I wasn’t about to be his mistress on top of being his daughter’s nanny!

At the usual time that I normally would’ve been sneaking over to Edrick’s room, I instead crawled into my own bed with my sketchbook for the first time in days. It felt a bit strange already to be sleeping alone, but it was also a relief from all of the stress of our strange agreement, and it was nice to have the late night to myself to have some time to draw.

Like clockwork, however, my phone started to ring just five minutes after I picked up my pencil. I lifted my eyes from my sketchbook, letting out a deep sigh when I was Edrick’s name on my screen.

“Yes?” I said after picking up the phone.

“Where are you?” Edrick said. His voice sounded agitated.

“I’ve decided to unilaterally end our sleeping arrangement,” I replied. “You can reduce my salary back to the original amount. I’m sorry, but I’m no longer comfortable sleeping together.”

Edrick was silent. I could hear him take in a sharp breath on the other side of the phone before he abruptly hung up. Rolling my eyes, I shut my phone off and tossed it down on my bed, returning to my drawing.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on my door; no doubt it was Edrick. I decided not to answer and to just pretend that I was asleep, which seemed to work as he didn’t knock again…

Or so I thought.

He knocked again, this time louder. I set my sketchbook aside and pondered whether I should let him in or not, but finally jumped up out of bed and scurried over to the door when he knocked for a third time, even louder and more aggressively that time.

not try to wake everyone up?” I asked in

Sighing, I quietly shut the door behind him and turned to face him

my nightgown, thanks to Edrick’s glance down at my bare legs. I quickly grabbed my robe off of the back of my chair and put it on, pulling it

looking away from my body. “You seemed fine with our arrangement. What changed so quickly? Don’t

floor, not entirely sure how to best phrase it. Finally, I looked back up to face Edrick, who was

made this agreement with you in the first place. I’m your daughter’s nanny, not your sleeping buddy. Besides, if you have a girlfriend, you should be sleeping with her and not me. I didn’t come here to be

brow and shot me a

hand through his dark

I left on your bedside table,” I said. “I’m afraid she misunderstood

for several moments before shaking his head. “You think Kelly is my

suddenly feeling confused. “Surely you two

“Kelly is my childhood friend. She’s like a little sister to me. I’ve never thought about her in that sort of way. Our families are close,

froze, unsure of what to

“The way she spoke to you, I

with a frown. “Maybe you should talk to me next time

was another long silence between us as I processed everything Edrick had told me. My mind still

overreacted, but what if Edrick really got a girlfriend in

the edge of my bed and sitting down. “If you want to

on,” Edrick said reluctantly, folding his arms across his chest

in my own bed sometimes,” I said. “You can join me or you can not join me, but I should be entitled to sleeping in my own bedroom a couple of nights a week, and the responsibility of hiding our arrangement shouldn’t be entirely