Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#Chapter 27: The Invitation
Moana

The following morning, I woke up early to get Ella ready for training. She was tired after the party, but was cooperative, and her sweet disposition distracted me from the strange experiences I had at the Morgan residence.

While Ella ate breakfast, I sought Edrick out and found him in his study. Taking a deep breath, I quietly knocked on the door. He glanced up and gestured for me to come in before promptly looking back down at his work again.

“Did you need something?” he asked.

“Yes,” I replied, still feeling somewhat uncomfortable around the Alpha billionaire’s cold demeanor even though I thought I should be used to it by now.

“Well, spit it out.”

I swallowed. The last time I had done anything like I was about to ask permission for, it had ended horribly and completely stunted both Edrick’s and the servants’ confidence in me.

“I would like to take some time today to visit the orphanage while Ella is at her training session,” I said.

Edrick paused and slowly set his pen down, then looked up at me and leaned back in his chair. He folded his arms across his chest and looked down his nose at me, narrowing his eyes. I prepared myself for the inevitable.

“Are you planning on losing my daughter again?”

“Not at all,” I replied. “I was thinking, since the orphanage isn’t too far from there, I could get there and back before Ella even finishes her training. That’s how it would’ve worked last time, too, had I not gotten stuck in traffic.”

Edrick was silent again for a few agonizing moments. “Well… You can’t predict traffic in the city,” he said. “It could happen again.”

“So I’ll make sure the attendant knows that I’ll be leaving,” I replied, the words flying out of my mouth quickly this time as I became more desperate. “I promise, it won’t happen again. Really.”

the Alpha CEO’s cold eyes. It looked like worry. “Alright,” he said finally, picking up his pen again. “Don’t let anything

but seeing such a strong emotion for his daughter flash across his face like that immediately reminded me that he wasn’t entirely cold to his core. Seeing the way that he interacted with his own father the night before also reminded me how

…

your backpack. I’m just going to the orphanage to do some volunteer work, alright?” I said, crouching to Ella’s level as we stood outside the training facility. She nodded vehemently, and I ruffled her hair. “Okay. I’ll be here when you’re done. If I’m not, it’s just because of traffic, and I want you to

face hilariously serious as though I had just given her marching orders to take to

her werewolf friends. Once

kids cross the monkey bars,

another taxi to get back to the training facility

face said as he rolled down the window. It was Ethan. “I’ll give you a

buckling my seatbelt as

pick up Ella from the training facility,” I said. “You really didn’t have to do this. I

smile. “I heard about what happened last time, and I’m sure Edrick is

lightly,” I replied, looking out the

good dose of that last night. I’m sorry about that, by the way. I should’ve warned you that my relationship with my

I looked out the

mind if I ask why you don’t get along?” I asked

this great big symbol of a wrench being thrown into a so-called ‘perfect’ family dynamic, when really, it’s not like the Morgan family has ever been even close to perfect to begin with. But, I think that the way I came into his life destroyed his hopes that his family might actually be

“What do you mean?”

too into it,” Ethan replied as he drove around a corner. “I’ll just say that… I came after Verona and Michael were married and had Edrick. And you already know that Verona is not

looking down

what Ethan said, finally