Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Chapter 52

#Chapter 52: The Alpha’s Gaze

Moana

“You’re not pregnant, are you?”

I froze at Ethan’s words, my eyes wide as I stuttered to come up with a response. “I– I’m not–”

Ethan, seeing my uncomfortable struggle, lowered his glass and quickly shook his head to dispel the seriousness of the suggestion he had just made.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I was only joking. Maybe that wasn’t a very appropriate thing to joke about. It’s fine if you don’t want to drink alcohol tonight.”

I tried to laugh off Ethan’s joke, but it was almost embarrassing how astute that joke actually was — if only he actually knew. Then, quickly, I fumbled in my mind to find the right excuse so as not to raise any more red flags about the reality of the situation. “I just… I need to be up early tomorrow, to take Ella to her training.”

Ethan nodded understandingly, but oddly looked a little disappointed at the same time. I watched as he silently took a sip of his wine, then set the glass down.

“I hope that’s okay,” I blurted out. “I suppose I should’ve said something before you spent the money on a bottle of wine.”

“No, no,” Ethan assured me. “It’s perfectly fine. Although, I must admit, I was secretly hoping for something.”

I raised my eyebrows. “Hoping for what?” Nothing could have prepared me for what Ethan said next.

for the weekend,” he said. “Admittedly, I was hoping to bring you there

here tonight with the intention of taking me home to his penthouse

“I thought we were

I was hoping to have a little time to get to know you, without Edrick

of palpable silence that hung so thickly in the air that I felt I could cut them with a knife. Just as it was becoming unbearable, the waiter

the waiter said, abruptly ending the awkward silence,

time in days, I actually wanted to eat. In fact, the food was so tantalizing, that as soon as I took the first

as not to

surrounding Ethan’s penthouse, and actually had a lovely time and many deep chats that made me temporarily forget about

…

me back to the

really had a wonderful night,” I said. “Thank

know that it was inappropriate of me to assume that you would want to spend the night with me on

I nodded.

little jealous that you sleep with Edrick every night,” he said. “I know it’s just to help him sleep, and he’s paying

terminated our agreement,” I interrupted. “On the

taken aback. “I’m sorry. I hope that

alright — it was a weird arrangement anyway, so I’m glad that it’s over.” I realized, as I finished talking, that my hand was on my belly. I quickly pulled it away and got

he said, looking a little

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