Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 61: The Love of a Child

Moana

“It’s your baby!” I blurted out.

Edrick fell silent, his eyes wide with disbelief. Beside me, Selina gasped and clapped a hand over her mouth. Even I was shocked by my own candidness.

“I– I’ll leave you two alone,” Selina muttered. I didn’t break my gaze from Edrick, but I heard the sound of her feet scurrying toward the door followed by the sound of the door closing.

Edrick was silent for the longest time before he finally spoke. “Is this true?” His voice was so low it was almost a whisper, a stark contrast from how angrily he was speaking to me before.

“Yes,” I replied, nodding solemnly. “It’s yours. Five weeks along — six, now, actually.”

Edrick went silent again. He seemed to be calculating. I just hoped that he trusted me enough to believe me. Finally, he nodded and I felt my heart rate go back down in relief. I watched as he sat down on the armchair across from my bed and sank down into it, holding his hand on his forehead as he stared at the floor.

Finally, he said something. “Are you going to keep it?” he asked.

“I don’t know,” I replied. “I guess I want to, but I think that you should have a say in it, too.”

He nodded, then finally removed his hand from in front of his face and leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, looking at me with a somber expression. “It’s your choice,” he said. “If you want to keep it, then it’s up to you.”

relieved, but there was still the looming question of whether or not the baby would have a father in

still want me out within the month?” I asked, my voice quivering

much to my surprise. “Ella is too attached to you for me to send you away, and

out a small sigh of relief. “So you accept the

to pound out of my chest. My anxieties only increased when his face, which had softened temporarily when I told him about my pregnancy, suddenly hardened again. He stood and crossed over to the window, looking

I let out another sigh of relief, but he wasn’t finished. “But not publicly. And I hope you understand that I will never marry you, so

was going to say, but I was more concerned by how he

never use a child for some sort

“Good.”

pausing and turning back to face me

provide the necessary financial support to ensure that the child leads a good life, just like Ella. But

financial report to his business colleagues

that he was potentially going to have another child was just another business transaction. Regardless, I swallowed my emotions and nodded, averting

think about it,”

nodded as well. Then, without another word, he left

I was alone once more, the tears began to flow. Because of my low social status as a human nanny, not only was I undeserving of respect, but my child was also undeserving of parents that were in a committed, loving marriage. It sickened me to my core, and as

to do, Mina,” I said out loud, not thinking what the implications could be

though her presence had always been sporadic since the first dream I had about her, I could tell that this pregnancy and the