Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 74: Just Another Mood

Moana

Hearing how Edrick refused to admit that the baby was his to his own mother hurt me deeply. I found myself hardly able to speak or eat all day after overhearing him, and although I wanted to tell myself that he was only put on the spot when Verona asked about the pregnancy, I knew deep down that it was really because he was embarrassed to have a baby with someone from a lower social status. If he had simply denied my pregnancy, it would have been one thing, but to claim it was another man’s baby altogether hurt me to my core.

After Verona left, I found that tears were coming to my eyes. I decided to leave my soup unfinished and ran off to my room to cry without anyone seeing me.

Once I was inside my room, I felt my emotions take over. I took a deep breath, steadying myself, and walked over to my mirror to will myself not to cry. As I looked at myself, however, and took in the appearance of my growing belly and my red eyes, I couldn’t hold it in anymore. A few tears began to roll down my cheeks.

I took in a deep, shaky breath and dug my fingers into the wood of my dresser.

Just then, there was a soft knock on the door. Before I could even gather myself enough to answer, the door cracked open. It was Selina.

“You didn’t finish your soup,” she said, eyeing me as I quickly wiped the tears from my cheeks with the back of my hand.

I shook my head. “I just lost my appetite. I’m sorry. It really was good soup, anyway.”

who both quickly gasped and darted out of

and shot me a concerned look as I walked over to

irritated. “Tell

a silence. Selina cleared her throat and opened her mouth to say something, but before she could, Amy spoke instead. “He’ll come around, Moana,” she said gently. She came over to me and sat down on the ottoman next to my chair, then

given Edrick plenty of

said, turning to face the older housekeeper. “Mr. Morgan is just slow to open up sometimes, but he’s

patted her apron absentmindedly as her eyes darted back

pursing her lips. “Don’t forget that he’s a wealthy CEO from the esteemed Morgan family. Expecting him to be forthcoming with his feelings about someone from a lower class is like

to his own mother that he was the father of my baby, and if he was willing to make me look bad by implying that I was impregnated

Selina said finally. I could tell that she didn’t mean

at her and managed a weak smile, then stood. “It’s alright. Thank you for being

…

of that day, Edrick stayed in his study. He only finally emerged for dinner, and by that point I was still fuming over his words from earlier that day. When he tried to talk to me at

chair back. “I’m going to lie down. Ella, come get me

threw one last angry glance at

get away and be alone. Thankfully, Edrick didn’t follow me, and I was able