Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Chapter 76

#Chapter 76: Temper

Edrick

The next day after our minor argument, I was happy to see that Moana took me up on my offer and decided to take the day off. I insisted that she let the driver take her wherever she wanted to go. She left in a bit of a huff, holding her belly through her summer dress in the elevator, but as the door closed, I knew that she would come home feeling much better later. In the future, I told myself that I would make sure she had more time off; this much stress was only bad for the baby, so if she needed any time to rest and relax, then I would allow it.

However, Moana was late coming home that night. I began to get a little worried when she wasn’t even home in time for dinner, and found myself involuntarily looking out the window every five minutes to see if she was coming.

Finally, just as I was about to call her, I saw the car pull up out front and let out a sigh of relief. I watched as she walked into the building, then waited for her to take the elevator up. When the doors finally slid open and she walked into the foyer, she immediately met my gaze.

“You were out late,” I said. “I was about to call you.”

She shrugged. “It’s my day off. I’m an adult, so you don’t need to worry about me.”

do to piss her off so much like this? Frowning, I folded my arms across my chest. “I’m allowed to wonder where the mother of my baby is past dark in this big city,”

why do you care? It’s not your

asked, splaying my hands out with my palms up, feeling incredulous. “You

I had finally had enough.

away,” I insisted. “Have

to look at me, and now she turned around to storm off in the other direction, toward the kitchen. “It’s completely unimportant,” she said.

eat dinner?” I

“Why do

the past two days. The last thing you, I, the baby, or anyone else needs is for you to collapse and wind

and pressed her palms firmly into the countertop. “First,” she said, counting on her fingers now, “you scrambled to pay off that photographer on the night we went out for dinner. Then, you can’t even be bothered to refer to me in any sort

that’s not—” I began,

me in the eye. The only reason why you even come close to treating me like an equal is because of this baby, and I was willing to

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