Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 80: A Little Kindness

Moana

After I put Ella to bed, I decided to read in the living room for a little while to relax. The summer evening air was pleasant, but it was also warm, which made me sleepy. Before I knew it, I had dozed off entirely.

However, I woke up the next morning in my bed instead of in the chair.

That was strange… I didn’t remember getting up and going to bed, but I supposed that it wasn’t entirely unheard of. I yawned and rolled over onto my back, feeling the morning sun stream in through my window and hit my cheek…

But then, I saw something next to me: a person.

I immediately yelped and jumped out of bed instinctually. I relaxed a little when I saw that it was Edrick and not some stranger, but what was he doing in my bed? He was still wearing his clothes and even had his shoes on.

As I stood there, my brow furrowed, Edrick’s eyes suddenly snapped open and shocked me even further.

He looked around confusedly for a few moments, just as I had, before he came to the same realization that I did and abruptly jumped out of my bed. For several long, uncomfortable moments, we just stared at each other in disbelief from the opposite sides of my bed.

“Erm… I’m sorry,” he said finally, running a hand through his hair with an embarrassed expression on his face. “I saw you were sleeping on the armchair last night when I got home, and I didn’t want to wake you, so I carried you to bed. I… I guess I was so exhausted I fell asleep without even realizing it. I had a bit to drink last night.”

cared enough to carry me to bed without waking me made my heart flutter a little. It was sweet, knowing that

in response, feeling my

only nodded, then abruptly turned on his

my heart flutter, although the fact that he fell asleep in my bed was a little odd. Still,

afternoon playing inside and doing arts and crafts instead. By mid-afternoon, however, she had completely tired herself out and was

made my way over

my surprise, Edrick was standing in the kitchen

at work,” I said, glancing at my

sandwich on a plate and a newspaper in front of him, merely shrugged. “Meetings were short today,” he said. I nodded, feeling

methodically spread some peanut butter and jam on two slices of bread, then cut the sandwich diagonally and poured myself a glass of milk. When I turned back around, I felt my face go red again when I saw that Edrick was looking right at me over the top of his newspaper. When he saw that I noticed him, he quickly hid his face behind

year,” he said, somewhat abruptly. “It’s not for a

I held my plate in one hand and my glass of milk in the other. Many of my dresses were getting to the point where my belly showed, aside from the couple of loose dresses that I had, but neither of those

Edrick said. “Do you not

to see that he had set his newspaper down and was now looking at me intently. “No, no, it’s not that,” I reassured him, setting my lunch down on

you have anything loose to wear?” he asked. “It’s only a few

across as being ungrateful or too nervous, but I really didn’t have anything appropriate for a Morgan family banquet. Even at the last party, when I