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.”

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

I stammered in response, feeling my face

only nodded, then abruptly turned on his heel and briskly walked out of

admittedly made my heart flutter, although the fact

and got her ready. Unfortunately, we couldn’t go for our morning walk just in case we drew too much attention due to the tabloid, but Ella didn’t seem to mind as we spent the afternoon playing inside and doing arts and crafts instead. By mid-afternoon, however, she had completely tired herself out and was starting to get cranky,

asleep for her nap, I made my way over to the kitchen

to my surprise, Edrick was standing in the kitchen when

work,” I said,

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

around, I felt my face go red again when

of summer banquet every year,” he said, somewhat abruptly. “It’s not for a few weeks, but Ella will of course be expected to be there, and by extension, so will

growing belly as I held my plate in one hand and my glass of milk in the other. Many of my dresses were

“Do you not

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 the counter. “It’s just… Well…” I then

only a few weeks from now. You probably

didn’t have anything appropriate for a Morgan family banquet. Even at the last