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.”

that he cared enough to carry me to bed without waking me made my heart flutter a little. It was sweet, knowing that he would do something like that for

in response, feeling

nodded, then abruptly turned on his heel

his way to carry me to bed last night? The thought of it admittedly made my heart flutter, although the fact that he fell asleep in my bed was a little odd. Still, I figured that he really was just exhausted after running around all

Ella up 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, so I took it as an opportunity to give her a nap

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

to my surprise, Edrick was standing

thought you were at work,” I said, glancing at

and a newspaper in front of him, merely shrugged. “Meetings were short today,” he said. I nodded, feeling my face get red as I remembered waking up next to him, and quickly turned my back to hide my face as I

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

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

Um…” I glanced down at my growing belly as 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

wrong?” Edrick said. “Do you not

intently. “No, no, it’s not that,” I reassured him, setting my lunch down

loose to wear?” he asked. “It’s only a few weeks from now. You probably won’t be much bigger by

I was coming across as being ungrateful or too nervous, but I really didn’t have anything appropriate for a