Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 81: Glowing

Moana

I was still utterly shocked that Edrick wanted to take me out shopping so soon after the tabloid incident, but the next morning, he was waiting for me in the living room when I came out of my room. He was dressed well, although much more casually than normal in a white Polo shirt and trousers. He had a mask and a pair of sunglasses in his hand, and I realized that he would be mostly unrecognizable dressed like this in public with his face covered.

As I walked up to him, however, I noticed that he had a second mask in his hand. He held it out to me. “You’ll have to wear this,” he said. “Now that people have seen your face, you’ll have to be more cautious in public.”

Admittedly, I felt a little bit hurt that we still had to be so secretive, but I finally understood where he was coming from and took the mask without fuss. As we walked over to the foyer, I also made sure to grab my sunhat along with my purse; the hat would cover my easily recognizable hair, at least a little bit. Edrick seemed pleased with this decision, and we put our disguises on before we even stepped out of the elevator in the lobby. With his mask and sunglasses on and dressed so casually, he really did look like a completely different person.

Edrick drove us to a shopping mall that I had never been to — a different one from before. This one wasn’t an outdoors strip mall like the one that he took me to for baby supplies, but was rather a large indoor mall. As we stepped through the big glass doors, I felt awed by the massive fountains, lush greenery, and big glass ceilings. All of the other people walking around seemed to be wealthy; even the groups of teenagers strutting around were dressed impeccably well in designer clothing, and I felt rather out of place in my simple dress and sandals.

Edrick and I walked around for a bit before stopping at a children’s clothing store first. The prices were expensive, so I only picked out a few things: a simple cotton dress, a light sweater since summer would be coming to an end soon, and a few little onesies for the baby. Edrick was mostly quiet the entire time, occasionally wandering off to look at some things on his own before returning to me. When I was finished, I approached the counter and dug into my purse for my wallet.

“I’ll pay,” Edrick said, pulling his wallet out of his pocket and extracting his black credit card from one of the slots.

I shook my head vehemently and put my hand up to stop him, ignoring the cashier’s confused glances as she rang up my things and folded them neatly.

“It’s alright,” I insisted. “I want to pay myself.”

say anything else

wouldn’t you let

baby as well,” I replied. “It doesn’t feel right letting you pay

the same, isn’t it?” he asked. “I do pay your salary, after

hot. Every so often, I was reminded that he did indeed pay my salary. It was a little embarrassing, being paid by the father of my child, but I didn’t say anything. Edrick didn’t bring

I looked at the price tags, I immediately felt out of place. Even the sales associates gave

one of the sales associates said with a warm

mouth to respond, but before I could, Edrick chimed in. “Yes,” he said. “She needs a nice dress for an event. Something a bit loose and fit for a pregnant woman,

first…” She grabbed the measuring tape from around her neck and took measurements around my bust, my belly, and the length from my shoulder to my ankles before directing us over to

As she approached, I could already tell that they

the saleswoman showed me to

know if you need any

at Edrick, who was standing nearby with his arms folded across his chest. “I’d like to see them all as you try them on,” he said, momentarily moving to run a hand through his hair. Even through his mask, he seemed a little uncomfortable at the prospect of watching me try on clothes, but I agreed to

the next one. This went on for awhile as

hugged my curves in all of the right places, but the silhouette was just right around my waist so it didn’t emphasize my pregnant belly too much. I felt a gasp catch in my throat as I looked in the mirror and noticed how the skirt

Edrick called