Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 90: Field Trip

Moana

My head was still reeling from Edrick’s sudden change of heart and change of attitude when one of the children, Clara, suddenly spoke up.

“Moana…” she whined, “can we have ice cream? Pleeease? It’s so hot out!”

The little girl’s request tore me away from my thoughts, and I nodded in agreement as all of the other children began to join in and beg for a frozen treat. It was hot out today, and the mention of something cold and refreshing to eat got me a little excited as well. “Okay,” I said. “Let’s have some ice cream.”

The children cheered excitedly as they followed me to the kitchen. Edrick followed at the back of the group, but only because Ella grabbed his hand and yanked him along unceremoniously. When I got to the kitchen and opened the freezer, however, I was disappointed to see that there was no ice cream or any sort of frozen treat.

“Sorry, guys,” I said with a sigh, turning to face the disappointed children. “Looks like there isn’t any.” The children all began to pout dramatically; I was just about to send them off to play and get their minds off of the subject when Sophia suddenly appeared in the doorway, looking confused.

“What’s wrong?” she asked, breaking the silence as she looked around at all of the sad little faces.

“There’s no ice cream,” Clara said. The little girl had her lower lip pushed out into a distinct pout and even somehow managed to muster up a few tears in her big blue eyes. “It’s so hot out…”

Sophia sighed. “Yes. Sorry, I need to do some shopping. I’ve been so busy—”

everyone out

Edrick, shocked by the

you don’t have to—” Sophia

It’ll be fun. It’s

shocked Sophia. Before either of us could say anything, however, the children

as Clara and a couple of the other children began pleading and tugging on her skirt frantically. “Everyone, go to the closet and

in one big stampede to get ready for the walk,

of you, Edrick,” Sophia said with a tired smile. “I’ll pay

day in hell when I ask you to repay

I swore I

art lessons, laughing and joking with the children, and taking everyone out for ice cream. If I wasn’t still so hurt by his apparent one night stand with a mystery woman,

mouth to speak, and for a fleeting moment I thought that maybe he would apologize for his behavior that morning… But he didn’t. Instead, he reached into his pocket

sure you wear this,” he said.

took the mask, but felt taken aback that that was really all he had

but one more single, lingering look at me, Edrick suddenly turned on his heel and walked out to meet Sophia and the children in the foyer. I stared after

the foyer, the place was filled with the chaos of a dozen excited little children getting ready to go get ice cream. Seeing the children so excited temporarily made me forget about my annoyance with Edrick, so I helped Sophia get the children ready. Finally, after everyone was ready and I had my own mask on, we filed out of the orphanage and began the walk to a nearby ice cream parlor. Edrick walked at the front while