Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 101: Fountain of Love

Moana

“The water feels nice,” Edrick said as he stood barefoot in the fountain in front of me. “I promise.”

My eyes were wide with disbelief. What had changed in the Alpha billionaire’s demeanor that night? He was suddenly acting more playful than I had ever expected, and the way he held his hand out for me with an almost childlike expression on his face made me smile.

I hesitated, but he only kept holding his hand out. Finally, I kicked my shoes off with a sigh and lifted my skirt. I took his hand and climbed up onto the bench, then stepped into the fountain with him. He was right; the water was nice and cool, and it felt soothing on my hot, swollen feet. Standing there, I couldn’t help but let out another sigh of relief and shut my eyes for a moment, tilting my head back toward the sky as I felt all of my frustrations wash away with the water.

“It’s nice, isn’t it?” Edrick asked.

I opened my eyes and met his gaze. His gray eyes were soft and gentle — something that I sorely needed after everything that had already happened that night. It was hardly even an hour into the banquet and I had already been accosted by Edrick’s cruel father, who told me that I needed to take his money and my baby and leave his family alone, and then I was equally assaulted by Kelly, who went so far as to even hit me because she was so jealous over my dynamic with Edrick. Needless to say, it was an incredibly stressful evening… But the way that Edrick was looking at me now made all of that feel so insignificant.

“Yes, it is,” I replied, feeling my face go a bit red as I looked up at Edrick.

We stood there like that in silence for a while, just looking at each other. He seemed to be studying my face, as though he was searching for something; although what exactly he was searching for was a mystery to me.

holding hands. My heart began to race as I came to this realization, and I quickly pulled away, distracting myself by holding my skirt up with both hands and wading around in the cool water. I heard Edrick clear his throat behind me, and I glanced up to see that he,

took that moment to study him now, just as he had studied me. His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows and the first couple of buttons were undone around his collar, giving him a casual look. The way that his soft white shirt billowed in the hot summer breeze along with the way that his dark hair became ruffled made him appear effortless and relaxed, much unlike the stark Alpha CEO I had come to know over the past few months. There was no denying that he looked incredibly handsome like this, with his sharp jawline and sinewy, muscular arms. I had never seen him work out, but he must have done it quite a lot, because his

and at one point he gently bit his lower lip, causing my heart to flutter for the briefest of moments. As I watched him, I suddenly felt Mina begin to react strongly to his handsome appearance inside of me, begging me to do something. She wanted him, and had been wanting him more than ever lately, for reasons unbeknownst to me. Maybe it was the baby making her want to find a mate. But I knew that Edrick could never be my mate; not with the stark differences in our social status. To him, I was still just a human. Even if he did find out that I wasn’t

noticed, because he suddenly looked up and met my gaze again. My

my eyes away when I suddenly saw a mischievous

he reached down

Splashed me.

jaw drop. “Edrick!” I exclaimed, laughing. “You got me all wet!” Without thinking, I reached down and scooped my hand into the water, splashing him back with even more vigor in

my neverending surprise, Edrick only splashed me again, this

kept going back and forth like this, our laughter growing and floating through the air as we splashed each other more and more. During those moments, I saw Edrick smile — truly smile. There was a youthful look to him, as though he was no longer the stressed Alpha CEO I had come to know, but was rather the same young boy who slept out here in this very garden when he was a child. And, during those moments, I felt an overwhelming sense of emotion wash over me. An emotion that I couldn’t quite place

were almost entirely soaked and both of us were too caught up in the fun of the moment to care. I reached

of my mirth

arms caught me,

too, and together we went tumbling down into the

myself up, realizing now that I had fallen on