Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 107: Rebuilding Bridges

Moana

I couldn’t help myself. When I overheard Edrick saying Kelly’s name in his study, and saying that he would “talk to her”, I got too curious and didn’t pay attention to my surroundings as I slowly creeped toward the study door. Were they talking about me? I felt my heart sink; what if they were talking about kicking me out so they could be together?

Suddenly, the door swung open and out stepped Edrick.

“Was that Kelly?” I blurted out, without even thinking.

Edrick’s eyes were wide, but he nodded. “Yes,” he replied. “Actually… Can I talk to you?”

I swallowed. Here it was: Edrick was going to tell me that I had to leave, that my presence was causing too many problems and that I couldn’t be around his family anymore. As I followed him into his office, I could only picture him writing me a check and signing over ownership of a new apartment to me, a place where I could live without bothering him or his family anymore, so long as I stayed quiet about our baby. Tears were already beginning to well up in my eyes.

When Edrick saw this, he furrowed his brow. “What’s wrong?” he asked, c*****g his head. “Why do you look like you’re about to cry?”

I shook my head and dabbed at my eyes with the back of my hand. “Just say it,” I muttered as I stared down at the floor. “If you want me to go, I will. I promise I won’t tell anyone. Just… Promise me that you’ll still help me take care of our baby, and promise that you’ll still visit from time to time. I don’t want to raise my baby without a father—”

“Woah,” Edrick said, holding his hands up in surrender and letting out a chuckle. “Slow down. That’s not what I wanted to talk to you about.”

I slowly looked up at him and sniffled. “It’s… It’s not?”

“No,” Edrick replied and shook his head. “It’s about Kelly.”

My eyes widened once more. So he was going to tell me that he was going to have a public relationship with Kelly — I was sure of it. I knew that Michael wanted Edrick and Kelly to be together, and it only made sense; she was a wealthy Alpha werewolf from a well-known family, and she had been close with Edrick since childhood. It was time for them to finally join their families and take the pressure off of everyone. If they got together, they could claim that Ella was their child, and then no one would question the pregnant nanny anymore.

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going to kick me out, or get together with Kelly. Insteed, he wented

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quite decide just yet. I needed e little time, end

to teke some time to consider it,” I seid. “Is

nodded. “Of course. Teke ell of the time you

wes e peuse between us. As our eyes met, I knew et thet moment thet something other then Kelly, Micheel, or even Ethen wes on both of our minds. I could still precticelly teste his sweet kiss on my lips. I could still feel his hends treveling elong his weist, end es I sew him subtly lick his lip end sew his eyes wender down to my belly, I knew for certein thet he wes still testing end feeling me, too. But it wes only for the briefest of moments, beceuse es soon es he reelized thet I wes thinking the seme thing es him, he suddenly set down in his cheir end begen

what Edrick said. Once again, he took me by

like to make it up to you. If you’re willing, she said she would like to take you to your next

opened, then closed again, as the words I wanted to say just wouldn’t come out. Kelly wanted to apologize to me? Genuinely? Even as I thought about it, my face stung just thinking about the way she slapped me at the banquet because I

been very nice to you. But I will say that I know her well, and I really do think she’s being genuine. I think my father may have been putting some ideas into her

at the floor in shock. So Edrick wasn’t going to kick me out, or get together

maybe he was right; he had known her for his entire life, after all. He’d never really given me any reason to trust him, and although I was still bitter that Kelly slapped me, maybe it would help the situation to give her

needed a little time, and my

I’d like to take some time to consider it,” I said. “Is

course. Take all

was on both of our minds. I could still practically taste his sweet kiss on my lips. I could still feel his hands traveling along his waist, and as I saw him subtly lick his lip and saw his eyes wander down to my belly, I knew for certain that he was still tasting and feeling me, too. But it was only for the briefest of moments, because as soon as he realized that I was thinking the same thing as him, he suddenly sat down in his chair and began

me know once you’ve made up your mind,” he said without even

one last time. For some reason, the wishful part of me thought that he was going

want to apologize for frightening her

…

the evil, cunning look she gave me from behind Michael. But, at the same time, if Edrick was right about Michael simply putting ideas into her head and putting her up to it, then I supposed that it made