Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 126: The Mountain Estate

Moana

I agreed to sleep with Edrick that night. Even though I was still a bit upset by what he had said the night before, I couldn’t deny the fact that I missed him and wanted his company, especially after the fact that he saved Ella and myself from the paparazzi.

The next morning, I awoke to the sound of the shower water turning off. Edrick was already awake, and before my eyes were even fully open, he came out of the bathroom in his robe with his toothbrush in his mouth.

“Rise and shine,” he said, his mouth full of toothpaste as he rifled through his dresser drawers. “We’re leaving in an hour. You should go and pack.”

I sat up and furrowed my brow. It was still early; I knew that he had planned on leaving for the mountain estate today, but not this early. Nonetheless, I obliged and quickly rushed over to my bedroom to pack some clothes and toiletries for the upcoming few days. I packed my painting supplies and my small travel easel as well, just in case I did decide to do some painting after all.

Within the hour, all of us were packed and ready to go. Selina helped Ella pack while I got ready, so there was no lag in our preparation time. Soon enough, all of us — including Selina and the maids — were piled into the car and on our way out of the city.

“I love the mountain house!” Ella exclaimed, swinging her legs happily as Edrick drove. She had a little breakfast sandwich in her tiny hands from the bakery downstairs from the penthouse; Edrick had purchased all of us something to eat there, as we didn’t have time to eat breakfast and deal with cleaning up before we left. Once again, I was immensely grateful for the Alpha billionaire’s sudden kindness, and I was even more surprised that he still wasn’t even remotely bothered by the paparazzi incident the day before.

The ride to the mountain estate took a lot of winding and twisting roads that slowly led us up into the mountains. I could feel the air in the car begin to cool down the higher we got, which was refreshing.

become motion

had driven up to the mountain estate before, on the day of my interview, the road hadn’t bothered me at all. In fact, I loved the

finally get out of the car as quickly as possible and breathe in

the maids took our bags in, I took my time to walk up to the front door of the mansion. It was a huge and sprawling Tudor-style mansion that overlooked the mountain range, surrounded by tall pine trees on all sides. The pebbled walkway was lined with fountains and statues

at a bit of the moss and looking at it

my head vigorously.

an eyebrow.

so lush

shrugged. “I guess you’re right,” he replied thoughtfully. “Maybe

in a frenzy opening up windows and curtains. Meanwhile, Ella ran about wildly, pounding her feet on the wooden floors. I called after her to slow down before

…

were dotted around on the stone fence. The sun was on its way down, casting the mountains in a bluish glow. I couldn’t wait to get outside in the morning and paint the sunrise, but it had just begun to rain, and

a knock on

come in the rest of the way, and when she

me to give this to you,” she said,

brow and stood from the chair I was