#Chapter 133: Pizza Party

Moana

By the time I picked up Ella and took her home, I had almost completely forgotten about the woman named Olivia who called the orphanage. Ella and I spent the remainder of the afternoon drawing and playing in the penthouse, and by the time that dinnertime came around, I was too tired and hungry after my long day to think about much of anything.

“Let’s get ready for dinner, Ella,” I said. I wasn’t sure what Selina and the maids planned on preparing for dinner that night, but I looked forward to sitting down and relaxing a bit. I helped Ella clean up her coloring books and toys, then had her wash her hands and clean herself up before we headed back out to the dining room to eat.

However, when we walked into the dining room, I was surprised to find that there was no dinner. In fact, when I poked my head into the kitchen, it didn’t seem that Selina and the maids were preparing anything at all. The three of them were seated around the kitchen island with tea and their own meals, but nothing else had been prepared.

I was about to open my mouth to ask if I should prepare something for myself and Ella — which I didn’t mind doing at all — when I suddenly heard the elevator doors open and Edrick’s voice came bellowing through the penthouse.

“I brought pizza!” he called. As he spoke, I could already smell it, and my mouth instantly began to water. I hadn’t had pizza in ages, but even more than that, I was surprised to hear that the Alpha billionaire actually bought take-out pizza for dinner.

She took off running into her bedroom, leaving me standing in the middle of the dining room with a puzzled expression

and set the pizza down on the table. “What are you doing

shocked. Not only had the maids and Selina not mentioned that we were supposed to be having a “pizza party” tonight, but I was also shocked to find that Edrick wanted us to eat in our pajamas. But before I could ask why,

at Selina and the maids in shock. Selina chuckled when she

does this every so often,” she said.

put on a set of pajamas that I felt comfortable wearing in front of everybody, then headed back out to the living room to see that Edrick and Ella were already seated on the floor in front of the

a cushion on the floor that he set out for me. “Ella, do you want to pick out

made my mouth water even more, Ella puzzled over which

billionaire, I couldn’t deny the fact that it was a lot of fun. With my belly full of delicious pizza, there was a bit of a smile on my face as I occasionally glanced over at Ella and Edrick sitting together in the dark room with only the glow of the television to illuminate them. Eventually, we moved from the floor to the couch, and

really did feel like we were a normal little family enjoying quality time together. I couldn’t help but rest my hand on my belly as we sat and watched the movie, thinking about how we would soon have another addition to our makeshift family for nights like this, no matter how rare

him. Just a few months ago, he was a cold and ruthless Alpha billionaire who seemed to spend all of his time working and hardly paid any attention to Ella. But now, here he was, spontaneously bringing home pizza and watching children’s movies on the couch in his pajamas. Not only that, but to think about how sweet he had been when he took us to the mountain estate, even though it wound up going wrong in the end, made me think even more that the Alpha CEO was becoming more and more of a family man by the day. And in a lot of ways, it made me feel

watching how handsome his face looked even in the dim blue glow of the television, and he seemed to notice me looking. He glanced over at me, but I didn’t look

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