Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 135: Public Debut

Moana

The next morning, I awoke with a pounding headache. I felt more confused now than ever with my relationship with Edrick; if my wolf really was right about Edrick being my mate, then it only made all of this even more complicated. I couldn’t help but wonder, too, if Edrick also knew that I was his mate and that he wasn’t telling me about it. But I couldn’t imagine why he would want to keep something like that a secret from me.

I finally got out of bed and made my way out into the living room, expecting Edrick to be locked away in his study after what happened the night before.

But, much to my surprise, he wasn’t. In fact, he was standing in the living room and looking out the window when I walked in. As I approached, he turned to face me directly without even a hint of remorse or embarrassment on his face.

“Sorry for the late notice,” he said, glancing at his watch, “but I just found out that I’ll need to go to a networking event tonight. You’ll need to be there as my fiancee, of course. Selina will keep an eye on Ella tonight.”

My eyes widened. “A… A public event?” I asked. The thought of going out into public with Edrickas his “fiancee” made me nervous, especially after all of the media attention we were already receiving. As our debut as a couple, it would no doubt be even more chaotic.

“Yes,” Edrick replied. “Well… Sort of. There will be paparazzi outside, but once we get in, it won’t be so bad. It’ll only be other socialites and businesspeople.”

I wasn’t sure if Edrick thought that telling me that the event would only be other rich people was supposed to make me feel better, but it didn’t. My heart was already racing just thinking about how out of place I would feel as the only human there; of course, I was a werewolf like the rest of them, but they didn’t know that. To them, I was still just a lowly human… And I was sure that many of them agreed with the sentiment that I was a human plaything, too.

the other night that I would have to play the role of his fiancee, and that meant that I couldn’t always be hidden away. I would need to attend things like this with him for appearances, even though it freaked me out. At least now I had some hope that Edrick really was my mate, though, which would mean

red as Edrick’s steely gaze stayed fixed on me, reminding me of the night before. “What

tonight,” Edrick replied. “I booked an appointment for

and makeup professionally done for public events like this would still take some getting used to, but I did like Tyrus and enjoyed talking to him. Besides, I couldn’t help but think that it was a bit sweet that Edrick hired his old college friend for this. I

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at exactly four o’clock

green and gold,” he said as he did my eyeshadow in front of my vanity mirror. “Or maybe I’m

gave me a subtle sage green eyeshadow with flecks of gold in it, as well as subtle pinkish lipstick that looked natural. My hair was pulled back into a half bun with curls that came down on either side to frame my face, and he even took the extra effort to add tiny, delicate braids woven with green thread in my hair. With the simple

for me and led me out to the living room, where Edrick waited for

Tyrus exclaimed, gesturing to me with

It was only a brief second, but I swore that his eyes widened slightly, and I felt

a nervous, lovestruck schoolboy as he stared at me,

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car to the event. Both of us were silent for the ride — I was too nervous

driver pulled up to the event, I heard

theater with marble pillars out front, and a long red carpet that led up the pathway, up the