#Chapter 150: An Unexpected & Unwelcome Visitor

Moana

When I woke up and found that Edrick was gone, I was confused. It was still early, and he usually didn’t leave for work until a little later. I figured that he just got up early and was having breakfast in the dining room, so I got up and made my way out there to see where he was.

However, when I headed out to the dining room, Edrick wasn’t there. His study door was also open and he wasn’t in there, either. Furrowing my brow, I headed into the kitchen next, where Selina was already awake and preparing some coffee.

“Good morning,” she said. “Coffee?”

“Yes, please,” I replied as I walked up to the counter island. I then looked around, my brow still furrowed. “Have you seen Edrick?”

Selina shrugged. “I haven’t seen him yet this morning. Was he not in bed?”

I shook my head. It was still a bit awkward to hear others, especially Selina, mention the fact that Edrick and I slept in the same bed so casually. But I was getting used to it. “He wasn’t there,” I replied. “I guess he left for work early.”

Selina and I shared some coffee in the kitchen. As much as I loved Ella, it was nice to have a little bit of quiet time in the mornings before she woke up, and lately I had been spending more time getting to know Selina. I felt as though she was opening up to me more and more the longer I lived here, and I even felt as though I could begin to call her a friend.

However, Selina and I weren’t sitting there for long before we heard the elevator doors open.

“That must be him,” she said, standing. “Maybe he just went out for a run early this morning or something.”

peered out of the kitchen

It was his

my robe open casually in the front, and I quickly darted out of view and tied it shut, feeling my

it?” Selina

“It’s Michael.”

widened when I mentioned that Edrick’s father had suddenly shown up. She quickly brushed past me and came out into the dining room. “Good morning, Mr. Morgan,” she said politely with a small curtsy. “I’m afraid you

actually,” Michael said, his voice cold

early this morning,” Selina replied. “We think he might be at work or running

over Selina’s shoulder. His

pulled out a chair. As he did, he pulled it out so roughly that it scraped on the wooden floor and made a horrible screeching sound that made both Selina and I flinch, but he didn’t even

said, sitting and crossing his legs over each other. He leaned back in the chair and folded his hands in his lap, then stared down his nose at both of us. “I’ll

I instinctively placed my hand over my belly in a protective manner. As I did so, Michael’s eyes flickered down to my

said, not wanting to be impolite despite the

answer. I swallowed, hard, as he just continued to stare intensely at

with a tray that contained a pot of tea and a teacup. She set it down in front of Michael and picked up the teapot to pour it, but Michael’s hand suddenly shot out and he stopped her from

daughter-in-law to serve the

as mine; both of us knew the sort of subservient position that Michael was trying to put me in. But nonetheless, I nodded and walked up to the table. Selina walked away, returning to the kitchen, although I knew that she was still keeping one eye on me at all times in case Michael tried to do

He watched me like a hawk as I poured the tea. I tried to hide the fact that my hands were shaking, but I

down. However, before I could, his hand shot out

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