Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 154: The Mother

Moana

My eyes were wide with disbelief. There was no way that Olivia was Ella’s biological mother. Ella’s biological mother was dead!

I didn’t know what to say or do. All I could manage was to stare back at Olivia, unblinkingly, as I tried to figure out if she was telling the truth or that she was simply playing a joke on me. But at the same time, the resemblance was uncanny. She really did look just like an adult version of Ella, aside from the color of her eyes. Everything else was almost exactly the same. Her face shape, her nose, her hair… If no one had ever told me that Ella’s biological mother was dead, I would have believed her instantly.

Olivia must have immediately noticed the confusion on my face, because she let out a sigh and ran a hand through her dirty blonde hair.

“I know it’s hard to believe,” she said. “I’m not sure what Edrick told you about me, but I am Ella’s biological mother.”

“H-He told me you were… dead,” I replied, my voice shaking. “Even Ella said that you died when she was a baby.”

Olivia shook her head and let out another, longer sigh. “I figured as much. Would you be interested in hearing my side of the story?”

I didn’t know how to respond. Part of me still wondered if this was some kind of practical joke. Was Edrick secretly outside, giggling to himself as he pranked me? Or maybe Michael was trying to get under my skin and make me leave Edrick? And yet, when I glanced over her shoulder and out the window, I didn’t see anyone else. There was only one other car pulled up out front, and I could see from here that it was empty. Even my bodyguard, who was leaning on the hood of the car and letting the sun hit his face while he folded his arms across his chest, seemed completely relaxed. I knew that he wouldn’t be acting like that if someone else was there. Especially if Michael was there, he would have done something about it immediately.

Olivia followed my gaze for a moment, then turned back to face me and smiled again to flash a row of straight, perfect white teeth.

“No one sent me, you know,” she said with a chuckle. “I decided to come because of everything I’ve seen on the news.”

of the story. Of course I wanted to know why everyone else only ever said that she was dead, and never brought her up again after that. And, aside from that, I also wanted to know why she and Edrick argued on the phone

me then; Edrick had said that Olivia

called him around this time of year

side of the story,” I finally replied, swallowing the lump in

in her face a bit; when it did, it reminded me of how Ella had looked the very first time I met her,

she said, waving her hand dismissively. “I can

across from the desk. I hadn’t realized it, but

you I was dead,” she said, her voice sounding thoughtful. “Did he say

think I might have overheard phone calls between the two of you before. I don’t know what else was said, but I

my daughter is doing. I try to send her gifts for her birthday, but I don’t think that Edrick ever gives

to form in her eyes. I picked up the box of tissues on the desk and held it out

dissipate her tears. “I just miss

been born yet, and I still couldn’t even imagine being separated from my child. Ella was eight years old now, and I imagined that it must have been incredibly difficult for Olivia to not see her daughter at

any better,” I said gently. “She’s a smart and sweet little girl. She plays

worried when he kicked me out. Because of his status, there wasn’t even a custody battle. He spun all sorts of lies to make me appear as though I was a bad mother and a drug addict, when

widened. I had never imagined that Edrick would have been the type to do something like that to the mother of his child. He had never mentioned anything about that to me, but I couldn’t help but wonder if that was because he planned on doing the

did drink a lot when I met him,” I replied somewhat sheepishly. “He

influence on him. I hope he doesn’t continue the pattern with you. But be careful… He’s a really good liar. It was how he

in my throat grow even more. Instinctively, I placed my hand over my belly. Olivia’s eyes flickered