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.”

Ella’s biological mother and this wasn’t some sort of mean-spirited prank, then I did want to hear her side 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

said that

ago. Olivia called him around this time of

the story,” I finally replied, swallowing

bit; when it did, it reminded me of how Ella had looked the very first time I met her, like a little feral child with her hair

her hand dismissively. “I can only stay for a short

desk. I hadn’t realized it, but

told you I was dead,” she said, her voice

head. “No. No one talks about you. Although, I have to admit that I think I might have overheard phone calls between the two of you before. I don’t know what else was said, but I heard him say your

time of year. Obviously, I want to know how my daughter is doing. I try to send her gifts for her birthday, but I don’t think that

box of tissues on the desk and held it out to her, and she took one and dabbed at

whimpered, blinking rapidly to dissipate her tears. “I just

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

you feel any better,” I said gently. “She’s a

for a minute, chewing on her lower lip. “I was so 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 that couldn’t be further from the

mentioned anything about

met him,” I replied somewhat sheepishly. “He

pattern with you. But be careful… He’s a really

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