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.”

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 also

had said that Olivia called him

a couple of months ago. Olivia called him around

I finally replied, swallowing the lump in my throat.

in her face a 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 in her eyes. Olivia quickly tucked her hair back behind her ear,

her hand dismissively. “I can only

the desk. I hadn’t realized it, but when she originally walked in I jumped up from my seat immediately, and so I sat back down

you I was dead,” she said, her

shook my 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

Obviously, I want to know how my daughter is doing. I try to send her gifts for her birthday,

of tissues

to dissipate her tears. “I just miss

me hadn’t 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

if it makes you feel any better,” I said gently. “She’s a smart and sweet little girl. She plays the piano,

then paused 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

eyes 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

met him,” I replied somewhat sheepishly. “He

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

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