Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 178: Coffee With a Friend

Moana

As I held Olivia’s business card in my shaking hand, I wondered if I should call her.

I needed to know if she, too, had experienced these sort of strange occurrences. Although I couldn’t imagine why Edrick would ever want to give me something that would make my wolf sick, if someone really was intentionally poisoning me, then I needed to get out and get my baby to safety. However, I still had no way of knowing for sure, and I was afraid to ask Edrick or Selina about my wolf’s symptoms in case either of them were in on it and got suspicious of me.

But I still couldn’t be sure. Not only was I unsure of the situation with my wolf, but I was also still unsure of Olivia. I still couldn’t help but wonder if she really was an actress hired by Michael or someone else to get between Edrick and I, and so with a sigh I slipped the business card back into my purse and decided not to call her yet.

After all, Edrick had never really given me a reason not to trust him… Right?

However, as the night went on, I found myself unable to sleep. Edrick was staying up late in his study, and as I laid in his big king-sized bed in his dark bedroom, I kept tossing and turning relentlessly. The whole situation with the coffee that morning, followed by the smoothie, was suspicious to say the least. My first conversation with Olivia kept swirling around my head, and I couldn’t forget the fact that Edrick had stolen my wolf tooth at one point. And the worst part about it was that I couldn’t even talk to my wolf, who was normally a voice of reason, because she was too sleepy to even hear me. I felt alone.

Finally, I decided that I couldn’t sleep without contacting Olivia. If I really was being poisoned, and if it really was dangerous, then I couldn’t risk another day of practically being force-fed whatever was making my wolf sleepy. And if Edrick or Selina got too suspicious, then I had no way of knowing what other sorts of methods they would try to give me the poison.

made my way to my room and retrieved the business card from my purse. I held it

I typed. “It’s Moana. Can we talk? It’s

breath that I had taken in finally came out. I hid the business card back in my purse and quickly made

“I’ve been meaning to show you

…

certain that they were, in fact, putting something in my coffee.

morning, I got dressed to meet with Olivia. I wore something nondescript and casual — a pair of jeans and a light jacket, since the weather was cooling down now with autumn just around the corner — which was quite different

had already told Selina and Edrick that I planned on going out on Sunday morning; when they asked where I was going, I simply said that I was having coffee with an old friend from college who was

I was dressed, I inspected myself in the mirror for a moment before taking in a

over at me, seemingly taking in my appearance, and shot me a slight

“You look nice.”

I smiled

sure to bring the driver with you,” he said. “And maybe you should wear a surgical mask. It makes me nervous that

the fact that Edrick was right. The media attention since Edrick had announced our relationship had died down a bit, but the paparazzi were still roaming around like tigers pacing their cages in the zoo. Even when Edrick and I walked to school with Ella during the week, we occasionally got bombarded by cameras and annoying questions. And now, I