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.

purse. I held it for a moment, reading the number in the dim light of my bedroom, before I took a deep breath and punched her number

Moana. Can we talk?

the business card back in my purse and quickly made my way back

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hidden the fact that I wasn’t drinking my morning coffee; lo and behold, Mina’s energy came back almost completely. Edrick and Selina didn’t seem to notice that I was secretly pouring my coffee down the sink when they weren’t looking, and by now I was almost entirely certain that they were, in fact, putting something in my coffee. There was no doubt about it; the way that my wolf’s energy perked up whenever I didn’t drink my morning coffee was too distinct to think otherwise. Of course I was still paranoid about anything else I ate or drank that had been prepared for me, but thankfully nothing other

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

before, I 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

was dressed, I inspected myself in the mirror for a moment before taking in a deep breath and steadying my nerves, then headed out into the

was sitting in the armchair when I came out. He looked over at me, seemingly taking in my appearance, and shot

“You look nice.”

smiled weakly.

“And maybe you should wear a

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 especially