Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 201: A Close Eye

Moana

By the end of the weekend, I was dying to get back to work. Since we decided not to leave the penthouse after all, I decided that it wouldn’t hurt any to return to teaching. Besides, Ella needed to go back to school as well, and since she didn’t remember the events of the night that we were kidnapped she was only getting more aggravated by the day. With each passing day, Ella was becoming more confused and agitated and I was feeling more stir crazy, which only led to increased flashbacks from the whole ordeal.

So, on Monday morning, I got dressed for work.

“Where are you going?” Edrick asked, looking up from his newspaper as I walked through the living room.

“I need to get back to work,” I said. “I can’t just use a substitute forever. Tomorrow, maybe Ella should go back to school as well.”

Edrick’s icy gray eyes widened. He threw his newspaper down and stood abruptly, shaking his head. “You can’t go. It’s dangerous.”

“Edrick, I’ll be in a school just a few blocks away in the middle of the afternoon,” I said. “There’s a security guard on the campus who watches everything. I’ll tell them about the situation so they can keep an eye out for any trouble.”

wasn’t going to back down; despite what had

that I wasn’t backing down and he let out a sigh, passing

anything, Edrick rushed over to the foyer and began to slip his shoes on. I watched as he pulled two surgical masks out of his pocket, then held one out to me along with my wide-brimmed sun hat. “Here. To protect your identity during the walk. We’ll go out the back, and if you tuck in your hair, you’ll be

school. Darren is big and looks threatening. He’ll scare the

the bat that he wouldn’t give up on the bodyguard, nor was he likely

of staring silently at each other, Edrick seemed

Ethan and Kelly in jail, but it’s still dangerous for you out there,” he said firmly. “But how about this: can you just let one of the bodyguards drive you?

and I wasn’t yet at risk of being hunted, the paparazzi were on another frenzy because of the news footage of

I said. “I’ll let one

to me and kissed my forehead. I felt myself blush a bit; he had been a lot more physically affectionate ever since I marked him, and I had to admit

Ella can go back to school, too?” I

to her about what really happened, and what her mother was really like. I doubted that he would do it so soon, though. Part of me thought that he should set up counseling for her ahead of time, as that news would no doubt come as a major shock to her. She might even resent him for lying to her. Ella was

images of Ethan holding the gun up to my face. I felt a pang in my chest,

of