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.”

to show that I wasn’t going to back down; despite what had happened almost two weeks prior, I wasn’t a damsel

I wasn’t backing down and he let out a sigh, passing his hand over

watched as he pulled two surgical masks out of his pocket, then held one out to me along

“hold on. I’ll walk with you and wear the disguise, but I can’t bring a bodyguard to school. Darren is big and looks threatening. He’ll scare the children, and I don’t even think that the headmistress will allow it anyway. And also, I want to walk, not drive. I feel

right off the bat that he wouldn’t give up on the bodyguard, nor was he likely to give up on most of his stipulations. I

staring silently at each other, Edrick seemed to relent

for you out there,” he said firmly. “But how about this: can you just let one of the bodyguards drive you? They can just wait in the car and keep an eye on the school entrance

still dangerous, and even if no one knew that I was the Golden Wolf yet and I wasn’t yet at risk of being hunted, the paparazzi were on another frenzy because of the news footage of what

“I’ll let one of the bodyguards drive

let out a small sigh of relief, then walked up 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,

Ella can go back to school, too?” I asked, looking up at

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 a smart girl, not just an airheaded little kid who couldn’t comprehend such complicated topics. She deserved the truth, but the truth would come with

by images of Ethan holding the gun up to my face. I felt a pang in my chest, as though something was weighing me

pulled me out of my