Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 225: Pulling the Rug

Moana

I woke up after a night of dreamless sleep to the sound of someone rushing around the room. When I cracked open my eyes, I saw Edrick pacing back and forth. He had a pile of shirts in his hand, and I watched in a state of shock as he walked over to a suitcase and quickly shoved the shirts inside.

“What are you doing?” I asked, sitting up.

Edrick didn’t even look up at me. “We have to go,” was all he said.

My eyes widened. “Go where?”

“We’re going back to the mountain estate for real this time.”

As Edrick spoke, I felt my heart sink. My limbs still felt too heavy from the sleeping meds to move quickly, and as I threw the covers off and swung my limp legs over the edge of the bed, it felt as though I was moving through a thick mud.

“Why?” I asked. “You didn’t mention that we would be leaving before. Was it because of last night?”

Edrick didn’t answer. I watched with wide eyes as he stuffed more clothes into his suitcase. “Come help me zip this up?” he asked. I nodded slowly and walked over, then pushed down onto the top of the suitcase so he could zip it up.

“Edrick,” I continued, “please tell me what’s going on. Is it because of last night? I’ll be okay, I promise. We don’t need to leave—”

and scurried over to the bathroom, where he began tossing toiletries into a bag. “It’s not that,” he said. “It’s for your own

my heart sink even further. “But,

was stern and his eyes were still glowing silver, as though he was on edge. “Just do it, Moana,” he demanded. “Selina already packed your bags. Just get

didn’t seem to matter anyway. Edrick clearly had made up

my wolf said as I painfully made my way to my bedroom.

know. It still

me on the bed, and a few toiletries so I could get ready for the day. Other than that, my other necessities were all packed up. Everything except my valuables and sentimental items were packed away, like Selina was rushing to get just what I needed into my bags. In Ella’s room next door, I could hear the sound of Ella whining while Selina responded in

cried. I walked over to see her tugging on Selina’s skirt with tears streaming down her cheeks. “I don’t

know,” Selina replied, sounding quite defeated herself. “But we have to. It won’t be

Ella, in a childish fit, plopped down on the ground and wailed loudly. Sighing, I

wailed, sobbing loudly. “I don’t

I felt my heart break just a little bit more; especially because I knew that this was my fault. “Here, love,” I said. I grabbed her stuffed duck off of the dresser and put it in her hands, and that seemed to calm her down a

with me and let her sit on my bed while

no say in the matter. But I, unlike Ella, had a pretty good reason why. It certainly had something to do with my dream and my sleepwalking episode from the night before, but I knew that I wouldn’t get

for that, I was a bit bitter toward

how she needed

a lovely vacation. That time, the mountain air felt fresh, the view was beautiful, and the trees calmed me. However, this

to keep an eye on her.