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—”

his head 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 safety. And that’s all I’m

sink

glared intensely at me. His gaze wasn’t mean, but it was stern and his eyes were still glowing silver, as though he was on edge. “Just do it, Moana,”

felt as though I wasn’t even allowed to argue with him, and it was unfair. But even if I told him how unfair I found it to be, it didn’t seem to matter anyway. Edrick clearly had made up his mind, and there was no way to get around it this time; whatever went through

with you,” my wolf said as I painfully made my way to my bedroom. “He’s just

It

said, Selina had already packed my things. Only a single outfit was left out for me on the bed, and a few toiletries so I could get ready for the day. Other than that, my other necessities were

see her tugging on Selina’s skirt with tears streaming down her cheeks. “I don’t wanna leave!

sounding quite defeated herself.

continue to pack Ella’s bags and Ella, in a childish fit, plopped down

me leave!” Ella wailed,

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 bit.

hers away, and then led her to my room with me and let her sit on my bed while I got dressed, so that Selina could pack up her things in

reason why. It certainly had something to do with my

I was a

how she needed to go potty. Edrick just drove with his hands gripping the steering wheel tightly, and I could only clench my jaw and

time we went to the mountain estate, it was for a lovely vacation. That time, the mountain air felt fresh, the view was beautiful, and the trees calmed me. However,

arrived, Ella sprinted inside with one of the maids on her heels to keep an eye