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—”

toiletries into a bag. “It’s not that,” he said. “It’s for your own safety. And that’s all

my heart sink even further.

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,”

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 his head last night after I went to sleep seemed to solidify something. Or maybe something else happened…

said as I painfully made my way to my bedroom. “He’s

It

other necessities were all packed up. Everything except my valuables and sentimental

cried. I walked over to see her tugging on Selina’s skirt with tears streaming

herself. “But we have to. It

she could continue to pack Ella’s bags and Ella, in a childish fit, plopped down on the ground and wailed loudly. Sighing, I rushed into the room and past

Ella wailed, sobbing loudly. “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

my room with me and let her sit on my

being forced to leave with 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 any specifics out

was a bit bitter

silence, with only Ella speaking up on occasion to whine about how she wanted to go home or how she needed to

was for a lovely vacation. That time, the mountain air felt fresh, the view was beautiful, and the trees calmed me. However, this time it just felt like we were ascending into a prison made

her heels to keep an eye on her. Edrick immediately started unpacking the car, and I circled around to the