Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#Chapter 228: Dead End
Moana

I let out a yelp. I jolted, and then everything stopped. The rain, the wind, the grass… All of it turned back into the still, calm air of my bedroom. Michael’s hand no longer gripped my wrist, and the golden glint of the knife in his hand turned into the soft amber glow of the lamp on my bedside table.

“Moana?” Dr. Rhodes said, sounding concerned. “Are you there?”

I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes. “Y-Yes,” I replied. “I’m okay. It’s just…”

“What is it?”

I shook my head. “Nothing,” I lied. “Dr. Rhodes… Will you be available to try again tomorrow?”

The therapist paused, then cleared his throat. “Sure. You can call me anytime if you want to try again, or even if you just need to talk. Are you sure you’re okay, though?”

“I’m fine,” I lied again, even though my hands were shaking. “Thanks, Dr. Rhodes. I’ll call you tomorrow.”

…

I didn’t sleep very much at all for the rest of the night. I was too nervous to try to sleep in case I sleepwalked again or had another vision, but at the same time I also couldn’t stop thinking about the vision I had during hypnosis.

It wasn’t really any different than my other visions. But this time, something just felt… off. It almost felt as though there was something else in the mist behind Michael, another presence. Was there someone else working with him?

The next morning, I woke up after getting a couple hours of sleep and awoke to the smell of bacon rising up through the house. I was hungry, and my hypnosis session with Dr. Rhodes made me temporarily forget about my anger toward Edrick, so I quickly got dressed and headed downstairs to get something to eat.

When I walked into the dining room, Edrick and Ella were sitting at the table while Selina scurried around placing food down.

she saw me. “Sit down.

looked at me with a stony stare in his eyes, but there was also something soft and apologetic behind it. Instantly, I started to wonder if I was too mean when I stormed off and wouldn’t

her fork. She was leaning

school,”

It’s Saturday,” Edrick chided gently. “You wouldn’t be

at his newspaper, as he usually did during breakfast time, and she took the opportunity to

your tongue back in your mouth.

that her father had seen her stick

won’t be able to go to school

an attitude, you wouldn’t be able to go back to school even if we were in the city,” he said, to which Ella scowled. “Besides…” He gestured toward the set of open French doors behind us that led out to the patio. “Isn’t it pretty

shrugged. “I guess,” she moaned. “But

always about

silent. Even Selina and I froze at Edrick’s sudden snap; it was extremely rare that he ever was so stern with her. I opened my mouth to say something, because I felt as though it was unfair for him to snap at her when he was the one who dragged her away from home to begin with, but he quickly spoke

He sighed and set his coffee

but said nothing. His eyes then wandered over to me, and his gaze locked on mine for the

I felt sheepish beneath the Alpha billionaire’s gaze. Part of me wondered if he had overheard my conversation with Dr. Rhodes the

and I busied my hands with buttering my

miss school,”

Edrick chided gently. “You

okay,” Ella said with a sigh, breaking

was acting beyond her years. Sometimes I really did forget that