Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

Chapter 230

#Chapter 230: A Promise

Moana

Seeing Edrick finally tell Ella about her real mother made me soften toward him.

I softened even more when Ella said those sweet things, and it made me feel as though we really were a little family despite everything that was going on. I couldn’t help but hug both of them tightly, and I felt comforted when Edrick buried his face in my hair.

But when we pulled apart and I watched them reconcile Edrick’s lies, I felt my smile fade because something just felt off.

I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. It almost felt like some sort of sixth sense, but for what was still a mystery.

All I could do was stare wistfully out the window as I tried to rack my brain over it. Maybe I was just feeling cooped up…

“Do you feel strange?” I asked Mina.

“A little,” she replied. I could tell that she was just as confused as I was. “Some fresh air could be nice.”

I nodded to myself. Ella was playing outside, so why shouldn’t I? I turned to Edrick then, who was sitting back down at the dining room table, and held my chin up.

“I’d like to go for a walk, if that’s alright,” I said. “Just by myself so I can think.”

say no; but I also knew that he had the entire perimeter of the estate surrounded by a constant patrol, and I knew

looks like

shook my head. “No. I’ll

of sleeping alone changed his attitude a bit,

in a deep breath, inhaling the fresh mountain breeze. The air smelled like pine trees, and it was cool

and mossy fountains. I sensed Kat’s presence from afar, and decided to

the forest was cool and inviting, and with one last look over my shoulder, I stepped into the treeline and began to walk a little

even five minutes later, I heard the distinct sound of twigs crunching behind me. I smirked and spun around, but saw

a laugh, putting my hands on my hips. “I know

later, the short-haired tall girl stepped out from behind a tree and

“Edrick wants me to keep

I asked. “It’s not often that I get

bothered by her company, and the two of us walked a little further into the woods. The further we walked, the more I felt the air temperature drop,

any idea why Edrick made us come here so suddenly?”

I know, he

such a close eye on me, you probably saw that I was

nodded. “Yeah. I won’t

to see as a bit of a friend. Kat and I didn’t know each other terribly well yet, but I liked her. She was sweet, and I didn’t mind having her around. It was nice to have a woman my age to talk

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