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.”

that he had the entire perimeter of the estate surrounded by a constant patrol, and I knew that he went out there himself last night to check. Besides, there would be no doubt that he would have

slight smile. “It looks like it might rain,

head. “No.

far cry from the day before, but I wasn’t complaining. Maybe a night of sleeping alone changed his attitude a bit, although I still wished that

the fresh mountain breeze. The air smelled like pine trees, and it was

around the sprawling gardens for a while and took in the view of the freshly pruned hedges and mossy fountains. I sensed Kat’s presence from afar, and decided to push my luck a bit to see how far

with one last look over

sound of twigs crunching behind me. I smirked and spun around,

with a laugh, putting my

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

said. “Edrick wants me to keep you in my

you’re nearby, can I at least enjoy the forest a little bit?” I asked. “It’s not

and the two of us walked a little further into the woods. The further we walked, the more I felt the

why Edrick made us come here so suddenly?” I

I know, he just gave me

such a close eye on me, you probably saw that I was up at one o’clock in the

“Yeah. I

at least happy to have someone nearby who I was beginning to see as a bit of a friend. Kat and

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