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.”

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 Kat follow

he said with a slight smile. “It looks like it

head. “No. I’ll be

alone changed his attitude a bit,

like pine trees, and it was cool

of the freshly pruned hedges and mossy fountains. I sensed Kat’s presence from afar, and decided to

to head closer to the trees. The air in the forest was cool and inviting, and with one last

of twigs crunching behind

a laugh, putting

stepped out from behind a tree

me to keep you

little bit?” I asked. “It’s not often that I get to see this many trees in the

not at all 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, and soon I had to stick my

you have any idea why Edrick made us come here so suddenly?” I finally asked after a while. “He won’t tell

know, he just gave me orders

“So I take it if you’ve been keeping such a close eye on me, you probably saw that I was up at one o’clock in

nodded. “Yeah. I

been hectic and aggravating lately, I was at least happy to have someone nearby who I was beginning 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

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