The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger by Ejiofor Dorcas

Chapter 46

46 Being Lyla’s keeper.

Lyla

I hummed softly to an unknown tone as I moved the vacuum cleaner around the carpet in the living room. It’s been three months since I started dating Xander and the only thing I regretted was not meeting him earlier.

Xander was everything I could ever hope for in a man. My heat cycles which used to be dreadful were something I looked forward to every month because Xander made it easy.

Today, I and Nanny were spring cleaning and I was alternating between my chores and texting

Xander.

My phone buzzed in my pocket again and I couldn’t help the grin that spread across my face as I fished it out. Xander’s name was flashed on the screen, accompanied by a message that made my heart flutter.

I set down the vacuum to reply him when Nanny’s voice cut through my reverte. “Lyla! Are you on that phone again? We’re not finished yet!”

I rolled my eyes but quickly tucked the device away. “Sorry, just checking the time.”

She hissed, “Hurry up with the rug. There’s still the kitchen to clean.”

I nodded

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and continued cleaning. At some point, Nanny left me in the living room to the kitchen. Almost immediately, I fished out my phone from my pocket and tried to text Xander back. The phone was barely out of my pocket for a minute when without warning, Nanny marched over to me, her face set in a disapproving scowl.

Before I could react, she snatched the phone right out of my hand.

“Hey!” I yelped, my eyes widening in surprise.

Nanny held up the phone, wagging it in front of me. “You’re supposed to be cleaning, not glued to this thing,” she scolded. “What could possibly be more important than helping me with the

house?”

I rolled my eyes and let out a dramatic sigh. “It’s just a text. I’m almost done anyway,” I pouted.

warned, pocketing the phone. “You can have it

tense silence. When the house was finally spotless, I sighed. with

wasting time, I

lighter and ready to relax. But I froze when I got to the top of the stairs, my heart lurched. There in the living room sat Nanny, clutching my phone, her face pale with a

my body kicked into action. I flew down. the stairs, my feet barely touching the steps. In

Lyla’s keeper.

and anger rippling through

you doing?” I shouted with a shaky voice, my fingers gripping my phone so tightly “How dare you! You

eyes were wide and unblinking as if she had seen a ghost – or perhaps something far worse, her mouth slightly open as though words had escaped

you going through my phone?!” I demanded again, my voice louder this

me directly. “Lyla…” she whispered, her voice trembling. “Why… why have you been having… those kinds of conversations with Xander?”

shock as another wave of panic rose in my throat. I had kept my relationship hidden from her and never in my wildest imagination

back opting for defiance even though my cheeks were red with embarrassment. “You have no right to invade my privacy like

speed. “I have every right!” she countered, her voice rising to match mine. “I am your guardian, Lyla. Your keeper and I have every right

hadn’t been so angry, I

scoffed. “You’re just an Omega, not my mother. You

stop them. I immediately regretted it as

she scoffed, her voice quiet but laced with

accepts me for

now. I lifted my chin defiantly, despite a small part of my trying to restrain me from doing what I was about to do. Still, I nodded. “Yes,” I said, forcing confidence into my voice. “For the first time in my life, I’ve found someone who who I am,

place? Why did you have your Pack Mark removed? Wasn’t it to stay away from our

pack

likes me too. He’s not like the people from our pack. He’s different.” “Different?” Nanny repeated, her voice filled with doubt. “You’re in a

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Being Lyla’s

littered with sex talk and…” she choked on her words, her eyes

relationship at this age

embarrassment. “People in relationships. do that. They exchange pictures – nude pictures. There’s nothing wrong with it and it’s

shaking as she clenched them by

Her face was filled with worry and disappointment and for a moment, she looked as if she might explode from the sheer frustration. But instead, she exhaled sharply, her voice trembling as she struggled to

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