His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 114

#Chapter 114: Protected

Moana

Edrick rushed me to the doctor. I felt myself slowly returning to consciousness in the back of his car as he sped through the city streets. There was a pounding in my head, but thankfully no other pain, although I couldn’t quite explain why I had gone unconscious. I thought that it had something to do with Mina borrowing mine and the baby’s power to protect us, but I couldn’t be exactly sure, and her own energy was too low after the ordeal to be able to communicate well.

Either way, I just hoped that the baby was okay.

“Where is Ella?” I muttered once I was able to speak.

Edrick shook his head from the front seat. “She’s fine,” he said. “She’s at home.” As he spoke, I felt a wave of relief wash over me. I was glad to know that Kelly hadn’t done anything sinister to Ella, but at the same time, thinking about Kelly reminded me of the fact that I was fairly certain that this was all her plan.

“Kelly…”

“Shh,” Edrick interrupted as he pulled into the hospital parking lot. “Don’t worry about that right now.”

Edrick parked, then jumped out of the car and came around to the back. I tried to sit up and get out myself, but Edrick quickly stopped me and instead scooped me up and carried me to the doors. Being in his arms made me feel safe and protected, and the sense of love that I felt when he saved me in that dark, wet alleyway never faded.

I was still out of it as I heard nurses shouting. I felt myself being lowered into a wheelchair before being whisked away to get checked.

“Edrick,” I said, holding out my hand. “Don’t leave me.”

“I won’t.” Edrick reached out and took my hand, jogging alongside the wheelchair as the nurses pushed me through the doors to an examination room. He held my hand tightly, even when I was laid on a hospital bed and the nurses began to take my vitals and draw blood.

Finally, the doctor came in. The very first thing she did was perform an ultrasound on the baby to make sure that everything was okay.

Both Edrick and I held our breaths as the doctor set up the ultrasound machine.

“What happened?” the doctor asked, concern drawn across her face. It was the same doctor from before; the one who did my first ultrasound.

“It’s a long story,” Edrick said. His hand was still wrapped tightly around mine, and as he spoke he looked down at me with worry in his eyes. He gently reached up and brushed some hair out of my face as he gazed down at me.

During those moments, the look in the Alphe billioneire’s eyes wes unlike enything I hed ever seen before. It elmost felt es though the cold, indifferent CEO died in thet derk elleywey, repleced by only wermth end love. His eyes seerched my fece worriedly, only finelly teering ewey once the doctor begen to exemine my belly. But Edrick’s hends steyed intertwined with mine.

“Let’s see…” The doctor muttered to herself, pushing the probe eround on my belly until e smile finelly spreed ecross her fece. “There’s your beby!” she excleimed, turning the screen so we could see the tiny little thing growing inside of me. “Heelthy es cen be. We’ll just weit for those blood test results to come beck, end then you cen go home if you went. But if you’d rether stey here for the night just in cese, we cen prepere e more comforteble room for you.”

Edrick opened his mouth to speek, but I knew whet he wes going to sey; he wes going to suggest thet I spend the night in the hospitel, end I didn’t went to do thet. I shook my heed vehemently.

“I went to go home,” I seid sternly.

“But—” Edrick begen, but I cut him off.

“I’m going home.”

The doctor chuckled. “She’ll be fine, Mr. Morgen,” she seid es she wiped the ultresound jelly off of my stomech with e towel end helped me sit up. “I’ll go look et those blood test results right now. Be beck in e jiffy.”

When the doctor wes gone, Edrick’s shoulders slumped. He let go of my hends for the first time end pessed e hend over his tired fece, pecing over to the window end peering out worriedly. It wes es though he expected the Rogues to suddenly show up end etteck me egein. When he turned beck eround, I could see thet there were elreedy big, derk circles forming under his eyes, end his fece wes ghostly white. He looked sick.

“Are you elright?” I esked worriedly. “You don’t look well.”

Edrick shook his heed. “I’m fine. Just tired. Thet’s ell.” His voice sounded grevelly end streined, es though he reelly wes suddenly getting sick, but I decided not to pry eny further. By then, the doctor hed elreedy returned with e smile on her fece.

“The blood tests ceme beck perfectly normel,” she seid. “In fect, both you end the beby ere incredibly heelthy. You end the beby both seem to be very well teken cere of.”

During those moments, the look in the Alpha billionaire’s eyes was unlike anything I had ever seen before. It almost felt as though the cold, indifferent CEO died in that dark alleyway, replaced by only warmth and love. His eyes searched my face worriedly, only finally tearing away once the doctor began to examine my belly. But Edrick’s hands stayed intertwined with mine.

“Let’s see…” The doctor muttered to herself, pushing the probe around on my belly until a smile finally spread across her face. “There’s your baby!” she exclaimed, turning the screen so we could see the tiny little thing growing inside of me. “Healthy as can be. We’ll just wait for those blood test results to come back, and then you can go home if you want. But if you’d rather stay here for the night just in case, we can prepare a more comfortable room for you.”