His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 124

#Chapter 124: Alpha Daddy to the Rescue

Moana

I didn’t sleep in Edrick’s room that night, and he never came to my room to sleep with me. I had to admit that I felt a little lonely without him, but I simply couldn’t get over everything he had said to me. It felt as though I had no choice in the matter, and now I was stuck in a fake relationship that I didn’t ask to be in and would have to change myself to fit the role of the “billionaire’s fiancee”.

Not only that, but what had he meant when he said that I should be prepared to “pay the price” for falling in love with someone else?

There was no denying the fact that we were both young, and it would be nearly impossible for either of us to live our entire lives without feeling love for anyone else. Maybe it was natural for Edrick to be closed off and without intimacy, but it wasn’t natural for me. I craved a loving relationship with a good man not just for my baby’s sake, but for my own sake, too. What woman didn’t want to feel loved and cared for?

But then again, I did feel a little cruel for what I said. I supposed that it was a bit of a double standard for me to be angry with Edrick to even consider a fake relationship with someone else while I considered falling in love with someone else someday, and maybe I shouldn’t have said that. In the moment, it felt right, but it didn’t feel so good when I thought about it while laying alone in my bed.

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The next morning, I woke up shortly before Edrick left for work and ran into him on my way to the kitchen to make tea.

“Good morning,” I choked out, feeling my heart race as we passed each other. Edrick replied with hardly more than a grunt and brushed past me, leaving me standing in the middle of the dining room by myself.

Of course I expected there to be tension between us, but as I heard the elevator doors open and close without Edrick so much as saying goodbye, I felt even worse about the situation.

However, it was a beautiful day; maybe I just needed to get out. I hadn’t taken Ella out for crepes for breakfast recently, so I decided to get dressed and wake her up.

Ella’s big eyes widened when I woke her up with the mention of crepes. “Really?!” she said, practically shouting as she jumped out of the bed.

I nodded, stifling a laugh at the little girl’s sudden energy after only waking up a few moments earlier. “Yes,” I replied. “Get dressed and brush your teeth, and then we can go.”

Ella excitedly zoomed around her room as she got ready. I helped her put on a little dress and fix her hair, and once she was ready, we headed downstairs to the lobby. It really was a beautiful day outside, and I looked forward to even going on a little walk in the park across the street after we ate.

However, I quickly realized that going out alone with Ella may not have been a good idea.

At first, I didn’t realize what was happening; there were a lot of people on the street, many of them with cameras. I wondered if there was something happening on the news, but when Ella and I exited the lobby hand-in-hand and the lights on the cameras began to blindingly flash in our faces, I knew what was happening.

I was instantly stunned by the amount of flashing lights and all of the noise. Ella also immediately began to cry, not understanding at her young age what was happening. I held her tightly to my side as the paparazzi began to crowd around us, shouting their questions at us.

“Please stand back!” I shouted, feeling my voice shake with fear. “T-There’s a child here and I’m pregnant!”

But the paparazzi didn’t care. They only closed in on us more tightly, squishing us up against the building and blinding us with their lights as they asked their questions.