His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 132

#Chapter 132: The Coincidence

Moana

I woke up the next morning with the memory of what I overheard still fresh on my mind. To not only hear that Michael had sent that wolf to attack us, but also to hear that “Olivia” called Edrick again, left me feeling both confused and scared. If my baby was going to be in danger of someone like Michael, I didn’t know what I would do. I could only trust that Edrick would handle it and keep us protected.

It was Saturday morning, which meant that it was also a training day for Ella. I woke up early to get her ready, and decided that I would go to the orphanage and volunteer while Ella was in training. The last time I was at the orphanage, I discovered that Sophia was in need of help, so I decided that I would spend every Saturday morning that I could helping her out. I just hoped that she wouldn’t be too upset with me for not telling her about the baby sooner, as I was certain that she likely saw the news by now.

“I’m going to the orphanage while Ella is in training today,” I told Edrick as we ate breakfast together. “I’ll be volunteering for Sophia on Saturdays now.”

Edrick furrowed his brow as he took a sip of his coffee. He seemed a bit concerned, which I understood; with everything that had happened recently between the Rogue district and the Rogue that came to attack us in the woods, it was no wonder that he was worried about letting me spend time out of the house by myself.

“Well, at least bring a bodyguard with you,” he said, somewhat sternly. “I don’t want you going anywhere alone from now on.”

I agreed, only because I was constantly reminding myself of Edrick’s phone call with Michael the night before. But on the way to Ella’s training and then the orphanage after that, I couldn’t deny the fact that I felt a bit uncomfortable having a bodyguard follow me around. However, I knew that it was the safest thing to do, and the bodyguard that Edrick hired was very nice. In fact, as I sat down at the front desk and began my work for Sophia, I couldn’t help but smile when I heard the children pestering the bodyguard and making him play with them.

Sophia, just as I suspected, was a little sullen when she saw me.

“I do wish that you told me sooner,” she said, setting a cup of tea down on the desk in front of me. “I would have preferred to hear it from you instead of from the news.”

I felt myself blush a bit. “I know,” I replied. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know that Edrick was going to announce it like that.”

Sophia sighed, then shrugged. Finally, a bit of a smile spread across her face and she reached out from across the desk to squeeze my hand. “I’m happy for you. You’re going to make a wonderful mother.”

Sophia’s words made me smile. She didn’t mention my relationship with Edrick, however, which was a relief; I didn’t feel like I was in the mood to explain that entire mess to anyone, let alone Sophia — although I was certain that she already had a good idea as to what was really going on, anyway. After the past week, I felt even more confused about my relationship with Edrick than ever. I just hoped that Mina was right when she told me that I just needed to give Edrick time, and then he would want to have more than a fake relationship. If it was going to be confusing like this forever, I wasn’t so sure if I would be able to handle it, let alone how our future child would handle it. How could I explain to our son or daughter that their mommy and daddy weren’t really married, but were instead only pretending to be? I couldn’t imagine that going well.

Thankfully, however, I was able to stop thinking about these things and keep myself busy with work for a few hours. The phone rang almost nonstop; it seemed that Edrick’s foundation was bringing a lot of attention to the orphanage, and there were a lot of couples who wanted to get started with the adoption process. Not only that, but there were a lot of potential donors who called to make appointments so they could tour the orphanage, as well as other people who wanted to volunteer. Between all of the phone calls and workers coming in to make repairs thanks to the money from the foundation, I was busy nonstop during the few hours that I was there. No wonder Sophia was having a hard time keeping up; working at the front desk was a full time job in and of itself.

Everything went smoothly for the few hours that I was there. Or, at least, it did up until the very end.