His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 135

#Chapter 135: Public Debut

Moana

The next morning, I awoke with a pounding headache. I felt more confused now than ever with my relationship with Edrick; if my wolf really was right about Edrick being my mate, then it only made all of this even more complicated. I couldn’t help but wonder, too, if Edrick also knew that I was his mate and that he wasn’t telling me about it. But I couldn’t imagine why he would want to keep something like that a secret from me.

I finally got out of bed and made my way out into the living room, expecting Edrick to be locked away in his study after what happened the night before.

But, much to my surprise, he wasn’t. In fact, he was standing in the living room and looking out the window when I walked in. As I approached, he turned to face me directly without even a hint of remorse or embarrassment on his face.

“Sorry for the late notice,” he said, glancing at his watch, “but I just found out that I’ll need to go to a networking event tonight. You’ll need to be there as my fiancee, of course. Selina will keep an eye on Ella tonight.”

My eyes widened. “A… A public event?” I asked. The thought of going out into public with Edrickas his “fiancee” made me nervous, especially after all of the media attention we were already receiving. As our debut as a couple, it would no doubt be even more chaotic.

“Yes,” Edrick replied. “Well… Sort of. There will be paparazzi outside, but once we get in, it won’t be so bad. It’ll only be other socialites and businesspeople.”

I wasn’t sure if Edrick thought that telling me that the event would only be other rich people was supposed to make me feel better, but it didn’t. My heart was already racing just thinking about how out of place I would feel as the only human there; of course, I was a werewolf like the rest of them, but they didn’t know that. To them, I was still just a lowly human… And I was sure that many of them agreed with the sentiment that I was a human plaything, too.

However, I knew that I didn’t have much of a choice. Edrick had already made it clear the other night that I would have to play the role of his fiancee, and that meant that I couldn’t always be hidden away. I would need to attend things like this with him for appearances, even though it freaked me out. At least now I had some hope that Edrick really was my mate, though, which would mean that maybe in the future these sorts of things wouldn’t need to be fake anymore.

“Um… Okay,” I choked out, my face going red as Edrick’s steely gaze stayed fixed on me, reminding me of the night before. “What time will I need to be ready?”

“The event starts at seven o’clock tonight,” Edrick replied. “I booked an appointment for you with Tyrus to do your hair and makeup at four.”

I nodded in understanding. Having my hair and makeup professionally done for public events like this would still take some getting used to, but I did like Tyrus and enjoyed talking to him. Besides, I couldn’t help but think that it was a bit sweet that Edrick hired his old college friend for this. I had never envisioned Edrick as someone who seemed to have many friends, and I never was sure if Edrick would be open to talking about his past, so talking to Tyrus was like looking through a window into Edrick’s old life.

…

Like clockwork, Tyrus came at exactly four o’clock to do my hair and makeup.

“You look stunning in green and gold,” he said as he did my eyeshadow in front of my vanity mirror. “Or maybe I’m just biased because those are my favorite colors. Ha!”

I couldn’t help but laugh. Tyrus was right, though; green and gold went perfectly with my hair and skin tone, and when he was finished, I was awed yet again by his work. He gave me a subtle sage green eyeshadow with flecks of gold in it, as well as subtle pinkish lipstick that looked natural. My hair was pulled back into a half bun with curls that came down on either side to frame my face, and he even took the extra effort to add tiny, delicate braids woven with green thread in my hair. With the simple black satin dress that I wore to the end of summer banquet — which had of course been carefully dry cleaned after my stint in the fountain — I felt like a wealthy socialite myself.