His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 146

#Chapter 146: Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater

Moana

I hoped that Edrick wasn’t too upset with me or jealous. After all, I did just reveal to him that I had conceived our child with him on the very night that my ex-boyfriend and I broke up, which would certainly seem like rebounding. I felt my voice shaking a bit as I told him what happened, but at the same time, it felt better to get things out in the air.

And, much to my surprise, Edrick didn’t say anything about the fact that I slept with him on the same night that Sam and I broke up. In fact, he seemed entirely focused on Sam’s transgressions. It really made me realize that Edrick was on my side above all else, and it made me feel safe with him.

“I’ll take care of it,” Edrick said. His voice was low and stern, and even though I felt better after telling him everything, I instantly became worried that I was about to cause a scene after all.

“I-I don’t want to cause a scene,” I began, but Edrick waved his hand for me to stop. With his arm still wrapped firmly around my shoulders, he steered me away from Sam and in another direction, which took me by surprise. I had thought that he was going to march up to Sam and confront him with me, but he didn’t.

In fact, he was heading toward someone else entirely.

Mia.

She was standing by herself when we walked up to her. She was talking on the phone, but when she saw us coming and saw the look on Edrick’s face, she quickly hung up.

“What’s up?” she asked, swirling her mimosa around in her glass. “You two look like you just had war flashbacks.”

“I have a proposition for you,” Edrick said as he stopped in front of her. “Are you interested?”

Mia raised an eyebrow. So did I; in fact, I was utterly confused. What was Edrick getting at?

“Um, that depends on the offer,” she said slowly. “What is it?”

Edrick let out a wry chuckle before glancing over his shoulder at Sam again. He lowered his voice so no one could overhear us, then flashed Mia a mischievous smile.

“See that guy over there? The one with the tall blonde?” he asked, nodding his head subtly toward Sam and his new girlfriend. Mia casually glanced over at Sam, looking him up and down, then looked back at Edrick and nodded.

“Yeah. What about him?”

“He’s a cheater,” he said. “And he just threatened Moana. If you can make him betray his new girlfriend, I’ll give you whatever you want.”

Mia slowly sipped her mimosa, her eyes narrowing as she thought hard about Edrick’s proposition. Meanwhile, I was still too stunned to talk. This wasn’t what I had in mind when I decided to tell Edrick about what Sam did to me. I just wanted him to know about the situation so it could be handled in case Sam tried to expose the lie that I was Ella’s biological mother. I didn’t tell Edrick in the hopes that he would get revenge for me.

Finally, Mia shrugged. “Sure. I want a new sports car, though. A red one.”

“Ugh! I can’t believe you!” a female voice shouted. “You’re a cheater!”

Edrick and I glanced at each other, flashing each other a quick smile, before we suddenly got up and made our way over to where Mia, Sam, and Sam’s new girlfriend were standing. A small crowd had formed around them.

“Baby, it’s not what it—”

Suddenly, before Sam could finish, his new girlfriend slapped him hard across the face.

The crowd erupted into a wave of gasps and mutters. Sam’s face instantly turned red, both from the hard slap and the embarrassment, while his tall blonde girlfriend towered over him in his heels.

Neither of them said anything for a few moments. Sam just stood there, holding his face in shock.

And meanwhile, Mia just stood off to the side. She was leaning against a tree, standing in the shade with her arms folded across her chest. She wasn’t even trying to help in the slightest.

When Mia’s eyes met mine and Edrick’s, she winked subtly. And I knew that she had done it.