His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 159

#Chapter 159: The Sound of Music

Moana

After my conversation with Olivia as well as finding out that Edrick took the wolf tooth without my permission, I was a little distant for a couple of days. I just didn’t know how to feel about everything, and I needed some time to think.

I still found it hard to believe that Edrick was really the type to use women as reproductive tools. I also found it strange that he would have told Ella that her mother was dead for no reason, which was why I couldn’t stop wondering if Olivia really was just lying to me. At this point, I didn’t know who to trust. All I knew was that I needed to make sure that my baby would be safe.

Edrick must have noticed that I was acting distant. When he mentioned doing something outside with Ella and I at one point at breakfast on Monday morning, I glanced up to see that he was looking at me. His gaze was still apologetic, just as it had been on the day that he took the wolf tooth. Maybe he really did feel bad for what he did.

However, I didn’t think that he would actually want to do anything with me and Ella. I thought that he was just saying things to make Ella happy in the moment, and that he still planned on working all week in the hopes that she would forget anyway. Ella had been complaining a lot about feeling cooped up, but I still wasn’t sure if it was safe for us to go out together; the bakery on Saturday was just a little treat because it was right next to the penthouse, but I didn’t feel safe going any further than that without Edrick around.

That was why I was shocked when I went to bed that night and found an envelope on my bedside table. Edrick was in the shower when I found it.

I scrunched together my eyebrows confusedly as I picked it up. He had written something on the front of the envelope:

“Make sure to get your painting supplies ready for a fun day outside. -Edrick”

When I opened the envelope, a small gasp escaped my mouth. Edrick had clipped an advertisement for a family friendly plein air painting class for the day after the next. Although I couldn’t be entirely sure if this was what he was referring to earlier that morning when he mentioned going outside to do something together, I had a pretty good idea that this was what he meant.

Edrick came out of the bathroom a few moments later. I jerked my head up as he entered, my eyes wide with excitement. He instantly smiled.

“You want to go?” he asked.

I nodded vigorously, feeling excited like a little kid again. I loved plein air painting; I had planned on doing it at the mountain estate, and was devastated when we had to leave suddenly after the wolf attack and I couldn’t do it. And now, I could not only enjoy an entire plein air class, but Ella could come as well.

“Are you coming, too?” I asked. I hoped that he would; after all, we had fun that day at the orphanage when he joined in on my painting lesson. He had mentioned that he wanted to learn more about painting, too.

Much to my pleasure, Edrick nodded and flashed me a smile. “Of course,” he said casually as he dried his damp hair with his towel. He was wearing only his pajama pants and no shirt. By now, I had become a bit more used to seeing his chiseled upper body without anything covering it. “I wanted all three of us to go. Like a…”

His voice faltered. I knew what he was going to say: like a family. But, in typical Alpha billionaire fashion, of course he couldn’t bring himself to say those words. I didn’t care at the moment, though. I was just excited to be going to the class, and it made me almost forget about how upset I had been over the past couple of days.

Honestly, I was just happy that Edrick seemed to be okay with taking part in my interests. It was something that Sam never did; in fact, I had never had a boyfriend who would even look at my art, let alone make art with me. Not that Edrick was my boyfriend, technically…