His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 178

#Chapter 178: Coffee With a Friend

Moana

As I held Olivia’s business card in my shaking hand, I wondered if I should call her.

I needed to know if she, too, had experienced these sort of strange occurrences. Although I couldn’t imagine why Edrick would ever want to give me something that would make my wolf sick, if someone really was intentionally poisoning me, then I needed to get out and get my baby to safety. However, I still had no way of knowing for sure, and I was afraid to ask Edrick or Selina about my wolf’s symptoms in case either of them were in on it and got suspicious of me.

But I still couldn’t be sure. Not only was I unsure of the situation with my wolf, but I was also still unsure of Olivia. I still couldn’t help but wonder if she really was an actress hired by Michael or someone else to get between Edrick and I, and so with a sigh I slipped the business card back into my purse and decided not to call her yet.

After all, Edrick had never really given me a reason not to trust him… Right?

However, as the night went on, I found myself unable to sleep. Edrick was staying up late in his study, and as I laid in his big king-sized bed in his dark bedroom, I kept tossing and turning relentlessly. The whole situation with the coffee that morning, followed by the smoothie, was suspicious to say the least. My first conversation with Olivia kept swirling around my head, and I couldn’t forget the fact that Edrick had stolen my wolf tooth at one point. And the worst part about it was that I couldn’t even talk to my wolf, who was normally a voice of reason, because she was too sleepy to even hear me. I felt alone.

Finally, I decided that I couldn’t sleep without contacting Olivia. If I really was being poisoned, and if it really was dangerous, then I couldn’t risk another day of practically being force-fed whatever was making my wolf sleepy. And if Edrick or Selina got too suspicious, then I had no way of knowing what other sorts of methods they would try to give me the poison.

While Edrick was still in his study, I quietly made my way to my room and retrieved the business card from my purse. I held it for a moment, reading the number in the dim light of my bedroom, before I took a deep breath and punched her number into my phone.

“Hi Olivia,” I typed. “It’s Moana. Can we talk? It’s important.”

When I hit send, the deep breath that I had taken in finally came out. I hid the business card back in my purse and quickly made my way back to Edrick’s room; and, by the time I got to his room, my phone buzzed already.

“Sure thing,” Olivia’s text replied. “I’ve been meaning to show you something, actually. Let’s meet up for coffee on Sunday?”

…

On Sunday morning, I prepared to meet Olivia for our conversation. Leading up to that morning, I had hidden the fact that I wasn’t drinking my morning coffee; lo and behold, Mina’s energy came back almost completely. Edrick and Selina didn’t seem to notice that I was secretly pouring my coffee down the sink when they weren’t looking, and by now I was almost entirely certain that they were, in fact, putting something in my coffee. There was no doubt about it; the way that my wolf’s energy perked up whenever I didn’t drink my morning coffee was too distinct to think otherwise. Of course I was still paranoid about anything else I ate or drank that had been prepared for me, but thankfully nothing other than the coffee seemed to be causing the issues.

That morning, I got dressed to meet with Olivia. I wore something nondescript and casual — a pair of jeans and a light jacket, since the weather was cooling down now with autumn just around the corner — which was quite different from what I normally wore and would hopefully keep people from noticing me easily.