His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 19

Nanny and the Alpha Daddy
#Chapter 19: The Alpha’s Mistress
Moana

I decided not to go to Edrick’s room that night. I couldn’t bring myself to do it in good conscience after discovering that he had a girlfriend, and I wasn’t about to be his mistress on top of being his daughter’s nanny!

At the usual time that I normally would’ve been sneaking over to Edrick’s room, I instead crawled into my own bed with my sketchbook for the first time in days. It felt a bit strange already to be sleeping alone, but it was also a relief from all of the stress of our strange agreement, and it was nice to have the late night to myself to have some time to draw.

Like clockwork, however, my phone started to ring just five minutes after I picked up my pencil. I lifted my eyes from my sketchbook, letting out a deep sigh when I was Edrick’s name on my screen.

“Yes?” I said after picking up the phone.

“Where are you?” Edrick said. His voice sounded agitated.

“I’ve decided to unilaterally end our sleeping arrangement,” I replied. “You can reduce my salary back to the original amount. I’m sorry, but I’m no longer comfortable sleeping together.”

Edrick was silent. I could hear him take in a sharp breath on the other side of the phone before he abruptly hung up. Rolling my eyes, I shut my phone off and tossed it down on my bed, returning to my drawing.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on my door; no doubt it was Edrick. I decided not to answer and to just pretend that I was asleep, which seemed to work as he didn’t knock again…

Or so I thought.

He knocked again, this time louder. I set my sketchbook aside and pondered whether I should let him in or not, but finally jumped up out of bed and scurried over to the door when he knocked for a third time, even louder and more aggressively that time.

“Can you not try to wake everyone up?” I asked in a hushed tone of voice as I opened the door.

Without a response, Edrick brushed past me with an angry look on his face. Sighing, I quietly shut the door behind him and turned to face him with my arms folded across my chest.

It was then that I realized I was only wearing my nightgown, thanks to Edrick’s glance down at my bare legs. I quickly grabbed my robe off of the back of my chair and put it on, pulling it tightly around myself.

“What’s going on?” Edrick asked, quickly looking away from my body. “You seemed fine with our arrangement. What changed so quickly? Don’t tell me you suddenly found your dignity again.”

I sighed and looked down at the floor, not entirely sure how to best phrase it. Finally, I looked back up to face Edrick, who was staring at me again with an agitated expression.

“I did find my dignity again,” I said, “and I never should have made this agreement with you in the first place. I’m your daughter’s nanny, not your sleeping buddy. Besides, if you have a girlfriend, you should be sleeping with her and not me. I didn’t come here to be your mistress.”

Edrick furrowed his brow and shot me a puzzled look.

“What?” he said, running a hand through his dark hair. “What do you mean?”

“Kelly found the earrings I left on your bedside table,” I said. “I’m afraid she misunderstood our relationship.”

Edrick was silent for several moments before shaking his head. “You think Kelly is my girlfriend?”