His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 201

#Chapter 201: A Close Eye

Moana

By the end of the weekend, I was dying to get back to work. Since we decided not to leave the penthouse after all, I decided that it wouldn’t hurt any to return to teaching. Besides, Ella needed to go back to school as well, and since she didn’t remember the events of the night that we were kidnapped she was only getting more aggravated by the day. With each passing day, Ella was becoming more confused and agitated and I was feeling more stir crazy, which only led to increased flashbacks from the whole ordeal.

So, on Monday morning, I got dressed for work.

“Where are you going?” Edrick asked, looking up from his newspaper as I walked through the living room.

“I need to get back to work,” I said. “I can’t just use a substitute forever. Tomorrow, maybe Ella should go back to school as well.”

Edrick’s icy gray eyes widened. He threw his newspaper down and stood abruptly, shaking his head. “You can’t go. It’s dangerous.”

“Edrick, I’ll be in a school just a few blocks away in the middle of the afternoon,” I said. “There’s a security guard on the campus who watches everything. I’ll tell them about the situation so they can keep an eye out for any trouble.”

For a few moments, the Alpha billionaire stared wildly at me as he gritted his teeth. I held my head high to show that I wasn’t going to back down; despite what had happened almost two weeks prior, I wasn’t a damsel in distress, and I had a job to do.

Finally, Edrick seemed to see that I wasn’t backing down and he let out a sigh, passing his hand over his face.

“Take one of the bodyguards with you, then,” he said quietly. “Take Darren. He’ll protect you. Actually, I’ll drive with you as well.” Before I could say anything, Edrick rushed over to the foyer and began to slip his shoes on. I watched as he pulled two surgical masks out of his pocket, then held one out to me along with my wide-brimmed sun hat. “Here. To protect your identity during the walk. We’ll go out the back, and if you tuck in your hair, you’ll be less likely to be noticed—”

“Edrick,” I said exasperatedly, “hold on. I’ll walk with you and wear the disguise, but I can’t bring a bodyguard to school. Darren is big and looks threatening. He’ll scare the children, and I don’t even think that the headmistress will allow it anyway. And also, I want to walk, not drive. I feel cooped up.”

Edrick stared at me for another few moments. I could tell right off the bat that he wouldn’t give up on the bodyguard, nor was he likely to give up on most of his stipulations. I figured that it was worth a try, though.

Finally, after a long time of staring silently at each other, Edrick seemed to relent a little bit.

“I know that you feel safer with Ethan and Kelly in jail, but it’s still dangerous for you out there,” he said firmly. “But how about this: can you just let one of the bodyguards drive you? They can just wait in the car and keep an eye on the school entrance while you’re at work. If you’ll just allow that, I promise I won’t nag you about it any longer.”