His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 66

#Chapter 66: Sweet Relief

Moana

“Did you decide?” the doctor asked.

I felt completely helpless, and began to cry harder. The doctor was silent and let me cry, and when I was finally able to speak around my sobs, I looked up at him and shook my head.

“I can’t do it,” I said, my chest heaving with each word as my lungs felt like they would explode. “I don’t want to go through with the abortion.”

The doctor nodded. “Okay then,” he said with a warm smile. “You don’t have to do it.”

He left to let me get dressed again. As I did, I felt Mina practically leaping with joy inside of me, and I couldn’t help but smile a bit. I finished dressing, then headed back out to the elevator with the intention of calling a cab home since Edrick thought that I would be spending the night here.

When the elevator doors slid open, however, I was utterly shocked to see Edrick standing there with a blue surgical mask on to hide his identity. He had a panicked look in his eyes, We stared at each other for a long few moments before he finally spoke.

“Well?” he asked. “Did you do it?”

I shook my head. “I couldn’t. I decided that I want to keep it.”

He seemed relieved and let out a deep sigh. “Come on. I’ll drive you home,” was all he said, but I could tell just from his body language that he was happy with the decision.

Without another word, he turned around and walked back to the door. I couldn’t help but notice the rude secretary’s eyes on me as I walked past with Edrick — no doubt she was shocked to see a human walking out with a werewolf.

Edrick held the door open for me, and once I was inside, he came around to the driver’s side and pulled away from the curb. I began to feel suddenly light and free, and was certain that I’d made the right decision. Whatever obstacles we faced, I was sure that we’d take them all in stride. In a way, we were going to be a team now, and that was a comfort.

“I’d like to tell Selina and the maids,” I said as we drove.

Edrick nodded, but didn’t say anything else out loud. I wondered what was going through his head, but decided not to pry.

The drive home was mostly quiet, aside from that brief agreement to tell Selina and the maids about the decision when we got home. Finally, I couldn’t contain my curiosity any further, and I broke that silence.

“What made you come back?” I asked. “I thought that you were going to pick me up tomorrow.”

Edrick paused for a moment, then shrugged nonchalantly. “My morning meeting got canceled, so I decided to come and check to see how everything went.”

I didn’t ask any other questions, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that he came back for a different reason.

…

When we arrived back at the penthouse, Ella was playing in the living room with Selina. Ella was surprised to see me there; meanwhile, Selina looked rapidly between Edrick and I with a worried expression on her face.

“Moana!” Ella shouted, jumping up and running over to me. “I thought you were gonna be gone all day.”

I smiled, then shook my head and crouched down to her level to pinch her cheeks. “I decided I missed you too much,” I said, blinking away the tears that threatened to form in my eyes.”