His Nanny Mate (Moana and Edrick Morgan) novel Chapter 84

#Chapter 84: Someone From the Past

Moana

That night, after Ella calmed down enough and agreed to clean up her room with our help, I laid in bed and found myself unable to sleep following the events of the day. Every time I closed my eyes, I pictured the creepy man from the mall; even more than that, however, I pictured Edrick’s soft eyes staring up at me as he held Ella on the floor and I felt his protective arm around my shoulders. I decided eventually that I couldn’t sleep for a while, so I decided to get my sketchbook out and draw. Although I had been working on another sketch for the past couple of days, I decided to turn to a fresh page that night and draw a scene that I couldn’t get out of my head: the image of Edrick holding Ella in her princess costume.

As I drew, starting with the rough forms of Edrick and Ella, a soft smile inadvertently began to spread across my lips. That smile spread as I began to feel Mina’s presence. It had been a few days since I really felt her presence, but I could tell that the events of the day made her come out more. I was grateful; Mina had become a friend to me, in a strange way.

“I have a confession,” she said finally after hanging around in my mind in silence for several minutes.

“Hm?” I said out loud. I still wasn’t entirely used to the whole concept of conversing with her in my head, and as I was distracted from my drawing, I didn’t think much of it now.

“Last night… I released a little more of my scent when he hugged you.”

I looked up from my sketchbook and frowned, setting my pencil down. “I thought we agreed on you not doing that without my permission,” I said quietly.

Mina was quiet for a few moments before answering. When she did finally answer, she sounded a little embarrassed. “I really didn’t mean to. It was an accident.”

“Well, what happened then?” I asked.

“When he hugged you… I just couldn’t control myself. It’s getting harder to control it.”

I furrowed my brow. Could that mean… No. Edrick wasn’t my mate. If he was, we would have noticed a lot sooner. Right? I went to search for Mina’s presence again to ask her, but when I did, she was gone again. Sighing, I knew I especially wouldn’t be able to sleep now, so I decided to get up and head to the kitchen to make myself some tea. It was hot, so I stayed only in my nightgown.

The apartment was quiet when I slipped out of my room. As I made my way over to the kitchen, I figured that everyone else was already fast asleep — but I realized that I was wrong when I suddenly heard the sound of Edrick’s aggravated voice coming from his office. Unable to contain my curiosity, I meandered a little closer to the closed door and listened.

“What makes you think you have the right to care about my personal affairs?” he said, his voice muffled through the door. “You threw away that right when you decided to screw me over all those years ago.”

He paused, listening to whoever was on the other end of the phone. I furrowed my brow, but kept listening.