His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 10: Mina
Moana

Smiling to myself with closed eyes, I nuzzled deeper into the warm embrace of my bedmate, inhaling the smell of his chest.

Wait…

My eyes shot open, as did his at the same time. We stared at one another in disbelief for several long seconds before I felt my face get hot. There was no denying the chemistry in the air between us as we gazed at each other beneath the warmth of the sheets, but I knew deep down that this was wrong. Edrick was my boss, and I had signed a contract to not get romantically involved!

Blushing, I quickly pulled away and climbed out of the bed. I noticed that the cardigan I had worn to bed the night before now lay on the floor, so I picked it up and quickly put it on to cover myself while Edrick sat up slowly in bed.

“I’m sorry,” I said, my back turned to him as I buttoned my cardigan. “Maybe this isn’t the best idea.”

“Perhaps,” he replied. His voice was low and gravelly from sleep, and it admittedly made me feel even more attracted to him. “But I have to say that I haven’t slept that well in ages. Excluding our night in the hotel, of course.”

As I finished buttoning up my cardigan, I felt my face flush an even deeper shade of red. No response came to mind, so without a word, I quietly slipped out of Edrick’s room and hoped that no one would see me.

Unfortunately, that wish did not come true as I almost immediately bumped into Ella, who was standing outside of her father’s room.

“Oh! Good morning, Ella,” I said, trying to act nonchalant as I smiled at the little girl.

a few moments, processing,

you doing in

a child that her father was paying me to sleep with him? While the simple agreement was that I was only there to sleep beside him to

daddy just called me in here to tell me that…” My voice faltered as I tried to come up with an excuse.

lit up, and I felt

said, her excited voice turning into a

nodded. “Really. Go get ready. We can have crepes for breakfast at the bakery

a sigh

and got dressed in something suitable for the summer heat: a comfortable cotton dress and a pair of sandals. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail, and by that point, Ella was already excitedly banging on my door and singing a made-up song about crepes. As we

were eating our breakfast together, however,

was clear as day, and sounded nothing like my own inner thoughts. It was a woman’s voice, but it was fading in and

sounding

in shock, nearly dropping the forkful of crepes as I

You can just talk

But… I was human! Well, if you

but I’ve been awakened by someone close to you. I’m not sure

“Are you okay?” she said,

just yet. “Yes, I’m fine,” I replied, reaching out to wipe a bit of whipped cream off of Ella’s mouth with my napkin. “Don’t talk

Mina after that, but what happened was real. I just realized that I never really knew who my real parents were. This ‘Mina’ said that someone near me had a close connection. I thought of Ella, of the housekeeper, the maids… Could it be possible that I was related to any

…

to go to these training sessions every week along with other werewolf children to learn how to use their abilities, control their wolves, and to get the chance to shift freely in a safe space. I had attended the first training with Selina and Ella, but this

do in the meantime, and decided to take a taxi to the orphanage. Not only was I missing the children there, but

I arrived, the children seemed preoccupied with arts and crafts, but a few of them perked up when they