His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 13: Birthday Outing
Moana

Despite everything that happened that day, Edrick still requested that I spend the night with him. I made sure to put more distance between us this time, hoping that we wouldn’t wake up in each other’s arms again in the morning.

When I woke up, my cardigan was still on and Edrick’s side of the bed was empty. I heard the shower running in the bathroom, so I let out a sigh of relief and took it as my chance to get up and leave the room before I would have to talk to him. Not only was it still awkward to look him in the eye with our new arrangement, but I was admittedly still a little upset with him for yelling at me publicly the day before.

I quickly got up and made the bed, opening the curtains out of habit to let some sunlight into the room before I put my slippers on and headed out.

“Moana?” Ella’s little voice said, the second I walked out of the room. It made me jump a bit. I wasn’t expecting her to be standing right outside the door.

“Good morning, Miss Ella,” I said, managing a smile. “Are you feeling better today?”

Ella nodded, but her eyebrows were scrunched together and her eyes were narrowed suspiciously. “What were you doing in my daddy’s room again?”

“I, um…” I stammered, realizing that I couldn’t use the crepes for breakfast excuse two days in a row.

“Good morning, Princess!” Edrick said from behind me, brushing past me to scoop Ella up off the floor. Her look of concern and confusion quickly turned into a wide grin.

“Daddy!” Ella exclaimed, giggling as Edrick blew a raspberry on her cheek. “Where are you taking me for my birthday?”

also forgotten that today was her birthday. It had been mentioned in the packet of instructions given to me on my first day,

button-down shirt and his hair still a bit damp at the ends from his shower,

smile faded and she began

today. And I’ll

“And cake?” Ella asked.

“And cake,” Edrick replied.

…

Edrick left that morning, Ella was — unsurprisingly — quite sad that her father couldn’t spend her birthday with her, so I tried to

to which the little girl shook her head and folded her arm across her chest, sticking her lower lip out

offered her was met with indignant refusal. I knew she just wanted to spend the day with Edrick, and nothing would really

me that I could take her out so long as I stayed with her the entire time and didn’t

hat on to

I messed up royally by leaving Ella’s training to visit the orphanage when I should’ve

shot me a worried look as I got on the elevator with Ella, and I was relieved to see her face

Ella as we watched the

back of her sun hat wiggle adorably. “Nope,” she replied, sticking her foot out to admire her brand new matching blue sandals — she clearly liked the color blue, as I was quickly learning. “I don’t really get to go anywhere except for special

wasn’t allowed to go anywhere. Even growing up in the orphanage, Sophia took

“How come?” I asked.

“He says that too many people will know who he is, so he has to

ra zzi?” I asked, stifling

the town car where our driver

tickets, and soon Ella was bursting with excitement as we

off from the roller coaster the second time, I started to feel sick. And it was broiling hot outside in the summer sun, so hot that I had resorted to fanning myself with a pamphlet I picked up at the information