His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 16: A Sweet Scent
Edrick

I lifted my blindfold, as did she. The sweet scent that I smelled was definitely Moana…

Or so I thought. It faded so quickly that I was no longer sure if it was her who I smelled, or someone else. It couldn’t be her, anyway; she was a human. She had no scent.

“It looks like we have our first winners!” the announcer called over the microphone.

As Ella squealed with delight on the platform above, I realized that I was holding Moana’s hand. I saw her blushing and I quickly dropped her hand. When we re-emerged from the maze, Ella was standing at the entrance with one of the staff members — the same girl from before.

The staff member gave Moana and I a strange look, but still said nothing and instead handed Ella the grand prize; the rare doll that Ella had so desperately wanted.

As we walked back to the car, Ella couldn’t stop chattering about how much she loved her doll, how amazing it was that she was able to make me find Moana so quickly, and how this was the best birthday she had ever had in her entire life.

in the car, I finally took my mask off, breathing deeply and rubbing the backs of my sore ears from wearing it all day. The driver pulled away from

seat. I couldn’t help myself

said, wrapping her arm around Ella’s small

for a few moments, tapping her chin with her index finger. “I think I’ll name her…

to the strange scent I had picked up

recognize where that scent came from?” I asked

Although, I think it might have been a

my brow as I looked away from Moana and Ella and looked out the window instead at the city sights as they passed by. Was my mate

…

put Ella to bed. Moana came to my room a little while later due to our agreement — still bundled up in extra layers, of course, as if

sitting on the bed, reading, when she

she said. “I can wait

replied.

been sleeping together as part of our arrangement for a few days now, I was already feeling immensely better. I thought to myself that the insomnia was just caused by being lonely in bed, but then I would think about other one night stands I had before Moana came into the picture and would remember that, even

helped me sleep? There wasn’t anything particularly out of the ordinary with her, and her demeanor was often cordial with me — she was even a little cold with me sometimes, whereas I had had previous one night stands with women who were head over heels for me. Maybe there was just something comforting about Moana. She was exceptionally good with children, after all, as I discovered from watching how naturally

the opposite side of the bed, pausing to

want the curtains closed?”

about how she had opened the curtains after our second night of sleeping together. Normally I liked to keep the room as dark as possible