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.

my sore ears from wearing it all day. The driver pulled away from the curb and started taking us in the direction of the penthouse, where,

chest, humming and wiggling happily in her seat. I couldn’t help myself from sneaking a glance at Moana every so often, who didn’t seem to notice me looking at her

just a good job, Miss Smartypants,” Moana said, wrapping her arm around Ella’s

with furrowed brows for a few moments, tapping her chin with her index

my mind wandered back to the strange scent I had picked up in the

you able to recognize where that scent came from?” I asked my

faint. Although, I think it might have been

the window instead at

…

due to our agreement — still bundled up in extra layers, of course,

sitting on the bed,

said. “I can wait a

I replied. “I’m

the insomnia was just caused by being lonely in bed, but

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 she handled Ella. She seemed like

side of

the curtains closed?” she asked,

to keep the room as dark as possible to try and help me sleep, but it didn’t seem to be bothering me now. Besides, the