His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Family Ties
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“Ahem.”

Ethan and I jerked our heads up from the portfolio of his childhood drawings, our train of conversation now broken, to see none other than Edrick standing in the doorway — and he didn’t look happy.

“Oh, hello,” I said, feeling a bit nervous under the billionaire’s strangely disapproving stare. “Ethan was just showing me some of his work.”

Without a word, Edrick slowly walked into the studio. His shoes clicked loudly on the concrete floor, echoing through the room’s tall ceilings. For several long moments, the Alpha billionaire slowly circled the studio and looked at all of the art with his hands in his pants pockets. I noticed that he wasn’t looking around with wonder, like I had when Ethan first turned on the light, but rather with an almost disgusted look on his face. He almost seemed repulsed by the art, which was surprising considering the fact that he had plenty of expensive artwork hanging in both his mansion in the mountains and his city penthouse.

Finally, Edrick turned to face me and slowly walked up to where Ethan and I stood, stopping in front of me. He hardly paid any mind to Ethan, as though his brother wasn’t even there.

“Ella is looking for you,” he said to me in a deep, irritated voice. “You should be with her.”

“I’m sorry,” I replied, feeling even more nervous as the Alpha billionaire towered over me, looking down at me with an aggravated look on his handsome face. “I thought she was with her grandmother.”

“She is,” Edrick said. His gaze finally slid over to Ethan. There was something dark about the way he looked at his own brother, as if he didn’t trust him. Meanwhile, Ethan only looked back at Edrick with an almost amused sparkle in his eyes, as if he had been experiencing this behavior from his brother for a long time already.

“Hello to you too, big brother,” Ethan said.

a palpable air of discomfort, and it involuntarily made me take a step backwards. “I’ll go back to Ella, now,” I said, heading nervously for

lingered on each other for a moment before I glanced over at Edrick, who seemed to look at me with a hint of fiery

with you,”

us, and the last thing I saw before the door closed was Ethan’s face. He was smiling, almost

a bit rough with me and his

I asked, feeling my hands curl into fists at

for a few moments, then back up at me. “You shouldn’t be so trusting of him. He’s not who

“He’s your brother–”

not my

he said those words. We stood there silently in the dark corridor for a few moments. The ceiling, I was now realizing, was made of patterned glass, which allowed the moonlight to shine down onto the marble tiles and cast designs

us said anything else, he turned on his heel and headed toward the

want you to leave my side

with Edrick. We briskly descended the stairs back to the main floor, then passed through the garden to make our way back

The music had come to a bit of a lull by the time we entered, while the guests milled about and sipped their drinks. I felt my face

Verona said, holding her hand out for Edrick. Her smiling eyes flickered over to me,

merely shot me an indifferent stare before pushing himself up out of his chair and beckoning for Edrick to

to the bar. “Grandma gave me a present.” On Ella’s wrist was a delicate silver bracelet with a small charm that had the letter

pretty,” I

“As Ella

glass in hand. “Verona loves to spoil Ella,” she said. Her face was the perfect picture of sweetness, but I could sense a hint

granddaughter, after all,” Verona replied, squeezing Ella’s shoulders. “It’s my job to spoil

to speak, but Edrick suddenly returned. He had a sour look on his face as

and twirling a bit of hair

want to answer, but also partially because the orchestra began to play again. I immediately recognized the song as one of my favorite classical pieces: Vivaldi’s Winter. Verona, seeing the smile on my face, suddenly

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