His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 34: The Exhibit
Moana

I couldn’t bring myself to avoid Ethan’s exhibit after he had asked me to go so many times. So, after putting Ella to bed, I went to Selina with my hand on my stomach and a frown on my face.

“I’m afraid I might have contracted food poisoning,” I said, feigning illness. “Can you keep an eye on things if Ella wakes up? I’m going to go to urgent care.”

Selina frowned, looking at her watch. “Do you need a driver?” she asked.

I vehemently shook my head. “No. It’s okay. I’ll call a cab.”

“Well… Alright,” she said, pursing her lips. “Be careful.”

After that, I put on a simple dress that could pass for urgent care attire if anyone were to question me, and flagged down a cab outside of the penthouse.

Just as I suspected, the art gallery was packed to the brim when I arrived. As I got out of the cab, I felt a lump rise in my throat; all of the other patrons seemed to be dressed lavishly, which made me feel incredibly out of place.

There was a line with a bouncer to get in. I stood in line, patiently waiting my turn.

“Name?” the bouncer said, eyeing me up and down suspiciously as I walked up to him.

“Moana Fowler,” I replied.

not on the list,” he said. His voice

I replied, clutching my purse nervously

bouncer, not even bothering to look at me, simply scoffed. “I highly doubt the artist personally invited a human. Quit wasting my time and get out of here. You can come back to view the art tomorrow, when it’s

bouncer, “I

of murmurs making their way through the line of people waiting. The bouncer’s eyes widened, and without another word, he stepped out of the way

Ethan said, guiding me in through the foyer with his hand on my back. “He’s just doing

at all of the wealthy-looking people that were

you for coming,” Ethan said with a warm smile. “Unfortunately I have to participate in some involuntary networking with a few of the patrons here, but feel free to take a look around. And have a glass of champagne, too.” He reached out, taking a glass of champagne off of a waiter’s tray, and handed it to me. “I’ll find

took the champagne and nodded, watching as Ethan disappeared into the

and a sip of the champagne for courage, I made my way into the gallery so I could get a better look at

gallery, creating an atmosphere that almost made the artwork

spoken to me, either — with my glass of champagne in my hand as I closely studied each and every piece of artwork. Each piece seemed to fit

in a corner of the gallery, and no one else seemed to notice it; but I did. I felt entranced by the depiction of a young boy, staring out

huh?” Ethan’s voice suddenly said from behind me, breaking me out of my trance. I jumped a bit at the sound of his voice, not realizing that I had been standing in front

startled me,” I said, feeling my face flush. “Yes. I think this one might

favorite, too,” Ethan replied.

nodded, turning back to look at the painting. There was a bit of a silence before Ethan spoke. “Did you

purse and pulled out a single, folded piece of paper and held it out to Ethan. “It’s not much. Just

my heart rate quicken as he carefully studied my drawing. It was the same drawing that I had been working on in my bedroom the night that Edrick told me about the WereCorp wages: a drawing of the cityscape from the view of my

finally said after a few moments, “this is stunning. You didn’t mention that you could draw

my face go red at the

to me. “You’ve got some real talent. You should try to tap into