His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story
Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Chapter 66: Sweet Relief

Moana

“Did you decide?” the doctor asked.

I felt completely helpless, and began to cry harder. The doctor was silent and let me cry, and when Iwas finally able to speak around my sobs, I looked up at him and shook my head.

“I can’t do it,” I said, my chest heaving with each word as my lungs felt like they would explode. “I don’twant to go through with the abortion.”

The doctor nodded. “Okay then,” he said with a warm smile. “You don’t have to do it.”

He left to let me get dressed again. As I did, I felt Mina practically leaping with joy inside of me, and Icouldn’t help but smile a bit. I finished dressing, then headed back out to the elevator with the intentionof calling a cab home since Edrick thought that I would be spending the night here.

When the elevator doors slid open, however, I was utterly shocked to see Edrick standing there with ablue surgical mask on to hide his identity. He had a panicked look in his eyes, We stared at each otherfor a long few moments before he finally spoke.

“Well?” he asked. “Did you do it?”

I shook my head. “I couldn’t. I decided that I want to keep it.”

He seemed relieved and let out a deep sigh. “Come on. I’ll drive you home,” was all he said, but I couldtell just from his body language that he was happy with the decision.

Without another word, he turned around and walked back to the door. I couldn’t help but notice the rudesecretary’s eyes on me as I walked past with Edrick — no doubt she was shocked to see a humanwalking out with a werewolf.

Edrick held the door open for me, and once I was inside, he came around to the driver’s side andpulled away from the curb. I began to feel suddenly light and free, and was certain that I’d made theright decision. Whatever obstacles we faced, I was sure that we’d take them all in stride. In a way, wewere going to be a team now, and that was a comfort.

“I’d like to tell Selina and the maids,” I said as we drove.

Edrick nodded, but didn’t say anything else out loud. I wondered what was going through his head, butdecided not to pry.

The drive home was mostly quiet, aside from that brief agreement to tell Selina and the maids aboutthe decision when we got home. Finally, I couldn’t contain my curiosity any further, and I broke thatsilence.

“What made you come back?” I asked. “I thought that you were going to pick me up tomorrow.”

Edrick paused for a moment, then shrugged nonchalantly. “My morning meeting got canceled, so Idecided to come and check to see how everything went.”

I didn’t ask any other questions, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that he came back for a differentreason.

…

When we arrived back at the penthouse, Ella was playing in the living room with Selina. Ella wassurprised to see me there; meanwhile, Selina looked rapidly between Edrick and I with a worried

expression on her face.

“Moana!” Ella shouted, jumping up and running over to me. “I thought you were gonna be gone all day.”

I smiled, then shook my head and crouched down to her level to pinch her cheeks. “I decided I missedyou too much,” I said, blinking away the tears that threatened to form in my eyes.”

“Ella, why don’t you go and play in your room for a little bit?” Edrick asked then. “Moana can come andplay with you soon.”

“Okay!” Ella exclaimed as she scurried off. Once she was gone, Selina stood. I noticed that she waswringing her hands nervously.

“Well?” she asked.

Edrick didn’t answer. Instead, he gestured for both Selina and I to follow him to the study, and called forAmy and Lily to come as well, who were standing in the kitchen doorway looking concerned.

Once the door was closed, Edrick sighed. He opened his mouth to speak, then promptly closed it againand cleared his throat; I could tell that he was struggling to replace the right words, so I decided to take itupon myself to reveal the news.

“I decided to keep it.”

Selina let out a sigh of relief. Amy and Lily sighed too, and in that moment I realized that they certainlyalready knew about the pregnancy, despite Selina having promised not to tell anyone. Still, I couldn’t bemad at her for secretly telling them.

“Oh, this is wonderful,” Selina said. Much to my surprise, the housekeeper walked briskly over to meand wrapped me in her arms. Once again, I was taken aback by her sudden display of affection, but itwas over more quickly than it began. She stepped back, then looked between Edrick and I once again.

“Are you going to tell Ella?” she asked.

I looked up at Edrick; we hadn’t talked about it even once, and I was still unsure as to whether hewould even tell her that the baby was her sibling, or if we would hold up a facade that the baby had adifferent father.

For the second time in those few moments, I was shocked again.

“Of course,” he said without hesitation, nodding. “We’ll tell her.”

“And what will you say, exactly?” Selina pried. “Do you have a plan?”

Now, Edrick finally hesitated. He glanced over at me, looking surprisingly unsure of himself. “I… Iadmittedly haven’t thought that far ahead,” he said quietly. “I must confess that this is not a situation Ithought I would ever see myself in.”

Selina frowned, folding her arms across her chest.

“What about you?” she asked, looking at me. “Surely you’ve thought about it.”

I bit my lip. Much like Edrick, I also hadn’t thought that far ahead. Less than an hour ago, I had beenfully planning on aborting the child. Before that, I was too preoccupied with what decision would be bestto make to even think about the impact it would have on Ella. I was a bit embarrassed that how shemight react didn’t even cross my mind once.

Selina, seeing my hesitation, sighed deeply and even groaned a little with exasperation. “I suppose youhave time,” she said, glancing down at my stomach. “But if you wait too long, you’ll start to show, and itwill only hurt her even worse if she feels like you’ve been keeping a secret from her.”

“I just worry about her reaction,” Edrick chimed in, surprising me again with his own candidness. “Youknow how she’s been in the past with nannies… She might think poorly of Moana after this.”

I looked up at Edrick, taken aback that he had actually taken time to consider how Ella’s knowledge ofthe pregnancy might affect her relationship with me. All this time, I thought that he was too self-absorbed and superior to think such things, but now I couldn’t help but wonder if something hadchanged when he discovered my pregnancy.

“You have to make sure you handle it well,” Selina replied. “It’s important to be mindful of your child’semotions when you introduce the prospect of a new sibling. And it’s equally important to work hard toensure that she doesn’t think she’ll get replaced.”

Once again, Edrick and I looked at each other. At that moment, I felt myself soften as I looked up at hisface; he had a worried expression on, but at the same time, he seemed excited and not so hard andcold as he usually was.

Now, we had to face our second obstacle as expecting parents — but at least we would be doing ittogether, as a team.