His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

We stood there like that in silence for a while, just looking at each other. He seemed to be studying my

face, as though he was searching for something; although what exactly he was searching for was a

mystery to me.

I didn’t realize it at first, but we were still holding hands. My heart began to race as I came to this

realization, and I quickly pulled away, distracting myself by holding my skirt up with both hands and

wading around in the cool water. I heard Edrick clear his throat behind me, and I glanced up to see that

he, too, seemed to be trying to distract himself.

While Edrick was looking away, I took that moment to study him now, just as he had studied me. His

sleeves were rolled up to his elbows and the first couple of buttons were undone around his collar,

giving him a casual look. The way that his soft white shirt billowed in the hot summer breeze along with

the way that his dark hair became ruffled made him appear effortless and relaxed, much unlike the

stark Alpha CEO I had come to know over the past few months. There was no denying that he looked

incredibly handsome like this, with his sharp jawline and sinewy, muscular arms. I had never seen him

work out, but he must have done it quite a lot, because his biceps strained against his shirt when he

moved.

Beyond that, however, his eyes contained something new and gentle that I hadn’t seen before. He

seemed to be lost in thought; his brow was somewhat furrowed, but not in an angry or brooding way,

and at one point he gently bit his lower lip, causing my heart to flutter for the briefest of moments. As I

watched him, I suddenly felt Mina begin to react strongly to his handsome appearance inside of me,

begging me to do something. She wanted him, and had been wanting him more than ever lately, for

reasons unbeknownst to me. Maybe it was the baby making her want to find a mate. But I knew that

Edrick could never be my mate; not with the stark differences in our social status. To him, I was still just

a human. Even if he did find out that I wasn’t human, it wouldn’t change the fact that I was from an

incredibly low social class, and he was from the highest social class possible. If he was going to be with

anyone, perhaps it should be Kelly; she was, after all, a wealthy socialite. I was an orphan who was

nearly homeless before Edrick hired me.

I must have been staring at Edrick for too long, and he noticed, because he suddenly looked up and

met my gaze again. My face went even redder, but I couldn’t tear my eyes away.

I especially couldn’t tear my eyes away when I suddenly saw a mischievous smirk spread across the

billionaire’s face.

Suddenly, without a word, he reached down into the water and he…

Splashed me.

I felt my jaw drop. “Edrick!” I exclaimed, laughing. “You got me all wet!” Without thinking, I reached

down and scooped my hand into the water, splashing him back with even more vigor in retaliation for

what he just did to me.

Much to my neverending surprise, Edrick only splashed me again, this time harder.

We kept going back and forth like this, our laughter growing and floating through the air as we splashed

each other more and more. During those moments, I saw Edrick smile — truly smile. There was a

youthful look to him, as though he was no longer the stressed Alpha CEO I had come to know, but was

rather the same young boy who slept out here in this very garden when he was a child. And, during

those moments, I felt an overwhelming sense of emotion wash over me. An emotion that I couldn’t

quite place my finger on just yet.

By this point, we were almost entirely soaked and both of us were too caught up in the fun of the

moment to care. I reached down to splash him again, but then I suddenly felt my foot slip.

In an instant, I was falling forward, unable to catch stable footing in the slippery fountain. All of my mirth

suddenly melted away, replaced by fear of harming my baby, and my eyes widened as I fell forward.

But a pair of strong arms caught me, wrapping around me.

He slipped, too, and together we went tumbling down into the shallow water.

The air was quiet now, replaced by the shocked silence of our mutual fall and the soft sounds of our

heavy breathing. I pushed myself up, realizing now that I had fallen on top of Edrick — but his hands

were still on my waist, holding me, keeping me from pulling away.

Something came over me then. I felt Mina begging me to get closer to him, so I did.

I kissed him.

For an eternal few moments, we laid together in the shallow fountain, our wet lips pressed together with

a strange sense of gentle urgency. His lips were soft and tasted like heaven, and I felt his hands slide

up along my waist, over my arms and up to my face, cupping my cheeks in his palms. During those

moments, I was certain that I could stay like this forever.

But I couldn’t.

When we pulled away, both of our faces were beet red. Within a split second, I could see the regret

filling Edrick’s eyes; I felt a sense of regret, too, for what I had done. Not only had I ruined my dress,

but I had also made the mistake of kissing a man whose relationship with me was nothing but a ticking

time bomb.

“S-Sorry,” I said, pushing myself away from him and onto my knees.

Edrick only nodded and stood. Without a word, he held his hand out for me and helped me stand.

Neither of us spoke as we stepped out of the fountain, but as it turned out, we didn’t need to.

Because Verona was standing in the archway, watching us with an open mouth and wide eyes.