Total pages in book: 27
Estimated words: 25367 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 127(@200wpm)___ 101(@250wpm)___ 85(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25367 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 127(@200wpm)___ 101(@250wpm)___ 85(@300wpm)
“Fine, but if you don’t like her, then can we still keep her and get one you like?” Damn, even she can tell her uncle isn’t feeling me.
“We’ll see,” he tells her. Aurora's face scrunches, but she relents. “Don’t forget to say goodbye,” she tells me. “Don’t just, you know, disappear.”
Oh gosh, my heart breaks a little at the request, and I nod to reassure her. “I won’t disappear, sweetheart.”
Edith ushers her back into the conference room, and I turn to Kellan. “Sorry,” I whisper.
“This way. I don’t want her to overhear.”
I follow him down to his office and can see why Aurora is hanging out in the conference room and not here. This place is so sterile it could probably function as a surgical room.
"Her plan isn't terrible," I start when he closes the door. I’m going to try and convince him to keep me before he can tell me and my trash bags to get lost. "You need someone now, and I think she does too. I can stay on until you find someone more suitable." Kellan stares at me with that blank expression on his face, and I start to panic. "I'll hang out for a little while and then make up an excuse to leave."
I’m holding my breath as I wait for an answer because I suddenly really want this job, even if it’s only for a short time.
Chapter Four
KELLAN
Nova stands before me and tries not to fidget. There’s something about the way I make her nervous that heats my blood. In my line of work, I never care if I make someone afraid. I’m here to get a job done, and if you can’t take it, then the door is behind you. But seeing her fingers play with the cuffs of her adorable sweatshirt is causing a reaction inside me I didn’t anticipate.
Something else that I pride myself on is being able to predict every step ahead of me. Since the moment I got the phone call about Aurora, I’ve been trying to play catch up, but for the most part, I’m good. Sure, I’ve got lots to figure out with my niece, but I hadn't expected this meeting with the new nanny to go this way.
“You’re a little young.” I’m surprised it comes out as an accusation, but clearly I’m off my game.
“I graduated college a few months ago,” Nova says as she shifts from foot to foot.
“So you’re over eighteen?”
“Yes,” she answers and licks her lips shyly.
Why am I making sure she’s legal? My cock begins to swell at the thought, and I have to walk around my desk and take a seat. “Please sit down.”
When she sits in the chair on the other side of my desk, I try to keep my eyes on her face. Okay, so I glance at her body a few times, but it’s not like I can see anything under the baggy sweatshirt. I’ll have to see about getting her a uniform if this is how she dresses all the time. Something short. Something tight.
“I’ve got a degree in education and lots of experience,” Nova says, once again bringing me back to the moment.
“You came highly recommended. The agency said you did temporary work, but I called all of your references and past families, and no one had a single bad thing to say about you.”
“Really?” She sits up straighter with wide eyes.
“Were you expecting there to be something?”
“No, not at all,” she rushes to say. “It’s just that it’s nice to hear. I didn’t always get to spend extended amounts of time with families, so I tried to make the most of what time I did have with the kids.”
“You know that the position is live-in, correct?” I was planning on putting the new nanny in the room next to Aurora, but maybe having her closer to me would be better. It would make it easier when giving instructions.
My mind conjures up an image of Nova on her knees as I tell her exactly what I want her to do. My cock grows harder and stretches along the inside of my thigh. I have to reach down and discreetly adjust myself because it’s becoming painful. The fuck is wrong with me and the reactions I’m having to this girl?
“Yes, the agency said you’d need full-time care for Aurora before she starts her new school after the new year.”
“Exactly. She’s on break until then, and I’m unable to watch her full time.”
“Of course, I’m used to helping working families that can’t be in two places at once.” Nova’s smile is soft and sweet and entirely too innocent.
“You’ll be on call twenty-four hours a day,” I tell her. “If I need something from you in the middle of the night, I expect you to provide your services.”
This time when my eyes run down her body, I watch as she crosses her legs. Is it my imagination or is she blushing?