Eileen stared at me with wide eyes. She was shocked speechless, I would guess from Patti calling me and Lionel "mommy" and "daddy."After a long moment of her staring at us all in surprise, she finally seemed to decide what she was going to do. She took her son's hand. "Come on, let's go." She said
Finally his eyes left the window and he looked at me again, our eyes meeting with an electric spark that zipped through me. "It's the people by your side that are important."I swallowed, my face flushing. I didn't look away this time. I couldn't bring myself to break the eye contact this time.Lion
My face immediately went bright red as I took in my surroundings. I took in a deep breath, unintentionally breathing in Lionel's scent. He smelled incredible, warm, musky and sweet.Between his scent and the closeness, my legs were weak. If I tried to stand, I wasn't sure if I would've been able to.
He brushed himself off and started to walk to the door. I stopped, my brow furrowing in frustration."What? No, you know about her condition-" I insisted.Lionel turned back to me, and he looked at me as if he was holding back from rolling his eyes at me. "I promise you, it's normal." He responded i
I was speechless as I felt my heart break in my chest. I should've known better than to speak my mind like that. Logically I had known I was just working for him, but I thought that maybe our relationship had grown and that we were becoming equals working with the girls.I was just a nanny to him. I
I shook my head, trying to get the words unstuck from my mind. It didn't work. I knew I finally had to face reality.I had some sort of feelings for Lionel, that much was obvious. I had feelings and I had expectations for him that were unfair to both of us. This... relationship or whatever it was, i
"No!" I exclaimed quickly, feeling my face heating up. "I was just giving you an example!" I said in exasperation.Lionel rolled his eyes at me. "Even if you did insist, it wouldn't have been included in the contract. That would be illegal."I let out a huff, glaring at him. He took everything I sai
I practically jumped backwards as I looked down to the dark hardwood floors. I crouched down to pick up, whatever the offending object was. I paused.It was a beautiful silver cufflink, intricate and beautiful. On the front of the cufflink was an engraved trio of wolfsbane flowers, on the back of th