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
"I heard you scream and I thought something might've happened. Are you alright?" Lionel asked, voice low as he held me against his chest.My heart fluttered against my ribs, my pulse racing. I couldn't think of anything to say as a response, not when he was so close and warm against me. I opened and
Lionel looked back to me with a small smile on his face. "Then, we'll take it."I looked away from Lionel, back to my reflection in the mirror. My face was flushed and pink. I smiled to myself.But there were still other things to do. After we changed back into our normal clothes, the girls went to