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His chuckle was like music to her ears, caressing them even, it made the smile on her face widen even more but then her smile started to falter as she noticed his gaze lingering on her. It was almost like his ocean blue eyes were dissecting her soul from the way it held hers intently, making her feel self conscious. Unable to maintain a steady gaze with him as she suddenly became nervous, she looked away, inhaling, and then exhaling sharply. Jake smiled lightly when Maddie threw her face away from him while sucking in the air around her. He could tell that she was nervous. Even back at the ball, he had noticed her nervousness, especially when he held her gaze like he did earlier and he knew that it was because of him. He liked it. After taking successive breaths, Maddie seemed to have regained her courage as she returned her gaze to him. "You owe me an apology Mr Conat," she muttered. A frown broke across Jake's face. The frown wasn't because of Maddie's words in it's entirety. It
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Maddie spent literally the whole night tossing and turning in bed, her mind was a chaotic mess. What just happened back at the living room with Jake? She kept asking herself. She didn't understand… She could understand her own anger, she had always been quick to lose her temper. Well, not always as she used to be quite tolerant and even slightly timid back when she was a kid even up until high school but ever since high school, ever since what happened to her back then, her whole personality had undergone a huge change. Her therapist had said it was a coping mechanism. Her quick temper. Maddie didn't even know if she agreed with her. Why had Jake dropped the honorifics with her? He had done the same even back then, that night she had first flared up at him. Back then he had addressed her by her name informally like he had today. Why had he done that? No… He couldn't peradventure be developing feelings for her could he? Digging her fingers into her hair to pull on it lightly, Madd
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"Hey Audrey," Maddie said the moment Audrey picked her call. Maddie was back in her bedroom, sitting on her bed with her back resting against the bed's wooden backrest. "Hey baby girl," came Audrey's enthusiastic voice from the other line. "So I have the day off and was thinking if we could maybe hangout," Maddie muttered. "You have the day off? That's great because I was sincerely wondering about that. Live-in nannies rarely get days off though. Your boss must be real nice," was Audrey's reply. Maddie scoffed. it wasn't like she disagreed with Audrey about Jake being nice. He was nice but he was also overbearing and annoying. "I doubt I will have every Sunday off though. I think I just have today off because Mr Conat and his son went over to his parents," Maddie explained and Audrey simply hummed in response. "So does that mean we are hanging out?" Maddie asked. "Sure. Get your ass down here girlfriend. See you soon!" Audrey replied. "Alright then. See you soon," Maddie mutter
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The atmosphere was serene. Only the sounds of cutleries clinking against plates could be heard in the dining room. "Eat some more my Cutie pie," Mrs Georgia Conat, Jake's mother and grandmother to Andrew spoke to the lad who was sitting across of her. She added more food to his plate as she spoke. Andrew just smiled at her and continued to eat his meal. Georgia Conat was blonde like her son and grandson but unlike their ocean blue eyes hers was jade green. She had quite a small frame but was energetic and fit. "You too eat some more, look how skinny you have become from overworking yourself," she turned to her son Jake who was sitting directly next to her to say, adding some food to his own plate as well. "Thanks mother," Jake said to his mother with a smile, and then continued eating. She smiled and turned to her food to take a bite. "I hear you hired a new nanny for my grandson. I hope she isn't as dumb as the last few ones?" Georgia asked Jake as he grabbed a glass of water and
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"I think I just ruined my appetite," Maddie muttered in a voice so low, Audrey almost didn't hear her. She returned her gaze to Audrey as she spoke and her friend who knew her too well immediately glanced at the direction she had looked away from. "That a**hole!" Audrey mumbled under her breath as she caught sight of Lucas sitting a few tables across theirs, and then her gaze returned to Maddie, worry playing in her jade green eyes. "We could go to another restaurant if you want," Audrey offered, her hand moving across the table to hold Maddie's hand, which was lying slanted on top the table. "No," Maddie shook her head in negation, anger brimming in her chocolate brown eyes. "We are staying. It's not like I did anything wrong, why do I have to leave?" After speaking, Maddie picked up her fork, which she had dropped earlier and resumed eating. Audrey smiled, and then joined her. "So tell me, so far, how has babysitting Andrew been like?" Audrey asked to make conversation. She fig
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"You didn't have to resort to violence Audrey," Maddie said to Audrey as the car moved smoothly down the highway. Audrey spared Maddie a quick glance on hearing Maddie's words but her gaze returned to the road ahead almost immediately. "I wasn't going to but the dude just wouldn't back off… The nerves of him! He is lucky I didn't target that disgusting member beneath his legs that just couldn't stay in its place!" came Audrey's reply and Maddie couldn't help but burst into laughter. Audrey joined her. "It was really fun to watch you kicking his a** I must admit," Maddie said in between laughter. "I know right!* Audrey muttered and the two girls burst into another round of laughter as a similar memory started to play on both their minds. It was the memory of the first day the two girls had met. **Flashbacks of about six years ago** Maddie was a freshman in college, still trying to settle in and all. It was the early hours of the morning and she had just concluded lectures for the
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After seeing the movie, Audrey dropped Maddie off at the Conat's residence. "Wow!" Audrey exclaimed. "Although I can't see much from outside, I am pretty sure it's like heavens inside," she added. She had stepped out of the car with Maddie and they were both now standing by the car. The car was parked right outside the gate of the Conat's mansion. "I don't know if Mr Conat would mind me bringing a friend over," Maddie said as she deliberated on if she could ask Audrey to come in with her or not. It hadn't been stated any where in the employment contract she had signed that she couldn't bring her friends over but she figured she still needed to run it by Mr Conat still. She didn't want to take his benevolence for granted. "No! I mean it's fine, I have to get back home ASAP. I have some work I need to turn in by tomorrow and I haven't even started. I should get to it," Audrey said with an assuring smile, which Maddie felt was slightly off. She dismissed the feeling however. "You go
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"Is that even a reason?" Maddie couldn't help but ask. Jake shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "For me it is. At least that way my mouth would hurt less." Maddie scoffed, shaking her head in disbelief, was he serious right now? "If that's the case then I would call you Jake," she stated and he frowned, his cold ears piercing into her warm ones. "Umm, I was kidding. Of course I can't call my boss by his name," Maddie spoke in a voice that shook, ending with a nervous chuckle. Just why had she said that? She chidded herself internally, avoiding his gaze. It hit her ears rather too softly, caressing it even, the light sound of his laughter in the next second. She almost didn't believe it. And when she looked at him to confirm if it was indeed him that had laughed, his face that had turned expressionless further increased her doubts. However, she knew that she had really heard him. He had laughed! She smiled. "Here," Jake said, he was stretching out an envelope to her. He hadn
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"You umm, you have something on your mouth," Jake's voice sounded seconds later when Maddie didn't look away like he had expected her to when their gazes first locked. His shaky voice gave away his nervousness. He wasn't lying though, she did have food particles smeared on one corner of her lips.On hearing his words, Maddie reached for a serviette piece on the table to wipe her mouth all over as Jake hadn't specifically pointed out the part of her mouth that was smeared with food particles. And she wasn't ready to ask him for specifics. As she performed this action, Jake found his eyes lowering to her lips, swallowing as he remembered how it tasted. She finished cleaning her mouth, her eyes returning to him and catching the desire playing in his eyes. Her gaze on him turned into a glare and he quickly looked away from her feeling slightly embarrassed. "Mummy, can you please pass me the ketchup?" Andrew's voice was Jake's saving grace as Maddie averted her gaze from him to her s
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Jake did well to stay out of Maddie's way for the rest of the evening. Even skipping dinner. He was already content enough that she had returned to the mansion although he knew that her reason for returning was most probably because of her son. It had been evident in her face earlier when she saw him after getting out of the car. The way she had turned away from him so swiftly. He was pretty sure that if she could, she would have dug a hole and hidden herself in it right there and then. It was how much she despised him now. Well, she did have every right to. Closing his laptop, Jake rose from his chair and started to make his way out of the office study. He proceeded towards the kitchen in the second floor, opening the refrigerator to take out a foil covered plate. The plate contained the quesadilla pizza his son had given him earlier saying that Maddie and him had baked it and kept some for him. He knew that them keeping some for him was all his son and not at all Maddie's decis
