The day ran faster than I had expected or maybe it was so because we barely had time to catch our breaths. We were racing from one activity to another and I was surprised to see that the kids still had the energy to fish at the lake inside the park. I felt like I had been run over by a truck although I think that had more to do with the tug of war game we played.
Needless to say, Abby, Aiden, and I lost to Lucas with our faces to the ground. My argument would be that it was a completely bias match. I would not put it past Lucas to be able to lift all three of us at the same time. But at least we had a lot of fun.
It was probably the best day I had had since I became the kid's nanny. I got to see Lucas in a different light. He was a good father, I had not a single doubt, but seeing the way he lost himself to the kids today, devoting his time and energy into making them enjoy their day, was just the most adorable sight to witness.
Lucas and I also go
"You just sound like one big happy family," Celine squealed happily as I sat on my bed talking to her after finishing up for the day. She went on about her usual excitement as I told her about the picnic. "Of course," I said flatly, "except we are not a family and we have only been dating one week.". "What if you propose to him," she said as her tone shifted into seriousness. "That's your worst joke yet," I said drily as I shifted on my bed. "and I've seen you try stand up comedy." "Shut up," she laughed, "I'm serious, since we came here, I've seen more couples proposing than on valentine's day." "You hate valentine's—and proposals." I cried through the phone. "Well, that was before I made this trip to Ibiza, god they are so f-ing adorable girl." "What is Alexander turning my best friend into?" "Haha, very funny," she mocked, "but it would be so cute. I can even help you shop for rings and I have some really amazing proposal ideas in mind." "Good night Celine," I threatened.
The kids screamed for sixty seconds straight when I informed them Mia would be coming back soon, as I drove them to school. Their happy squeals were followed by a lot of questions and I spent the rest of the drive trying to answer them all until it was time to drop them off. "Bye little angels," I said to them after fixing Abby's bag on her shoulder. She was slowly growing into hers because at first, it was oversized for her. Aiden though still had to hunch his shoulders to carry it, he might have been older but Abby was taller. I made a mental note to get them both new bag packs the next time I went to the mall. "Bye Chris," they echoed together and took each other's arms as they always did when I dropped them off every morning. It was always heartwarming to see how much they depended and cared for each other even so young. "You'll come to get us right?' Aiden turned to me and asked. "Always, little genius," I told him with a smile. I leaned lower to brush their hair and gave them
Lucas had his hand looped in mine as we walked into the conference room. My eyes scanned the room quickly in search of a familiar face to make me feel a little less nervous. I sighed in relief as I saw the familiar blonde-haired younger brother of Lucas. He sat next to the chair I assumed to be Lucas's with a boyish grin that made my lip curl into a smile too. I attempted to release my hand from Lucas's but he held me tighter as he moved to the head of the conference room. "I can just observe from the back of the hall," I whispered. Everyone had their eyes on us, and I could only imagine what must be going through their brains as they watched us. "Nope," he said and pulled out a seat for me next to his. I gave a small smile and sat facing Robin. His encouraging smile did a lot to boost my confidence. Lucas took his seat at the head of the board and assumed his work demeanor again. "Good morning all." They all chorused a greeting back and Robin got up to pull up the video call from
The rest of lunch seemed to go on slowly or maybe it was because I could not keep my mind off Lucas's promise to show me his work basement. Well, it was not exactly the fact that he would be showing me his basement, it was more of what he was going to show me down there. If I were to put it in the right words, I was going to be used as a test run for his experiment, but I would not even pretend to be offended in the least. Not when I felt like I would explode from all the anticipation building inside me any second. And from the way Lucas slurped down his food hurriedly and exchanged suggestive looks at me, I could tell he could not wait any more than I could. After the never-ending lunch, Lucas took me down to the basement. Earlier when I walked through the doors of this billion-dollar company, I thought it was the most exciting sight I would witness today, but the three-story basement left my mouth hanging. Each floor was specially built to host labs for experiments that were not rea
Needless to say, Lucas won the challenge, and I left Binarid shaking and trembling and trying to hold back my screams. Lucas though looked like he was having the time of his life, torturing me right in front of his employees and if I was correct there were a few investors too. In my defense, he neither took it easy on me nor played fair.After picking up the kids, I got home limp as a noodle, unable to move my trembling legs. With an evil and smug grin of satisfaction, Lucas carried me in his arms upstairs, that itself was more than enough consolation even though I still wanted to kick him.The kids were more than understanding when Lucas told them I was not feeling well and I would have to take the ev
"What the fuck is going on here?" Mia asked as she stalked towards Lucas and me slowly."I missed you, little sister," Lucas said, with his hand wrapped firmly around me. I thought of pulling back, but from the look she gave me, I knew my safest haven was right here in his arms."Save that for later," she raised a hand to stop him."Mia, please calm down," I said as she walked closer."Calm down?" She barked a peal of laughter, "Do not fucking ask me to calm down, I trusted you with my family and I come back to see you have snatched them away from me,""Watch yourself, Mia," Lucas growled with a frown."Mia," I said in
After cleaning for only two hours, I realized how much work Emma had to do and I made a mental note to give her some much-needed commendation. By noon, I had only cleaned half of the house and I was going at a really fast pace in my opinion. Thankfully, I found out early enough that most of the rooms in the house were guest rooms and only had to be cleaned once a month, so I had much less work to do, laundry, shopping, and cleaning. I was already done with laundry and most of the cleaning and intended to go shopping after picking the kids up from school.Just as I decided to take a break, my phone rang in my apron, and I felt some relief to see my best friend's name flashing on the screen."What's popping bess," I asked, grinning as I wiped the hallway windows on the third floor. I had never ventured this far
Lilian and Mia were already waiting for me at the mall on Friday morning after I dropped the kids off at school. I had chosen this mall because it was close to the kid's school and I could easily go and get them when we were done. My mind had been working a thousand miles per hour after my encounter with that room. Every muscle in my body wanted me to take the lift upstairs to the third floor and find out what secrets my boyfriend was hiding behind those closed doors. And Lucas's words when he got back that afternoon did nothing to soothe me. "It's an old storeroom," he said simply, managing to avoid my eyes as he spoke. I did not need more to know he was either not telling me the truth or giving me a half version of it. I spent most of the week finishing up with the sweaters I was making for the kids. At