Page 27 of Nanny For My Brother's Best Friend

“It was incredible, Delilah. I’ve never wanted someone so badly and finally having you was… it differed from anything before you. Why do you have to be my nanny?”

“Why do you have to be Andrew’s best friend?”

We’re silent for a moment before he leans in to kiss me.

“My daughter adores you.”

His voice is a whisper and I smile.

“I adore her right back.”

“I can’t let this hurt her, Delilah. It’s just that I don’t think I can stay away from you. Not yet. I can’t let your brother find out, either. It’s so complicated.”

“We’re alone right now. Let’s just enjoy this moment.”

Miles gets a washcloth to clean me up, wetting it with warm water. When he’s beside me again, I reach out to touch his muscular chest.

“Thanks for the jersey. Did I already say that?”

“I want you to wear my name. You’d be the only woman out there wearing it that knows me.”

“Do I know you?” My voice is soft, and Miles looks at me.

“Better than most. I’m around you a lot, and it’s tough to keep things buried when I’m with you. I try like hell, but I have given some info up. With everyone else, I am the hockey player and the poor single dad that lost his daughter’s mom who I wasn’t even with anymore. I’m so strong because I’m handling things. I’m tired of it.”

He offers me a small smile and I move my hand over his cheek.

“You are strong for getting through that. Hiring me to help with Lola shouldn’t bring any shame to you if that’s what you’re getting at. You have a lot going on, Miles and I love that little girl. For the record, I’d love to wear that jersey to a game.”

“I can’t give you a relationship for so many reasons. Your brother, for one. I don’t want Lola to get confused if we were to be more in front of her. She’s little but smart as a whip and she’d tell someone.”

He’s right on all counts and I hate it. I also don’t want to be away from him.

“We don’t need to go there, Miles. This can just be a moment we share, or several. It can’t be this good with us forever. Passion fades.”

“Okay.”

I am going to hurt like hell when this fades, but I can’t walk away from Miles. He’s an incredible man and I’ll take this one day at a time.

We enjoy round two. This time, I am on top, and I ride him hard, alternating between slow and fast. It’s fun to figure out what Miles enjoys and tease him a little. He’s a man that likes control in his life, and I learn this when he growls and pushes me to my stomach, taking me from behind with one deep thrust.

“Oh, God.”

I grip the sheets as he moves, taking me hard as I move with him. Miles is so, so good and he brings me to another release that rocks my world, shaking it up as he grips my hips and fills me.

I slump against the mattress, feeling finished with life. That took everything out of me, and Miles rolls beside me with a grunt.

I fall asleep in there and wake up a few hours later with a start. The clock says it’s four o’clock and I sneak out of bed, grabbing my clothes quietly so I don’t wake Miles up. When I have everything in my arms, I rush to my room across the house and close the door behind me as I let out a breath.

I never thought sneaking around could be so hot. I drop my clothes into my hamper and slip into a sleep shirt before crawling under my soft covers.

We can have sex, but waking up together is against the rules. What if Lola comes in and finds us and lets it slip out? She wouldn’t know not to and is too young to talk to, though I’d never manipulate her like that. We can’t kiss in front of her or even touch and that goes double for anywhere we’re with other people.

A secret tryst is what this is, and I work the words around in my mind to see how they sound. It’s not who I am, but maybe that’s changing. This is a new part of my life now.

I wake up to my alarm, cursing as I turn it off. I barely slept, but Lola will be awake soon. I rush to shower and get into leggings and a t-shirt for the day before going to start the coffee.

Miles has practice and there’s a game tonight. His parents want everyone over for dinner before that starts, and I agreed, but now it just feels different.

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